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  • .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Chair Club, originally uploaded by john m flores. The first rule of Chair Club – there is no Chair Club. Taken with the Pentax K-01 with the DA21mm F3.2 Limited.


  • Olympus OM-D EM-5 vs. Pentax K-05 in 3D, originally uploaded by john m flores. Via Flickr:Cross your eyes to see this in 3d. Click on the photo for a larger version on Flickr Photo taken with the Panasonic GH2 with the 12.5mm F12 3D lens


  • .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Olympus OM-D EM-5 vs. Pentax K-05 in 3D, originally uploaded by john m flores. Via Flickr: Cross your eyes to see this in 3d. Click on the photo for a larger version on Flickr…


  • Accessory door of Pentax K-01 after 4600 photos., originally uploaded by john m flores. ’nuff said.


  • So the Pentax K-01 received a 69 on DP Review, and overnight all the K-01 photos that I’ve taken got 25% worse. Not. It’s a funny thing – we cheer on cameras these days like we cheer on sports teams. It’s like fantasy baseball, where statistics are the only things that matter. Never mind that…


  • So I’m heading out to shoot an interview today. Just me and the subject, a Platinum Minds scholar and high-school senior. I wanted to travel light because I wasn’t sure of the setting. Initially, I mounted the Pentax DA*16-50mm F2.8 to the Panasonic GH2, thinking that I’d need the versatility of the zoom. I was…


  • It starts with the innocent reading of reviews. Then the casual price checks on Amazon, B&H, Adorama, etc… Then a deeper dive into specs and accessories, then viewing samples on Flickr. This never ends well. What’s the object d’Fascination this time? Pentax Q. Quick, someone talk me out it. [NOTE: This post is short because…


  • So get this, as a goof I started a Facebook Page – You Park Stupid – where people post photos of poorly parked cars. I know that it’s a silly idea, but what started out as a loosely connected group of Facebook friends turned into a story on a hyperlocal news site which turned into…


  • The release of the Olympus OM-D E-M5 is being touted by bloggers, tumblers, tweeters, and word pressers as A VERY BIG DEAL. The online hyperbole store is actually running low on stock of Gushing Praises (available in limited quantities), Prophetic Proclamations (due next week) and Bold Predictions (now taking pre-orders) while Humble Opinions and Reality Checks…


  • Still from the Panasonic GH2 + Super Takumar 50mm F1.4, originally uploaded by john m flores. Via Flickr:A fellow photographer and I are interviewing veterans for the Library of Congress’ Veterans History Project (www.loc.gov/vets/). My friend is shooting stills and I’m shooting video with the GH2. This is my first use of the Super Takumar…