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)
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
It has been a busy spring, nonetheless I have been photographing as often as I can. Having time afterwards to write, without distractions or mentally churning through past or upcoming tasks, is another story entirely. I typically like to write articles with a sort of theme or lesson (along with the occasional gear-review-flavored morsel), but,… Continue reading Keeping Things Rolling
This is the second of my posts around the Pentax HD DA 15mm f/4 Limited. In the first, I was concerned with the characteristics of wide and ultra-wide lenses in general, for the most part, and promised to get more technical in the second one. As I thought about it, however, I realized that I'm… Continue reading The Pentax HD DA 15mm f/4 Limited Lens
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
Ricoh recently announced the GR IIIx, a standard-focal-length version of the GR III. By standard, I mean the truer standard, 40mm, not the long-standard which was so prevalent during the early rangefinder and film SLR age. Whereas 50mm has just a bit of telephoto effect, 40mm is closer to life, with a tad more peripheral… Continue reading Thoughts on the New Ricoh GR IIIx
I got my hands on a GR III as soon as they were available in the US, which was March of 2019. Since then it has become a constant companion through thick and thin, economic boom and pandemic turmoil alike. Though I use other cameras, the GR III is small enough to ride along with… Continue reading Ricoh GR III Two-Year Review, Part One: The Hardware
I promised a while back to give a third and final part of my review of the Panasonic GX9, focused on image quality. Truth be told, I hesitated so long because I don’t own the camera anymore. Years of Micro Four Thirds use are behind me, for the time being, as the GX9 was my… Continue reading Lumix GX9 Review Wrap-Up: The Image Quality
I've started shooting and posting a photo a day, on an online community. It's a pretty common project, the photo-a-day. You can find all sorts of permutations all over the photographic web. I've done several of these in monthly installments, but this time it's open-ended. Like always, the importance of daily photo challenges is to… Continue reading Turn Something In
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