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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

If you have done similar research, and as evidenced by the photo at the top of this post, you surely know that there was only one camera choice for me: the remarkable new Olympus E-M5 OM-D. So, right after Christmas I ordered up an OM-D along with an Olympus 45mm f/1.8 lens and Panasonic’s 14mm f/2.5 and 20mm f/1.7 pancake lenses. Over the first 3 weeks I have already logged over 2,000 shots on the OM-D and have sold my 30D kit on eBay. I can tell you that the OM-D is really quite an amazing camera system.

January 20th, 2013 | Tags: 14mm, 16MP, 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM, 20mm, 30D, 5D, 6D, adobe, APS-C, articulating, Canon, compact, CSC, decision, DSLR, E-M5, E-P1, EF 50mm f/1.4 USM, EVF, f/1.7, f/1.8, f/2.5, Fuji, full frame, ILC, in-body, IS, k10d, LCD, light, Lightroom, MFT, Micro Four Thirds, MK II, NEX, Olympus, OM-D, Panasonic, pancake, Pentax, purchase, Robert S. Donovan, Sony, Travel, user, X-E1, X-Pro1 | Category: Photography, Stuff, gear | Comments (6)

Yesterday morning I’m sitting on the porch reading a book with nothing more planned for the day when my phone rings. It’s Jeremy Henderson, editor of a local Auburn blog called The War Eagle Reader. Jeremy’s brother, Zac Henderson is the regular photo editor of the blog but he had to return to photography school [...]

September 13th, 2009 | Tags: Alabama, Auburn, Auburn University, candid, comfort zone, football, Jeremy Henderson, k10d, learning, lifestyle, Mississippi State, night, Pentax, Robert S. Donovan, strangers, tailgating, the War Eagle Reader, thewareaglereader.com, Toomer's Corner, www.robertsdonovan.com, Zac Henderson | Category: Auburn, My life, Photography | Leave a comment

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)