SONY NEX-5 (16mm, f/4.5, 1/125 sec, ISO200)
There are very few things that are better than photography. To ride a bike is one of them. So taking pictures while riding a bike must be the perfect thing. Truth is: It isn’t. That’s the reason why I haven’t taken a lot of images while on the bike. Continue reading
SONY DSC-RX100 (10.4mm, f/2.2, 1/60 sec, ISO800)
Small is beautiful. Less is more. Reduce to the max, Simple life….. We all know about the magic of reduction. Since the economy crises started about 4 years ago reduction is everywhere. It’s almost a kind of hype. Even they still very rich talk about reduction. Of course most of the time they are praying water and drinking wine. But it seems that they don’t feel as comfortable showing their wealth as they did before. Before you blame me to be a socialist living in a nice house on the hill I will stop here.
As much as the magic of reduction is hyped most of the time less means just less. It’s the same with cameras. Less is just less. Continue reading
DSC-RX100 (10.4mm, f/1.8, 1/500 sec, ISO125)
A picture of a cat? If you are a regular visitor of camera gear forums like dpreview you know that there is only one reason: Some serious testing of new gear. 😉
I always shot compact cameras beside my SLRs and DSLRs. My favorite small camera of all times was a Contax T2. Continue reading
NIKON D2H (24mm, f/8, 1/1500 sec, ISO6400)
It seems that today everybody is obsessed with high ISO. If you look at the forums you got the impression that no images are taken below 3200 ASA. But is it real? Did we all return into the caves we came from “some years” ago? Or have we become vampires and leave our houses or travel only when it’s dark outside? I think it’s time for a reality check. Continue reading
FinePix X100 (23mm, f/2, 1/60 sec, ISO800)
As photo enthusiasts we are living in wonderful times. Just think about what camera you were using 10 years ago. Maybe you were already shooting digital. Maybe you were an early adopter and already using a DSLR. I did. A Nikon D1. A pro camera with a 2,7MP APS-C sensor with an max ISO-setting ISO 1600 but I really did not like to go there. I preferred to stay at ISO 200. The screen on the back was small. There was no loupe or histogram so it was rather there to check whether an image was recorded or not.
Why I’m telling you that? Continue reading