Thursday, March 22, 2012
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Jade Money Tree (Family_Crassulaneae_Crassula Argentea)
Commonly known as jade plant, friendship tree, lucky plant or Money Plant, Crassula ovata is a succulent plant with small pink or white flowers. It is native to South Africa, and is common as a houseplant worldwide. It is sometimes referred to as the money tree; however, the tree Pachira aquatica is also so called.
Jades are evergreen plants with thick branches and smooth, rounded, fleshy leaves that grow in opposing pairs along the branches. Leaves are a rich jade green; some varieties may develop a red tinge on the edges of leaves when exposed to high levels of sunlight. New stem growth is the same color and texture as the leaves, but becomes brown and woody with age. Under the right conditions, they may produce small white or pink star-like flowers in early spring.
The jade plant lends itself easily to the bonsai form and is popular as an indoor bonsai.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Input and Output
The
basic technology that makes all of this possible is fairly simple. A still film
camera is made of three basic elements: an optical element (the lens), a
chemical element (the film) and a mechanical element (the camera body itself).
As we'll see, the only trick to photography is calibrating and combining these
elements in such a way that the recorda crisp, recognizable image.
The
optical component of the camera is the lens. At its simplest, a lens is just a curved
piece of glass or plastic. Its job is to take the beams of light bouncing off
of an object and redirect them so they come together to form a real image -- an image that looks
just like the scene in front of the lens.
Friday, March 2, 2012
Nikon D90 (My passion)
The Nikon D90 is a 12.3 megapixel digital single-lens reflex camera model announced by Nikon on August 27, 2008. It is a prosumer model that replaces the Nikon D80, fitting between the company's entry-level and professional DSLR models. Nikon gives the D90's Estimated Selling Price in the United States as US$899.95 for the body alone[2] and as $1299.99 with the Nikkor AF-S DX 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR, which by itself sells for $399.95. Street prices are generally lower.[3][4]
In May 2009, the D90 won the TIPA European Photo & Imaging Award, in the "Best D-SLR Advanced" category.[5] As of July 2011, the D90 remains in production, fitting between the Nikon D5100 and Nikon D7000 in the company's lineup of DSLR cameras.Features
Some of the improvements the D90 offers over the D80 include 12.3 megapixel resolution, extended light sensitivity capabilities, live view and automatic correction of lateral chromatic aberration. The D90 is the first DSLR to offer video recording, with the ability to record HD 720p videos, with mono sound, at 24 frames per second.Unlike less expensive models such as the D40, D60, D3000 and D5000, the D90 has a built in autofocus motor, which means that all Nikon F-mount autofocus-lenses (except two for the rare Nikon F3AF) can be used in autofocus mode.[6]
The Nikon D90 is the first Nikon camera to include a third firmware module, labeled "L," which provides an updateable lens distance integration database that improves autoexposure functions.[7][8][9] Some of its accessories, such as the MB-D80 battery grip and ML-L3 wireless remote, are also compatible with its predecessor the D80. It was the first Nikon DSLR to support Global Positioning System integration for automatic location tagging of photographs, using a GPS receiver sold separately.
Type | Digital single-lens reflex |
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Sensor | 23.6 mm × 15.8 mm Nikon DX format RGBGCMOS sensor, 1.5 × FOV crop |
Maximumresolution | 4,288 × 2,848 (12.3 effective megapixels) |
Lens | Interchangeable, Nikon F-mount |
Flash | Built in Pop-up, Guide number 13m at ISO 100, Standard ISO hot shoe, Compatible with the Nikon Creative Lighting System, featuring commander mode for wireless setups |
Shutter | Electronically-controlled vertical-travel focal-plane shutter |
Shutter speedrange | 30 s to 1/4000 s in 1/2 or 1/3 stops and Bulb, 1/200 s X-sync |
Exposuremetering | TTL 3D Color Matrix Metering II metering with a 420 pixel RGB sensor |
Exposure modes | Auto modes (auto, auto [flash off]), Advanced Scene Modes (Portrait, Landscape, Sports, Close-up, Night Portrait), programmed auto with flexible program (P), shutter-priority auto (S), aperture-priority auto (A), manual (M) |
Metering modes | 3D Color Matrix Metering II, Center-weighted and Spot |
Focusareas | 11-area AF system, Multi-CAM 1000 AF Sensor Module |
Focusmodes | Instant single-servo (AF-S); continuous-servo (AF-C); auto AF-S/AF-C selection (AF-A); manual (M) |
Continuous shooting | 4.5 frame/s up to 100 JPEG-normal, 25 JPEG-fine, or 7 RAW images |
Viewfinder | Optical 0.94× Pentaprism |
ASA/ISO range | 200–3200 in 1/3 EV steps, up to 6400 as high-boost, as low as 100 low-boost |
Flash bracketing | 2 or 3 frames in steps of 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, 1 or 2 EV |
Custom WB | Auto, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Sunlight, Flash, Cloudy, Shade, Kelvin temperature, Preset |
Rear LCD monitor | 3.0-inch 920,000 pixel (VGA x 3 colors) TFT-LCD |
Storage | Secure Digital, SDHC compatible |
Battery | Nikon EN-EL3e Lithium-Ion battery |
Weight | Approx. 620 g (1.4 lb) without battery, 703 g (1.55 lb) with battery |
Optional battery packs | MB-D80 battery pack (with vertical shutter release) with one or two Nikon EN-EL3e or six AA batteries |
Made in | Thailand |
Thursday, March 1, 2012
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