Last week I tried the new Nikon D90 that will be available in Japan from the 19th. After my experience, more than positive with my Nikon D40, my next camera will be a Nikon D90. I think it is the natural evolution from a D40 user who needs to go to the next level. I [...]
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Nobuyoshi Araki and Daido Moriyama are two of the most famous contemporary Japanese photographers. Nobuyoshi Araki is the bad boy, he likes colors and controversy, on the other hand Daido Moriyama shots almost always en b&w and his pictures are sad and melancholic. Daido Moriyama was friend with Yukio Mishima, and he confesses that his [...]
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I found this interesting pie chart showing reflex cameras market share in Japan during 2007:
Nikon and Canon are more or less the same, and together they have more than 80% of the market. I did not found data for Europe or the USA, but I guess Canon and Sony have much more market share outside [...]
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Japan is a paradise for all of us who enjoy taking pictures. All the major camera brands are Japanese, that’s good because prices for lens and cameras are much lower here than in other places. Furthermore, Japanese people in general like photography a lot, and that’s good for the market. You can find zillions of [...]
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The beautiful Sakura blossom just finished. One of the most beautiful phenomenon about sakura blossom is to see how the petals drop. It’s one of the romantic scenes you will see over and over in many Japanese films, dramas and manga.
Here are some of my sakura petal “snow” pictures:
Here you can see the petals falling. [...]
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I’ve been using this interesting online photo aging tool made by a lab here in Japan, the site is in Japanese but using it is really straightforward, the language shouldn’t be a problem. These are my results using some of my pictures from my Flickr account.
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