Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
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
In a couple of phrases: not perfect, but OMG-level of awesomeness when it works! Many of the new enthusiast-level DSLRs and the mirrorless equivalents have had some implementation of face detection. The GX85 was also able to detect eyes and
A lot of the photos I take at home make use of flash units, but OEM flash guns – reliable as they are and also always guaranteeing full compatibility with their camera system – can be dreadfully expensive. For example,
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
Most enthusiast cameras – whether compact, DSLR or mirrorless – and also the more expensive smartphones, support RAW photography. I moved on to take pictures only in RAW during my Nikon D300 days ten years ago, and it’s hard to
Our itinerary for the upcoming Bali 2018 trip is going to be pretty different from our trip 10 years ago. Specifically, much less sight-seeing and more adventure-type activities that hopefully will interest our two kids. We had our Bali-based local
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
I really like Thule bags. They’re fairly widely available across different stores here in Singapore – both brick/mortar and also online. And though their bags are on the pricey side, bargains can be had if you’re patient and also alert
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