Lumix Diaries: Shooting the New Leica Lumix 100-400mm
Today, January 5, at 10:00am Vegas time, Panasonic finally announced the ability to order the new Leica Lumix 100-400mm zoom. It’s a professional quality lens I’ve been dreaming about ever since I started getting serious about the Lumix line of cameras nearly six years ago. Today is the day we can go… Read More »
Blazing-fast Write Speeds of Lexar SD UHS ll Cards
Blazing-fast write speeds of Lexar SD UHS ll cards was brought to my attention by Natural Exposure’s Explorer Gerry Heine. Gerry gave me the heads up to a great Blog post by the website calling themselves Camera Memory Speed. Their speciality is “Memory Card Comparison & Performance Tests for Digital Cameras.” The… Read More »
American Photography Pro Photo Daily Master Series Highlights Daniel’s work
Just a heads up for those who may be interested. American Photography Pro Photo Daily Master Series recently interviewed me about my nearly 40 years of professional photography. I worked with writer Jeff Wignall to put this piece together. It has information on my thoughts about getting into the wildlife photography… Read More »
Newest Image of the Coming 100-400mm Leica/Lumix Zoom
I recently found a video shot at the recent Fotomässan 2015 photo show in Sweden that is showing what I’m guessing is a prototype of the coming 100-400mm Leica/Lumix zoom. All audio is in Swedish so it’s impossible to understand what is being discussed. But…. they do visit the Panasonic booth—which… Read More »
Delta Service I could have never imagined.
Ok, I’m still virtually in shock. I just landed in Salt Lake City coming from the DFW PhotoExpo in Dallas via Delta airlines. Our plane was late coming in to Salt Lake. As I exited the plane, there, on the gang way was a very nice lady dressed in a long, Delta blue… Read More »
Adobe Lightroom Feature Request Add Your Voice
Adobe Lightroom Feature Request Add Your Voice. Since moving over to Lightroom I’ve come to appreciate the power of Adobe’s editing tools. They are, without a doubt, much superior to what I was using in Aperture. That said, there are a few serious drawbacks in Lightroom as well. This post is to… Read More »
DPReview Awards Lumix G7 Hybrid Camera of 2015
DPReview Awards Lumix G7 Hybrid Camera of 2015. Panasonic Lumix is finally getting noticed. Not long ago Lumix released their G7 hybrid camera. Hybrid meaning it shoots great stills AND equally great video. Many photographers are finally coming to realize Lumix is no one-trick pony. I’ve been shooting Lumix now for over… Read More »
Leica Lumix 100-400mm Zoom Getting Closer
Leica Lumix 100-400mm Zoom Getting Closer? Robert Pothorcki spotted the new Leica/Lumix 100-400mm MFT prototype lens behind some glass at the Panasonic/Lumix booth at IFA Berlin. Could the release of this lens not be far off? I’m truly hoping it’s sooner rather than later. I’m not sure if others have heard of the… Read More »
Full Frame Leica with Panasonic Technology
Full Frame Leica with Panasonic Technology. There is another very interesting rumor floating around that suggests there are more surprises coming from the Panasonic/Leica relationship I recently wrote about. The rumor is that Leica is about to release an entirely new, designed from the ground up, full frame digital camera system that is… Read More »
Backblaze Updates Hard Drive Failure Rates
Each quarter, Backblaze updates hard drive failure rates with the latest data. Seems the HGST drives are still far and away the best drives out there. I find this report extremely helpful for those of us who want to know which drives fail and which ones don’t. If you want to… Read More »