Dell Latitude D420 Ultra portable for sale

Dell Latitude D420 Ultraportable Business Laptop.

This is one solid Business ultraportable. It is definately not your regular notebook in terms of build quality and finishing. The chassis is made of magnesium alloy for strenght and lightness, and the LCD housing is reinforced. This is not a "plastic" consumer laptop.

Online (user) reviews here
With Single core
http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3101
With Dual Core and Vista
http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3465











Specification;


Intel U2500 Dual Core Ultra low voltage 1.2Ghz
60GB 1.8" 4200rpm HDD
1Gb DDR2 Ram(2x512)
12.1" Widescreen
6 cell LiON battery
WIFI 802.11b/g
Built in SDHC card reader
1.4kg weight
Original Windows XP Pro License
Media Base docking station w/ 8x DVD/RW
Will throw in new original Dell Laptop bag.
Comes with all original Windows CD and Driver installation discs.

As of 05 Feb 2009, there is 402 days of Dell Factory Next business day On-site warranty.

Price $1550 (price when new $6500 - the docking bay itself is $550)

Reason for sale. Upgraded to a Dell Latitude XT Tablet :)

Panning Shots

I had some question from people on how to do panning shots like the above.

Terminology for Canon DSLRs, Nikon and Sony may call the same thing differently

1) Set AF mode to AI Servo
2) Set to either Full Manual (M) or Shutter Priority (Tv)
3) Set ISO to as low as you can go (ie. ISO 100)
4) Set drive to continuous
5) Match exposure to fairly low, usually I use as low as 1/60-1/80. You will have to match the speed of the target with your exposure. If your target is hgh speed, setting your exposure too low will cause blur and difficulty in accurately panning. Comes with practice, trial and error.
6) Pan and shoot, tracking the target where you want it to be sharp (ie. the front grill). You can also try to focus on high contrast area for more accurate focus lock.


Shoot and Shoot and Shoot. With exposure at a low 1/80, you can garantee that most of the shots will be blur.

This will help to give dynamism to your pictures and prevent these "action" shots from looking like cars parked on the track. Setting the exposure slightly higher can also yeild nice shots without the panning effect. This alone will capture motion of the wheels.

You can apply these to a regular compact point and shoot that has Shutter Priority mode.

Kancil shot at;
Mode : Tv/AI Focus
Shutter : 1/50
Apperture : f29
ISO : 100
Focal range : 160mm
Camera : Canon 450D w/ 55-250mm IS

New Rubber for the Satria

Looks like I've narrowed down the choices to this tyre.

The Kumho Ecsta SPT KU31

Online reviews have been good, and Kumho pitches the KU31 against the Azensis ST115, the Yoko Parada, Dunlop DZ101, and those of similar calibre. It also claims to be comparable to the Goodyear F1 GSD3, BFGoodrich KDW and the Yoko AD07 which may sound like a stretch...especially given the price difference (about $100 less)

Silica compound, with UTQG of 320 AA/A so it looks on paper it should be one of the more durable UHP class tyre.

But whatever it is, it looks good on paper. Going for $168 in Ipoh (probably can get cheaper) they seem a good choice.

My last Kumho's were the 195/55/15 Ecsta Supra 712 on my Galant many years ago. I didn't feel they were as good as I were led to believe but they were decent tyres, given the price. One things for sure these UHP Kumhos last quite a bit. The 712 had UTQG of 360 AA/A!


I still have several weeks worth of usable thread so I might just wait until after Chinese New Year to get them.