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To me the Olympus OM-D marks the tipping point where the Micro Four Thirds format made the leap from a good idea in theory to a good idea in practice.

February 24th, 2013 | Tags: 12-50mm, 12mm, 14mm, 20mm, 25mm, 30D, 35mm, 45mm, 5-axis, 50mm, 5D, 60mm, 6D, AEL, AF, aperture, APS-C, auto, auto focus, battery, bokeh, button, camera, Canon, chimping, compact, custom, depth of field, digital, dpreview.com, DSLR, E-10, E-M5, E-P1, easy, enthusiast, ergonomics, EVF, example, experience, experienced, eye, f/1.4, f/1.7, f/1.8, f/2, f/2.5, face, fast fifty, FF, field of view, five axis, Flickr, Fn1, Fn2, focus, FoV, full frame, full sized, grip, hand, hand held, high, HLD-6, ideal, image quality, IQ, IS, ISO, k10d, kit, LCD, lens, light, Lightroom, long exposure, low light, Lowepro, Lumix, manual, manual focus, MF, MFT, Micro Four Thirds, MKII, MKIII, motion, Olympus, OM-D, Panasonic, pancake, Pentax, photographer, prime, priority, professional, program, quality, RAW, Rebel XT, resolution, review, Robert S. Donovan, sample, sharpness, slr, small, speed, stability, studio, system, test, Travel, user, viewfinder, weather sealed, WYSIWYG, zoom | Category: Photography, Stuff, gear, reviews | Leave a comment

I have had a number of people ask me how to get consistent results with their manual focus lenses on Pentax DSLRs. The good thing is that it is not all that difficult. The bad thing is that it takes a bit of trial and error to figure it out. Or, maybe that’s a good [...]

August 20th, 2009 | Tags: 50mm f/1.7 SMC-A, accuracy, aperture, consistency, consistent, DSLR, in-focus, indicator, infinity, lens, manual focus, MF, Pentax K10D, practice, ring, skill, still life, technique, test, Travel, tripod, viewfinder | Category: Photography, Tips & Tricks, technique | Comments (11)

Ten years ago (probably pretty close to the day) I walked into my local Wolf Camera store with a backpack full of Nikon 35mm gear and walked out with a small box containing a single 2MP Nikon Coolpix 950 digital camera. I haven’t looked back since. Then, last week my friend Stephen sent me over [...]

May 20th, 2009 | Tags: 1/2000, 35mm, 50mm f/1.7 SMC-A, accuracy, aperture, auto, auto focus, Av, bracket, C41, camera, CD, cheap, color, control, Coolpix 950, cost, creative, daylight, develop, digital, DoF, DSLR, expense, experience, FA 28-70 f/4 AL, FA 35mm f/2 AL, feedback, film, flash, Fuji Superia, investment, ISO 400, k10d, Ken Rockwell, kit lens, LCD, manual focus, NCPS, Nikon, observations, Pentax, priority, processing, program, RAW, review, Sam's, scan, shutter, slr, SMCP-DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AL, speed, Takumar 135mm f/2.5, versus, view finder, vs, Wholesale, zx-5n | Category: Photography, gear | Comments (5)

One of the best things about shooting a modern Pentax DSLR is having access to 35 years worth of wonderful K mount lenses- all with shake reduction! That’s a feature no other camera manufacturer can claim. The problem is that using these lenses effectively on a DSLR is somewhat of a black art that requires [...]

May 5th, 2009 | Tags: A, AE-L, aperture, aperture ring, Av, compensation, configuration, custom function, depth of field, DoF, DSLR, e-dial, EV, EXIF, exposure, F--, focal length, focus, Green Button, guide, how to, indicator, K mount, K100D, k10d, K200D, K20D, KEH, Km, lens, M, manual, menu, metering, MF, old, Pentax, permitted, power switch, preview, research, series, set-up, setting, shake reduction, shutter, SR, stop down, Takumar, TAv, used, using, viewfinder | Category: gear, how to | Comments (120)