1. Tony Works Ciel Chronicle Art Book
2. Mobile Suit Girl Art Book
3. MediaMix Game Magazine May
4. Anna Kurauchi bedsheet
5. Moero Downhill Night 2
6. Lightning Warrior Raidy II
7. Blaze Blue Calamity Trigger PS3 version
8. Dollfie Dream Glasses
9. DDAC-001 Dollfie Dream use machine gun

I didn’t spend as much time in the exhibit hall as I could, perhaps it was due to my Dollfie Dream loving habit  and another reason was the fact that carrying all the camera gear, tripod etc kind of took my attention away from shopping.  For those of you who are familiar with other other video magazine post Dengeki Moeho – Otona no Moeho Video Overview [NSFW], you can expect a similar treatment for the Tony Works and Mobile Suit Girl Art Book in the coming future.

I actually passed up the opportunity to buy the Tony Works Ciel Chronicle back at Acen 2010, not exactly a huge lost but who doesn’t want to have more Tony Works in their collection?  I have always been fond of Mobile Suit Girl, as soon as I spotted it in the Kino store, it was an instant get for me.  And when it comes down to the MediaMix Game Magzine, those big letter stating Fortune Arterial to be animated were enough to perk my interest.

Now, I don’t think I need much explanation for why I ended up getting this Anna bedsheet now do I?  He is My Master + Yuri = Instant Win.

And I have already talked about Lightning Warrior Raidy II and Moero Downhill Night 2 in detail in my last post on Anime Expo 2010 JAST USA Bishoujo Game Panel [NSFW].  The Blaze Blue Calamity Trigger PS3 version was on sale at the Aksys store for $20 bucks so why not, plus the girls in Blaze Blue looks quite hot

The next two items didn’t technically come from Anime Expo but were loots from part of the trip when I visited Volks USA for the first time.  And obviously, my most pampered daughter Kiriha got to try everything first hand and here she is ready for model for us~

And here is a close up shot on the glasses, a bit big but it’s actually the smaller size already…

I have always wanted a pair of DD Glasses but didn’t know how they would look since it’s not cheap, I ended up getting a pair anyway so I will keep it in mind for future possibilities.

That’s it for now, I got to get busy to play Lightning Warrior Raidy II and Moero Downhill Night 2 before the next photo shoot~Similar Posts:

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Here I have my loot inspection assistant Feena along with her sisters Kiriha, Rin and Estel to help me with loot inspection~ ( I have a feeling they are just having fun at the back instead of helping Feena out ^^;)

1. White Album PS3 Limited Edition
2. Dell Inspiron 11z with Intel SU4100 processor
3. Nikon 50mm f/1.4G AF-S Nikkor Prime Lens
4. Flashpoint rechargeable battery designed for Nikon EN-EL9 (Very cheap)
5. Eye-Fi Pro X2 8GB SDHC Class 6

Regular visitors here probably already know that I am a huge Ogata Rina 緒方理奈 fan and that whole reason why I am interested in the White Album PS3 game to begin with is to play the Rina arc properly with full HD resolution since I wasn’t quite satisfy with graphic quality of the original game was released over 10 years ago.

PS3 Screen Shot

PS3 Screen Shot

Original PC version screen shot

The graphic quality improvement over the past 10 years or so is definitely very visible here!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vfz6t85IBW8

Let’s take a look what’s inside the premium box~

Since I pre-order the game ahead of time, I also received the pre-order bonus here.

This PS3 Game introduced a new heroine named Sayoko Kisaragi along the original Ogata Rina and Morikawa Yuki.

Nice mini posters!

Inside the box is the game, White Album original sound track and the White Album Illustration Book.  And based on looking over the content inside the illustration book, I can tell the basic storyline of this game is going to be very close to the original game instead of the storyline of the White Album anime.

Next up is my new Dell Inspiron 11z, which is only meant to satisfy my computing need on the road since I gave my old notebook to my brother some time ago.

This Dell 11z is powered by the CULV line of duo core processor @1.3GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 800Mhz FSB.

The next item on the list  is my new prime glass Nikon 50mm f/1.4G AF-S Nikkor Lens.  I have been shooting pictures with the zoom glass for some time now on the 18-105mm and I have started to noticed the limitation on picture clarity with it.  So I guess it’s about time to step up to the next level and get my first prime lens.  Here are some comparison shots~

This first picture is taken with my Nikon 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6 AF-S DX VR ED Nikkor Lens

The next picture is take with my new prime glass

So far I am quite happy with the improved sharpness and color reproduction of the new glass :3

The last item, the Eye-Fi Pro X 2 8GB SDHC Class 6 is something I have been dreaming about for some time, some of you might have heard about it before.  But for those of you who hasn’t, this little SD card can turn your ordinary camera into a Wi-Fi enable camera!  It can transfer photo directly from your camera to your computer via a Wi-Fi hotspot, and in some selection model, it can even transfer directly to your laptop without a wireless router!  I have long dream of having the ability to wirelessly transfer photo data from my camera (I even thought about making something similar to this myself at one point), especially useful for Dollfie Dream Photography.  Why does it matter?  Because I believe every camera position, especially for Dollfie Dream Photography, that every pose and corresponding head position is unique for any given frame, and therefore, not easily reproducible.  Have you ever taken some photo of your DD and only realize you didn’t quite get the head positioned the way you wanted?  This will solve that problem!  Since you can monitor your progress on full screen as you go!  I can see this becoming especially useful for my next outdoor photography session!

There are several versions of Eye-Fi SD cards, all of them have the option of uploading your photo to your selected photo sharing service as well, how convenient!

Another cool feature that come with this card is called the Endless Memory, the moment your photo is confirmed to be uploaded to your computer or photo sharing service, the file is automatically erased from your SD card; so you will never have to worry about running out of space on your SD card again!  From all the review I have read so far indicate that this is the real deal, it works just the way they advertise it.  For those of you who actually care about the way your photo turn out, this is something you should not overlook!  Almost every major camera brand support this feature!

Oh before I forget, Volks USA has uploaded some of my recent pictures to their Sumika Times Blog, be sure to go check them out ^^;

For your convenience, I have included some product links here~

And that’s about it for now, I got to start packing up for Anime Expo 2010! For those of you heading out to AX 2010, see you out there!
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It turned out to be a lot smaller than I expected and very light weight!

More under the cut~

Here is a size comparison against my Nikon D5000.

Obviously, now that I have acquired this video camera huhuhuhu, first to try it out on my Dollfie Dream Daughters!

At first I was having trouble navigating, where is the up and down button?  Then I realize… almost everything is touch screen now, duh…. you still need external button for many things but to navigate through the menu selection in the CX150, everything is touch screen.

There are external buttons for W and T which are for zooming in and out, the toggle button for movie and still photo and start/stop button as well.

And obviously, now that I have acquired a video camcorder, the one thing I absolutely must do …. is of course …. an upskirt video of my daughters! XD

Just kidding!

Anyway, now that I have acquired a real video camcorder, and the 5 minutes HD recording limitation on the D5000 is gone, it’s inevitable that I would have wanted to re-shoot the video footage of my room!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oaqd-PWVSVk

And I have also done a short segment of the video focusing entirely on my main display cabinet as well~

www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8cI3FqCzkk

And as a special feature, I have also shot a separate video footage of my “secret display cabinet” that I have rarely shown to anyone.  All of my erotic figures are stored there!

*Warning* Extreme NSFW figure collection, if you are not into ecchi figures, don’t bother clicking the link

http://tcwenterprise.com/wordpress/the-secret-display-cabinet-video-tour/

The page is password protected:

iwantecchiSimilar Posts:

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So I started off with the Day white fluorescent since it has the 79% lead from the survey yesterday at figure.fm.

While it may be slightly better than the auto white balance, but the tint of amber/yellow is bothering me somewhat so I know I have to do something to get rid of that yellow tint….

So I went into Camera Control Pro to try to fine tune some white balance settings so I can maximize the ability of my Nikon D5000

There are many types of white balances to choose from, fluorescent alone have many types, Day white fluorescent, Daylight fluorescent, Cool-white fluorescent, even sodium and mercury types are also available… after taking a few more shots with various standard type fluorescent settings, I decided to go with Cool-white fluorescent fine tuned to A6, G1.  And here is the result:

A6 G1

Auto Ins

And a little recap on what I cover the other day~

“Another new upgrade I should like to discuss is the software I began using recently, Camera Control Pro 2 by Nikon.  It’s a really neat software that allow me to control my D5000 from the comfort of my desk!  I have always dream of being able to see the picture at full scale while taking the shot, but now it’s no longer a dream!”

The pictures are instantly sent to my computer via the mini-usb connection so I can look at the picture at full scale right at the comfort of my desk.  This feature has helped me tremendously, especially for Dollfie Photography, where a slight turn of the head can make a world of difference in the shot.

Here are some screen shots of the control

Anyway, After I took some lunch break, I noticed there was a box of unusual looking cake in the kitchen….

It’s the snowy mooncakes that I heard so much about!  I wasted little time and grabbed them for my daughters >.>;

Daughters are very careful with the sweet stuff so they only picked one bag for themselves!

Strawberry princess sounds good yea?

So after we had some cake I noticed a few other figures/plushes wanted to get in on the photo shoot…

Dilbert!  You not suppose to get lucky with my daughters!

Dogbert make his appearances!  Perhaps he will take part in the Dollfie Dream Theater after all! Hmmm…

Kagami wanted to mimic her bigger sisters and gave us a panchira shot of her own… perhaps someday she would be as lovely as my other dollfie daughters.

Revoltech Rin, Mini Revoltech Auska and Escalayer all came out to join the fun!

And after figure.fm member Koshiko pointed out that the background may be too busy and distracting, so I decided to give a few additional backgrounds a spin and see how it turn out.  It can’t be a Hikari Photo Studio if it can’t henshin right?

White background

Red background

Black background

Gray background

Gold background >.>;;;

Silver background…. silver turned out surprisingly interesting…

Violet background

Pink background

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I somehow did this shot without a Tripod, was a decent result I think

I did this shot by putting the camera on a bench table and angled the lenses up, fairly unique feature of the F707

there were just not enough memory to store images.  I wasn’t too happy with the quality and clarity of the images either.  So the time to make the jump has finally come.  I have been studying a few DSLRs recently and I was drawn to the Nikon D3000 initially because Nikon is advertising their new camera as entry level and amateur friendly and the price is quite cheap too!  Amazon currently sell their default kit Nikon D3000 with the 18-55mm f3.5-5.6G AF-S DX VR Nikkor Zoom lenses for $599.95, and the Nikon D40 with Kit lens has seen a price reduction and had gone down to $481.  I know any self respecting camera otaku wouldn’t even touch the kit lenses but the pricing is sure pretty cheap!  But upon further research, I have stumbled upon the Nikon D5000, the main draw for me to consider the D5000 is the vari-angle LCD screen.  I am sure at least some of you are already familiar with my interest in taking ground level Dollfie Dream pantsu shot such as below, the vari-angle LCD screen will sure come in handy for such an application!

But something held me back to buy the camera before my vacation… it was known as the SDS symptom of the Nikon D5000.  Apparently, there was some production issues associated with the D5000 and majority of the cameras sold on the streets had to be recalled to the Nikon facility for repair, Amazon even pulled all of the D5000 out of their inventory.  And in earlier this month, Nikon issued another recall for their European customers for another preventative maintenance procedure.  While this recall has certainly dampened my spirit to purchase the camera outright, but the words on the streets right now is the channel is getting cleaned up now and Amazon began offering the D5000 again.  The following list is the list of camera I have been considering.

I have heard a lot of good things about the D90 and how it is a superior and better build quality camera, etc.  But considering I am still a newbie to DSLR, I don’t think I need to make the jump toward the high end entry level DSLR just yet.  And I got to mention again, I love taking ground level pantsu shots!

So with the camera selection almost out of the way (I would love to hear any feedback on my selection though!), I got to think about lenses.  I have been reading up on prime, macro and zoom lenses for the past couple of days and I am honestly not sure what I need immediately.  My main goal is to take pictures of my Dollfie Dream and do figure review.  I have very little distance to work with indoor (my room is pretty cramped!).  So the shorter the minimum focus distance, the better it is for me.  The two lenses I am considering right now are these two:

The AF-S DX Nikkor 18-105mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR (5.8X)

And the AF-S Micro Nikkor 60mm f2.8G ED

Since my application for this camera is rather narrow (at least for now anyway), namely to take photos of my Dollfie Dream and do figure review, am I better off to get the 18-105mm lenses first or get the Micro lenses?  I really don’t mind getting up close to my Dollfie to take close up shots but I am a bit worried about getting too close may cause other problems outdoor such as having my own shadow casted over my dollfie when I am taking close up shots.  Any opinion would be greatly appreciated!Similar Posts:

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