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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

My new MacBook Air has a built-in SD card reader. I finally broke down and bought this CF-to-SD card adapter from Amazon. Now I can just pop the SD card out of my 30D and into my MacBook without having to mess with any stupid card readers or cables. My camera is only 8MP and [...]

June 23rd, 2012 | Tags: adapter, Air, built-in, cable, camera, Canon 30D, card, CF, cheap, compact flash, convenient, digital, DSLR, easy, fast, MacBook, reader, SD, transfer, Travel, Type II | Category: Photography, Stuff, gear | Leave a comment

Well, that didn’t take too long. What has it been, 7 months? Here we see my new Canon 30D (bought used from B.H. Photo) and Canon 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM lens next to my “old” Olympus E-P1 PEN with the 14-42mm kit lens it came with.

January 15th, 2011 | Tags: 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM, camera, Canon 30D, DSLR, ergonomics, grip, handling, lens, Olympus E-P1, PEN, size, viewfinder | Category: Photography, gear | Comments (5)

While I loved my K10D, I really wanted to upgrade my photographic experience. I’m not a professional photographer so I don’t have a need for blindingly fast AF, machine gun-like burst frame rates or six figure ISO settings. What I need is a camera that is easy to carry so that I will have it when I want it, that does not get in the way of my creativity and that delivers the type of images and quality I want.

July 22nd, 2010 | Tags: 14-42mm, 20mm f/1.7, camera, digital, DSLR, E-P2, E-PL1, four thirds, GF1, in-body IS, kit lens, Lumix, micro 4/3, Olympus E-P1, Panasonic, PEN, Penta, Pentax K10D, robert, Robert S. Donovan, www, www.robertsdonovan.com | Category: Blogging, Photography, gear | Comments (2)