Red and White Cross: February 2013

2/22/2013

Cap Go Meh 2013 Pontianak dan Festival Kuliner

Acara perayaan Cap Go Meh kembali digelar di ibukota Kalimantan Barat, Pontianak. Pusat kegiatan perayaan akan difokuskan di jalan Diponegoro. Jalan ditutup untuk memberi pejalan kaki menikmati pasar malam sekaligus pusat Kuliner dengan lebih nyaman. Festival ini berlangsung dari hari Kamis 21 February 2013 sampai 24 Februari 2013 dari pagi hingga malam.

Arakan Naga direncanakan akan meramaikan suasana di hari Minggu tanggal 23 February 2013 di kota Pontianak. Sedangkan di kota Singkawang, festival Cap Go Meh akan dilangsungkan juga, sesuai tradisi masyarakat Tionghoa di sana 'tatung' akan ikut diterjunkan untuk meramaikan suasana. Festival Cap Go Meh ini dinikmati semua lapisan masyarakat Kalimantan Barat yang majemuk dan hangat.

Foto-foto dari Festival Kuliner di jalan Diponegoro Pontianak.

gerbang Festival Kuliner Pontianak Cap Go Meh

(foto2 J.B)

aksi Tatung menjelang Cap Go Meh 2013 Pontianak di klenteng Kwan Ti Bio

(foto unknown sources)

Atraksi Naga di Pontianak, Cap Go Meh 2013

(foto S.Liang)

Atraksi Naga di Pontianak Jalan Gajahmada Cap Go Meh 2013

(foto S. Liang)

Arakan naga yang melewati kota Pontianak dan pemukiman, Cap Go Meh 2013

(foto J.B)

2/20/2013

New Nikon D7100 - 24.1 Mega DSLR

Nikon merilis kamera DSLR terbaru yaitu D7100, format DX. Nikon D7100 ini mempunyai feature / fitur kelebihannya :
-          Deteksi subjek yang lebih canggih dan tajam
-          51 titik focus AF dengan body yang ringan
-          Dimensi: 135.5 x 106.5 x 76 mm , berat: 675 gram – body
-          1.3x crop area
-          7 fps continuous shooting
-          DX format CMOS 24.1 Mega pixel
-          EXPEED 3 image processing
-          Tambahan fitur White Balance: Spot White balance
-          1920 x 1080 / 60i dan 1020 x 1080 / 30p movie recording
-          New WR-1 Wireless Remote controller
-          Slot memori SD card double
Nikon D7100 ini adalah ‘mark-II’ dari edisi sebelumnya yaitu Nikon D7000 yang berada di level kamera consumer – advanced atau untuk penghobi yang lebih serius. Seri D7xxx ini di atas seri D5xxx dan D3xxx. Nikon D7100 resmi diumumkan di Singapore tanggal 21 Februari 2013 dan diharapkan segera memasuki pasar kamera Indonesia.

Nikon just released a new DSLR camera in their consumer-advanced entry, the D7100. Specification for Nikon D7100 is as follow:


Type	Single-lens reflex digital camera
Lens mount	Nikon F mount (with AF coupling and AF contacts)
Effective angle of view	Nikon DX format; focal length in 35 mm [135] format equivalent to approx. 1.5x that of lenses with FX format angle of view
Effective pixels	24.1 million

Image sensor	23.5 x 15.6 mm CMOS sensor
Total pixels	24.69 million
Dust-reduction System	Image sensor cleaning, Image Dust Off reference data (optional Capture NX 2 software required)
Storage
Image size (pixels)	DX (24 x 16) image area 6000 x 4000 (L), 4494 x 3000 (M), 2992 x 2000 (S) 1.3x (18 x 12) image area 4800 x 3200 (L), 3600 x 2400 (M), 2400 x 1600 (S) Photographs with image area of DX (24 x 16) taken in movie live view 6000 x 3368 (L), 4494 x 2528 (M), 2992 x 1860 (S) Photographs with image area of 1.3x (18 x 12) taken in movie live view 4800 x 2696 (L), 3600 x 2024 (M), 2400 x 1344 (S)
File format	NEF (RAW): 12 or 14 bit, lossless compressed or compressed JPEG: JPEG-Baseline compliant with fine (approx. 1 : 4), normal (approx. 1 : 8), or basic (approx. 1 : 16) compression (Size priority); Optimal quality compression available NEF (RAW) + JPEG: Single photograph recorded in both NEF (RAW) and JPEG formats
Picture Control System	Standard, Neutral, Vivid, Monochrome, Portrait, Landscape; selected Picture Control can be modified; storage for custom Picture Controls
Media	SD (Secure Digital) and UHS-I compliant SDHC and SDXC memory cards
Double slot	Slot 2 can be used for overflow or backup storage or for separate storage of copies created using NEF+JPEG; pictures can be copied between cards.

and so on as found in

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2/11/2013

Remembering World Wrestling Federation Show

Watching again World Wrestling Federation / WWF matches is fun. The show is a big nostalgia for us who spend the time seeing all those unbelievable smackdown and slam jam on '80 tube television. Of many the characters, Hulk Hogan, Randy "Macho Man" Savage, Ted Dibiase "Million Dollar Man", Ultimate Warrior, Jim Hacksaw Duggan, Big Boss Man etc.

In a quick research we found out that the nostalgia will very much unrepeatable for today. Some of the legends are now deceased. The list included

Yokozuna (October 2, 1966 - October 22, 2000) , remember how he single handly destroy the American pride with his Banzai drops move...

Davey Boy Smith (November 27, 1962 - May 18, 2002) aka British Bulldog.

"Mr Perfect" Curt Hennig (March 28, 1958 - February 10, 2003)

The Big Bossman (May 2, 1962 - September 22, 2004) , "Eathquake" John Tenta (June 22, 1963 - June 7, 2006) , Bam Bam Bigelow (September 1, 1961 - January 19, 2007) , Randy Savage (November 15, 1952 - May 20, 2011), Ludvig Borga (January 6, 1963 - January 8, 2010) and so on.

And for those who legacy continue on, we got Undertaker who spend his career the most from '80 and bout on till today.