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Best Micro Four Thirds Wedding Kit

Dallas posted an article in Gear Zone, 20 February, 2020

In this new series of articles I am going to take you through the kit I would select from what’s available in the MFT system right now and explain why I would buy that particular item for a specific genre of photography. In this first segment I will be looking at the field of wedding and event photography.

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Micro Four Thirds, The System That Sticks

Dallas posted an article in Gear Zone, 17 February, 2020

I recently went through a period of gear FOMO brought about by discussions that were taking place on a couple of real estate photography groups that are dominated by Canon and Sony users.

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Nikkor Noct f/0.95 x Nikkor Noct f/1.2 pictures

atpaula posted a topic in Nikon, 4 February, 2020

I used two Z6 bodies with the same settings (Auto aperture and auto ISO).
No tripod.

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A short expedition with the village of Barabanovo.

Alex Duskman posted a topic in Places, 25 January, 2020

In general, I have long wanted to look at such a rarity in our region as a wooden temple. And then Sergey Medvedev suggested going somewhere, breathing air, and even so, would scatter. And why not in Drum?

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Cape Town Is Different

Dallas posted an article in Travel Zone, 15 January, 2020

Cape Town is different. While it sits at the toe of the African continent, visitors to this city might be forgiven for thinking that they have arrived somewhere else entirely.

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Looking Ahead To 2020

Dallas posted an entry in General, 31 December, 2019

For me 2019 was a year with a lot of highs and a few lows. The highs outweighed the lows so I have no complaints.

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Another view of my city.

Alex Duskman posted a topic in Places, 27 December, 2019

The city is being intensively updated. Not everything flies at once, not everything goes smoothly. But locations with harmonious architectural solutions are already steadily appearing.

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Nothing quite like the original...

Alan7140 posted a topic in Analog Photography, 26 December, 2019

I admit to finding some amusement in many Facebook photography groups reading peoples' posts on their quests to obtain lenses with "classic bokeh" (for want of a better description) for their digital cameras, and manufacturers responding with increasingly more pricey and exotic lens designs...

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Rio Botanical Garden seen by the Noct 58mm f/0.95

atpaula posted a topic in Other, 8 December, 2019

Taken today.
Still learning to use this glass.

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The Panasonic Lumix G Vario 100-300mm F4-5.5 II Power OIS: the affordable bird-watcher super zoom lens!

danielm posted a topic in Micro Four Thirds, 22 November, 2019

Is the Panasonic Lumix G Vario 100-300mm F4-5.6 II Power OIS zoom lens the ultimate super telephoto for less than $900CAN? A look into the latest Panasonic MFT lens line-up seems to confirm this assertion. But what about the qualities of this specialized telephoto zoom lens?

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And yet another modification...

Alan7140 posted a topic in Analog Photography, 14 November, 2019

I can't express adequately just how convenient and easy it is to modify some of the older film equipment in ways one couldn't even begin to contemplate with modern digital cameras. This sort of thing was standard practice when I started photography as a profession in the early 1970's.

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Veteran's Day 2019 in NYC today

atpaula posted a topic in Photojournalism, 12 November, 2019

Taken today at Manhattan's 5th avenue.
Thank you for looking.

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Using The iPad Pro As A Laptop

Dallas posted an entry in On Equipment, 8 November, 2019

So, I have gone a little bit googly-eyed over my iPad Pro 11". At first, I’ll be honest, I wasn’t loving it all that much and it didn’t take long for buyer’s remorse to set in when I got it home.

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Lions - Night

Chris Wahl posted a topic in Nature, 3 November, 2019

I haven't posted in a while but thought I share a few of my latest images of African wild life.
This is the part that covers lions at night.

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Learning how to use tools again

Alan7140 posted a topic in Analog Photography, 25 October, 2019

Rediscovering the thing that went missing with digital as far as modifying and re-hashing the actual equipment is concerned, the old cameras really do enable a hands-on ability to shape things the way you want without having to have a degree in computer science or electronics.

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Fort Worth Alliance 2019 Show

David Franks posted a topic in Planespotters, 1 November, 2019

A few shots from the Fort Worth Alliance airshow held a couple of weeks ago.

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ThinkTank Photo's New Urban Access 15 Camera Bag

Dallas posted a topic in General Gear Chat, 1 November, 2019

A very nice camera bag! Apologies in advance for using the word "nice" far too often in this video (which was unscripted, by the way).

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Life in 16mm (w/Fujinon XF16mm F2.8 R WR lens)

danielm posted a topic in Fujifilm, 26 October, 2019

Seeing life with a more wide angle of view is not rare thing but for many it may be a photographic higher challenge compare to the more selective view of a telephoto lens. Yes there is already a lot of landscape (nature or urban) aficionados around the who are producing striking pictures so why limit the use o a wide angle lens to that specialized purpose?

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Shooting Commercial Interiors

Dallas posted an entry in My Life In Photography, 25 October, 2019

It seems that my name is being passed on to the right people. I was commissioned this week to photograph a private college campus for an architectural design firm based down in Cape Town and I was really excited to finally work directly with an architect, especially one from another city (bodes well for the future).

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Yellowstone vapors

atpaula posted a topic in Places, 21 October, 2019

Thank you for looking.

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Table Mountain on film / Nikon F5 2004

CarreraS posted a topic in Places, 10 October, 2019

Rather a tablecloth day .. I remember the cable car ! After about 25 yards it begins to rotate .. no warning !!

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Olympus 12-40/2.8 vs 12-100/4.0 - Which One Is Right For You?

Dallas posted a topic in Micro Four Thirds, 9 October, 2019

Olympus 12-40/2.8 vs 12-100/4.0 - Which One Is Right For You?

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Highlighting a new bridge.

Alex Duskman posted a topic in Places, 8 October, 2019

Three years ago in our city we completed the construction of a new (fourth) bridge across the Yenisei.

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Losing A Regular Photography Gig

Dallas posted an entry in My Life In Photography, 4 October, 2019

Last year was a pretty good year for me on the work front. This year started off well too, but then I went away on safari and came back on 1 July to find that my main photography gig had pretty much disappeared from under my nose.

So what happened?

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The Rise Of Computational Photography

Dallas posted an entry in On Equipment, 16 September, 2019

Let’s just say you, like me, make money out of photography by being able to do things with cameras and software that non-experienced photographers firstly have no clue on how to do, and secondly don’t have the patience to be able to learn. It’s a good situation for us to to be in, because we are filling a need that this other person has and of course we can charge them for these skills we have developed. But what if something came along that enabled that non-experienced person to produce images that are very close to what we can create with our skillset?