FrankS009

Your comment about Shutter shock with the G5 is an interesting one - so bad that it forced you to use the electronic shutter. Was it with one particular lens? Or two? Or equally for all? Is it...

150mm? Am curious which lens that is. Am glad the acoustics at Roy Thomson Hall have improved. Always preferred Massey Hall for that. Enjoy! F.

Note: I might add that this is a personal opinion and preference. I certainly do not want to disparage those who wear photo vests, wearers who include some very good photographers indeed on this...

I am not sure that a photo vest does not say "photographer" and "tourist" a bit too loudly for me to feel comfortable. Combined with a Tilly hat, white shorts and tube socks, I would be a genuine...

The 7-14 is first on my"lenses to buy" list. Your general advice about shading is useful, and the lens shade looks like a neat gadget. F.

Am looking forward to the GX7 too. In fact, I have used my gf1 and 20mm as a jacket pocket camera, usually in a de-linted Crown Royal rye whiskey bag. Remember pulling it out of my parka pocket to...

This is informative. F.

These are good suggestions that complement mine. F.

Hello! Permit me to address a couple of misconception. Panasonic makes excellent cameras. I have two. In brief (very) because it is an electronics company, it was able to revolutionize the camera...

At the wide end, I would like to see a 9 or 10mm pancake so that I would not have to use a 7-14mm (or a 9-18mm at 1.95 inches long) on a small camera body. At the long end, the Panasonic 25mm...

When is a lens considered a pancake and when not? The 14mm is indeed a pancake, as is the 20mm. DP lens reviews describe the Olympus 17mm as a pancake at 1.4 inches in length, but not the 12mm at...

Yes, the GX7 is "bigger" but we don't know how much bigger, or what it is bigger than. Are they aiming for GF1, or X Pro 1 territory? Surely it is not as big as the original L1. But if it doesn't...

I resemble that remark! F.

Does it need stabilization for landscapes? If so, it might not work for that on a Panasonic body. F.

Two new Panasonic smaller camera bodies are coming down the pipe - the "GX7," and a smaller one later in the year or early next year. Olympus bodies are also mostly smaller. Panasonic has produced...

I think it is amusing, and if I had an i-phone, I might be tempted in a whimsical way. Depending on price. And hey, the best camera is the one you have with you, right?

Must admit I would...

Just a note. I think that the GX1 is made in Japan. Could be wrong. F.

There is nothing, absolutely nothing, quite so nice as simply messing about ...taking pictures of boats.  With Apologies to Kenneth Grahame. F.

I think the OP should relax. All these fears about what might go wrong are not good for a person. The camera will come. It will have good things, and things that we might find disappointing. It is...