Yashvin, pages of my life » Mauritius Camera http://www.yashvinblogs.com Its all about me and my life... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:06:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Did you know? 2 out of the 4 speed camera flashes to fool youhttp://www.yashvinblogs.com/speed-camera-flashes-fooling-you/ http://www.yashvinblogs.com/speed-camera-flashes-fooling-you/#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:36:03 +0000 Yashvin http://www.yashvinblogs.com/?p=6561

Did you ever ask yourself why there’s actually only one opening for the camera while there are flashes on both sides of the two installations at Camp Chapelon?

This is the front of the camera, with the lens hidden behind the glass window.

Have you been fooled?

I always had doubts about this point but this is now confirmed.

Be careful, the police usually hide somewhere in between the 2 camera installations, ready to take your picture just in case you want to speed beyond the authorised 80km/hr.

And NO, yashvinblogs.com does not encourage you to drive beyond speed limits.

Please SHARE and bon weekend :-)

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Yeah, I know that I said that I will try to stay away from ebay… Anyways, the deal has been made 2 weeks ago and I got it from the post office an hour ago.

This time…. presenting to you……..

**drum-roll**

The “Suction Mount Tripod Holder for Car”

(Click on above image to enlarge)

lol. So, as you can see above, it allows you to fix your camera on your dashboard or window using a suction system.

Of course, the D5000 is a bit too heavy to hold on a window, but it looks “ok” on the dashboard of the car. But I will not take the risk to leave my nikon in the hands suction system of a $10 item (+$8 shipping).

(Click on above image to enlarge)

If I need to use it, I will prefer to have somebody be in the front passenger’s seat to ensure that the suction does not get loose and fall down under the weight. But I am sure that a small camera (point and shoot) will work great on it.

So, I bought it for shooting videos while driving, mostly in the dark or at sunset when there is enough light and drivers have switched on their headlamps to get a video like this one shot using “les moyens du bord”.

I will probably test it probably during the weekend and keep tuned for the video ;)

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]]> http://www.yashvinblogs.com/suction-mount-tripod/feed/ 7 Photographes Amateurs et Pros Mauriciens (PAPM) Chez Pepehttp://www.yashvinblogs.com/papm/ http://www.yashvinblogs.com/papm/#comments Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:20:12 +0000 Yashvin http://www.yashvinblogs.com/?p=4239

Chez Pepe
The group members organized quite a few events in the past (Catamaran, 24/7 night out, Shooting in Port Louis among others)  and today, we met Chez Pepe, Flic en Flac for lunch. 25 members turned up at the restaurant at around 1230… There was loads of things we talked about, for example photography, photography and photography. We tried to discuss about other things like photography and photography. Do I need to say that people around us most probably talked about photography too, lol!

Bill

I felt a bit “shy” with my 18-55mm lens when I was among those holding huge lens. One of the most amazing lens is the first one in the picture below : a 70-300mm lens which all of us had the opportunity to hold and shoot a few pics. Wow, it weighted so much but the weight does not really matter once you start playing with it ;)

Lenses

This part of the beach was crowded with girls and boys holding their big DSLRs and shooting everything which moved around…  Even the static objects were not spared!

Sorry to people out there in case you felt that we were a group of paparazzi! :P

Group 1

Group 2

Leave all of you here, I will upload my shots later tomorrow (hopefully).

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]]> http://www.yashvinblogs.com/papm/feed/ 15 Anyone wants to buy a camera?http://www.yashvinblogs.com/selling-s5600/ http://www.yashvinblogs.com/selling-s5600/#comments Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:35:57 +0000 Yashvin http://www.yashvinblogs.com/?p=3942

Hello everyone!

Hope that you had a nice weekend, and perhaps some of you may still be enjoying, especially those who just finished exams or those who got their CPE results. But I have a doubt; I don’t think that the last group of people read my blog, not yet ;)

And my weekend was great.

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On Saturday night, I got a few people who were willing to play the models for me during a “Saturday Night BBQ and Beach Dancing floor” which ended after 1 am. Nice opportunity for me to try my new camera and despite having it for more than 1 week now, I am still learning new things.

Now, lets come back to something more serious.

I am selling my previous camera! SOLD (20th Dec 09)!

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My previous camera is looking for a new owner. It is a Fujifilm S5200/S5600 which I bought from the first owner (a colleague) a few months ago.

Great camera for learning photography and also for normal shooting!

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You can have a look at the pictures I shot on my flickr account or on my photoblog (Pictures taken before 4 December 2009)

Quick specs

5.1 million effective pixels
10x optical zoom
Real Photo Technology and ISO 64 – 1600 sensitivity range
Anti-Blur Mode to minimise blurring from photographer and subject
Max resolution          2592 x 1944
Low resolution          2048 x 1536, 1600 x 1200, 640 x 480
Aperture range          F3.2 – F8.0
Min shutter          15 sec
Max shutter          1/2000 sec
Movie clips
640 x 480 @ 30 fps
320 x 240 @ 30 fps With monaural sound

More details can be obtained here.

The deal

Included in the deal :

  • The Camera
  • 1 Memory card (1GB)
  • 1 Memory card (256Mb)
  • Powered by 4xAA batteries
    Note : You can easily take up to an average of 200 shots with a set of fully charged batteries.
  • 1 camera bag
  • 1 USB cable
  • 1 TV cable

Optional

  • 2 sets of 4 AA batteries
  • 1 battery charger

I have set the price of the package (without optional stuff) at Rs6000.

The camera is in good working condition and I am sure that some of you might agree, the pictures taken with it are great! December is here, celebrations, parties! Get yourself a camera at a good price and immortalize all those great moments for ever!

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And with this S5600, you can look like a pro while learning and improving your photographer’s skills!

Anyone interested can drop me a mail at yashvin@gmail.com. We can then discuss about the price and you can also have a look the camera before buying it.

Camera sold together with the batteries and charger.

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