Family, Photography and other misc news
If your into video then Open gate is a very useful feature to allow for cropping and repositioning in post.
This will make the ZR current with the best available from other manufactures.
I see the Nikon Winter sales have started, i’ll be looking out at 85mm and 135mm portrait lens.
I spent the weekend, shoot halloween themed shots in the studio and testing out my OM (Olympus) Pen. My trusty Nikon Z7 did duty in the studio and my new Pen being used for some street photography.
I have always had a soft spot for the Olympus. Of their film cameras the OM4Ti was my favourite and it pioneered multi spot metering and high speed flash.
In the digital age Olympus has not been so popular with them choosing a smaller sensor size.
This actually gives them a number of advantages including class leading image stabilisation and a size and weight advantage over full frame 35mm, unless your comparing it to the small light, jewel like Leica M glass which has a price tag to match.
If your into wildlife photography and regularly get into the remote regions of the countryside having to carry long telephoto glass, the Olympus MicroFourThird’s system is hard to beat.
So why have I picked the new Olympus or OM Pen. While it does not have the build quality of the orginal digital Olympus Pen F, its a small and well built camera. With a cheap 17mm f/2.8 lens bought secondhand, it makes a great little carry everywhere camera when I do not want to risk my Leica or carry my heavy full frame Nikons.
I had a quick walk around Boutham Park and the surrounding area yesterday after picking up my new Pen on Saturday.
I am still getting the hand of it and customising as I want but have already created a high contrast black and white custom profile I can quickly select.
So here are some of my first photographs with it.
Nikon Z7
Nikkor Z 50mm f/1.2 S
50mm, 1/200 Sec at f/1.2, ISO64
Post Processed in Adobe Lightroom Classic V15.5.1
With all the new Chinese lens coming through at very affordable prices, Zeiss had a campaign on social media reminding us all they also produce M mount glass.
Zeiss light meter.
Leica M mount glass is very popular, the lens are small and jewel like, offer an interesting look and can be adapted to most modern mirrorless cameras.
Finding old classic lens and trying them out on your modern mirrorless camera can be a lot of fun, and the hunt for bargains in second hand shops and online is also part of the fun.
Leica 24mm on a Nikon Zf.
A few weeks ago we had a holiday and visited a number of places in North Wales. We often pay a visit to Caernarfon. There is the amazing castle but also a number of interesting other building to photograph.
The weather was not looking good, so I had a Nikon Z7 and the Nikkor Z 35mm S f/1.8 lens with me. Towards the end of the day the weather started to clear and I got this great shot of the ships anchor on the front.
We have had two winter storms over this weekend and the nights are now drawing in. Its going to be Halloween soon.
So i’ll see if I can arrange a Halloween style photoshoot.
There have been rumours about a possible M11-R but now it seems we might be going straight to the M12. If the rumours are true this will be a new sensor but still 60MP.
I will likely stay with my M10, I find its 24 MP a sweet spot for use, and I have my Nikon Z7 and Hasselblad for higher resolution work.
Most people think of the 50mm as a standard lens, I think that for general use a 50mmm is slight too long, so I own far to many 35mm lens. The Summicron 35mm f/2, the classic Nikkor F mount 35mm f/2, and the Nikkor Z mount 35mm f/1.8 S.
The rumour sites are now talking about a new Leica Summaron-M 35mm f/2.8. Most Leica users like fast glass so this will be an interesting one, is it going for a more vintage classic rendering?
Another one from my weekly trip into town for a coffee and to look round the local record stores. It was a bright sunny day but not a lot of light was getting between the hedge and the wall we were walking down.