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Gratis Kartu Debit MasterCard dan Saldo $25

2013-04-02T03:51:00.002-07:00

Tadinya saya hanya iseng saja nyari tau bagaimana cara verifikasi Paypal secara gratis dan ternyata saya menemukan artikel cara mendapatkan Kartu Debit GRATIS, Mungkin ga ada salahnya kalau sekarang saya ingin berbagi informasi ini kepada rekan semua. Ternyata tidak semua orang Indonesia bisa mendapatkan Kartu Kredit TAPI hanya dengan daftar disini, Anda bisa mendapatkan kartu debit gratis keluaran dari Bank Royal Scotland.

Sebagian besar informasi yang saya dapatkan kartu tersebut sangat berguna untuk verified paypal.
Sekarang saya hanya ingin memberikan informasi bagaimana mendapatkan Kartu Kredit tersebut secara Gratis..Anda tidak perlu kwatir kartu tsb legal, aman dan terpercaya dan yg paling penting gratis. Nah bagaimana cara memperoleh kartu tsb dan memperoleh penghasilan disini ? Beberapa hari ini Pengajuan Kartu Kredit gratis dari Payoneer yang saya lakukan telah sampai ke rumah saya dengan baik. Kemudian saya upload ke account Facebook saya. Beberapa hari ini pula beberapa pertanyaan masuk ke account Facebook saya.

Nah, dalam posting kali ini akan saya bagikan cara melakukan pengajuan Kartu Kredit gratis dari Payoneer. Bacalah baik-baik dan ikuti langkah-langkahnya. Silahkan ikuti langkah-langkah di bawah ini :
1. Silahkan masuk ke pengajuan Kartu Kredit gratis Payoneer. KLIK DISINI.

2. Klik Sign Up.
3. Akan keluar formulir pengajuan kartu kredit seperti di bawah ini :

4. Pada Bagian Cardholder Details silahkan isi sesuai ketentuan.
Phone Number: No telp Anda, misalnya no telp Anda: 021 1234567 maka buat 6221 1234567 atau no hp Anda 081xxxxx maka buat 6281xxxxx.( harus pakai kode 62, yaitu kode telphone Indonesia)

5. Pada Step 2, silahkan masukkan sesuai permintaan :

6. Pada Step 3, silahkan diisi sesuai ketentuan :

7. Klik Finish.
8. Setelah formulir sudah terisi dengan lengkap dan benar, maka anda akan mendapatkan e-mail konfirmasi dimana estimasi tanggal kedatangan kartu kredit anda akan tercantum di dalamnya.

Nah, silakan tunggu kedatangan kartu kredit gratis anda dari Payoneer.

SUMBER

Cara Membuat VCC (Virtual Credit Card) Gratis

2013-02-22T03:40:00.001-08:00

Buat teman2 yg suka cari uang via internet. Loe bisa manfaatkan VCC.
VCC (Virtual Credit card) adalah nomor kartu kredit yang sengaja dibuat di bank online untuk keperluan transaksi online. Tidak ada bentuk fisik dari VCC. VCC memiliki data yang sama dengan CC, yaitu: jenis kartu, 16 digit nomor kartu, expiry date dan 3 digit kode keamanan.

Jika anda tidak memiliki CC untuk verifikasi PayPal, anda bisa menggunakan VCC sebagai pengganti. VCC Paypalhanya digunakan untuk verifikasi PayPal, bukan untuk bertransaksi.

Nah tp bagaimana cara membuat VCC ini. Caranya sangat mudah sekali yaitu :
Yang Wajib Anda miliki adalah : 1 buah credit card Mastercard/Visa
Selanjutnya :
1. anda daftar disini
2. ikuti step by step..sampai step anda memasukan kartu kredit anda
3. kartu kredit ini berfungsi untuk menambah saldo untuk membuat vcc
4. Pertama anda harus mengisi saldo US$ 20 (ada charge biaya 4.5%)
5. kalau anda punya saldo anda bisa create vcc sesuka hati anda 9misal untuk verifikasi paypal transfer ke vcc yang anda buat sebesar 1.98 USD saja, diambil dari saldo anda yang 20$ tadi
6. Nah dijual rata2 75.000 bukan ? jadi bisa ketahuan untungnya deh...
7. yuk sama2 bersaing secara sehat..rejeki sudah ditetapkan.

Baca Juga Gratis Kartu Debit MasterCard dan Saldo $25

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2012-05-07T17:18:00.001-07:00

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Canon PowerShot D20 Preview

2012-05-07T06:31:00.000-07:00

Canon PowerShot D20 Preview

Canon took its time redesigning its waterproof camera, so we have high hopes for the Canon D20, a waterproof, shock-proof, and freeze-proof digital camera with a 5x optical zoom lens and Canon's own HS system for low-light photography.

With a practical 28-140mm zoom lens, the Canon D20 has a good zoom range for basic outdoor photography. Its 12.1-megapixel CMOS sensor works in conjunction with its DIGIC 4 processor to deliver images with low noise and good overall quality, according to Canon.

Basic Specifications :
Resolution:12.10 Megapixels
Lens:5.00x zoom (28-140mm eq.)
Viewfinder:LCD
LCD Size:3.0 inch
ISO:100-3200
Shutter:15-1/1600
Max Aperture:3.9
Dimensions:4.4 x 2.8 x 1.1 in. (112 x 71 x 28 mm)
Weight:8.0 oz (228 g)
includes batteries
MSRP:$350
Availability:05/2012

Built-in Image Stabilization helps steady stills and videos, which can later be viewed on the 3-inch LCD. Because the Canon D20 is a camera built for the outdoors, it includes wind-reduction technology to help reduce wind noise even when it's breezy out, and a built-in GPS so you know precisely where you were when you took each photo.

Among the Canon D20's 32 Scene modes you'll find a built-in Underwater Macro mode specially designed to get close-up shots while underwater. The Canon D20 was also designed to be used while you're wearing gloves thanks to an easy-access button.

The Canon D20 is waterproof to a very deep 32.8 feet, and shockproof to drops from up to 4.9 feet. It can also withstand cold down to 14 degrees Fahrenheit.

Shipping as of May 2012, the Canon D20 is expected to sell for US$350.

Source : http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/canon-d20/canon-d20A.HTM

Samsung Galaxy Nexus review

2012-05-07T05:52:00.000-07:00

Introduction
Once again, it is the Nexus time of the year. This time, Google has left the Gingerbread cookies and, together with Samsung, has brought to us the Galaxy Nexus to deliver the Ice Cream Sandwich. And while a cold dessert is totally out of place this holiday season, the latest release of Android is more relevant than ever.

The Galaxy Nexus packs an impressive spec sheet, but it is (yet again) the OS which is the device’s main highlight. After all, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is widely expected to put an end to the fragmentation, which currently plagues Google’s mobile platform.

Unlike its Nexus S predecessor, which was essentially a rebranded Samsung Galaxy S, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is a completely different device from the current flagship of the company, the I9100 Galaxy S II. The latest Google phone sports a different GPU and chipset, which are, well, not as powerful as those found inside the Galaxy S II.

Here is a quick look at what the Samsung Galaxy Nexus has to offer, along with its main disadvantages.Also known as Samsung Google Galaxy Nexus I9250, Samsung Google Nexus 3, Samsung Galaxy X (Brazil market)

GENERAL	2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
	3G Network	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
	Announced	2011, October
	Status	Available. Released 2011, November

BODY	Dimensions	135.5 x 67.9 x 8.9 mm
BODY	Weight	135 g

DISPLAY	Type	Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	720 x 1280 pixels, 4.65 inches (~316 ppi pixel density)
	Multitouch	Yes
	Protection	Oleophobic coating

SOUND	Alert types	Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes

MEMORY	Card slot	No
MEMORY	Internal	16 GB storage, 1 GB RAM

DATA	GPRS	Yes
	EDGE	Yes
	Speed	HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
	Bluetooth	Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
	NFC	Yes
	USB	Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL)

CAMERA	Primary	5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
	Features	Touch focus, geo-tagging, face detection
	Video	Yes, 1080p@30fps
	Secondary	Yes, 1.3 MP, 720p@30fps

FEATURES	OS	Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), upgradable to v4.0.4
	Chipset	TI OMAP 4460
	CPU	Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9
	GPU	PowerVR SGX540
	Sensors	Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
	Messaging	SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS
	Browser	HTML, Adobe Flash
	Radio	No
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS support
	Java	Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
	Colors	Black, White
		- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - TV-out (via MHL A/V link) - MP4/H.264/H.263 player - MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3 player - Organizer - Image/video editor - Document viewer - Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration - Voice memo/dial/commands - Predictive text input

BATTERY		Standard battery, Li-Ion 1750 mAh
	Stand-by	Up to 290 h (2G) / Up to 270 h (3G)
	Talk time	Up to 17 h 40 min (2G) / Up to 8 h 20 min (3G)

MISC	SAR EU	0.30 W/kg (head)
MISC	Price group

TESTS	Display	Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal)
	Loudspeaker	Voice 66dB / Noise 60dB / Ring 69dB
	Audio quality	Noise -90.6dB / Crosstalk -91.8dB
	Camera	Photo / Video
	Battery life	Endurance rating 31h

Main disadvantages

Camera resolution is not on par with the rest of the high-end dual-core competition

Below average battery life

Lacks a dedicated camera key

No microSD card slot

No mass-storage mode (some files don't show up in MTP mode)

Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is yet to be fully compatible with all apps from the Android Market

No FM radio

A quick look at the key features of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus will show you that the smartphone’s hottest hardware feature is its Super AMOLED screen with HD resolution – a first for a Samsung smartphone. The display combines amazing contrast ratio and superb viewing angles, with eye-popping size and resolution – a perfect match for the spanking new OS on board.

As far as the rest of the hardware is concerned, we heavily suspect that Samsung has intentionally omitted a couple of Galaxy S II features such as the microSD card slot and a superior 8MP camera unit. The superior screen of the Galaxy Nexus, while giving it a touch of exclusivity hardware-wise, will not be enough to cannibalize the strong sales, which the I9100 still enjoys.

The latest Google phone will be aimed at the Android purists – the crowd, which doesn’t like launchers or UI tweaks. And also the crowd that likes to get the latest OS updates from Google first. In this aspect, the smartphone is entirely in a league of its own.

Source : http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_nexus-review-699.php

Nikon D800 Review

2012-05-06T18:37:00.000-07:00

Spec
Let's start with the biggest stat of them all -- the resolution. The D800 is a monster, with 36.3 megapixels to call on, arranged on an FX-format sensor. That's 24x36mm, which is the same size as a frame of 35mm film, and it's the sensor used in the £8,500 Leica M9.
Such a high resolution obviously means it can record more information, allowing for tighter crops in post-production.

The D800's enormous resolution means you can zero in on fine detail in your shots. The reflected keyboard in this cat's eye is an extreme example (click image to enlarge).
Full-frame sensor
Of perhaps greater interest though is the flexibility delivered by the full-frame sensor.
It offers two major benefits. Most obviously it allows manufacturers to deliver higher resolutions without compromising performance. This is because they needn't ruthlessly shrink the photoreceptors -- the actual cells on the sensor that detect the incoming light. This makes them sensitive to a wide range of illumination for more subtle, detailed images, with a particularly better response in areas of highlight and shadow.
The results are obvious right from the off, with the D800 consistently producing balanced shots when faced with stark contrasts.
In the snap below, the underside of a railway viaduct is cast in shadow, yet the sky around it is very bright. When exposed at ISO 400, the whole frame remains balanced, with the four points I've picked out for comparison accurately and evenly exposed. It would be easy to draw out further detail within the brickwork in post-production by manipulating the RAW file.

As these 100 per cent crops show, there's plenty of detail across this frame despite the wide variations in the levels of light (click image to enlarge).

Furthermore, from a usability point of view, full-frame sensors make a lot more sense when you're choosing and buying lenses, as you no longer need to do a quick spot of multiplication to know how each lens will behave.

Smaller sensors, such as Nikon's DX sensor, have a crop factor which requires that you multiply the lens' focal length by a number -- usually around 1.5x -- to see how it will work in practice with a regular lens. As a result, long zooms often over-perform, with a 210mm lens acting as though it were a 315mm attachment since only the central portion of its view can be accommodated by the sensor.

On the one hand, this is a good thing as it means you can often buy a cheaper telephoto lens to reap the benefits of a longer equivalent lens. However, it also means that very wide angle lenses don't live up to their full potential with, say, a 28mm lens on a smaller-chipped camera acting like a 42mm lens on an FX camera. Any savings you make on the zoom lens might therefore be lost when shopping around for a wide-angle lens, which will inevitably cost more to achieve the same effect.

With a full-frame sensor, you can take your lenses as face value.

Features
In every respect then, this is a serious camera, with serious specs to boot. The 36.3 megapixels equates to a staggering 7,360x4,912 pixels. To display one single frame at full resolution without any cropping, you'd need to lace together a dozen regular 27-inch monitors -- four across and three deep, each running at a native 2,560x1,440-pixel resolution.

Sensitivity runs from ISO 100 to ISO 6,400, but you can push it in either direction to ISO 50 and ISO 25,600, and exposure compensation gives you adjustments of +/-5EV in 1/3EV steps. It's an HDR photographer's dream, with three bracketing options covering exposure, flash and white balance, taking between two and nine shots for each.

I performed my tests with the D800 set to aperture priority, adjusting sensitivity as the situation required and saving all results as RAW NEF files, which averaged around 40MB apiece. The dynamic range of the results was impressive, with plenty of detail in both shadow and highlight areas

There's significant variation in the illumination in this shot, yet the dark foreground has lost none of its detail (click image to enlarge).

At higher sensitivities, the results were very clean, and in most cases there was no evidence of dappling caused by the introduction of digital noise. The image below was shot at ISO 500 in overcast conditions, with the subject of the shot shaded still further by the overhanging first floor of a building.

Examining it at 100 per cent magnification, the grain of the wooden structure and carving remains sharp and clear right across the frame.

Despite being shot at ISO 500, there's no obvious noise in this shaded image (click image to enlarge).

The D800 sports 51 auto-focus points so you can isolate your subject precisely, and a maximum shutter speed of 1/8,000 second. The longest exposure time is 30 seconds.

With so many focus points you'll have no trouble framing your subject precisely, and it quickly becomes second nature to move the focal selector each time you shoot. Switching back to a consumer dSLR with nine or fewer focus points feels limiting, as you spend more time setting the focus and exposure on one point, then reframing to take your shot. If you're using a wide aperture with a short depth of field, you risk throwing your subject out of focus, but that's not a problem here.

With 51 focus points to work with, it's easy to get just the shot you're after (click image to enlarge).

It has not one, but two media card slots, and you can use either for primary or back-up storage, or split them so that JPEGs are written to one and RAW files to the other. One takes SD cards and the other CompactFlash, so if you have a lot of CF cards left over from previous cameras, this is a neat way to recycle them.

Handling
There are buttons everywhere, but rather than overwhelming you, they're very carefully placed and fall exactly to your fingers. There are wheels front and back for changing aperture and shutter speed, direct access to ISO, white balance and quality, shortcuts to selecting the focal point… even buttons inside of the grip, including the customisable fn button.

The D800 is a big bag of buttons, but they're all thoughtfully positioned for intuitive use.

It takes no time to get used to where they all lie, and when you do, handling comes as naturally as driving a car or playing an instrument.

There's loads of useful feedback, both in the eyepiece and overlaying the live view, if you choose to use it. The horizon view is particularly neatly implemented, with discreet bars in the eyepiece margins showing you which way to tilt it left, right, up and down to keep your subject level.

Overlays in the eyepiece and screen are well done, such as guidance on which way to tilt to level a horizon.

Stills tests
I tested the D800 with a 14-24mm f/2.8 Nikkor lens, so the focus results achieved reflect that particular set-up. Pairing it with another lens will achieve different results, so in this instance the standard macro test I would normally do is irrelevant.

However, the D800's impressive resolution is sufficient to render a high level of detail, and when exposed through a wide aperture -- in this case below f/2.8 -- subjects are rendered extremely finely.

Pair the D800 with a sharp lens and the level of detail you'll capture is breathtaking. The thread here is shown at full size, not zoomed (click image to enlarge).

It didn't take long to get into the habit of shooting at higher sensitivities, even in situations where smaller cameras would start to encounter problems.

The court house, below, was exposed at ISO 400, and there's a wealth of detail in the stonework where you'd usually expect to start losing detail through over-exposure at that level.

This image was exposed at ISO 400, yet it remained clean and largely noise-free (click image to enlarge).

This is true at either end of the scale, with the areas of deep shadow clearly visible in this untouched RAW shot (it's been converted to JPEG), where the darker parts below the table remain clear, despite the exposure measurement being taken from the white door reflected in the mirror.

I metered off the door reflected in the mirror at the back of this shot, yet despite the area under the table being darker, as you'd expect, there's plenty of detail waiting to be recovered in post-production (click image to enlarge).

Colours were bright and vivid throughout the tests, and in many instances you may want to slightly desaturate the results when you get them into post-production. Reds and blues were particularly bright, with skies highly reminiscent of those produced by the Leica M9.

The D800's colours are extremely vivid, with skies similar to the results achieved by the Leica M9 (click image to enlarge).

Video performance
Nikon claims that the D800 shoots 'broadcast quality video', and the specs certainly support that assertion.

Native movie resolution is 1,920x1,080 pixels at 30p (frames per second, progressive), 25p or 24p, and 1,280x720 at 60p, 50p, 30p and 25p. Movies are stored in MOV format and have a maximum single-shot running time of 29 minutes 59 seconds.
The quality of the results is excellent, with sharp detail and a clean soundtrack. You can see how much importance Nikon has put on this aspect of filming, as there's a sound meter on the live display while recording. You can change the recording level using the four-way controller and, by tapping the focal point selector, switch to setting the video exposure instead.

Conclusion
The D800's results speak for themselves. They're colourful, vibrant and packed with detail. The 36.3-megapixel resolution is enormous and it's far more than a marketing stat. In this body, paired with such versatile controls, it's well up to the job of delivering first-class results with plenty of opportunity for cropping down to the details you need, should your lens not deliver sufficient zoom.

It's a joy to use, and clearly built with humans -- not simply functions -- in mind. The layout of its controls can't be faulted, and once set up, you'll barely need to touch the menus in a whole day's shooting.

source : http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/digital-slrs/nikon-d800-review-50006864/

Casio Pathfinder PAW-5000 Watch Review

2012-05-05T01:28:00.000-07:00

Casio lovers have been waiting for an analog version of the esteemed Pathfinder watch for years (elsewhere called "ProTrek"). The do anything watch in the Casio family was a bit plagued by nerditis. That is, while the watches are fantastically functional, they ooze a bit of "dork." I am a proud owner of many a Pathfinder watches, and love the looks, feel, and utility they provide - but admit it isn't a watch I'd bring along a wingman on a date. Better for activities, being outdoors, and wanting to survive the perils of nature. Social gatherings demand a bit more tact when it comes to your digital aura.

So the clever engineers at Casio devised the PAW-5000. I can't say with absolute certainly that this is the first Pathfinder watch with analog hands, but it is the first that I am aware of. It has all the bell & whistles you expect in these watches, with the addition of analog hangs, and a Casio Tough Movement (Tough Mvt.). So what is a tough movement? It is a special quartz movement that helps keep the hands perfectly aligned after times of physical shock. Pretty much something you need to having with a rugged watch like this. One of the benefits of the movement is that hands are always perfectly aligned (that I have found), which is a big plus for a quartz watch in my book.

As you would expect, the movement is also solar (any light actually) powered ("Tough Solar"), and atomic clock radio controlled. Actually, being an analog watch might be of benefit to power generation. You can see that most of the dial is a photo-receptive solar panel - larger than the smaller ring used in the all digital screen models. Like other high-end pathfinder models, the watch can receive signals from your local atomic clock to sync to the correct time perfectly each day. This is actually one of the most complex functions in these phones, but you can set it to auto receive each night. I recommend looking through the instructions if you wish to fiddle with the "RC" (radio controlled) functions.

I have to admit that even though the watch dial is really busy on the PAW-5000 watch, it isn't that tough to read - in fact, I would say it is easy to read. Casio is smart not to add clutter underneath where the hands travel (too much), which greatly assists with legibility. I personally find the hands easy to spot and they have a high contrast with the dial. So legibility is good! Casio took some inspiration from the popularity of the Tissot T-Touch family of watches. Not in the "touch" department, but in using the hands for some of the features. Thus, the orange seconds hand is used a lot in the various functions. It isn't quite as slick as in the T-Touch watches, but the Casio is clearly much less expensive (and will probably last longer). As such, the seconds hand is used as the compass needle in the compass mode, to assist with the barometer reading, to see what timezone you are switching to in the world time function (see the abbreviated reference cities spelled out around the dial), and a few other things. Casio does a good job making you feel that the analog part of the watch plays nicely with the Pathfinder part of the watch.

For many of the functions you will need to rely on the smaller LCD screen. That will be your go to space for the chronograph, alarms, countdown timer, calendar, readings for the sensors, and other information. For years Casio has learned to skillfully use small LCD screens for such functions. While each is totally useful, I still recommend an all digital Pathfinder watch if you are going to be using these functions extensively. It just makes more sense when you have more LCD screen real estate. But if you are going to be mainly using the watch for time, with the occasional need for the other functions, then this is a solid choice.

Being a pathfinder watch, the piece will of course have the requisite "ABC" functions. This is the altimeter, barometer, and compass. This also includes the thermometer as part of the barometer function. Again, this are present and useful as expected, with reliance on the small screen, and some integration of the analog hands. The button layout on the watch is the same you are used to. With three on the right, one on the left, and two on the front of the watch. There is little to no learning curve if you are going to the PAW-5000 watch from any other Pathfinder model.

One area that Casio might need to work on a bit is the backlighting. The watch uses a bright LED. It is bright enough, but is placed in an odd location - right at the bottom of the watch. If you turn it on in the dark, it washes out the LCD screen a bit, making it hard to read. Plus, the light isn't lit quite long enough for me. It takes me a little bit longer to read analog hands versus a digital readout. I understand that the LED draws on the battery a lot, but I end up having to turn it on a few time to read the time. These are relatively small issues actually, and don't actually impede using the watch, they just make it take a bit longer in some instances.

Casio really upgraded the look of the Pathfinder watch here. The PAW-5ooo has a nice metal bezel (even in this resin model). There is also a model with a titanium bracelet available. Case is water resistant to 100 meters. The metal bezel looks really nice, and helps "de-plastic" the watch a bit. The resin strap also has metal plates on each side near the watch. At about 50mm wide, the watch is bit, but nothing larger than other Pathfinder watch - though it is a bit thicker than some of the ultra-thin models we have been seeing such as theCasio PAW-2000. Style is overall good, and I think we finally have a Pathfinder watch that can be worn to the office. It really has a cool technical look to it, but one that isn't too nerdy As always with this collection, the watch is very comfortable on the wrist (large or small), and is quite light. Casio has mastered the "I didn't even realize it was on my wrist" feeling in even its largest watches. An evolution on the Pathfinder collection the PAW-5000 is not. Instead, it is a true analog/digital alternative to the rock-solid collection that for most people is the gold standard of multi sensor watches. Casio engineers prove that they can use their greatest technology to house a highly durable analog movement in a watch that is meant to keep you updated with information when you need it most. Also, it offers two pieces of functionality that Tissot T-Touch lovers have been begging for, for years. Those being solar power generation and atomic time keeping. Price for the Casio PAW-5000 watch starts at $450 (more for the metal bracelet version)

source : http://www.ablogtoread.com/casio-paw-5000-watch-review/

Huge Collection Ebook (update)

2012-05-04T10:17:00.000-07:00

Indeks :

Oliver velez swing trading tactics book
Elliot Wave
Candle Pattern
Forex Pattern and Probabilities – Ed Ponsi
Trade Chart Pattern Likes the Pros – Suri Duddella
Steve Nison’s Profiting in Forex – Using Candlestick to Catch next move
Trading in the Buff
G7 Forex System
Technical Analysis for the Professional – C.Brown
Forex Backlash
Forex Trading Using Intermarket Analysism
The 7 Winning Strategies for trading forex – Grace Cheng
The Millon Dollar Forex Set-up – Raghee Horner
Beat The Forex Dealer – Agustin Silvani
S.T.A.R system
The New Elliot Wave Rule
KENACCI METHODE
Fibonacci Analysis – C.Brown
Pyra Point
Trading Chaos
Lane Stochastic – George C Lane
Trading By the Book
A.P.S.R.I
The Harmonic Trader – Scott M Carney
Forex Candlesticks made easy
Made Wealth from Short Term Forex Trading – Ken Marshall and Robert M
Another E-Book
Full Pack of Gunner
Trading Stocks and Commodities with the Insider – Larry Williams
Candlestick
Freedom Forex
Easy Trade Forex System
G7Forex System
E-Book Bahasa MQL untuk bikin EA
Wolve Wave & Gartley
Candlestick
Forex Avenger Secret Master Trader
Forex Avenger Secret Master Trader – Miror
Campur2 1
Campur2 2
The Complete Turtle Trader – The Legend-The Lessons-The Results by Michael W. Covel
Swing Trading Using Candlestick charting with Pivot Point Analysis-John L. Person
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Android vs BlackBerry : Mobile OS Pros and Cons

2012-05-04T05:56:00.001-07:00

In the ongoing battle between mobile operating system giants like Google's Android and Research in Motion's (RIM) BlackBerry OS 7, it seems that would-be smartphone owners will find it hard to choose the best mobile OS for their everyday lives.

Many people are still considering whether to go with an Android-powered phone or a BlackBerry device. Thus, in this article, we provide a guide about the pros and cons of each platform to assist buyers in making informed choices.

Android
Android Pros
Open Source.

What makes Android shine out from the rest of the crowd is its being open source. This attracts many programmers and developers from all walks of life, as Google freely distributes its source code for the Linux kernel and other publicly licensed code for anyone who wants to contribute to the development of the software. In short, programmers and developers alike can easily whip out their own versions of Android custom-tailored whatever pleases them.
Applications.

There's an app for almost every situation, and since its inception, Android primarily focuses on enhancing user experience with the use of applications. With hundreds of thousands of apps in the Android Market, users will be overwhelmed by truckloads of apps that easily integrate with the Android OS to cater to their needs.
Hardware.

In terms of hardware, Android by far has the most numerous choices of smartphones to date. Mobile phone manufacturers like Sony Ericsson, Samsung, HTC, and Motorola offer customers a wide variety of smartphone choices to choose from.Android is flexible enough to run on almost all smartphones as long as it matches the minimum requirements.
Software.

When it comes to software, Android can run multiple apps at the same time as it has swap-space management–a luxury that not all mobile devices support due to hardware limitations. It also has ActiveSync built in natively, which allows you to easily synchronize contacts, mails, and personal information once the device is paired to a desktop computer. BlackBerry on the other hand requires some installation of software and a server.

Android Cons

Poor Battery Life.

Most Android devices experience poor battery life and this is one of the major issues that Google and Android handset manufacturers are still addressing. A typical Android smartphone dies down within a day of normal use compared to BlackBerry's corporate design that could handle even after a day's heavy use.
Crapware.

The Android Market may have an extensive array of applications free to download, but many of them are crapware (ie, useless apps) as Google doesn't screen applications before they go online. You have to go through a lot of poorly designed apps before finding a decent one that matches your criteria.
Hardware Limitations.

Since Android virtually runs on most smartphones, there's great chance that your phone may not live up to its potential. Some phones are limited to their hardware, Android may lag and cause the phone to freeze and restart itself to free up additional memory.

BlackBerry
BlackBerry Pros

Push Email Technology.

Proud owners of BlackBerry devices are always up to date when it comes to messaging. BlackBerry easily integrates push email technology in a breeze, allowing you to instantly receive messages as soon as they start showing up in your inbox. With BlackBerry's push email service, you can easily receive and send messages in just a matter of seconds.
Hardware.

BlackBerry's elegant keyboard still remains the number one choice for many of its customers. The elegant QWERTY keyboard allows faster typing and accuracy that is not normally found in many of its competitors. BlackBerry also is known for being rugged yet sexy, making it durable and resistant to many forms “abuse.”
Data Management.

The lifeblood that makes BlackBerry phones a stable choice for many corporate officials would be its handling of data compression. BlackBerry phones are capable enough for compressing data down to half the size, saving you the cost of expensive bandwidth.
Battery Life.

Amongst other competitors, BlackBerry seemingly has the best battery management providing users optimal power consumption in just a single full charge.

BlackBerry Cons
Applications.

RIM has managed to follow in the footsteps of Apple by introducing their own BlackBerry App World. With much hype, the app store lacked decent amount of applications and it failed to attract developers with its poor interfaced leading to its demise.
Slow Web Browser.

Unlike its competitor, BlackBerry has the most sluggish response time when it comes to browsing the Internet. Although BlackBerry features data compression, it still can't keep pace in loading Web resources like wallpapers and pictures.
Business-oriented.

Achieving its success by bridging the gap to the corporate world, BlackBerry failed to realize how important the average user can be. BlackBerry is looked upon as a corporate tool rather than an average device for the everyday person.

From the looks of it Android seems to be the new kid from on the block. Introduced by Google way back in 2007, Android has grown tremendously in just a short time. Here is a shortlist of why Android is so great, and not-so-great.

The veteran BlackBerry has seen its fair share of ups and downs in the market. Geared towards the corporate world, BlackBerry has adapted new strategies matching close rivals such as Google's Android. Here is a shortlist of what makes BlackBerry a perfect and not-so-perfect choice among corporate professionals.

Despite the limitations of both mobile platforms, Android and BlackBerry are still solid and extremely convenient operating systems. The user experience on either platform may differ in a lot of ways, but the two pretty much offer similar functionalities. While Android has a wider appeal, BlackBerry mostly has its charms towards corporate users and business professionals.Platform loyalty and personal sentiments aside, the two operating systems do have a lot to offer to those that choose them.

Are you on Android or on BlackBerry? And, why?

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A HINT OF THE BLACKBERRY 10 CAMERA FEATURES (VIDEO)

2012-05-04T05:39:00.000-07:00

BlackBerry is creating a new camera feature that is being developed for its BlackBerry 10 that allows you to detect faces and then turn back frames until you capture that “magic moment,” or the best frame that doesn’t have anybody’s eyes closed or showing any goofy faces. The new camera feature was shared onstage at the BlackBerry World 2012 keynote general session by Vivek Bhardwaj. You simply touch anywhere to take the photo and then the new feature allows you to go back into time to find that perfect moment that will provide the best picture.

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ebooks collection (update)

2012-05-03T13:11:00.001-07:00

Huge ebooks collection

OPTION ebooks
Index :
- Getting Started in Options, Fifth Edition
- Options: Essential Concepts and Trading Strategies
- How I Trade Options
- Trading Options to Win: Profitable Strategies and Tactics for Any Trader
- Options Made Easy: Your Guide to Profitable Trading (2nd Edition)
- Options: Perception and Deception : Position Dissection,
- Risk Analysis, and Defensive Trading Strate
- The Option Trader Handbook: Strategies and Trade Adjustments
- The Options Edge: Winning the Volatility Game with Options On Futures
- Real Options Analysis: Tools and Techniques for Valuing Strategic
- Investments and Decisions

other
Gary Smith, How I Trade for a Living
Commitment Of Traders Bible,The Art Of Trading,STOM,Optimal Trading STrategies
Investment karya Bodie,Marcus,Kane.

Martin J Pring's :
Martin Pring's Introduction to Technical Analysis
Technician's Guide to Day Trading
How To Select Stock Using Technical Analaysis.

Steven A. Achelis
Technical Analysis From A To Z

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Huge Collection of Forex,Stock,Option Trading books

2012-03-02T00:59:00.001-08:00

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25 Rules Of Trading.pdf
A Comparison Of Dividend Cash Flow And Earnings Approaches To Equity Valuation.pdf
Achelis, Steven - Technical Analysis From A To Z.pdf
Admati And Pfleiderer-A Theory Of Intraday Patterns - Volume And Price Variability.pdf
Advanced International Trade.pdf
Aggarwal And Conroy-Price Discovery In Initial Public Offerings And The Role Of The Lead Underwriter.pdf
Ahn And Cheung-The Intraday Patterns Of The Spread And Depth In A Market Without Market Makers - The Stock Exchange Of Hong Kong.pdf
Alan Farley - 3 Swing Trading Examples, With Charts, Instructions, And Definitions To Get You Sta.pdf
Alan Farley - Pattern Cycles - Mastering Short-Term Trading With Technical Analysis (Traders' Library).pdf
Alan Farley - The Master Swing Trader.pdf

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Al-Suhaibani And Kryzanowski-An Exploratory Analysis Of The Order Book, And Order Flow And Execution On The Saudi Stock Market.pdf
Algora, Myths Of The Free Market [2003 Isbn0875862233].pdf
An Analysis Of Order Submissions On The Xetra Trading System.pdf
An Empirical Analysis Of Stock And Bond Market Liquidity.pdf
andre Willis - The Insiders Guide To Trading The World Stock Markets.pdf
Anshumana And Kalay-Can Splits Create Market Liquidity - Theory And Evidence.pdf
Application Of Multi-Agent Games To The Prediction Of Financial Time-Series.pdf
Ari Kiev - 1998 - Trading To Win - The Psychology Of Mastering The Markets - Isbn 0471248428 - 26.pdf
Aust Vs Int'l Equity Portfolio Journal.pdf
Bangia, Diebold, Schuermann And Stroughair-Modeling Liquidity Risk, With Implications For Traditional Market Risk Measurement And Management.pdf
Barbara Star - Hidden Divergence.pdf
Barclay And Hendershott-Price Discovery And Trading After Hours.pdf
Basic Financial Strategies.pdf
Ben Branch - The Predictive Power Of Stock Market Indicator.pdf
Ben Gilad - Early Warning Using Competitive Intelligence 2004.chm
Benjamin Van Vliet - 2004 - Modeling Financial Markets Using Visual Basic Net And Databases To C.pdf

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Bessembinder And Venkataraman-Does An Electronic Stock Exchange Need An Upstairs Market.pdf
Big Profit Patterns Using Candlestick Signals And Gaps - Stephen W Bigalow.pdf
Bill Williams - Trading Chaos.pdf
Borsellino Lewis 2001 - Trading Es And Nq Futures Course.pdf
Bradley, Donald - Stock Market Prediction.pdf
Breman And Subrahmanyam-Investment Analysis And Price Formation In Securities Markets.pdf
Brett Steenbarger - Psychology Of Trading.pdf
Brooks And Kim-The Individual Investor And The Weekend Effect - A Reexamination With Intraday Data.pdf
Building Winning Trading Systems With Tradestation - Wiley.pdf
Building Your E-Mini Trading Strategy - Giuciao Atspace Org.pdf
C C Gaither, A E Cavazos-Gaither - Statistically Speaking - A Dictionary Of Quotations.pdf
C R Geisst - Undue Influence - How The Wall Street Elite Puts The Financial System At Risk.pdf
Chande, Tushar - Technical Analysis - How To Develop And Imp.pdf
Cbot - A Six-Part Study Guide To Market Profile.pdf
Chan, Chockalingam And Lai-Overnight Information And Intraday Trading Behavior - Evidence From Nyse Cross.pdf
Chan, Jegadeesh & Lakonishok - Momentum Strategies.pdf
Choosing A Trading System That Actually Works.pdf
Chordia, Roll And Subrahmanyam -Commonality In Liquidity.pdf
Chordia, Roll And Subrahmanyam -Market Liquidity And Trading Activity.pdf
Chordia, Sarkar And Subrahmanyam -An Empirical Analysis Of Stock And Bond Market Liquidity.pdf
Client Expectations.pdf
Combining Bollinger Bands & Rsi.pdf
Common Sense Commodities A Common Sense Approach To Trading Commodities.pdf
Competition Between Exchanges Euronext Versus Xetra.pdf

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Commodity Trading Advisors - Risk, Performance Analysis, And Selection.pdf
Crash Profits Make Money When Stocks Sink And Soar Martin Weiss.pdf
Cynthia Kase - Multi-Dimensional Trading.pdf
Dan%edelsson And Payne-Measuring And Explaining Liquidity On An Electronic Limit Order Book - Evidence From Reuters D2000-21.pdf
Daniel A Strachman - Essential Stock Picking Strategies.pdf
Danielsson Saltoglu-Anatomy Of A Market Crash - A Market Microstructure Analysis Of The Turkish Overnight Liquidity Crisis.pdf
David C Stendahl - Money Management Strategies For Serious Traders.pdf
Day Trading Basket Stocks - Underground Trader.pdf
Daytrading University - Advanced Daytrading Two-Day Seminar.pdf
David Dreman - Contrarian Investment Strategies - The Next Generation.pdf
Daytrading University Trading Course.pdf
Day Trading University.pdf
De Jong, Nijman And Roell-A Comparison Of The Cost Of Trading French Shares On The Paris Bourse And On Seaq International.pdf
De Matos And Fernandes-Testing The Markov Property With Ultra-High Frequency Financial Data.pdf
Dean Lebaron's Treasury Of Investment Wisdom 30 Great Investing Minds - Wiley.pdf
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Demarchi And Foucault-Equity Trading Systems In Europe - A Survey Of Recent Changes.pdf
Dennis D Peterson - Developing A Trading System Combining Rsi & Bollinger Bands.pdf
Deutsche Bank - Asset Valuation Allocation Models 2001.pdf
Deutsche Bank - Asset Valuation Allocation Models 2002.pdf
Deutsche Borse Group - From Trading Floor To Virtual Marketplace.pdf
Divorcing the Dow - Using Revolutionary Market Indicators to Profit From the Stealth Boom Ahead.pdf
Donald Coxe - The New Reality Of Wall Street.pdf
Doug Henwood - Wall Street - How It Works & For Whom.pdf
Doug Henwood - Wall Street - How It Works.pdf
Dow.pdf
Economics - How The Stock Market Works.pdf
Eday - Trading In Mind.pdf
Elder Alexander - Come Into My Trading Room - A Complete Guide To Trading.pdf
Elder Alexander - Trading For A Living.pdf
Electronic Trading Systems In Europe And Development Potentialities For Russia.pdf
Eleswarapu And Venkataraman-The Impact Of Legal And Political Institutions On Equity Trading Costs A Cross-Country Analysis.pdf
Eleswarapu, Thompson And Venkataraman-The Impact Of Regulation Fair Disclosure Trading Costs And Information Asymmetry.pdf
Emotion Free Trading Book.pdf
Encyclopedia Of Chart Patterns, 2nd Edition [2005 Isbn0471668265].pdf
Encyclopedia Of Trading Strategies.pdf
Engle And Lange-Predicting Vnet - A Model Of The Dynamics Of Market Depth.pdf
Engle-The Econometric Of High-Frequency Data.pdf
Exchange Rules For The Frankfurt Stock Exchange.pdf
Expected And Unexpected Cost Of Trading In The Xetra.pdf
F E James Jr - Monthly Moving Averages An Effective Investment Tool .pdf
Fernando-Commonality In Liquidity-Transmission Of Liquidity Shocks Across Investors And Securities.pdf
Fishea And Robeb-The Impact Of Illegal Insider Trading In Dealer And Specialist Markets - Evidence From A Natural Experiment.pdf
For Dummies Investing Online For Dummies 5th Edition.pdf
Foucault And Kadan-Limit Order Book As A Market For Liquidity.pdf
Foucault And Lescourret-Information Sharing, Liquidity And Transaction Costs In Floor-Based Trading Systems.pdf
Foucault, Kadan And Kandel-Limit Order Book As A Market For Liquidity.pdf
Frino, Mcinish And Toner-The Liquidity Of Automated Exchanges - New Evidence From German Bund Futures.pdf
Futures Magazine - The Art Of Day-Trading.pdf
Gann - How To Trade.pdf
Gann, W D - New Stock Trend Detector.pdf
Getting An Investing Game Plan - Creating It Working It Winning It (Wiley - 2003).pdf
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Gillet And Lavoie-Krach, Bonnes Nouvelles Et R%c9actions %c0 Bruxelles, Toronto Et New York.pdf
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Gann, W D - Unpublished Stock Market Forecasting Courses.pdf
George Angell - Sniper Trading Workbook.pdf
George Fontanills - The Options Course - High Profit Low Stress Trading Methods.pdf
Goodhart And O'hara-High Frequency Data In Financial Markets Issues And Applications.pdf
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Canon VS Nikon

2011-11-03T07:17:00.000-07:00

INTRODUCTION

I'm going to to on and on below about personal experience, so feel free to skip ahead to the real differences between Nikon and Canon.Nikon and Canon are as good as each other. Each are multi-billion dollar optical companies who have been making some of the world's best optics for numerous consumer, military and industrial applications for decades and decades and decades.

Each makes lenses as parts of multi-million-dollar steppers used in making electronic chips with more precision anything needed for photography, and each make other optics that sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars in other applications. They each make our cameras and lenses out of the same stuff from which they create these other products.

I don't extend this same awe towards discount lensmakers, but I do have this respect for Nikon and Canon and Pentax and LEICA and Fuji and Zeiss who've been making much more than cameras for longer than I've been alive. I do have a hat off to Tokina, who are related to Hoya, who are as far as I know the biggest maker of optical glass on the planet, and whose glass is found in parts of everyone's lenses.

Did you know that Nikon is one of the world's leading makers of professional laboratory microscopes, often beating out Zeiss and Leitz? Nikon also makes the million-dollar lenses and mechanical steppers used in semiconductor manufacture. They have a 37% market share. These lenses and mechanics resolve at 45 nanometers, or less than one-tenth of a wavelength of visible light? That's over 10,000 lines per millimeter! See Nikon Precision.

Canon may make their own ICs and image sensors, but for all we know, Canon may use Nikon lenses and steppers to do it! Probably not: Canon also makes steppers and semiconductor photolithography equipment, with a 20% market share. (Thanks to Bates Marshall for those figures.)

Canon also makes gigantic lenses with 100x zoom ratios for television and lenses for Hollywood motion picture cameras! These sell for six figures.

Making $20,000, $2,000 or $200 lenses for either Canon or Nikon is child's play. Their big stuff sells in the $200,000 to $2,000,000 range. We photographers get to benefit from all of it.

Nikon and Canon are optical companies, not camera, electronic or software companies. It's sad to see people buy good Nikon or Canon cameras and then put off-brand lenses on them.

Nikon and Canon are different, but just as good. Anyone who tries to tell you that one or the other is garbage isn't paying attention, and most likely doesn't have the other to sell you. Nikon and Canon compete so heavily against each other that if one really were better or worse they would have gone out of business long ago.

I prefer Nikon DSLRs, and Canon Compacts. Many other people prefer Canon DSLRs and Nikon Coolpix compacts; we're all different.

Year to year one usually has an edge on the other. They tend to leapfrog each other back and forth, slowly. LEICA was king from the 1930s through 1950s, Nikon took over from the 1960s through 1980s, Canon was the top pro SLR in the 1990s and 2000s, and as of the Nikon D3 of 2007, Canon and Nikon now run neck-and-neck in the pro market, with Nikon pulling ahead again.

I shot Minolta from 1973-1983, and have been shooting Nikon since 1983. Shooting for a living, I also got Canon and LEICA systems back in the 2000s, and today in 2012, I shoot all three systems depending on which is best for what I need to shoot. I also got a Fuji X100 in 2011 which I use for my family photos because it's better than any SLR or LEICA.

Contrary to some beliefs, I get paid nothing by and have no allegiance to Nikon or Canon or Nikon or any other camera maker, other than having used their great products for many decades depending on the brand.

Shooting all these systems for a living every day makes one very familiar with what each does well — or not, so let me share how they really compare from actual long-term experience

I spend a lot of time covering the background and details before I summarize the real differences. Feel free to skip ahead if you're in a rush to spend a few thousand dollars quickly.

SYSTEM COMPATIBILITY

Nikon

Most Nikon SLR camera and lenses made since 1959 are compatible with each other.

Any two items from about the same 10-20 year technology window will work well with each other.

The Nikon system is so renowned for its multi-decade interoperability that I have a Nikon System Compatibility page discussing it.

Canon

On the other hand, Canon flushed compatibility down the toilet in 1987 when it created a new and completely incompatible system of AF cameras and lenses called EOS. Nothing works together before or after the great autofocus divide of 1987.

To Canon's credit, the new EOS system is a better design than the old Nikon mount, but old Canon FD manual focus lenses, once promoted as "timeless" by Canon, areuseless on any modern Canon camera.

Contrast this to Nikon, where just about every lens ever made works swell, with few limitations, on every brand new camera.

While I shoot both of the Canon systems (FD and today's EOS systems), most people are only concerned with Canon cameras today, and that's where the good news starts.

Because Canon wiped the slate clean and created a completely new camera system for autofocus in 1987, every camera and lens Canon has made from 1987 through today is completely 100% compatible with everything else made since 1987. Every Canon EF lens works perfectly with every Canon EOS 35mm or digital camera ever made. Their oldest EF lenses work perfectly on the newest EOS digital cameras, and the newest EF lenses work perfectly on very first EOS650 camera of 1987. (Flash is a different story, and the smaller EF-s lenses wont' work on full frame cameras.)

Nikon can't come close to this; many Nikon autofocus lenses still sold new today use old technology that won't autofocus on some of Nikon's newest cameras!

Canon cameras can use Nikon lenses, but Nikon cameras can't use Canon lenses.

DELIVERY

One big difference between Nikon and Canon is delivery of new products.

A good thing about Nikon is that they announce products a couple of months before they become available. You never feel like an idiot having bought a camera that goes obsolete the next day. Canon, on the other hand, usually has cameras available when they announce them, so you can get caught off guard.

Unfortunately Nikon does this to a fault. It's good to announce something a couple of months before it comes out, but bad to take orders and not be able to deliver.

Nikon has been doing this at least since 2000. They announced the 80-400mm VR in January, 2000. It was a year and a half later before you could buy them easily!

Nikon Announced the D100 in February of 2002 and it was a year until you could get them easily. I had bought a D1H the week before, but didn't worry even though I would have preferred the D100, because I didn't have 9 months to wait for one.

Nikon announced the 12-24mm in February 2003 and took a year until they were easy to find.

Nikon announced the D70 in February of 2004. That only took a couple of months to get.

The 18-200mm VR was announced on November 1st, 2005, and Nikon had them on back-order until 2007!

Canon usually ships its hot new products, while Nikon often strings us out for long periods of time.

LEICA is a different story. LEICA never makes anything; their new products are never available. You always have to order them and be patient.

HISTORY

You have to know the history behind this Nikon versus Canon race to understand it. Here's my personal experience, which spans most of five or six decades.

Early 1900s

Canon was founded in 1934 to sell cheap knock-offs of the new LEICA camera. It was sold with a lens made by Nikon, since Nikon has been making lenses for military applications forever, and Canon had just started in a garage.

Canon started by making consumer products, and branched out into industrial equipment much later.

Nikon had been making military instruments for mass destruction long before World War II. Nikon made bomb sights used to murder Americans in the Japanese terrorist attacks on Pearl Harbor in 1941, as well as huge rangefinders for battleship and field artillery in WW II.

Nikon made no cameras before WW II. After Nikon's warmongering activities were closed-down after WWII, Nikon had to figure out what to do for peaceful purposes. Their idea was to make rangefinder cameras for consumers in the late 1940s, and then SLRs in 1959.

Nikon started out making military products and was forced into making consumer products after Japan lost WW II.

Canon and Nikon have been competing with each other since WWII.

1960s and 1970s

My first 35mm SLR camera, bought when I was 11 years old in 1973, was a Minolta. You can see it and its photo quality on my Night Photography page. I upgraded to my dream camera, the Minolta SR-T-102, around 1974.

Nikon was exclusively an expensive camera for professionals, and Canon made cameras popular with consumers. They didn't compete much, although as the decade wore on, Nikon started making cheaper cameras and Canon made some more expensive pro cameras that pros wouldn't buy.

1980

In 1980 I wanted all my lenses to use filters the same size so I could change them easily while photographing from my mom's small plane. Minolta drove me nuts by using a different filter size every time they restyled their lenses. I bought a Nikon F2ASmanual camera and a slew of manual focus lenses. I sold the Minolta gear because I thought Nikon was better.

In 1980 Nikon was the undisputed king of pro 35mm cameras. For the same price as Canon I got what I thought was much better mechanical quality and better access to rental gear. I also thought it was cool to have the same camera used by every other journalist.

I was still too stupid to realize that 1.) people shooting landscapes used 4 x 5 cameras, not 35mm, and that 2.) All cameras in the same format perform the same.

1985

LEICA invented autofocus, and knowing that its customers know how to focus, sold the patent to Minolta, who introduced the world's first SLR in 1985. A few years later Canon and Nikon had them, too. Professionals laughed at the idea — they knew how to focus, and autofocus was still to slow for sports. Even if AF was fast, sports shooters know where the ball is going before it gets there, which cameras don't.

Nikon AF cameras and lenses were completely compatible with older lenses and cameras. This was good because pros all had many thousands of dollars invested in their manual lenses. It was a no-brainer to buy a new Nikon AF camera since it was compatible with everything. New AF lenses were compatible with manual focus cameras. They still are! Nikon solidified the reason to shoot Nikon as a pro: no one had to start out from scratch again. Going to AF in Nikon was easy.

Nikon AF cameras had motors in the body to focus the lenses mechanically through a small screw in the lens mount. They still do.

Canon designed their AF system from scratch, and used a completely new and incompatible lens mount. The lenses each had their own motors inside them. If you shot Canon you had to throw away all your lenses and bodies and start from scratch. Not good! To go to Canon AF you had to rebuy your entire system with new AF gear.

1990

Pros eventually started using the AF cameras around 1990 and liked them. One teensy-weensy problem around was that Nikon AF cameras couldn't focus fast enough for sports. The Canon cameras worked great. Pros who shot sports dumped their Nikon gear and moved to Canon in droves. Sports shooters still predominantly use Canon for this reason. I was kidding about slow AF being a teeny problem: it's why Nikon lost it's twenty-year lock on the pro journalism market and has never won it back!

Unlike 1980, in the 1990s Canon cameras evolved to be as professional as Nikon. They have competed neck and neck for the same customers ever since.

Nikon's AF speed is as good as Canon today, but no pro is going to sell all his lenses and cameras and start from scratch without a very good reason.

As a pro you own a lot of gear, all bought at different times. It all needs to work together as a system. Amateurs buy bodies and lenses together, while pros add and delete each body and lens from their systems as it makes sense. Except in the case of total fire or theft, you never get the chance to start over from scratch.

Better AF performance was why sports pros left Nikon in the 1990s. There's never been anything compelling enough since then to get them all to switch back, so it's been a slow road back for Nikon. That's why you see so many white lenses at sports events, in addition to the fact that Canon Pro Services loans them all out. Remember, sporting is only part of the photo picture. Landscape photographers have been using 4x5" film for over 100 years and don't show any signs of changing soon. The best ones rarely use Canon or Nikon.

1999

Nikon invents the professional D1, the world's first practical digital SLR. It was $5,000 and had 2.7MP. Nikon became the leader in professional digital.

I bought my first AF Nikon, an F100, and liked it so much I eventually wound up buying all new AF equipment anyway.

2000

Canon introduced their own first DSLR, the consumer D30. It had the same image quality as Nikon's metal D1, but for only $3,000 in plastic. It also had 3MP.

2001

Canon announces their first professional DSLR, the EOS-1D on 25 September 2001. Canon moves ahead of Nikon in the digital arena.

2002 - 2004

Nikon doesn't introduce much, while Canon is very busy. Every time Nikon announces a new DSLR, Canon outdoes them the next week. This goes on through 2012!

2005 - 2006

Nikon's D70 was my favorite over the better-built Canon 20D. I preferred the D70's faster operation, specifically, the D70's immediate access to white balance trims, needed for every shot, over having to go into menus on the 20D.

In 2006 Canon tweaked the firmware in the 20D and called it a 30D, which I find uncompetitive with the D200. What were they thinking? Nikon leapfrogged them with the D200. The D200 eclipsed anything Canon had done, including the Canon 5Dwhich cost three times as much.

I had always admired the Canon 28 - 135 IS lens. Nikon had nothing similar until Nikon introduced the spectacular 18-200 VR for digital, which eclipses the earlier Canon 28 - 135.

In 2005, Canon introduced the Canon 5D, the world's first full-frame consumer DSLR. The 5D has technical performance better than any consumer full-frame camera from Nikon until 2012's Nikon D800.

2012

For the first time ever, Nikon introduces the Nikon D800 which has more resolution than any Canon DSLR. Nikon finally regains it's leadership status, lost since Canon trumped Nikon's 1999 D1 with Canon's 2000 EOS-1D.

My Personal Preferences

Nikon and Canon all give the same quality images within the same price class. See my Noise and Resolution comparison. These differences are so small I have to strain to see them with test charts. In the dynamics of the real world they are invisible. I ran those tests, and discovered that whatever differences entertain chat-room participants don't exist.

As you ought to know, I'm just a guy who loves to take pictures and today just happens to have literally millions of people reading this site, which are my personal opinions, each month. I don't get any free gear, money, sponsorships, hats or anything from any camera companies, in spite of what people may think.

Compacts

I prefer Canon point-and-shoots. I love their color rendition, and I can't for the life of me figure out the menus of the Nikon Coolpix cameras.

DSLRs

Flash

The biggest reason pros shoot Nikon, or switch from Canon to Nikon, is that Nikon's flash exposure control gets perfect flash exposure every time, while a core incompetency of Canon is that Canon DSLRs rarely get consistently good flash exposure.

Sure, you can get a good shot on a Canon with flash, but it often will take a lot of fiddling, while even the cheapest Nikon DSLR usually gets it right on the first shot. As a pro, this is critical; Nikon's flash technology has some secret sauce or patents that Canon just can't match.

My Nikons give me far more flash sync options. They are well labeled and easy to set without menus. Canon hides them inside other modes deep inside menus.

For instance, the important Rear Curtain option is hidden in the 30D's Custom Function 15, while even a cheap Nikon D50 has its own flash sync button.

Slow sync isn't selectable separately on these Canons. Program mode always uses a faster speed of about 1/60 as its lower limit. Tv, Av or M modes use slow sync by default. See p.92 of Canon's 20D manual for details.

This is too bad: I always shoot my Nikons in Program, and set the slowest flash shutter speed to whatever I want, usually 1/30 or 1/15 to let in enough ambient light. This is easy to change on Nikon, and almost fixed in stone on these Canons.

I have no idea how to set manual flash mode on the Canons, while on the Nikons it's easy to set up wireless remote flash control.

My Nikon DSLRs let me know if the flash may have underexposed (the bolt in the finder blinks rapidly). I've never seen that on the Canons. The Nikon flash units even tell me, in stops, by how much they have underexposed.

C1 C2 C3 Modes

Most Canons have "C" modes on their control dials. Each of these is a complete memory for everything about the camera. Every time you select that position, everything about the camera is recalled from when you saved it!

Nikons, except for the D7000, have no easily recalled total-camera-state recall functions. Every time you want to shoot anything different on a Nikon, you have to reset many different things in many different menus. Nikons often have "settings banks," but there are many of them, and they still don't save and recall everything, so they don't help much. Even if they did, there is no way to lock them; as you change settings, there is no way to recall what had been set before, so they are useless.

With most Canons, its fast and easy to get back to all the settings you want, and if you have more than one C on your dial, I set C1 for my landscape, and C2 for my people shots.

Easy!

Every time I wake up my Canon in a C mode, it resets to all my personal favorite settings, which is far better than Nikon's one factory-default green-button reset that neither resets everything, and certainly doesn't reset to my settings.

Smart (green-button) Reset

I always use the Smart Reset (two-green-button reset) of my Nikon DSLRs. They reset all the shot-to-shot stuff, like WB and ISO and selected AF sensor and exposure compensations and image and file sizes, and leave alone the rarely set items like file numbering, custom functions and beeps.

If I don't use Nikon's green-reset of Canon's "C" modes, I'll often have left the camera at a deep tungsten white balance and ISO 1,600, which of course ruins all shots made that way until I notice and reset them all by hand.

White Balance left set at last night's custom setting.

With my Nikons I hold the two green buttons and all is back at normal.

Playback Held Hostage

My biggest complaint about all my Canons, DSLR and compact, is that they lock ne out of any playback controls, like zooming, until after I've pressed the PLAY button. With Nikon's, as soon as my photo shows on the back after I shot it, I have full access to zooming and selecting other images. (I usually have to enable this in Nikon's menu.)

Nikons play fast. Canon DSLRs take time when you try to display pages of 9 playback images and flip though them.

Seven versus Eight-bladed diaphragms

Nikon always uses superior 7- or 9-bladed lens diaphragms, while another core incompetency of Canon is often using 6-or 8-bladed diaphragms.

Odd-numbers of diaphragm blades lead to superior sunstars (14- or 18-points from Nikon vs. 6- or 8- points from Canon) and less disruptive shapes of out-of-focus highlight blobs (bokeh), septagons or nonagons from Nikon versus obnoxious hexagons or octagons from Canon. When we see hexagons or octagons, we thing snowflakes or stop signs, while septagons or nonagons are so low-key that you probably don't even recognize the names of the shapes!

Control Sensibilities

On my Nikons, one dial always sets aperture and the other always sets the shutter. On the Canons, what dial does what depends on your mode. That drives me crazy - I need to have the same dial change the same thing every time I spin it, regardless of the shooting mode.

Nikon turns off the exposure compensation indication if you haven't set it. Canon leaves it on, even in the finder, even if it's set at zero.

I prefer Nikon's easy-to-find-in-the-dark LCD illuminator button. It's concentric with the shutter; just twist. On the Canons you need to feel around for a dedicated button.

When you hit the LCD illuminator, either on camera or on flash, everything lights up. On a Canon Rebel XT and EX-550, each button only lights one of them!

Auto ISO

Nikon has more flexibility in programming Auto ISO.

Autofocus

I get more consistent results on my Nikons. It's not unusual to get an unfocused image with my Canons, with the camera's AF confirmation light lit on an unmoving subject.

My Canons tend to be a little faster with cheap lenses, and about the same with the expensive ones. In other words, Nikon lets the AF of their cheap lenses ($80 - 500) get slower, both both brands of pro lenses (c. $1,500 range) are equally fast.

Locking Flash Shoe

Nikons for about 15 years have had a pin in the flash shoe which bolts the flash solidly into the hot shoe. It will never slide a little out and lose its electrical connection. It flicks with a lever.

Canon is still back in the 1970s. The 550EX flash only has a plastic screw-down ring on its bottom, which doesn't work, is a pain to loosen when needed, and loosens itself when you don't want it to. This results in the flash misfiring, since only a small amount of slippage is enough to disconnect the small electrical pins.

AF Assist Illuminators

Canon got all the sports shooter business in the 1990s because of their superior AF system. Today Nikon is fine, but pros who moved have no need to return. Pros have a huge investment in gear; it's not just one camera. Even I have Nikon gear bought over 25 years ago that I still use today.

Something very annoying about the Canon AF system has been their attempt to use the on-camera flash for low-light AF assist. I kid you not: Canon cameras fire off multiple extended bursts of the flash to light the subject for focusing in the dark. Every time this happens we say "What the heck was that???" and try to turn it off. This only happens in dark areas where the AF system can't see enough, and of course those are the conditions under which the flash going off in people's faces is the most annoying. Egad.

The Freedom Lens: Nikon's 18-200mm VR/IS (what is Vibration Reduction?)

Canon, and no one, makes anything that can do what the life-changing Nikon 18-200mm VR does. There are loads of off-brand 18-200mm lenses, but they have no VR (critical at 200mm) and only have primitive focus control with no instant manual override.

Canon's 18-200 IS is inferior: it demands you move a switch to get between auto and manual focus, while on the Nikon 18-200 VR, all you do is grab the focus ring.

Sigma announced an 18-200mm OS (stabilized) lens, but it's only f/6.3 (not rated to work well for AF, which needs at least f/5.6) and I suspect it has primitive focus, not HSM/AFS/USM. We'll see, and I avoid off brand lenses anyway. As I explained, the whole point of a Canon or Nikon camera is to use the superior lenses made by either, both of which are very serious optical companies, unlike the off brands.

Viewfinder Grids

Most digital Nikons have magic, selectable viewfinder grids, free!

The Canon DSLRs don't. You can buy an optional screen for the 5D, and manually jam it in the camera's viewfinder.

Most point and shoots from Canon and Casio have these, too, just not the Canon DSLRs.

I use these grids to help me get level photos. It's one of the first things I turn on when I get a new camera.

Data Embedding

My Nikons let me embed my ©, name and phone number into the EXIF data of every one of the 75,000 shots I've made, no computer required.

I haven't seen that yet on the Canons, unless you dick with software in your computer. Pros don't have time for computers, we have photos and money to make.

Automatic Zone System Exposure and Development

The Nikons have an AUTO CONTRAST mode by default (called Tone Compensation under Optimize Image) which uses the Zone System to optimize the camera's contrast to the subject. It was awful in the D1H, and in the D70, D80 and D200 it works great to match conditions. The Canons have no such mode: you have to set them manually. That said, in harsh light sometimes my D200 goes a little too flat, and the Canons always look great anyway. The Canons also make it easy to set these, by using a custom function to have their SET buttons call up instant selection of preset image adjustments, called Parameters on some Canons and "Image Styles" on others.

AF Assist Lights

Nikon has annoying little lamps on the camera body. Canon doesn't, and instead fires the flash with an ultra-annoying series of continuous bursts. Boy, if having the flash fire a zillion times doesn't get you thrown out of a venue, nothing will.

Canon's self-timer lights don't work as the AF assist lights as they do on Nikon.

To Canon's credit, their AF system works great so long as you have at least a little light; just forget about it in darkness.

Viewfinder

They are about the same size, clarity and brightness, depending on which you compare. They all have gesticulatic dioptometricization. The Rebels are about the same size as the D50/70, the 20D/30D are a bit bigger, the D80/D200 much bigger, and I presume the 5D the Mother of them all.

I find the in-finder data a little bit sparser in Canon than in my Nikons. I also found the Canon's digital thinner and harder to see than in my Nikon DSLRs.

All of them do a great job of automatically varying the brightness of the display to match ambient conditions.

Sensor Sizes

Canon curses us with three incompatible sensor sizes. For two of the sizes, 1x as in the 5D and 1DS Mk II, we have to use the 16-35, 17-40 and 15mm fisheye lenses, and on the 1.6x consumer cameras (20D, 30D, Rebel) we have no fisheye, but do have the excellent 10-22mm. The pros using the 1.3x (1D) cameras are screwed: the pros who could make the best use of wide angle lenses in news reporting just don't have them. There are no fisheyes and no ultrawide lenses for the 1.3x cameras.

Why do I say cursed? Because as I dig through the Canon system to report on it, I have to make three sets of tables for each lens. Each lens performs differently on each format camera. Corner sharpness? The corners are in three different places!

To use the Canon system, I have to buy different lenses for each camera. I bought a 10-22mm for the XTi and its brethren, and have a 16-35 and 17-40mm on loan to figure out which one I need to do the same thing on the 5D. Of course my pain is your gain: I'll be doing a knock-down, drag-out donnybrook between them (apologies to Pop Photo cover copywriters)

I love wides. Telephotos aren't as weird, although the 18-55mm, 17-85mm, 17-55mm and I forget what else only work on the 1.6x cameras.

Data Transfer

Both are as fast. The newer ones are all fast enough to eliminate card readers.

My Nikons show up as hard drives on my computers. I drag and drop files either way, no software required. I create folders in-camera, and download sorted photos directly from my Nikons! Data from the Canon cameras can only be read via software.

Help

Nikons have a "?" button for explaining most of the menu functions. Canons don't.

Nikon USA's free live tech help line, (800) NIKON-UX, is open all the time, 24/7/365.

Canon USA's free help line, (800) OK-CANON, lets its very good people go home late and on Sundays.

Both help lines are very good. I've always gotten someone who knows the answer on the first try.

Shots Remaining

This is even.

The Canons are stupid and stop at 999, while Nikons are smart enough to show "2.7k" if they need to. They each only have three digits with which to display this.

My Nikons are defective in design: they underestimate, which is pretty funny, since the Canons vary the size of the file to fit the image, and Nikons tend to make the same size files, making this easier. As an example, my D80 says "516" shots for Normal JPG LARGE images on a 2 GB card. I actually get about 800 shots on those.

Trick Custom Image Settings and Tweaks

Nikon makes you buy their buggy $100 Nikon Capture software to create and load crazy curves and settings into your camera. You need to buy this to tweak curves, colors and contrasts other than what you can do in the menus.

Canon makes this available for free here, and includes all sorts of fun presets, too.

JPG File Size and Quality Optimization

Busy, detailed, contrasty subjects need more JPG bits to look good than do images with flat backgrounds, low contrasts and blank spaces.

Canon does a better job here. Canon's JPG file sizes vary to maintain constant quality. It's not unusual to see a fat file three times the size of a small one, with the only difference being the subject. Nikons are stupider and tend to keep JPG files sizes very similar, wasting bits when not needed and lowering quality when they are.

I prefer Canon. Even the Nikon D2Xs and D200, which allow a new choice to let the JPGs files vary size, don't work as well as Canons have for years by default.

Clock Setting

I prefer my Nikons, which let me check the time to the second and change time zones without altering my to-the-second calibration. The Nikons let you set the clock to any random second, not just at the minute as with almost every other digital clock.

The Canons only read to the nearest minute, and don't even recognize time zones. I lose my exact setting, since I have to reset it from scratch when changing time zones.

The latest Nikons really did a good job and have an easy-to-use world map and time zone calculator and display. The Nikons (my D80 in this case) sadly hide the clock setting under the menu item MENU > SETUP > World Time > Date.

Depth-of-Field Preview Button

Canon's buttons work instantly and silently. I wish everything worked this well.

Unfortunately, Canon only in 2012 is starting to out this button on the correct side of the camera. FOr decades, Canon has put this button is on the wrong side of the camera so it takes a second hand to use.

Nikon's buttons are bogus: they clatter all around as if the camera took a picture. This is annoying, but was handy back in film days when I could hit it to satisfy people pestering me to take their pictures. Today, at least Nikon always has these buttons on the correct side of the camera.

Front Lens Caps

Canon's caps are pretty flimsy. They only have tabs for release from the side, not the front.

Nikon has much, much better and beefier caps.

Color and Tone

Nikon and Canon each use different "secret sauce" that defines the colors and tones captured by their cameras, especially when you start adjusting the color, contrast, saturation and the zillion other controls on cameras today.

Images will look different from either brand of camera. Most Nikons and most Canons' match other cameras of the same brand when set alike, but images shot on Nikons most certainly won't match the colors, highlights, shadows and grays of the other.

In this case, there is no right and wrong. Photography is an art, and in art, it's about what looks best to you, the artist.

Look carefully at the color rendition you get from either camera, and shoot what you prefer.

Auto White Balance (AWB) works very differently in different cameras. If you shoot in AWB as I do, one brand or the other may work better under the unique conditions under which you shoot. Pay attention and you'll probably prefer one over the other.

source : http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/nikon-vs-canon.htm

Google+ Games

2011-08-11T15:18:00.000-07:00

Games has finally launched (yay!) - and whether you're a fan or hesitant to join in, you should check out the deets below...

First - I want to introduce +Doug S, who is a great Googler to add to a circle if you're interested in Games updates. He'd like to hear feedback on your experience and be added to conversations (+mention him to posts)! In addition, we'd like you to send product suggestions to us through the "Send Feedback" button in the lower right hand corner. You can also visit our Help Center and Discuss forum from the gear icon in the upper right hand corner under "Google+ Help."

See what +Punit Soni and +Bradley Horowitz have to say about the new integration:

+Punit Soni - Lead Product Manager for Games

"Folks...two comments:
1. games will roll out slowly over a period of time. So please be patient as we ramp up
2. Please play with it and give us feedback. We have tried to build it in a way that is fun for those who love playing games and non-disruptive for those who don't.

Its just a start...ways to go as we listen, learn and iterate.
thanks!"

+Bradley Horowitz - VP of Product Management at Google

"I'm seeing some amount of "Oh no! Games?!" in reaction to the announcement of Games on Google+...

Folks - please bother to read the announcement... If you're a gamer - you're going to love what we've done...

But as importantly, if you're not interested in games, we've implemented this in a way that won't be at all harmful to your Google+ experience...

Also - this will roll out S L O W L Y over a number of days, so don't be alarmed or concerned if Games haven't reached you yet..."

source : Natalie Villalobos (Community Manager for the G+ project)

So if you have the games icon on your tabs( as in the picture ).. You are the chosen ones

http://test.skimlinks.com

kelebihan dari Google Plus

2011-08-10T16:40:00.000-07:00

kelebihan dari Google Plus :

1.Integrasi dengan layanan google, yaitu adanya fitur dan peralatan ke hampir semua layanan online di google mulai dari pencarian dokumen hingga Video.
2.Manajemen pertemanan yang lebih baik dimana google menggunakan konsep lingkaran yang lebih sesuai dengan cara seseorang berteman pada dunia nyata.
3.Aplikasi mobile yang lebih baik.
4.Lebih mudah dalam menemukan hal untuk dibagi dengan menggunakan fitur Spark yang berfungsi untuk memberikan para penggunanya aliran informasi instan yang relevan untuk dibagi bersama teman yang tentunya tidak dapat dilakukan oleh Facebook.
5.Data dapat diambil lagi.
6.Melabel foto dengan nama nama kawan dengan lebih baik.
7.Fitur obrolan grup yang lebih baik dan canggih dengan menggunakan fitu Hangouts.
8.Terjaganya keamanan dalam berbagi konten.
9.Pengurusan data pribadi yang lebih baik.

anda tertarik untuk mencobanya...??

Google Plus Invitation

2011-08-09T13:41:00.000-07:00

Recently Google launched, a new social networking service named – “Google Plus or Google+“. It is considered to be the Google’s answer to Facebook. It includes all the major Google Services and gets integrated to our gmail also allowing us to keep a real time watch on the happenings.
It uses a very clean user interface which adds up to the flavor. According to me, I feel more organised while using Google Plus. It can be considered to be a social network which is indexed in the search engines since it is a sort of layer on Google Profiles. So any one can search, this also pose a threat but these days we all know the dark side of the internet. So nothing to worry as such still someone should be cautious while posting messages on there circles(it is a type of group among which we can divide our friend list and a person can be added to multiple groups also). Following is the basic view of a Google Plus Profile: