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08/21/13
It's that lens again...

It's that lens again...

This really is my goto holiday lens, I just can't leave it behind. For the most part it really delivers although I do have some trouble at 150mm in certain situations. I am still waiting for the Tamron 14-140 to come on the market. Although I have the original Panasonic 14-140 it's too front heavy when mounted on the OM-D.

As you can see from this image the lens is very sharp at this focal length (60mm). This is the normal quality I get from this lens which is very good for an 11x zoom.

Come-on Tamron, what's keeping you!

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E-M5
Focal Length: 60 mm
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 1/160 sec
ISO: 200
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• Olympus • OM-D • 14-150 f4-5.6 

08/20/13
1 Nikkor 30-110 f3.8-5.6 VR

1 Nikkor 30-110 f3.8-5.6 VR

I decided on the spur of the moment to put 4 images into one so that I can post more from other systems. There will be some more coming up but I thought this might be of interest to some of you. If you would like me to go back to the old system of 1 image a day, please let me know. I think this will be a way to get more images out there from systems where I would normally just post 1 a day. They might be small, too small probably for some of you, although the images posted in this way are now 1200px.
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• Nikon • Nikkor • V1 • 30-110 f3.8-5.6 

08/19/13
So Much For So Little

So Much For So Little

I don't think I've said this about a lens before but I'm really impressed with the 1 Nikkor 30-110 f3.8-5.6 VR lens. To look at it you wouldn't dream that the image quality can be so good. The price of this lens went down to €175 but is now back up to just under €200. Word must be getting around about just how good it is and demand is higher.

The next few posts will be images from this lens but I must warn you, more images will be posted from this system as it's slowly taking over from my other camera systems. It is so small and light, doesn't require much space, even with all the 1 system lenses, that it is a pleasure to carry and great fun to shoot with it.

Since I'm not a pro (i.e. I don't earn any money with my images) this system is proving to be ideal for my type of shooting. If I was a pro, I'm not really sure if this would be a system to cover all the bases. Certainly high ISO is not it's forte but in good light it's just great. WB is spot on in my opinion, it's fast to focus and has a max shutter speed of 1/16000. That is just amazing. Another key feature for me is that the system is completely silent when using the electronic shutter. You can't hear anything. When I compare the clunk of the Pentax cameras I am just amazed.
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NIKON 1 V1
Focal Length: 110 mm
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 1/100 sec
ISO: 1600
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08/17/13
Panasonic G Vario 14-140 f4.5-8

Panasonic G Vario 14-140 f4.5-8

The mirrorless cameras may hunt in low light and have difficulty in focusing when the light isn't optimal but give them good light and the focusing is solid, very accurate. They may not be for sports photography, but they do everything else pretty well.

I focused here on the nearest eye and had only a couple of seconds to do it and it was spot on. So when someone says that focusing is slow on these cameras, take it with a pinch of salt because it's all relative. I must admit the OM-D is very a fast focusing camera, probably the fastest mirrorless camera out there right now. It could even have been faster if I had a prime on there like the Olympus 45 f1.8 or the 12 f2.

I would rate the Fuji X series on par with the Sony Nex series, and they aren't on the same level as the Olympus and Panasonic models. A bit slower I'd say but I still wouldn't class them as slow. Take a Sigma DP series camera, and see what slow focusing is. They would drive me nuts.

This is the last image for now taken with this combination and I hope it gives you an idea of the type of image you get if you're planning on purchasing either the OM-D or the original Panasonic G Vario f4-5.8.

As a matter of interest the woman in the above photograph is an Olympic Gold Medalist. The horse was simply out of this world, a beautiful creature.

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E-M5
Focal Length: 87 mm
Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure Time: 1/160 sec
ISO: 320
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08/16/13
Panasonic G Vario 14-140 f4-5.8

Panasonic G Vario 14-140 f4-5.8

Oversized clothes pegs, made of wood too. See those chains hanging from the bottom? Well they actually had cars hanging from those chains, about 10 of them in a row (one car to a peg of course). I think they were going for some recors or something similar. Just shows you how big they really were.
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E-M5
Focal Length: 108 mm
Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure Time: 1/800 sec
ISO: 320
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08/15/13
Panasonic G Vario 14-140 f4-5.8

Panasonic G Vario 14-140 f4-5.8

Same fountain and building as yesterdays post, only in landscape mode. Converted to monochrome in Nik SFXII.
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E-M5
Focal Length: 14 mm
Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure Time: 1/1000 sec
ISO: 320
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08/14/13
Panasonic G Vario 14-140 f4-5.8

Panasonic G Vario 14-140 f4-5.8

And another one of these shots. Makes you feel really small.
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Focal Length: 14 mm
Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure Time: 1/1000 sec
ISO: 200
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08/13/13
Panasonic G Vario 14-140 f4-5.8

Panasonic G Vario 14-140 f4-5.8

I just love these shots, just looking up and seeing these towering buildings. I think I'd have a field day in New York. Oh..and look, there's another crane! Just can't get away from them these days.
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Focal Length: 14 mm
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 1/2000 sec
ISO: 200
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08/12/13
Panasonic G Vario 14-140 f4-5.8

Panasonic G Vario 14-140 f4-5.8

I didn't realise there were so many different types of Saxophones. Did you?
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E-M5
Focal Length: 78 mm
Aperture: f/5.8
Exposure Time: 1/200 sec
ISO: 200
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08/11/13
Panasonic G Vario 14-140 f4-5.8

Panasonic G Vario 14-140 f4-5.8

Here's a shot of nearly all of the musicians. As you can see they're always moving about and I didn't quite get a shot with all of them in the same frame.

Problematic of all were the photographers that were bouncing around all over the place. And believe me, there were a lot of them. Having seem some statistics on the Internet comparing sales of DSLRs against mirrorless cameras, it seems that the DSLR still rules. DSLRs outsold mirrorless by quite a margin, which really has me puzzled. There isn't a lot in it imagewise and the mirrorless are much smaller making them easier to carry around. Maybe it's the myth that DSLRs are the real thing, a real camera.

One thing I have noticed however, is that the price of mirrorless cameras have risen in the last few months making them more expensive than the DSLR at introduction. This has me really scratching my head too, for it must be cheaper to make a mirrorless camera than a DSLR. Maybe it's the quantity that makes a difference. It could also be that normal people (I'm a bit of a camera geek so I don't class myself as normal in this respect) buy a camera and keep it for a long long time. But that doesn't explain who is buying the new DSLRs. One thing is for certain, the prices of mirrorless cameras has to come down; I believe they the manufacturers are pricing themselves out of the market. Just look at the pricing of the Nex-7 or OM-D and even the new EP-5. Each one is around or over the €1000 mark. Way too expensive in my opinion. I think if they reduced the price they would sell a lot more of them as cash is pretty scarce these days. Not everyone is prepared to spend a €1000 on a camera body.

Personally, I would love to own the new Leica X Vario, but not at that price. The Sony RX1 is a superb camera and I would dearly love to own that one too, but again, not at that price.

I would love to hear your opinion on how the manufacturers could increase their market share.

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E-M5
Focal Length: 75 mm
Aperture: f/5.8
Exposure Time: 1/200 sec
ISO: 200
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