Hunting for beauty and balance, camera in hand
When I bought my circa 2009 Panasonic Lumix FZ38 three years ago, there were two major appeals. First, being a bridge camera, it would potentially be more flexible and capable than a compact digital. Second, it has a black and white "film grain" mode. I've enjoyed other cameras with similar high contrast b/w modes, like… Continue reading Also Available In Colour – The Lumix FZ38
I realised some years ago that, with photography, I thrive on limitations. Anything newer than perhaps a circa 2012 DSLR is just too complicated and feature laden for my tastes. Instead I prefer to lean the other way. Rather than having a camera where 101 parameters and settings can be adjusted independently - then disappearing… Continue reading Leaning Into Limitations With The Pentax Optio E90
It's no secret that of the hundreds of cameras I've owned in the last 10 or 12 years, more have been Asahi/Pentax than any other brand, by far. My favourite 35mm lenses are Takumars. The semi-automated (and AF) lenses I use and love most are Pentax K mount. In my film heyday, when I reached… Continue reading Less Is More – Pentax Optio E90 First Thoughts
Have you ever seen one of those carvings in an old tree by young (or not so young) lovers, with their initials cut into the bark to signify that they were here, and give a lasting monument to the magnitude and endurance of their love? We have a tree in our local woods that came… Continue reading DJ 4 CCD 4 Ever
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