Simple Clicks – Leica DG Summilux 25mm f/1.4
This isn’t a review – I’ll one of those at some point in the near(ish) future. What this is is a quick sample of photos and a few preliminary thoughts on this lens, which arrived a week ago. It’s a hard lens to get, as all the major retailers keep running out of stock. I’m [...]
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Review: Astrophotography
This wasn’t one of the planned reviews, but after spending several hours shooting the night sky on Friday, I knew that I had to change the plan a little and say something about the E-M5’s capabilities in this arena. I realize that astrophotography is a pretty niche application and I don’t know how many of [...]
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Review: Studio Work (static)
Although the majority of my personal work takes place outdoors, my professional ventures are split about 70/30, with the smaller portion taking place in an indoor studio setting, be it with models, products, stock, etc. Although I’m really dying to get a model in front of the E-M5, I’m taking this one step at a [...]
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Review: General Shooting
This is probably the toughest of the reviews to write, just because I want to cover a number of different points. You can probably think of this one as a catch-all, the place for anything that doesn’t exactly fit with the other, more specific posts that are coming (I’ve been writing them out of sequence). [...]
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Review: General Overview
I’m going to kick off my reviews of the Olympus OM-D E-M5 with a general overview of the system. This is probably the least exciting part of the review from a photo-standpoint, but I think that it contains a lot of useful information, especially for folks who are still waiting for – or have just [...]
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Review: Introduction
Since I know that many people are still anxiously awaiting a shipping notification for their own OM-Ds, I’m going to forgo my usual policy of delaying gear reviews until after I’ve used the equipment for several weeks, and share whatever I can with you in hopes that, when you do receive your shipments, you’ll know [...]
Lens Rentals
This past trip was my first foray into the world of lens rentals. Up until this point, I’d never really considered it, although I’m not sure why. I guess in part because I’ve always felt that, if I had a real need for a lens, I’d be better off just buying it and adding it [...]
Olympus OM-D E-M5: First thoughts
The photo gods were obviously smiling on me this week, as I seem to have landed one of the first Olympus OM-Ds shipped from B&H. It arrived on Wednesday evening and I’ve used just about every free moment since then to start working with it. I’ll have more detailed posts over the next couple of [...]
On the nature of evolving technology
Had an interesting conversation with Paul the other day, while we were wandering the park in search of photos. I was telling him about the Olympus OM-D and it’s suite of advanced technologies, but was also relaying the concern from the “professional” community about how it could be perceived by clients. Mainly, as somehow being [...]
How I (really) use my camera
Over the past week, a number of different ideas, sources, and comments have been rattling around my brain before finally coalescing into a single, hopefully coherent thought. This is a little long-winded, so bear with me. I’ve been thinking about how I use my camera. How I really use it, the features and settings that [...]
