Posted on 11 September 2011. Tags: Apple, Bangkok, Macintosh, Thailand
This is of course a personal viewpoint, because I can not really know what being a Macintosh user means to anyone else but myself. For me the beginning of my relationship with Apple Macintosh computers started in Bangkok about 25 years ago, when I needed a better way to communicate with a typesetter who kept [...]
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Posted on 25 November 2009. Tags: Cambodia. Angkor Wat, George Mann Photo / Tours, Thailand
Well it is almost December and within a few short weeks it will be 2010 so I guess it is time to update my Personal Photo Tour Services and plan for the New Year. George Mann – Personal Photo Tour & Photography Services The personal photo tour business has been very poor this year (2009), [...]
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Posted in Cambodia & Angkor Wat, Digital Photography, George Mann Photo / Tours, Motor Vehicles, Planes, Restaurants & Food, Thailand, Trains and Automobiles
Posted on 03 September 2009. Tags: Bangkok, George Mann Photo / Tours, Nikon Digital SLR, Nikon Factory, photography, Thailand
Just a little over five years ago I joined a small group of Thai journalists on a tour of the Nikon Factory, just outside of Bangkok, Thailand. Little did Nikon realize that this story would get international coverage on the internet and give a rare glimpse of their manufacturing process to Nikon fans around the [...]
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Posted in Digital Cameras, George Mann Photo / Tours, Nikkor DX format lenses, Nikon Cameras, Nikon DX - D2 / D200 / D300, Nikon DX - D40 / D60 / D80 / D90, Nikon Lenses, Thailand
Posted on 28 November 2008. Tags: PAD, Suvarnabhumi Airport, Thailand
Nov. 27, 2008 – photo © George Mann – Hand clappers at Suvarnabhumi protest. Whenever the PAD want to make a point, cheer, applaud, or generally want to make noise, they use plastic hand clappers. They are their weapon of choice in this political struggle. When they were cheering a popular PAD speaker, they were [...]
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Posted on 22 November 2008. Tags: Nikon, Thailand
photo: © George Mann Nikon photographers around the world need to dig a little deeper to keep the valued employees of Nikon Thailand on the payroll. All the Nikon Digital SLR cameras (and most Nikkor DX lenses) except the highest end Nikon D3 model are currently manufactured in Thailand. It makes sense that these high [...]
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Posted in Camera & Laptop Bags, Digital Image Storage, Nikkor DX format lenses, Nikon DX - D2 / D200 / D300, Nikon DX - D40 / D60 / D80 / D90, Think Tank Photo
Posted on 13 November 2008. Tags: Loy Kratong, Nikon D300, Thailand
This image was taken in Sattahip, Thailand on November 12, 2008. Nikon D300, 55-200mm Nikon VR lens, at 2500 ISO. Loy Krathong is held on the full moon of the 12th month in the traditional Thai lunar calendar. In the western calendar this usually falls in November.
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