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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

Continuing my quest for fewer but finer things, I received this Hamilton Khaki Field Automatic watch for my birthday this week. It’s a wonderful modern interpretation of a classic watch design that should be a perfect fit with my casual-outdoorsy-look.

November 3rd, 2012 | Tags: 10 Bar, 25 jewel, 2824-2, 42mm, Amazon, Automatic, band, birthday, black, brown, Caliber, casual, crystal, date, ETA, face, field, gift, H705450, Hamilton, Khaki, leather, movement, outdoors, review, Robert S. Donovan, sapphire, stainless steel, stitched, Swatch, Swiss, watch, waterproof | Category: My life, Stuff, gear, reviews | Comments (4)

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)

I was playing around last week with a Pentax FA 31mm f/1.8 AL Limited lens on my K10D and I thought I would do a quick FoV (field of view) and IQ (image quality) comparison between it and my Pentax FA 35mm f/2.0 AL lens. Here’s what I found:

May 3rd, 2009 | Tags: 100% crop, bokeh, CA, chromatic aberration, color, comparison, contrast, defraction, FA 35mm f/2 AL, field of view, FoV, image quality, IQ, K-7, k10d, kit lens, Pentax, photozone.de, review, Robert S. Donovan, sharpness, SMCP-DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AL, SMCP-FA 31mm f/1.8 AL Limited, test, vs | Category: gear | Comments (10)