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1.  Everybody and their dog has a camera. 2.  Excellent equipment is relatively cheap. 3.  Digital media is fast and cheap, so it is easy (for everyone) to improve shot quality. 4.  There are lots...

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In the first Men In Black movie, Will Smith wants the 'big gun', but is given the 'teeny little gun'.  He's not happy about it until he pulls the trigger. That's the OMD.

The Canon G's are just plain fun.  They will certainly work like a P&S, but they are capable of a lot more.  I have more expensive rigs, but for the street the the G's are great.  I dragged around...

take a pill.

In the spirit of Bill Maher's "New Rules", here's one for photography.New Rule:  No more depressing Black&White photos of the homeless or otherwise poor people.

This situation is like being in a war zone - the photographer has nothing to regret about how things went down. Fact is, Shane-O is bum. "Please, Maggie, I love you, don't let them take me..." A...

After too much agonizing over the price I bought the Retrospective 5 for my 4/3 kit.  I have a bag for DSLR and for the Canon G - i.e. too big and too small.  The R-5 is just right.  And by far the...

I have an Apple MacBook Pro, and I could not get the Canon software to load.  In fact, after I upgraded the OSX operating system to 'Mountain Lion' all my Canon software - including printer stuff -...

There may be some danger in the relentless pursuit of hardware, but hey, there's worse things and it's great fun.  But when you get the right camera something clicks and you just want to use the...

9-18mmBut that may change.  I ordered up the 12mm f2.

I have the EPL-5, but no, it doesn't bother me.  I keep my Nikon gear because if I need to use flash, it's going to be with Nikon.

I've been using the 9-18mm on an EPL-1 for 2 years, now the EPL-5.  I have the Oly lens hood, usually have a circular polarizer on, and try to keep the direct sun out of the frame unless I want to...

I have the D5100 and I like the 16-85mm VR as a walk-around setup that gives very good quality and pretty much covers the focal lengths you might want.  But when wandering around I prefer to carry...

I already had a VF-2 EVF with my EPL1, so I went with the EPL5.  I prefer to use a Viewfinder, although the way the tilt screen works on the EPL5 makes using it without the EVF much better.  But...

I have had the Sigma 10-20 for 6 years (on D40, now D5100).  I think it's a great lens for landscapes where the slow aperture isn't much of a factor.  Regarding the focal length, I use the 10-15mm...

You are correct, sir.  I just got my new Macbook Pro and had a brain f*rt.  The SD slot works fine.

The last thing I did with the D40 was take some Thanksgiving pics.  I really didn't want to be the "photo guy" at this thing but got sucked in anyway - as a general rule I hate Holiday snapshots....

Yup.  I can't get my MB Pro to recognize the G15.  I haven't had time to dig into the problem, partly hoping that somebody else (Apple?) will fix the problem.  I have a card reader so have been...

Many of my best photos are from the D40 (I also have a D700 and some really heavy lenses).  The old cliche is so true - "the best camera is the one you have with you".  After having picked up an...