Two photo enthusiasts at the world-famous three day-long annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance exotic car festival began bidding against each other for the chance to own an ‘Ultimate luxury’ olive wood-handled Lunar camera, crafted by the iconic camera brand. When the bid reached $28,000 neither party wanted to lose out on a Lunar, so a deal was struck for an extra camera to be auctioned – for a joint record-busting price that raised a total of $54,500 for a spina bifida charity.
The deal also included a unique set of Classic Motorsport photographs shot over decades with a Hasselblad camera by Concours Show founder and chairman, Bill Warner. Warner said: “Hasselblad is simply the ultimate camera. It’s the Mercedes-Benz, the Porsche and the Ferrari of cameras, all in one.
Michael Hejtmanek, President of Hasselblad Bron Inc. said: “We knew our new, retro-look Lunar range was compelling – especially the rich-veined olive wood edition with its advanced technology and supreme ergonomics – but for a pair of them to raise $54,500 for Spina Bifida Jacksonville at this auction is just outstanding.”
The Lunar Limited Edition is available to only 200 pieces worldwide featuring a bold red Italian leather grip with yellow gold top plate, the Lunar Limited Edition from Hasselblad is the ultimate good fortune indulgence.
However I personally feel it was still an extravagantly ridiculous shopping, not much information regarding to the Photo enthusiasts has been published yet.
Infiniti Red Bull Racing F1 car will perform in long urban track on the streets of Kuwait. For the 1st time Infiniti Red Bull Racing Formula One Show Run Team visits Kuwait on Friday March 28th . The Quadruple Constructors’ Championship winning machine will be driven by Red Bull Junior Driver Carlos Sainz Jr. who will perform a full repertoire of donuts, burnouts and speed stretches in front of an expected 25,000 racing fans that will line the streets next to the Kuwait Towers.
Fans will welcome the Infiniti Red Bull Racing World Champion Car on an 800-meter long urban track stretching from Bneid El Gar signal light to the Kuwait Towers. The car which accelerates from 0-100km/h in 2.4 seconds will reach speeds of 250km/h and above.
In addition to the Infiniti Red Bull Racing Formula One Show Run, Kuwait will get a glimpse of Chris Pfeiffer, a four-time World Stunt Riding Champion and one of the best stunt riders in the world who will be pushing the limits with his new tricks.
This event is sponsored by Infiniti, Pirelli and is held with the cooperation of KMRC.
Venue: Close to Kuwait Towers, check attached Map [Here]
Date: 28th March, 2014 Time: 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
The Kuwait Riding Center is holding the International Show Jumping Championship for the year 2014 from March 20th to March 22nd, which will comprise two different competitions involving 180 participants running concurrently; a local competition made up of a hundred local riders will enable the local youth and beginner riders to participate. The international competition will have more than 80 more advanced riders drawn from 11 different countries across the globe, Arabs and Europeans alike, competing.
The total prize money for the whole competition amounts to Ten thousand Kuwaiti Dinars (KD10,000), the highest ever prize money to be allocated for various winners of the Show Jumping competition in Kuwait.
Dates: Thursday March 20th to Saturday March 22nd 2014
Time: 3PM to 10PM
Schedule: Download [Here]
Celebrity and destination wedding photographer Joe Marie Smallwood captured a real wedding in Cabo, Mexico, for the first time using only the Nokia Lumia 1020, ditching her professional equipment. The photos were released in partnership with Nokia, which is hoping to show off the power of the Lumia 1020’s camera with the gallery. The camera is the Lumia 1020’s main selling point, and if these photos have used no software other than what’s available on the smartphone, they are pretty stunning.
The Lumia 1020 features a 41-megapixel sensor, along with Pro Cam and Creative Studio applications. In both apps you can adjust White Balance, ISO, retouch certain aspects of a photo, and add other creative options.
“The quality of the photos we took at the Cabo wedding using the Lumia 1020 were crisp with a great depth of colour and totally exceeded our expectations,” said Smallwood. “The 41-megapixel sensor is pretty outstanding for a camera phone.”
You can check out the wedding Photography on her blog [here]
I’m generally asked in my workshops which is the best camera or the best lens. Well the answer is simple, don’t worry much, you as a Photographer need to be in total control, understand exposures and composition. The rest will follow suit.
Check out the Nokia Lumia 1020 Commercial
Transcend Information Inc launches its Ultimate & Premium Series 1000x and 800x CompactFash cards. These cards are designed for Professional photographers and videographers faced with the demands of capturing fast action in continuous burst mode or recording lengthy Full HD video. These cards offers incredible high-speed performance and extra-large storage space. The Ultimate CF cards have a transfer rate of up to 160MB/s (read) and 120MB/s (write), while the Premium CF cards have a transfer rate of up to 120MB/s (read) and 60MB/s (write). The cards are with built-in MLC Flash chips for guaranteed perfomace and durability, they also offer built-in ECC (Error Correction Code) technology with read-retry, which detects and corrects error during data transfer.
The Ultimate CF100x are available in 16GB, 32GB, 64GB and 128GB and
The Premium CF800x are available in 64GB, 128GB and 256GB
