Ever since I decided to relaunch my photography after learning many of these years, I realize that my expensive camera bag Tamrac 610 Pro System 10, was old and worn out. Not only that, it does not do what I needed it to do, which is to have spacious compartments for DSLR/mirrorless camera bodies, it does not have enough to hold a lot of lenses, and since it does not have enough room for all of the lenses that I need there wouldn’t be any room for other accessories or gears such as Speedlite or studio light system. I brought the camera bag back in the year 2013 when I was just a beginner photographer, after a few years later since I have been learning and finally know what I need, such as how many lenses, speedlites or lighting systems, what accessories I need and others which that old camera bag would not even carry half of that, so it was time for something else. I need a new camera bag, so I do some searching; the number one priority when selecting which camera bag I want is that it must be spacious enough that it can carry several lenses, along with a couple of Speedlight or lighting systems, filters, tripod, a few props, and others. Hence, the bottom line…
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Ever since I got a new camera for my professional photography, a few things on the list are a must-have for every photographer, and one of them is extra batteries. Having extra batteries means that we have to get chargers for them as well because batteries for camera are often sold separately without the actual charger, as there are a few options that we could go for, such as getting the OEM charger or go for a third-party charger that can charge more than one battery, so that was the routine I took. If I were to go for every OEM battery charger for each battery, I would need several outlets for them. A twin (double) battery charger has a better advantage because it can charge two or more batteries using only one outlet and is less cluttered this way. I will be happier if the same manufacturer of the camera’s battery says Nikon has their own charging station for any batteries they have for all of their batteries. Still, they do not have a single charger for one battery, so one charger for each one battery, and knowing us photographers who need a good number of batteries, we probably have several power strips to charge all of the batteries for our camera(s). The problem with that is, it is…
This latest Tomb Raider movie released in 2018 is not the Tomb Raider that you would expect from Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle Of Life. Angelina Jolie was a perfect actress for the Lara Croft role, she did it very well, and Alicia Vikander also did the Lara Croft well in the latest Tomb Raider movie. I look at this Tomb Raider movie as a reboot movie because if you watched the other Tomb Raider movies starring Angelina Jolie, then you watch this movie Tomb Raider, and you will immediately realize that it is so similar but in different ways. Before I start writing my review, please be aware that this review will have some spoilers, so if you have not watched the movie, look away. As I said earlier, both movies, which I am referring to the Lara Croft movies and this latest Tomb Raider movie, are similar but different. From the beginning of the Tomb Raider movie, you will see Lara Croft is going through her father’s loss after discovering that her father has left her an inheritance. One of them is Croft’s Manor, where all of the things that her father has stored from his adventures as he is known for looking for mystery things. So, in Croft’s manor, it…
The other night I have decided to go ahead and watch a movie called Midway. I have been putting it aside for about a couple of years because I wanted to watch the rest of the movies that I had purchased that I believed would be mediocre or less and that Midway would be one of other few movies that I felt would be the better movies to watch, so I was saving the better movies last. I have caught up on several movies that I initially thought would be mediocre, although some of them surprised me. I started catching up on these movies that I believed to be better movies, so last weekend, Midway moved up to my next to watch. Last weekend I decided to watch the Midway movie; if you don’t know what the name midway is, it is an island under one of the United States territories. The island’s real name is Midway Atoll which is close to the state of Hawaii, and after world war two, that island has become well-known for one of the locations that the United States used during their battle of midway. I was almost excited to watch the Midway movie because their trailer was impressive. If you have not watched Midway and do not want to know the spoilers, then…
I was in the market for a professional camera. I was shopping for a DSLR camera because it was beyond the time for me to upgrade, especially Nikon 5200. I was eyeing an expensive one but still affordable. First, I observed Nikon’s D850, a professional DSLR camera; as it was nearing Christmas, my mother decided to get me a camera for a present, and I was pretty much mindset on D850. After a while, I decided to do further research. I discovered that Nikon has something significantly better camera than D850, but it is a professional mirrorless instead of a DSLR camera. I found out that this camera is one of the top 10 lists of every reviewer when it comes to a camera overall (compact, action, DSLR, mirrorless, etc.). I decided to get that one instead of the D850 because it has better specifications than the D850 has. That is Nikon’s new Z 7ii; Nikon Z 7ii just came out not too long ago, which has a whopping 46MP, with more FPS and higher resolution for a video than D850 has. After finding out that Nikon Z 7ii offers more than what their D850 does and I decided that it will be the camera, I own so now I do. Nikon Z 7ii has more features and better performance…
I have decided to go for at least one luxury pen in my life, there are a few luxury pens out there on the market, and it was somewhat hard to decide which to go for. The one I went to is Cross brand; they have different models and different types of pens. A.T. Cross is known for making luxury pens since 1846, there are not many pens manufactured in the United States of America, and A.T. Cross is one of them. Not only that, Cross pens are favorite pens of United States presidents that they use to sign bills at their desks at white house or other places – you know the tray with several pens? They are often Cross. The United States Capitol uses Cross pens and the white house, and the United States Capitol has a contract with them for a supply of Cross pens. So, that tells me that Cross is well-reputation for their pens and that was just enough for me to decide to purchase a pen from them rather than one from another company like Germany’s pens company Montblanc. As I said, I have chosen to go with Cross pens, so I decided to purchase a midnight green micro knurled and sandblasted black PVD with matte black PVD appointments selectip roller pen. That is…
Thanks to my mother, I got GoPro Hero 9 Media Mod as a present for Christmas as I brought GoPro Hero 9 a few months ago when they released GoPro Hero 9. I was considering buying the media mod to go with it, but they were out of stock at that time, and I decided to wait until they are back in stock again, or I could finally find them somewhere on the internet. After a month, I forgot to look again to see if it was in stock or still out of stock; then, a couple of weeks before Christmas, I remembered, so I went to check and see if they have GoPro Hero 9 Media Mod in stock which they finally were. I was determined to purchase a media mod for my GoPro Hero 9, but before I did, I was having a conversation with my mother about needing a media mod and a light mod for my GoPro Hero 9 to turn it into a small production set-up to use. My mother told me not to buy it and that she wanted to get it for me for Christmas, but I hesitated a bit because I never felt right to let her get anything but went for it because she was stubborn. So, on Christmas day (a…
I was attempted to purchase Apple Watch Series 6 back in September when they released the product, but my mother wanted to purchase it as one of my Christmas presents for me, and it took both of us a while to decide whether I would buy it or she buy it for Christmas. I initially decided that I would be buying Apple Watch Series 6, then my mother came in and wanting to comprise with me, saying that she wants to go half on it and allow me to have it as an early Christmas present, but I kept on resisting. A few weeks later, my mother kept trying to talk me into allowing her to pay for it entirely as a Christmas present after she has seen that I didn’t want much of anything this year for Christmas as this year it was probably the fewest presents that I wanted then all of Christmas in the past. So, she pressured me even more into allowing her to pay entirely for the Apple Watch Series 6, and I gave in, so I let her get it for one of my Christmas presents for me instead of me paying for it, which I have done so all of other Apple watch series. Thanks, mom, for getting me an Apple Watch Series…
Ever since I have decided to get back to PC gaming, most of the games I have were a couple of years old, and I need something new. Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla is a new game that I recently brought so I could have a new game to play, and after a few days of playing that game, I have decided to go for one more or a couple of more video games to add to my list to play, so I remembered a couple of months ago I saw one of my friends recorded gameplay on his Facebook profile that I thought would be a great game to play, but at that time I wasn’t back to gaming yet. That gameplay video I am talking about is a video game of Red Dead Redemption 2; I have taken a look at it a few times online and kept my eyes on it until just a few days ago, I have decided to go ahead to buy the video game Red Dead Redemption 2. Red Dead Redemption 2 is a video game developed by Rockstar Games, and we know how they are good at developing popular franchise video games such as Grand Theft Auto. I have Grand Theft Auto V, which I also decided to redownload the game, and by redownloading…
For many years we went through several thermometers, all of them required to be contacted for them to work, and this means that every person uses them builds layer by layer of germs on them. The advanced technology of a thermometer we have is a temporal thermometer, which we relied on for many years to check for our temperature to ensure that we don’t have a fever. Because as we know that fever is a symptom of many things that includes FLU, but now that there is more important that we check our temperature to make sure that we don’t have a fever because now having a fever could now mean that we may have been exposed to COVID-19. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the thermometer has become the primary medical tool that can be seen everywhere such as a store, doctor’s office, hospital, restaurants, and other businesses because if our temperature is high to a fever degree (100.4 or higher), they will prevent us from entry. When COVID-19 became the pandemic at the beginning of 2020, many things have been sold out, including the thermometers. Besides masks and hand sanitizers, the thermometers are a must. Many states and locals would require them to be checked if they want to enter a place anywhere that isn’t theirs. The problem is, we…
I must confess that I was way late with this movie because I was so busy and more interested in watching many television shows than to watch a movie or any movies. On occasion, I would watch a movie, mostly when I felt that I have watched too many television shows for too long or that I want to make a few more interesting television shows to last so that I could have something to watch and be closer to the time for them to release another season. Two nights ago, I decided to watch a movie as I was in the mood for watching a movie instead of a television show. I have many movies that I have brought that I have not seen yet, especially the new movies that came out in 2019-2020, and Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) was one of them. Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) is one of a few movies produced by DC Films under Warner Bros, released on February 7, 2020. DC Films is a production company that creates DC comics movies, and Harley Quinn is one along with other “birds” characters of DC comics. In case you don’t know DC comics well, Harley Quinn character is known for being Joker’s…
Ubisoft is one of many video games maker, Assassin’s Creed is one of them, and Ubisoft hasn’t created a new Assassin’s Creed video game for about over two years, so for that long, many of us who are fans of Assassin’s Creed have been waiting impatiently for a new Assassin’s Creed video game released by Ubisoft. We at first worried that Ubisoft might have given up on creating the Assassin’s Creed franchise line of games; we had heard some rumors, and not only that we also had heard before that they were considering to call it to quit after making Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey or Assassin’s Creed: Origins but thankfully they did not. After two years of waiting, Ubisoft finally delivered surprise news for us fans about releasing a new Assassin’s Creed video game after two years. The new Assassin’s Creed video game is called Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla. In that surprising news about Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, they also gave us the release date for Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla and that was November 10, 2020, which was a few days ago. After they announced Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, that it would be released on November 10, 2020, Ubisoft started selling the video game by pre-order so that on the released day on November 10, 2020, we would get the video game. Of course, I…
There are many gaming controllers out there that people can choose from, ranging from branded controllers to the aftermarket controllers that gamers can choose, and all of these controllers have different specifications or capabilities such as some can be a universal controller for any gaming devices or controller that can only work with one or limited numbers of gaming devices. We know that two companies dominate the gaming controllers in the gamers world, Microsoft with their Xbox controllers and Sony with their Dualshock controllers. Every controller has something unique about them that differentiates them from others, such as the shape, grip, buttons, and whatnot for every controller out there. But there is one brand that we know capable of the most gaming devices, including PC – Microsoft Xbox Controllers. Speaking of Microsoft’s Xbox controller, I own their Xbox Elite Controller series 1, which is the first version of their elite controller, and it became my main driver for all of the gaming devices, especially for PC, but I do have a love/hate relationship with the Xbox Elite controller series 1. While the first Xbox elite controller is comfortable, it has good trigger speed, and it was somewhat enjoyable. The keyword is “somewhat” because there one thing that I despise about the Xbox Elite Controller Series 1 is that it does…
I have used several editing programs for computers that I use to edit some of the videos and some of the photos that I have taken. As I said, I had tried many editing software; this includes Apple’s FinalCut X, Adobe Master Collector’s CS, Affinity (often used on Macs), and many others. This editing program that I am reviewing is Cyberlink Director Suite 365, which contains most of the editing software you would need to edit your video, picture, audio, coloring, and a few more others. Cyberlink has been known for a pre-installed media player on most PCs for the last few years. Not many people realize that the Cyberlink company is also known for its multimedia editings software such as video or photo editing software unless they become curious about Cyberlink once they see the name of the media player pre-installed on new computers. After seeing Cyberlink’s name on a pre-installed media player on my desktop computer, I checked to see what Cyberlink is all about. I have come across several reviewers saying that Cyberlink editing software is one of the best except for Apple’s FinalCut X. I needed editing software for my Windows computers since the FinalCut can only be used on macOS operating system and window operating system computer is my daily driver. At the same time,…