Back to Full Frame After years immersed in the Olympus Micro Four Thirds world, I’ve come full circle. I’m back on full-frame Sony, and it feels right. Don’t get me wrong—I haven’t abandoned the smaller system. My Olympus OM-1 paired with the 12-200mm still travels with me. It’s been through Japan and Europe, and for […]
Back to JPEG: Why I Stopped Shooting RAW
For years, I thought moving from JPEG to RAW was an obvious upgrade. Someone told me I should be shooting RAW, so I did. For years and years. RAW editing can be fun. There is something genuinely creative about taking an image apart and deciding for yourself how it should look. Sometimes, with enough work, […]
Olympus 12-200mm – the new travel zoom
I’ve had the 12-200mm for five days now and shot about 600 shots on my EM5II. I like the ergonomics (handling, size, weight). The zoom ring has a little bit of resistance and requires a bit more force to get the last bit of the zoom lens out. Zoom and focus rings feel like metal […]
New Short Film Released “LED”
I’m happy to announce that my film-making friend Mark Warren has released a short film called “LED”. I was fortunate to be invited to take some behind the scenes photos during the shoot – which I took with my Fuji x100. They are visible here. There were plenty of challenges in the low light conditions, […]
Fuji x100 wide angle adapter vs new Sony rx100
I’ve been recently musing over whether to buy the wide angle adapter WCl-X100 for my Fuji x100 thereby bringing the focal length down from 35mm to 28mm. Its apparently a nice piece of glass which doesn’t alter the quality of the photos (yey) nor does it compromise the max aperture of f2.0 (yey). “It costs […]
Photography Quotations Website
I recently found a great site filled with quotes from famous photographers. “Its called photoquotes.com“and even has an index so you can look up your favourite photographer by surname. For example I looked up’Henri Cartier-Bresson [1908 – 2004] A French photographer – considered to be the father of modern photojournalism. “Here is an example of […]
The best case for the Fuji x100
The Fuji x100 camera is meant to be carried around everywhere – and for that you need to use the straps supplied, or get yourself a case. “The official leather case is nice, but I prefer something more discreet that I can carry on my belt under my jacket. After looking at all the cases […]
My Fuji x100 taken with my iPhone
I was sitting in a cafe a few days ago and took this photo of my Fuji x100 using my iPhone 3GS. Post processed in the phototoaster iPhone app – I don’t remember the preset I used, but it turned out quite well I thought. “The corner of the newspaper shows it was the Collingwood […]
Fuji x100 focussing is OK
Why do some people try to bring down the x100 in ridiculous ways Looking through some of the posts on say dpreview fuji x100 forum“you’d get the impression that the Fuji x100 was fatally flawed in some way. “One of the common points raised is focussing being both inaccurate and slow. Hmmm – I use […]
Melbourne Alley Photography
Melbourne, Australia has quite a few old world alleys and laneways. “Old world in this part of the world may only be a couple of hundred years old, but hey – still charming. I met a fellow x100 photographer that day – he was using a flash during daylight hours. “We chatted for a while […]