Musings on photography both analog and digital
It has been some time since my last article, and it behooves me to say a word or two about a recent camera release which hits close to home: namely, the most recent iteration of the Ricoh GR series. And, yes, there has been a further announcement, one which a clamorous niche of the photography… Continue reading Ricoh GR IV (Thoughts Too Brief for a Review)
Before I even begin this one, here's the disclaimer: I mostly write about cameras which I like. That's not ultra-difficult, because I like most cameras that I've owned and used. I don't focus on the negative things most of the time, especially when I've spent my hard-earned greenbacks on a piece of gear. However, I… Continue reading Ricoh GRIIIx Review – DARK MODE
There are two kinds of people, perhaps: those who are energized by the onset of summer, living their best experiences during the time, and those who feel the opposite, for whom summer seems too loud, crowded, hot and fast-paced. I have always been in the latter camp. If you're in the former, I congratulate you.… Continue reading Summer Doldrums
I may have invented a term; "anti-minimalism." The big ol' internet you and I are currently partaking of to facilitate this exchange of ideas has a few word suggestions. Maximalism. Cluttercore. And then (of course), our venerable friend Materialism. Pentax Z-1p, HD FA 43mm f1.9 Limited, Shanghai GP3 100 I'm not sure what I'm talking… Continue reading Minimalism and Anti-Minimalism
I recently completed a month-long challenge, shooting with the same camera and lens and posting a photo each day in an online photography community. My camera of choice was the Pentax K-3 MarkIII Monochrome, and my lens was the HD DA 15mm f/4 Limited. It's a wide-angle prime lens whichequates to about 22.5mm on the… Continue reading A Wide Variety
You don't need to go too far down the home page of this website to see a post about the Pentax K-3 Mark III Monochrome. In that post from May, I made it quite clear that my short time with the camera (in February) left me wanting to keep it and shoot much more with… Continue reading Pentax K-3 Mark III Monochrome Review – The Advantages
We've had the term "elevator pitch" for a long time now. The idea is having a short, distilled message, usually a sales pitch, that can be given in a short time, hypothetically in the time it takes to share an elevator ride, though I'm not sure how often that has actually been tried. The elevator… Continue reading Pentax K-3 Mark III Monochrome Review (Over the Phone)
Sometimes there is not enough leisure time to pen the deep photographic insights. In lieu of these (both insights and leisure time), I think there may be space for some simple ramblings. Here is one. It's hard for me to fully express how useful is the venerable DSLR platform. When I purchased the Pentax K-1… Continue reading DSLR Deliberations
A couple of years ago, I wet my feet in the world of Pentax with a KP, a compact APS-C DSLR which was originally released in 2017. The KP marked a departure from the normal lineup of Pentax DSLRs, as a sort of midrange model which experimented with a different form factor, a few new… Continue reading An Exploration of Full-Frame Digital Via the Pentax K-1 II
In a previous post, I theorized about the Ricoh GR IIIx before it officially made it to online retail sites. Given I have a longstanding affinity for the 40mm field of view, I was very excited by the announcement, and got my hands on one as soon as I could. Now that I've had it… Continue reading Ricoh GR IIIx Review: The Lens
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