Steve Curran Wonders About UV for Leica 100-400mm lens
Steve, not sure what you are referring to as far as me stating I might decide not to use a UV protector for the 100-400mm. If I wrote that, I must have been thinking I didn’t want any additional glass and that comment most likely was referring to the prototype… Read More »
Panasonic Lumix Engineers Visit Bozeman
Panasonic Lumix Engineers Visit Bozeman. This last week all of us here at Natural Exposures and Polar Bears International were honored to have five wonderful people from Panasonic’s headquarters in Osaka and Lumix Luminary liaison Tom Curley from the US come visit us in Montana. The folks from Japan included… Read More »
Panasonic and Leica Share Technology Behind Lenses
Panasonic Leica Shares Technology Behind Lenses When Panasonic introduced their line of Lumix cameras back in 2001, they began what has turned out to be a very rewarding relationship with the folks at Leica. Cameras have always been as much about lenses as they are about the photographic body those lenses… Read More »
Mylio Update Keeps Pushing The Bar Higher
Mylio Update Last night Mylio once again updated their software with several new features, added support for a handful of new cameras, and squashed a bug or two. One of the new features has finally given me the ability to eliminate Photo Mechanic from my workflow, and any reduction in the number… Read More »
Lexar Calls It Quits, No Surprise Here
Yesterday, Lexar made what some are calling a “bombshell” announcement: they will stop producing Lexar cards and other Lexar memory/storage devices. All I can say is, it doesn’t surprise me. On the company’s official blog, a post was written by Jay Hawkins, VP of Micron. He states, “The company will… Read More »
Easy-to-use Design Software For Your Photography
Design Software For Your Photography Finding easy-to-use design software for your photography is always a challenge. One of our favorite NE Explorers, An Vo, recently inspired me to start researching more software programs that help add design elements to your pictures. Keep in mind when I say design elements, I’m not… Read More »
Lumix LX10 Takes a Licking Keeps On Clicking!
For our recent Invitational Photo Tours to Europe, I brought along two of Panasonic’s so-called Point and Shoot cameras, the Lumix ZS100 and the Lumix LX10. I plan to write more about them both in a later post, but I wanted to share one experience that took place a couple of… Read More »
Question from Steve Henry
Great question Steve. It just so happens that I’ve been traveling around Europe the past month–with three weeks left to go–shooting two of the Lumix so-called, Point and Shoots. I say “so-called” since the quality out of these two cameras, the Lumix LX 10 and the Lumix ZS100 is hard to… Read More »
Question from Jimmy Hendricks
Jimmy, Since you asked my opinion I’ll tell you what I think of the 25mm. I’m not a fan. No fault of the quality of that lens, I just don’t see in 50mm format. If I were to purchase an all around great portrait like lens, it would be either… Read More »
Nature Photography Day June 15th – Spread The Word
The North Ameican Nature Photography Association (NANPA) is once again sponsoring their annual Nature Photography Day. It happens June 15th and gives all nature lovers the opportunity to enter their photo contest which has great prizes from some of the industry’s most popular companies. NANPA’s description of the event is below. About… Read More »