Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
My journey to decide and buy a 70-200mm f2.8 lens for my Sony A73 has been interesting! From the start, I had to discount the Sony versions: their GM 70-200mm f2.8 lens lists an eye-watering recommended retail price of SGD3,899.
Post that’s only for Matt and the student-stalker.=) Here’s a bunch of haphazardly-taken pictures during lunch time of construction work from some distance away. Source image as follows: The below are 100% crops, with the vehicle’s plate number as my
I’ve blogged about the 70-200mm f2.8 lens range several times now on this blog and how this lens type is considered a staple for any serious photography enthusiast. The original party manufacturers manufacture these very complex lens to high specifications,
The Sigma 70-20mm f2.8 has been getting neglected, so it was time to take it out for a spin over the weekend. The amazing bokeh that Matt’s 1.8mm lenses on his full-frame D800 was still clear in my memory. A
Continuing in my series of posts on moving from m4/3 to the Sony Alpha FE as my principal system for photography. What lens to acquire first? The m4/3 standard is a pretty mature system, with a huge range of high
2016 was a comparatively slow year – new gear wise at least – for the cameras I use. I still keep a expenditure log of items I buy, and over the year, acquisitions were a low half-dozen items that totaled
I’m only reminded again how quickly time zooms past when it’s time to do another year-end post summarizing our key purchasing decisions in the year. It only seems last month when I did the 2014 version of this annual post!
It’s been more than two years since I last bought a new lens, having been pretty satisfied with the trio of m4/3 prime lenses – the 17mm, 25mm, and 45mm – that are considered mandatory for serious owners of the
I was looking at my tabulation of camera expenditure since 2008 – I am that obsessed over all things tabular – and it’s interesting to see my spending pattern: Broadly, the spending spikes especially every several years whenever I change
While the m4/3s family system has met all the photographic ticks I care for – compact and unobtrusive when taking pictures of kids, light, and great prime lens range – camera system watchers have been apparently somewhat less sanguine about
There’s yet another sign that time passes by so quickly, and it’s how soon I have to write another end-of-year retrospective post! Every year end I write a long post to reflect on the ‘big’ (e.g. costly and involving technological
We last visited the Jurong Bird Park in Oct 2009, and that was largely an inspired reaction to the amazing sights we saw at the Bali Bird Park. That was shortly after Hannah joined our family, so she didn’t join
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