Blog is back up and running
The automatic WordPress and Jetpack plugin upgrades crippled the blog post causing 403 Forbidden access errors whenever users attempted to click on a link to another blog page or image. I have tracked...
View ArticleMy picks for a travel camera kit in the post-Xmas 2019 sales
Buying into a new camera system for 2020 is quite confusing as each system has compromises, and their own issues. Disclaimer: I am not paid or offered incentives from ANY camera or lens manufacturer or...
View ArticleAwesome portraiture can be done with ANY camera – you don’t have to spend...
This post is inspired by some wonderful portraiture I found today on the web by a Russian photographer, Rustam Rakhimov Рахимов Рустам and I will show some of his works which appear to me to rely on...
View ArticleHappy New Year – my picks for Best cameras of 2019
2019 was the year that most of the major camera manufacturers (except Fujifilm and Olympus) finally decided it was time to enter the full frame mirrorless market – although Canon and Nikon’s offerings...
View ArticleThe new Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III – a smaller, more affordable E-M1X
Olympus has just announced their upgrade to their Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, a camera which I love so much for its ergonomics, size and feature set that I much prefer to take it with me rather than a...
View ArticleOlympus Imaging sold off – my thoughts
Olympus announced this week they have sold off their Olympus Imaging Division to Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) after 3 consecutive loss-making years. See the MOU of the transfer here. “Olympus...
View ArticleDid sensor dependencies strangle Olympus?
These are further thoughts to my previous blog on Olympus selling off their Imaging Division and their Micro Four Thirds camera and lens business. As outlined in the previous post there are many...
View ArticleMicro Four Thirds is not dead
Whilst it does appear Olympus has exited the photography business by selling off its Olympus Imaging Division to JIP which has a dubious track record for such ventures and the quality of their...
View ArticleThe new Canon EOS R6 – a full frame Olympus OM-D E-M1 III on steroids?
Back in 2007 to address the deficiencies of my Olympus E510 budget travel dSLR, I bought a pro sports dSLR – the 1.3x crop sensor Canon 1D Mark III supposedly acclaimed for its fast burst mode shooting...
View Article[SOLVD] Windows 10 Update corrupts 4Gb file then CHKDSK deletes it!
I thought I would share a little tail of woe so that I won’t repeat it and hopefully others can find a way out of a similar situation without going into a melt down! It all started this week when my...
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