The Lumix Diaries Italy – Final Update June 9th
The Lumix Diaries Italy is my first of what will be an ongoing diary/journal of sorts detailing my travels with the Panasonic Lumix camera system. This first installment will chronicle our Natural Exposures Invitational Photo Tour to Italy. Currenly all of my travel photography is now shot virtually exclusively with the smaller, lighter Micro… Read More »
Auto Focus Shoot Out With Lumix GH4, Fuji, Sony and Olympus
Auto focus shoot out with Lumix GH4, Fuji, Sony and Olympus. The boys from The Camera Store TV are at it again and doing another great review of several different cameras. As Chris Nichols points out, all the camera manufacturers are beating their chests with grandiose claims suggesting each of their newly… Read More »
Panasonic Lumix 14-140mm Lens Review by NE Explorer Mark Pemberton
Panasonic Lumix 14-140mm Lens Review by NE Explorer Mark Pemberton – a real-world enthusiast’s user report on this terrific little lens. There are more extensive reviews with lots of graphs, charts, sample images, etc. (like this one on Micro 4/3’s photography), but I asked Mark to offer his thoughts from a general user’s perspective on this updated version… Read More »
The Panasonic GH4 is a Superb Stills Camera. Finally…People Are Getting It.
Thought some of you who are considering the new GH4 might like to see this video by our Canadian friends from Calgary, Alberta. They take a final production GH4 through some tests. Like most all reviews to date they spend a lot of time on this new camera’s video capabilities,… Read More »
Panasonic Lumix GH4 & The Speeding Pooch Test
I recently received a pair of Panasonic Lumix GH4 cameras and I couldn’t get them in my hands fast enough. They’ve been in the wild so to speak since about last Friday, April 25, 2014. Ray Norouzi from Samy’s Camera in LA was fast out of the blocks and called… Read More »
The Olympus Stylus SP-100EE
The Olympus Stylus SP-100EE is a new all-in-one compact camera that looks extremely interesting. The all-in-one compact category of cameras include the ones that typically have a very wide ranged zoom, wide angle to telephoto, that’s not removable and fixed permanently to the camera. In other words it has many… Read More »
Seabourn Quest Update: Mirrorless Camera Info, Polar Bears, Seabourn Quest Video Update
I’ve compiled some updated information regarding questions I had onboard our recent Seabourn Quest cruises. Numerous guests were interested in the small cameras I was shooting. Several folks wanted to know more about seeing polar bears in Churchill, and finally I have some news about the Seabourn Quest video Wolfgang… Read More »
Sony and Panasonic Turning Up the Heat on Mirrorless Cameras
The revolution is rolling. Sony just announced two new mirrorless cameras the A7 & A7R. Panasonic will officially announce their newest mirrorless camera, the GM1, tomarrow. Both announcements are literally revolutionary. Why? It’s all about size and weight with phenomenal image quality. Sony’s new cameras are extremely small yet both… Read More »
The Changing World of Still Photography
A couple of months ago a good friend and frequent Natural Exposures Photo Adventure traveler Leon Soriano introduced me to the amazing new Panasonic Lumix camera called the GF1. It’s part of the Micro Four Thirds system created by Panasonic and Olympus back in August 2008. It’s all a part… Read More »