Peter Chow is a longtime creative on the Mac with more than a decade of web & print design experience. Now the Creative Director at his own award-winning boutique interactive design agency, Moophstudios.
Pete's love all things Apple ensured that his studio is equipped with the latest Mac hardware as the platform of choice. He has also began delving into apps development for the iPhone, which happens to be his favorite smartphone.
In his spare time, he plays with photography on his Canon gears. He started many many moons ago on a Minolta X700 as his first film SLR (an old favorite), going through many upgrades from Minolta (Dynax auto focus 35mm film SLR) to Nikon F3 before hanging up his lens cap for a break from the art.
In 2007, he entered into the digital realm when he bought his first Digital SLR (EOS 400D), before upgrading to the 50D and finally settling comfortably on the amazing EOS 5D MkII. Besides the prime EF 50mm f/1.4 USM lens, his other two lenses are L-Series zooms (EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM & EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM). He does prefer natural light than artificial.
Photography is Pete's passion and hobby when he gets time to indulge. He is currently a student with the New York Institute of Photography and a non-professional photographer, but takes great pride in his art and being inspired by the many wonderful work out there by pros and non-pros alike.
This is his personal photoblog under the 'Speterman Photography' moniker and his space to share his views on photography in general and his art in particular.
Once in a while, we will find a DSLR model that changes the game and leaves a lasting impression and the Sony DSLR-A700 is one such camera.
In April 2006 Sony took over the DYNAX business from Konica Minolta and changed the brand name to ‘alpha’ (symbol) and released the A700 as their flagship model back in 2007, on top of the then entry-level A100 & A200. I got a loaner from a friend in Sony and got to play with the A700 for a couple of months and while I didn’t have much time to fully push it to its limits, my experience with the DSLR has made an impression.
October 21, 2009 - 12:34 pmtommy - Hey Peter
Interesting to note you were using X-700. It was an all-time great camera for Minolta.( now Sony )
Sony does bring some very interesting technology , I like their new grip for the A900. It try to give you the small orientation whether you shoot vertical or horizontal. Sony is the ONLY maker with this design.
It has good Minolta lens and of course, now with CZ lens.Do you have any CZ on the A700? I am most keen to hear how you like them.
October 22, 2009 - 6:48 pmspeterman - Yes, I like both G and CZ series of lenses as mentioned in the post above, as they are of very good quality construction as well as optically. I had the good fortune to play with both the 70-200mm f/2.8G white lens as well as the CZ Vario-Sonnar T 16-80mm f/3.5-4.5ZA lens both performed admirably with the Super SteadyShot. I had fun with them. I was hoping they would loan me the CZ 24-70mm f/2.8 back then when the lens was just released into the market but unfortunately they don't have enough units to go around at the time when they were using the said lens for the Masters Series campaign. CZ in general is a very well respected lens manufacturer/brand and their prices reflect that quality/purebred.
Not a Compact. Not an SLR. It’s a PEN. The creative concept behind the campaign is simply outstanding – the kind of viral stuff that fuel our imagination and inspiration.
This is the Olympus PEN Story in stop motion. They shot 60.000 pictures, developed 9.600 prints and shot over 1.800 pictures again. No post production! Inspired by all the stop motion artists.
The music is absolutely beautiful. Available as free download at olympus.eu/penstory/.
“This button just makes everything darker, it’s useless.” I’ve heard this many times from beginning as well as experienced photographers. The first part of what they say is true but the second isn’t; they’ve yet to discover the many uses of the depth of field preview button.
Not all cameras have one and if you’re new to photography you may not even know what it is. When you’re looking through your camera, what you see isn’t necessarily what you’ll get on film; if you’re using a single lens reflex camera, as you look through the viewfinder you’re looking through the lens at its widest aperture setting, which may or may not be the aperture chosen for your picture.
Photography poses as one of the most effective ways to communicate with modern social needs. Various businesses, science foundations (academics) and artists utilize it to get their messages across to targeted audiences all over the world. Within the past years digital photography has found a valuable place in Web Design. Many websites are using photography as a median between services, products, content and their visitors.
On Sept 22nd, Chase Jarvis launched a great iPhone App called The Best Camera app, which will change the way you create images with your iPhone. It is an iPhone photo app that allows you to shoot, add creative effects, and share your images more simply and powerfully than ever before. Virtually limitless creativity, and the ability to share photos directly from Best Camera to Facebook, Twitter, via email at a new iPhone photo sharing site, www.thebestcamera.com.
Shoot + Edit + Share: It’s that easy! Here’s a video tour of the iPhone app Best Camera:
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