Warning: this is a LONG review, over 5000 words. For that reason I have split it into three parts. This is the first. Kia ora tatou: There are any number of reviews of the latest cameras from Sony out there on the Internet, detailing the features, nuts and bolts and image quality of the latest [...]
Warning: this is a LONG review, over 5000 words. For that reason I have split it into three parts. This is the third and final part. Findings- Part Three of a three-part comparison Sony NEX 7 There is something about this camera. It was an instant love affair. I just wanted to pick it up, [...]
Warning: this is a LONG review, over 5000 words. For that reason I have split it into three parts. This is the second. The Sony Alpha SLTA77 Much of what I could say about the Sony Alpha SLTA77 has been said in a previous post and has certainly been dealt with in depth by a [...]
I often get asked this question: I am going for a holiday to Malawi/Vietnam/XX. What gear do you think I should take with me? Meaning: which bits of kit do I take and which do I leave at home? The next question I am supposed to ask is: what gear do you have? Then we [...]
The Sony NEX-5n-a first look. I often get asked by people planning to travel overseas what I would consider to be the best camera to take. My initial answer (and it is not flippant) is: the one you own. However there are all sorts of wonderful choices available today and some of them are not [...]
How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, “I could have done that!” -Anonymous When Jack London had his portrait made by the noted San Francisco photographer Arnold Genthe, London began the encounter with effusive praise for the photographic art of his [...]
Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to. -Oscar Wilde Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself. Rita Mae Brown Disclaimer: this is a camera review for photographers, not gear [...]
As many of you know, I am the Imelda Marcos of camera bags. I admit it. And I am a great believer in the adage that you can’t have too many camera bags. It isn’t easy, finding the perfect camera bag. In fact I do not believe there is a perfect universal bag, so it [...]
The most important lens you have is your legs. – Ernst Haas What I think is so extraordinary about the photograph is that we have a piece of paper with this image adhered to it, etched on it, which interposes itself into the plane of time that we are actually in at that moment. Even [...]
Discussions on gear bags are rather like political campaigns-everyone has an opinion. And some of us have bigger opinions than others. I went out to the garage the other day, looking for something or other for our camping trip into the mountains, and noticed the pile of gear bags on the table in the corner [...]
For the last month or so I have had my hands on the new Sony SLT-A55 and have been gradually getting to know the camera and look at the files it can produce. I’m not the first kid on the block with a review, so those of you with an intense fascination for looking under [...]
Kia ora tatou: Recently I had a phone conversation with a keen club photographer, which went something like this: Hi Tony, I am going to Andorra next month and I was wondering if you could help me. UhUh… I was wondering which lens to buy, to take with me. Do you think I should take [...]
What NEX(t) ? The new Sony Nex-5- a field trial Those of you who have been keeping up with the play will know about the new market which has opened up in the camera scene. Panasonic and Olympus opened the game with the four thirds format. First there was the BSLR (Baby SLR) with the [...]
Kia ora tatou: I know I have banged on about tripods ad nauseam, but I feel it is time to visit this again, having been at a workshop where the $80 tripods which are a chiropractor’s best friend were present. A good tripod is indispensable for a photographer.End of story. If there is one piece [...]
Kia ora tatou: Enough of the serious posts…for the moment… I’ve noticed I am prone to a disease specific to photographers, which rears its head about this time of the year. It’s probably happened every year for the last 25 or so, so when the symptoms present, I’m fully aware of what’s going on. The [...]
