I had been staying put from making camera purchases for the past few years, preferring to shoot with what I already owned. My main camera is a coming to 5 years old Nikon D70 DSLR. Two years ago, I already noticed the Panasonic Lumix DMC LX1 but in the end I did not purchase it [...]
Equipment
I owned a few vintage Olympus rangefinder like the 35 EC and was pleasantly surprised when I read that Olympus is launching a rangefinder style digital camera – the Olympus PEN EP1. Olympus PEN EP1 What makes the EP1 different from the other digital cameras is that is interchangeable. From the photos from the Internet, it seems to [...]
I blogged about the Great Singapore Sale (GSS) last year focusing on D300 prices. Now the GSS is back! How much has the price change? Well for the D300 body , the price is now S$2,688 compared to last year S$2,999 but last year offer came with a 50mm f1.8 lens. So the price for [...]
This is another classic film camera that I owned and tested. This is a 35mm rangefinder that come with a Color Yashinon DX 45mm 1:1.7-16 lens. Trust me this lens is sharp. When I collected the scanned CD and developed negatives from the shop, I examined the negatives under a loupe. Boy, the images were [...]
Posted on July 01st, 2008 in Equipment
Well just as you has just bought your D300 and think it is the greatest camera, Nikon announced the D700. Cutting through all the marketing talk, here are the major features of this D700 camera that matters to me (a D70 user). FX – full frame! I could use my AF 20mm lens now was [...]
Olympus 35 EC Well I can said that this Olympus 35 EC camera, when compared to the plastic compact cameras, it is solidly built. I have the silver chrome one with cool black leatherette covering. There are a few unique features regarding this camera. Firstly, the film advance function. Instead of a lever, there is [...]
ha… Nikon Singapore contributed to the Great Singapore Sale (GSS) by having some promotions. Let me focus on D300 as I am considering one for myself. One first look this seem to be of a good price as S$2999 has always been the Recommended Retail Price (RRP) and now we actually get a 50mmf1.8 lens [...]
This photo was taken using a 16mm fisheye lens. The fisheye lens can create an unique perspective not seen in other lens. However do not overuse it or your photos will look boring. Due to the wide angle, it is easy to include a lot of empty foreground or worse still , clutter foreground. In [...]