Again, we’ve spent most of the week either in murk or rain here in London. Today, a fiery ball in the sky appeared so I set off to run the GH3 through its paces with some different lenses. With apologies that these cover old subjects – I had intended to go to Somerset House but …
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Some more shots with the GH3
This is a short post, really just to show what I’m pulling out of the GH3 IQ wise and to make a few more comments. The wifi functionality, which isn’t even running properly yet, is great. The ability to be able to hook up an ipad or android tablet as a remote viewfinder is just …
Holy cow this camera is good (initial thoughts on the GH3)…
This is shaping up to be a very impressive camera. It’s a beast – size wise it’s as big width wise as a APS-C DSLR (though it is thinner). Grip is the most comfortable I’ve had in M43s including the G5. I can imagine holding this for hours without it being uncomfortable. The viewfinder is …
A guy, a girl and a dinosaur…
I should start by saying that I’m a cynical so and so and I regularly shake my head at the seeming madness of modern life. This week I (unintentionally) became part of a story that heartened me and cheered me up no end. The background So, to rewind, back in October I took some days …
Some thoughts on the Sony SEL1018
I genuinely thought, at about 1:30pm this afternoon, that this post was going to be about how good this lens was and how great the output looked…. I should start by saying I love ultra wide angle zooms. I’ve owned a number of them in my time. My regular UWA zooms for M43s are the …
A walk in the park with my E-PL5
There isn’t a lot of research or amazing landscapes for this post, it’s more of the same from the E-PL5. I did pick up the black 12mm for it and it does look great on the camera. I did almost send it back though because I noticed that people could still see me and the …
The Empire Strikes Back: The British Museum with my M9
The regular visitors among you may realise that recently I visited the British Museum with my E-PL5. While there (and I did only have about 30-40 minutes last time) I decided I wanted to come back and (naturally enough) look at more of the exhibits, but also to spend more time capturing the people visiting …
Street photography with my Leica M9 and Summilux 50mm
Despite loving my M9, I have never really thought it a great camera for street photography. Which is actually somewhat silly, given that the likes of Henri Cartier-Bresson used film Leicas. Nevertheless, my attempts to use an M9 on the street all too often result in pictures like the above shot. Needless to say though, …
My X100 is ill…
Unfortunately, I confirmed last night that my FujiFilm X100, the camera which above all else taught me much more (and led me to develop a passion rather than a frustration) about photography, is faulty. Above all, I’m a bit sad. It may not have the most megapixels or any in camera filters but I almost …
Impressions of the Fujinon XF 18-55mm F2.8-4 lens
This is a very good lens and should be in any self respecting Fuji X-Pro1 or X-E1 owners bag. It feels solid and is very well screwed together. I’ve had rubbish weather to test out this lens and I’m upset I cannot replicate the very bright conditions on Sunday when I first road tested the …
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