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January 2019

03 Jan

Posted at 09:28h in Blog, Dick's Rant by [social_share]

Not where I come from, it isn't. Mind you, we tended to put maple syrup on everything. I'm surprised I still have teeth, eh? More to the point, is it a pancake lens if it actually amounts to a standard focal length? Should it be a wide angle if it is going to be short-coupled? Is there another name we can apply to it? Yes. I call the Panasonic Lumix G 20mm f:1.7 ASPH II the fighting lens. It is just a little bit shy of a standard lens for the micro 4/3 sensor...

02 Jan

Posted at 09:50h in Blog, Dick's Rant by [social_share]

More to the point, do I agee with a lady who writes for DP Review about a product that someone else makes. Do you agree with either of us? After Christmas dinner, Boxing Day barbeque, and New Years Eve buffet, will anything ever agree with me ever again. Or is it a lifetime of Mylanta? Well the chief topic of this controversy is a Panasonic product. It's a micro 4/3 camera and associated lenses that comes into the portable/enthusaist category as a new product. It's the direct successor of several previous models - building upon their form and with many of their unique features. And for me, it is recollection of the past - I was allowed to use one of the previous cameras on a trip to Japan. While I could not retain it until now, testing the new evocation has answered a lot of quetions formed at the time. The camera is the Panasonic GX9K - mirrorless interchangeable lens with a micro 4/3 sensor. It is formed with an EVF at the upper left corner and small enough to be considered...

01 Jan

Posted at 09:43h in Blog, Dick's Rant by [social_share]

We've been shaking rockets at people for years - and no-one has ever invited us to disarmament talks. In fact wise people buy them from us for their own use. The Giotto people were very clever to mould the air bulb of their camera cleaning syringe with four stubby fins at the back end of it. Not only does it allow you to set the thing on its tail and keep the nozzel out of the dust, it makes for unbeatable advertising copy. I note, as well, that they have put " environmentally friendly " on the packaging to make people feel better. I bet Thiokol and Lockheed Martin don't do that on their ICBMs and they probably don't get half as many sales to the general public...