Category: Photography

We are starting to hear rumours that Leica will make some new product announcements in October.  Will this be a new compact ready for Christmas or something a bit more interesting?

Good weather does not always make the best photographs but I managed a few nice snaps on Southwold’s front.

If the rumours are true then Olympus is about to update the OM-D E-M10 to the Mk III revision.

Like the little Olympus Pen-F its a camera I like.  Small but very powerful.  

I had the privilege to be allowed to test the original M10 for the day by Olympus and I was very impressed.  

It’s certainly a compact killer and for many would make a replacement to an SLR.

While scouting the church for my picture of the month I took a few snapshots.  Even with the widest lens I had I could not get all the church in so I shot a series of pictures with about 30% overlap.  Then in Lightroom I merged them together to create this Pano.

Sony, Canon and Nikon seem to be leading the megapixel race at the moment.  The D800 series while not always as high resolution as the Canon 5D, leads in dynamic range when considering the high resolution options.  The Sony mirrorless gives you a slightly small body option.

Its hard to think about Medium Format when you have bodies as capable as those.

My digital work is now all Nikon D800 and Leica M10, 35mm full frame 36 MP and 24 MP.  I generally shoot the Medium Format and Large Format just for fun.  When looking at cost and resolution 35mm seems to be winning the war, unless you need a 100 or 200 MP Medium Format monster.

 

This last week travelling around Suffolk, I took photographs with my Leica M10, M4 and Hasselblad V.

It made me think about equipment size.

The whole reason 35mm camera became so popular starting with the Leica, then the Nikon F SLR and on to the Canon F1, T90 and EOS 1, was there small light size.

With digital we got a huge jump in size; the current Nikon D5 and Canon EOS 1D are very heavy and much more difficult to handle then my old Hasselblad V.  Even my large format camera the Ebony is lighter and easier to carry then my Nikon D800’s.

Its easy to see why MicroFourThirds is so popular, small and light has a lot going for it.

We visited Southwold several times during our stay in the area and I decided to shoot a couple of comparison shots from the pier.

This first one is a quick snap while just on the pier. The second one below is a three bracket Adobe Lightroom HDR Merge from the end of the pier so a slightly different view point. The HDR is Lightroom is very gentle and avoids the in the face painted and grunge look that many HDR programs can cause if not used carefully.