Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
I’m a creature of habit that routinely overpacks when it comes to traveling! Like in the previous trips, a tripod and ballhead got tossed into the luggage bag and since I’d lugged it all the way to Bali, I had
Our next stop was the Tirta Empul, known to locals also as the Water Temple. The Balinese come to bathe at the temple as they believe the pool water to have purification powers. I was initially really uncertain about taking
The second stop in the photo tour was a local market a short 15 minute drive from the spots we shot the sunrise over Mt. Agung. There was nary a tourist in sight, as the general area was now far
Our kids have brought a lot of joy to our lives. But if there is one thing that I really miss about our vacations before the kids came along, it was being able to chug around heavy camera equipment to
I’m not actually sure if the type of gadget covered in this post should belong to photography-related accessories, or blogging! Specifically, after almost ten years of posts reflecting and ranting about one photography matter or another, I finally got round
A casual check on the Sony Alpha enthusiast discussion groups reveal that Godox’s camera flash units have quite a fan following nowadays. I reckon they’re like the Xiaomi of camera accessories: full-featured gadgets at a fraction of the OEM prices.
My journey to decide and buy a 70-200mm f2.8 lens for my Sony A73 has been interesting! From the start, I had to discount the Sony versions: their GM 70-200mm f2.8 lens lists an eye-watering recommended retail price of SGD3,899.
Sony has three 85mm native-mount primes, all of them at vastly different price-points and also well-regarded in most respects, including center sharpness. At the top of the heap is the Sony GM 85mm f1.4 with its heart-stopping SGD2,599 price tag,
Of the whole bunch of new lens acquisitions for the Sony A73, the one new lens that has widen the range of photography I enjoy doing has been the Sony FE 16-35mm f4.0. Specifically, I’ve not used wide-angles much since
There are two f2.8 zoom lenses that routinely find their way into enthusiasts bags: a 24-70mm, and a 70-200mm. I have both for my m4/3 bodies – the pair of Olympus 12-40mm and 40-150mm f2.8s. Both lenses actually reach a
Here’s an odd thing. The Olympus 17mm f1.8 was my favorite lens for the m4/3 bodies, but the Sony FE 50mm f1.8 is easily my most oft-used prime lens in first month of using the Sony A73. The very first
One of the ‘wow’ factors of the Sony Alpha mirrorless cameras when they were first announced in Oct 2013 was their relative compactness compared to full-frame DSLRs. Among other things, the absence of a mechanical optical mirror system in the
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