Category: Photography

FYI, I started a group on Google + where it’s all about the photos – Photo Critique. No gear discussion is allowed and we operate by one simple rule – we ask that everyone that posts a photo give back to the community by critiquing another photo in the group. That’s it. We of course expect civil…

FYI, I started a group on Google + where it’s all about the photos – Photo Critique. No gear discussion is allowed and we operate by one simple rule – we ask that everyone that posts a photo give back to the community by critiquing another photo in the group. That’s it. We of course expect civil…

Nikon V1 with 18.5mm f/1.8 @ 1/60s, f/1.8, ISO400 A new restaurant, Yamataka Tea Room, opened in town, in one of those spaces that never seems to flourish; every town has a space like it. We went there to try their tea as well as some dumplings and buns. The owners speak with the thick Chinese…

Nikon V1 with 18.5mm f/1.8 @ 1/60s, f/1.8, ISO400 A new restaurant, Yamataka Tea Room, opened in town, in one of those spaces that never seems to flourish; every town has a space like it. We went there to try their tea as well as some dumplings and buns. The owners speak with the thick Chinese…

We interrupt all of this testing and opining to bring you this, a photo of cats.

We interrupt all of this testing and opining to bring you this, a photo of cats.

In two previous posts (“The Case Against Full Frame” and “The Case Against APS-C”) I opined on why the leading professional and amateur sensor sizes are doomed to the scrapheap of history. Where does that leave the upstart Micro Four-Thirds?By all accounts, the Olympus OM-D E-M5 is a watershed mark in the development of Micro…

In two previous posts (“The Case Against Full Frame” and “The Case Against APS-C”) I opined on why the leading professional and amateur sensor sizes are doomed to the scrapheap of history. Where does that leave the upstart Micro Four-Thirds? By all accounts, the Olympus OM-D E-M5 is a watershed mark in the development of…

“Yeah, yeah, yeah….” I can hear you saying, “forget the photos of people and cats and ice on the roof of your car. What we, the collective borg want to know is….can the V1 with the 18.5mm f/1.8 take pictures of food?” You tell me… 1/125s, f/1.8, ISO450 1/125s, f/1.8, ISO800 1/125s, f/1.8, ISO400 And…

“Yeah, yeah, yeah….” I can hear you saying, “forget the photos of people and cats and ice on the roof of your car. What we, the collective borg want to know is….can the V1 with the 18.5mm f/1.8 take pictures of food?” You tell me… 1/125s, f/1.8, ISO450 1/125s, f/1.8, ISO800 1/125s, f/1.8, ISO400 And…