Panasonic AU-EVA1 Video Camera
Panasonic continues their impressive push in to breaking the boundaries of stills and video cameras. With the announcement of the Panasonic AU-EVA1 video camera they’ve added a new model with groundbreaking technology for producing moving pictures. For those of you who HATE video and want nothing to do with it, you… Read More »
Merry Christmas to All With Some Lumix News
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Gift Giving, or whatever you celebrate as long as it’s positive to your fellow homo sapiens. I thought I would share some Lumix news snippets for the holiday season including some preliminary tests with the new Leica 200mm with 1.4X and 2X teleconverters and Lumix G9. Panasonic… Read More »
Two Great Travel Lenses: Leica 12-60mm & Olympus 12-100mm
Two great travel lenses Leica 12-60mm and Olympus 12-100mm to foil carry-on police As traveling photographers, we’ve all been there. “There” is the point in the line where the gate agent looks you straight in the eye and asks you to place your carry-on in the make-believe overhead bin that… Read More »
Panasonic LUMIX G85 Shooting Experience Huge Bang For The Buck
Editors Note: Under the heading of no surprises I want everybody who reads this blog to know that I’m what is called a Panasonic Lumix Luminary. In other words, I do get compensated a small stipend each year for working with Panasonic. However, I can tell you straight up, the small… Read More »
Leica 100-400mm Comparison Lumix Olympus
Leica 100-400mm Comparison Lumix & Olympus This morning I was inspired by a question on the blog to do a quick and dirty little test, comparing the Leica 100-400mm on both the new Lumix G85 (with updated firmware V.1.2), 100-400mm firmware update V1.1, and the Olympus OM-D EM-1 Mark ll. Here’s the… Read More »
How’s The Quality of Your JPEG Right Out of Camera?
The boys at The Camera Store TV are at it again with a new video showcasing several cameras and the JPEGs directly output from each model. In other words, they did a test to see how several different manufacturer’s JPEGs compared without running them through a RAW processor. It’s a great test since many… Read More »
Newly Announced Lumix G85 Attracting Lots of Attention
Lumix G85 Attracting Lots of Attention Photokina for 2016 is now history and with its passing, more information about the new Lumix G85 is finally starting to emerge. To be completely frank, Panasonic’s new Lumix was definitely overshadowed by the announcement of the updated Olympus flagship, the OM-D EM-1-ll. Without… Read More »
Outdoor Photographer Features Dan’s Work With New Nikon 80-400mm Zoom Lens
For those interested in seeing published results of the new Nikkor 80-400mm lens, you may want to pick up the October issue of Outdoor Photographer. OP is featuring a short piece I did for them on my enthusiasm for zoom lenses. You can see the article for yourself titled The… Read More »
Testing the New Nikkor 80-400mm Zoom Lens
Testing the New Nikkor 80-400mm Zoom Lens I’ve been meaning to write this post highlighting Nikon’s newest zoom, the updated 80-400mm, for quite some time. Unfortunately a lot of travel has kept me from being able to run the proper tests, but finally I was able to put Nikon’s newest… Read More »
Panasonic Lumix GH3 Predictive AF Tests
Awhile back I wrote about the new Panasonic GH3 and how it performed in Kenya, Africa. I was quite pleased overall but I knew there was one other test that had to be conducted to really see if this camera was up to the standards as my beloved Nikons. Those… Read More »