All About Clouds

This is a series of images that is all about CLOUDS. All images were created using the Olympus OM-D E-M5, Pana-Leica 25mm F1.4 and the M. Zuiko 45mm f1.8. Enjoy!

Photoessay: Old and New Vancouver

This is a set from my wanders around Vancouver, BC. It does not cover the whole city of course but this set kind of captures the different colours that the city brings. It has that old and new character combination which is interesting in my own opinion. Enjoy.

Camera Gear Lust

Shot with an iPhone, please excuse any errors

Do you consider yourself a photography hobbyist? If you do then you most likely have gone through a phase were you lusted for camera gear. I think it's common and I'm pretty sure a lot of you would be able to relate. I went through this phase myself and for a few times already. I don't like it and it's something that is quite hard to resist. If you're able to resist the temptation and use it as a challenge (I call it diversion) then good but if you succumb and give in then it's what I call temporary satisfaction. You're satisfied until the next newer version comes out.

Olympus E-M5 Firmware Ver 2.0, ISO Low Tests - Part II

In this post I will be mainly showing comparisons of the ISO Low and ISO 200 on long exposure images and my conclusion to the experiment. On the bottom of this post you'll also see a link to download some of the full size SOOC images from Part I and II so you can examine it yourself. You can also click the images on this post to see larger versions. Have fun pixel peeping!

Olympus E-M5 Firmware Ver 2.0, ISO Low Tests - Part I

Olympus recently released a firmware update to the Olympus E-M5 which includes two revisions:

1. Small AF target was added to the AF target settings.
2. ISO Low (100 equivalent) was expanded on the low sensitivity side.

Here is a link to the Olympus Japan website that shows the history of firmware updates up to Ver 2.0. In this blog post I will be showing images comparing the native ISO of the E-M5 (ISO 200) vs the new ISO Low (ISO 100 equivalent) of the latest firmware Ver 2.0.

M. Zuiko 12mm f/2 and Pana-Leica 25mm F1.4 for sale

I'm selling a silver M. Zuiko 12mm f/2 and a Pana-Leica 25mm F1.4. More details below if you're interested.

**UPDATE:** Both are sold.

Olympus ZD 60mm f/2.8 Macro vs Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/2.8 AI-s

I got the chance to borrow an Olympus M. Zuiko Digital 60mm f/2.8 from a friend just before Christmas and so in this post I will show example images made from it and the Micro-NIKKOR 55mm f/2.8 (used with a Fotodiox Nik-m4/3 adapter of course). Don't expect to see a technical comparison. I'm going to simply let the images speak for themselves.

My Photographic Resolutions for 2014

2013 has been a good year photographically for me. It was a building and learning year and I've learned a lot. I'm looking forward to this year and I'm actually quite excited. All the best to all of you!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!