I asked a delicate question of the OM System representative at the start of a recent camera night; Should I mention the name Olympus in this post? He said " yes ". The new products from the factories will bear the name OM System, the lenses...
Camera Electronic had two touch-and-try sessions for the new Fujifilm X-T5 camera on one day - one at Murray Street and one at Stirling Street. I saw the Stirling show and was interested to learn of the composition of the audience for the one in...
Do you want to be frustrated and angry? There's an app for that...
Were I turned out of doors at Stirling Street with a full-frame Nikon mirror-less camera and one lens and forbidden to buy more. I would request my banishment be with the Nikkor 24-70mm f:4 S-series zoom. It really does seem to be the lens that could...
You might as well work hard; lifting bales and toting barges. And carrying the sort of lenses that make bales and barges feel lighter. The working professional who needs to remain a distance from their subject while still imprinting a large image on the sensor needs...
A cabinet, actually - a yellow and black cabinet. A new yellow and back cabinet at the Stirling street shop. My weekly enquiry of the staff about anything new was finally rewarded when they told me that the new Nikon cabinet was full of S-line lenses....
I have often been asked whether there are security cameras watching. I always assure people that there are. The heading image is one in operation. It is checked once a week after the films come back from the chemist. For some reason the burglars all feel...
Or perhaps that should be " selfie-ness ". The business of letting people see just how good you really think you look. I don't take many of them, not being over-confident of my ability to dazzle. It's not consideration for the viewers so much as a...
Don't hire me. I love colour and am a menace with a watercolour paint set. Nothing is safe. But there are those to whom art and taste come naturally, and they may well be employed by major agencies to make the logos and advertisements look good....
Do not write in. I meant to type that. I have a prime lens for my Fujifilm cameras that is just about standard focal length for the APS-C sensor. It has a wonderfully wide aperture that produces great out-of-focus backgrounds for studio shots. So good that...