Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
As these things go, the kids are a lot more excited about traveling than the parents are. Or at least, that’s true for Hannah who for the last week couldn’t stop talking about the upcoming trip to Bali, and Peter
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
It’s been nearly a month since the Sony A7 III was released on retail. And likely because of overwhelming demand for it, there are still stores, especially in the United States, where the camera is still backordered and out of
More notes after three weeks of using the A73! The A73’s ability to configure auto ISO and minimum shutter speeds is very thorough – way more so than what I get on Olympus or Panasonic m4/3s. Not only can I
Not sure if there’s such a word as ‘reaccessorising’. But basically, whenever one moves to a different camera system, you’re not just changing the most obvious pieces – i.e. body, lenses, flash units – across formats. Depending on proprietary the
In a couple of phrases: not perfect, but OMG-level of awesomeness when it works! Many of the new enthusiast-level DSLRs and the mirrorless equivalents have had some implementation of face detection. The GX85 was also able to detect eyes and
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