Mangin says on Mark III…
“To be brutally honest, I found the Canon EOS-1D Mark III to be a complete disaster. I consider it to be the biggest lemon professional 35mm camera in modern photographic history.”

Mangin says on Mark IV…
“This camera performed flawlessly.”

Read HERE at Mangin Photography Archive.

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Read HERE at PDN Pulse.

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Here’s a 1DMK4 video from our friend, Tim Chong/REUTERS Singapore.

WATCH IT IN HD! Click HERE

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THE year-end school holidays for Malay boys is usually a special period. It marks the time when boys go through the rite of circumcision.These children from Kampung Baru Batu Caves, near Kuala Lumpur, dressed in traditional Malay clothes, are ready for their rite of passage and are having some fun as well.
The boys, aged between five and 12, were recently paraded around the village on the back of a lorry, to announce their bravery in going through the ritual.Then the fun escalated with water being sprayed on them, courtesy of the Fire and Rescue Department.For villagers of Kampung Baru Batu Caves, this is a familiar scene every year and now with modern circumcision techniques, the process is less painful. December 29 2009. MalayMail/Samsul Said

DESPITE losing his speech and hearing, leprosy sufferer, who wants to be known only as Ah Tong, 72, decided long ago not to give up on life.Like many others in this small “leper” community near the Sungai Buloh Hospital, Ah Tong supports his livelihood by selling crafts and agricultural produce, mustering whatever strength and skills he has to make ends meet.Ah Tong is seen here making a basket out of wires, which will be sold to an agent who periodically comes over and collects his work.Despite financial aid from the government and the sale of his handicraft, lepers like Ah Tong find it hard to survive in a metropolis like Petaling Jaya. But as they say, life goes on. December 30 2009. MalayMail/Samsul Said

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Villagers living along the Baleh river in Borneo fear a 100-foot snake could be lurking in the murky waters.

Read HERE at The Telegraph.

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Photoshop-ed or genuine?

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Lovely sunset over Manhattan from the Empire State Building.

View of the New York city skyscrapers from Brooklyn Bridge.

Tommy Robredo defeated James Blake in the Third Round of US Open 2009. Robredo won the match 7-6 (7-2), 6-4, 6-4 on the Arthur Ashe stadium.

Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, Fifth Avenue between 50th and 51st Streets, Manhattan

Times Square, New York City

Seventh Avenue, New York City

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We found Marina photographing Pak Lah, but Marina says, “malu lah… nak masuk warung”.

Takper, kalu dier malu, kiter masukkan.

Marina, I think many of us here want to see the outcome of the assignment. Maybe a picture of the publication where the picture ends up at.

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Kalu sebelum ni, kiter tengok Kamal bertoboggan dgn cantek, tapi yang tak cantek ader kat sini.

The video is HERE.

Enjoy it…

FotoWarung | BM

Photoshop SpeedUp 2.00 (310KB, Freeware)

Make your Adobe Photoshop run faster!

Adobe Photoshop SpeedUp significantly decreases the time it takes to load Adobe Photoshop by disabling the plug-ins that you may not need. There are several options such as whether to load the Adobe fonts, load the presets, and set the memory usage. You may restore to the original settings at any time. Adobe Photoshop SpeedUp is freeware, works with Adobe Photoshop versions 3 through CS4. Available interface languages:

Features:
Free Photoshop Tweak Utility for Adobe Photoshop version 3 through CS4
Enable or disable the plug-ins as needed
Do not load Adobe fonts CMap and Base
Do not load Photoshop Presets
Optimize and reset Maximum Memory Usage
Restore to original settings with a click of the Restore button at any time

www.acropdf.com

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I like it.

Please share here if you found anything that you don’t like.

Thanks to my colleague Michael Caronna in Tokyo for sharing the tool.

FotoWarung | BM

Dancers perform a traditional Malay “zapin” dance during “Gema Zafana” at The Palace of Culture in Kuala Lumpur December 28, 2009. Zapin, a folk dance introduced to the Malay peninsula by Arab Muslims from the Middle East in the 14th century, was formerly performed during Islamic religious ceremonies but now has become a Malay traditional performance for entertainment. Gema Zafana involves 200 dancers. Picture taken December 28, 2009. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA – Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION)

Dancers perform a Malaysian traditional Malay “zapin” dance during “Gema Zafana” at The Palace of Culture in Kuala Lumpur December 28, 2009. Zapin, a folk dance introduced to the Malay peninsula by Arab Muslims from the Middle East in the 14th century, was formerly performed during Islamic religious ceremonies but now has become a Malay traditional performance for entertainment. Gema Zafana involves 200 dancers. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA – Tags: ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Masuk gak IMAGES OF THE DAY… hehe.

FotoWarung | BM