Countdown to 2012 @ Zojo-ji Temple, Tokyo

Zojo-ji Temple, situated next to Tokyo Tower, is famous for its New Year countdown, when thousands of people would release balloons with pieces of paper (of our new year resolutions) into the air. A spectacular sight that happens only once a year. I was very fortunate to experience it during the countdown to 2012.

Can read a bit of my recap here: http://www.edmundyeo.com/2012/01/thousands-of-balloon-in-air-during.html

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• zojo-ji
• temple
• 三縁山
• 増上寺
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• year
• countdown
• 2012
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[siuol0002]

what camera were you using in this video? because the quality is great.

[eswiftfire]

@siuol0002 I used a Canon 7D for this. :)

[siuol0002]

@eswiftfire thanks. i see. that is why even at night the video quality is at its best.

[eswiftfire]

@siuol0002 For DSLR cameras, it's really about the lenses you use, For me, I used a rather basic Tamron 17-50 F2.8. But because the F-stop is 2.8, it's considered quite fast. So it works quite good at night (but there are much faster lenses that can go to 1.8, 1.4, 1.2 etc. I have a 1.4 but it's not a zoom lens and isn't wide enough, so I didn't use it that day). After that, I also put the ISO settings to maximum. It's actually quite grainy if you watch on big screen. But on youtube, it's fine

[TheRubyAlanShow]

This was amazing, thanks for sharing this with us! Cheers!

[siuol0002]

@eswiftfire Thank you for your information and explanation. I appreciated it, I've been wanted to learn more on taking photos or using a camera. I am still a newbie who need a lot of experience, thanks.

[rimembro]

Ty Edmund for vid...