I hope everybody reading this has had a great holiday period. This year has seen me embroiled in the wonders of fatherhood, politics, legislative implementation (oh the joys of MIFiD2), moving to work in Canary Wharf, so fewer photos, and generally working my backside off (hence the lack of posts on the blog post September). …
Life with the X100 series: thinking on the X100F.
These are great, but flawed cameras. Great because of a lens that strikes all the right compromises (don’t ever change it Fujifilm), OVF and fantastic built in fill flash. Flawed because it’s a fixed lens camera (35mm equivalent) which isn’t as quick to focus as some of the most recent X series lenses. It’s worth …
Lazy days in Poppyland
A few years ago, before our eldest son was born, we had our first holiday in North Norfolk and really enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere. Later we returned with our young son and had lots of fun rediscovering the place through his eyes. More recently, our youngest joined us and we wanted a week away somewhere …
March of the Machines
A few weeks ago I visited the Robots exhibition at the Science Museum, in London. I took along my favourite low light camera, the Sony A7RII. The exhibition blurb states that it is “Focusing on why they exist rather than on how they work, our blockbuster exhibition explores the ways robots mirror humanity and the …
Still Pro
It’s funny how some cameras just don’t engage, or only engage when it comes to appreciating the images they create. Then again, plenty of cameras are a blast to use, but don’t produce the best quality images. I’m going to file the Fujifilm X-Pro2 in the category of producing great images and being great fun …
Animal Magic
A visit to London Zoo last week offered some time for a great day out with my oldest son. Being of the view that always carrying a 150-600mm lens and a DSLR can get a bit intrusive, I took my Olympus E-M1 mkII with me. This camera rightly wins plaudits for its high speed shooting …
Sleep is for wimps
There’s a reason I’ve not been writing to you this last three months. It’s because “free” time is at least partly filled with a very loveable “little” (massive) chap, who arrived in mid January, causing our family joy, wonder, confusion, back ache and sleepless nights in equal measure. A particular favourite of mine was the …
Happy New Year
I hope everybody reading this has had a great holiday period, despite the crap that was 2016. This year has been less about new cameras and lenses and more about politics. C’est la vie. I suspect that theme will continue into the new year. 😉 As ever, I’ve picked a few photos I liked to …
Raising Barriers
We’ll call this a little more Brexit delayed output, originally I intended to publish this in May. London is vulnerable to flooding. If a storm surge coincides with a spring tide, dangerously high water levels can occur in the Thames Estuary. The threat has increased over time due to the slow but continuous rise in …
Nifty 25: Olympus 25mm F1.2 Pro
I bought this lens because I had never been entirely satisfied with the results from other M43s lenses at 25mm and because of a general love for the results from a fast 50mm. Olympus released a number of products in the last few months and the 25mm Æ’/1.2 Pro M.Zuiko Digital (hereafter, the 25mm f1.2) …
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