Hunting for beauty and balance, camera in hand
My first experience of a zoom lens was on my Nikon Coolpix P300, the first "proper" camera I bought, back in 2011. But I shot thousands of photographs with it without touching the zoom rocker, just using it at the widest 24mm setting. I know now that 24mm is pretty wide, but back then it… Continue reading Taming The Infinite Zoom Lens
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Whilst finding cameras that make b/w images I love straight out of camera has not been too hard - and virtually all other cameras I've used can produce something pleasing after a quick run through one of my Snapseed presets - colour photography has proved far more challenging. This is the latest post in an… Continue reading The Colour Quest (X) – Cracking The K-30
Last summer I thought I'd try DSLRs again, and after much research bought a Pentax K-30. It's a lovely camera and ticks many boxes. So why wouldn't I care much if I never used it again? There are two main issues. First, whilst it's far from a cutting edge camera (released in 2012 and superseded… Continue reading All Hail The High King Of The Handsome Photograph
Regular readers will know that these days I have only about a dozen cameras, and often use just one per month. Some contrast to my peak (or nadir, depending on your view) a few years back when I had close to 60 cameras, and maybe 25 lenses too, hadn't used even half of them, and… Continue reading The Pleasure And Promise Of The Purchase
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