Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Street Shooting & DSLR Market

During Mid-Autumn Festival, Oct 3, 2009, I traveled to Melaka, the World Heritage Site. I returned to Petaling Jaya on the same day, and reached home at 11.50pm. The next day, I had to wake up at 6.00am, as I would join a model shooting event. It was a busy weekend…

The model shooting took place on the bustling streets of Kuala Lumpur. A total of seven photographers took part, and we had three beautiful models…


Jenny


Mei Yan


Pei Pei


And here is the group shot taken at the end of the shooting. One of the photographers had already left…

credit: Cruiser176


We know that Canon and Nikon are the Big 2 of DSLR market. Somehow, among the seven photographers who joined the street shooting, two were Sony users. Sony acquired the DSLR division of Konica Minolta several years back. Despite relatively new to the market, it is doing pretty well.

Canon and Nikon definitely need a push from their competitors. Olympus has partnered Panasonic and they target niche market. I hope Pentax can keep up with the race.

23 comments:

  1. War...so you get to snap chicks photo now and then lar! :p

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  2. Panasonic at the moment is not bad at compact camera with Leica lense.....

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  3. How did you guys shoot in the busy street without passers-by gawking?

    Wouldn't it be better to shoot in a less busy location?

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  4. tekkaus
    Not a free shot.

    Grass
    Yes, Panasonic's wide angel compact is popular.

    Mei Ting
    Just gotta get used to being watched.

    wenn
    Thanks.

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  5. 我比较想看你的照片。^_^

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  6. Street photography indeed takes some time (and some guts!) to get used to.

    Sony would have been my second choice, I have heard good things about their cameras.

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  7. nice photos! jenny is so so pretty!

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  8. I was quite closed to get a sony alpha for the DSLR but did not. Althought sony did offer many live feed and adjustable LCD but somehow I am quite old school. I hardly use livefeed for my shoot now. So far I never hire any model for outdoor shoot.

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  9. 花木兰
    团体照里有我!

    Zhu
    Models need gut to pose on the street. For photographers it is easy.

    xin
    Jenny is a good 'poser'

    Leon
    Your dogs are your models, LOL...

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  10. more lengluis pichas purleeese :D

    if i were to buy a huge ass canggih camera, nikon will definitely be my first choice!

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  11. the models are pretty!!
    but why the poses do not match the surrounding de ? =.="

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  12. Just wondering, can passerbys just come in and take photos (without paying)?

    Juicy photos, as always! Jenny gets my vote.

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  13. annant
    OIC... you're a Nikon fan...

    迷迭香
    There are no rules for poses.

    shingo
    If passerbys come and take photos, we will chase them away, LOL...

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  14. How much you all pay the models?

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  15. foongpc
    I paid the organizer, who in turned paid the models. It's RM90 for 3-hour shot.

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  16. i saw a black thing in between your legs? what is that?? :p

    p/s: 我不是故意看那边的,不要误会噢 (paiseh-ing)

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  17. Kikey
    That's a reflector, used to reflect sunlight to the face.

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  18. nice photos..
    and the models are pretty too! =D

    kenwooi.com

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  19. shooting people is never easy, i hope i can master it one day.. :)

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  20. kenwooi
    Pretty models make nice photos, haha...

    SK
    Shooting dogs is also not easy...

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  21. Nice nice. Please post more pics, just couldn't have enuf.

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  22. neo
    When are you going to show us yours?

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