Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
My trip to Hong Kong wasn’t one that was heavy on photography. Still, I had to decide which of my two camera systems to bring as I had colleagues presenting their conference papers and I’d promised to take pictures. The
There were three lenses – the FE 24-105mm f4.0, FE 16-35mm f4.0 and the adapted Tamron 70-200mm f2.8 – accompanying the Sony A73 on its maiden overseas outing: and I ended up using just two lenses: and about 99% of
The front balcony of our home @ The Minton is so filled with plants now that butterflies are frequent visitors. And alongside them comes also numerous caterpillars. Over the last four years, we’ve re-home numerous caterpillars from the balcony plants
There are two f2.8 zoom lenses that routinely find their way into enthusiasts bags: a 24-70mm, and a 70-200mm. I have both for my m4/3 bodies – the pair of Olympus 12-40mm and 40-150mm f2.8s. Both lenses actually reach a
More notes after three weeks of using the A73! The A73’s ability to configure auto ISO and minimum shutter speeds is very thorough – way more so than what I get on Olympus or Panasonic m4/3s. Not only can I
Not sure if there’s such a word as ‘reaccessorising’. But basically, whenever one moves to a different camera system, you’re not just changing the most obvious pieces – i.e. body, lenses, flash units – across formats. Depending on proprietary the
Continuing from the last post on first lenses. The Sony sure seems to be having a windfall with the Sony A7 Mark III. Sony Alpha Rumors reports that several large stores in the US have sold out their April 10
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
It’s been about 8 years now since my move to the m4/3 standard – and starting April 2018, I’ll be moving again – and this time to the Sony Alpha FE system. This decision to move to a full-frame system
I was browsing through my photography posts and realized that I should do a 2017 update to the annual m4/3 review – a possible camera system change later this year notwithstanding. And so: In Jan, the one year old then
We post a sample of photos – whether of our kids or our travels – on our blog here, but our Flickr album is where we’ve been putting up our larger collections over the years now. I typically access these
It’s become our tradition on our blog here to do a short post every Lunar New Year. Like last year, the E-M1 and 12-40mm f2.8 did the heavy lighting for the family shots. And for a change this year, the
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