03 Dec The Block of Flats
Well, that's what the general shape of a the Fujifilm GFX 100 camera is - a block of flats. Stylish and a little Art Deco. And only very slightly heavier and more expensive than a block of flats...
December 2019
02 Dec The Comic Strip Drone
I am sometimes scathing about the idea of drones and their makers - and watch the development of the civilian models with some skepticism. You'll have to forgive it as a post-luddite reaction here in Australia. Were we allowed .410 shotguns, I'd be all for...
29 Nov A Little Bit O’ This And A Little Bit O’ That
This post is written in memory of my friend, Ron Frank, who loved his shop and the goods he sold in it*. In particular he loved mechanical things...
28 Nov Hinging Upon Success…
The advent of the LCD screen on the back of the digital camera was the real dawn of the age of electronic photography. The sensor, the processor, and all the other ancillary bits were also necessary, but it really did not gel in our minds...
27 Nov Carlos’ Pick
Carlos helped me out the other day when I was looking at the Sigma camera bodies...
26 Nov Stand Back…I’m A Pro…
This may be the sort of thing that we would be glad to hear at a car-crash site...
25 Nov Shift Gears With Nikon
Looks like there is to be a special package from Nikon this Christmas - they have embarked upon a small-frame mirrorless option for their Z-series of cameras. It's a package right now, with a body and two zoom lenses, though in the new year they may...
22 Nov Sigma. Good Thinking ” 99 “…
Sigma may make lenses for other people's cameras, but they have always done a lot of their own thinking. This has been evident in some of their choices - their own mount, their own sensor, their own DSLR, and their own mirrorless cameras. A lot...
21 Nov Sigma And The Small Big Screen
Cue dramatic music. Roll footage of medieval armies preparing for battle. Introduce animated flags either side of the picture: " Tilting Screen " vs " Fixed Screen ". Now let the customers and camera club members sqaure off and have a go at each other...
20 Nov Green Blood – The New Camera From Fujifilm
We pause a little in the week to consider a new camera from Fujifilm. Warwick Williams presented the Fujifilm X-Pro3 camera to us last night at the Murray Street store and it was a bit of a surprise. Not a complete one, mind - that's never...