BobT3218

It would be nice to know how closely this company is associated with the Chinese Communist Party like Huawei.

Don't get too excited. Be warned not to buy a card that your camera manufacturer hasn't specifically tested and approved for your camera. It's not enough for a card to claim it meets the...

The Panny certainly sounds attractive particularly the price. However, I'm reluctant to mix systems. Often there is loss of features albeit minor.  Oly claims that their IBIS works with the ILIS ...

Back in the day, I too was in love with the Oly OM series but couldn't afford it. When I finally grudgingly accepted that film was obsolete for the enthusiast photographer I naturally went to the...

Just got the lens back unrepaired.  They said: 1. There some fungus on the rear elements. I can clean that. I did so with the front elements some time ago. 2. The AF was chattering.  I seems OK to ...

Thanks Dave!  Good advice.

Just got a quote to repair my well used ZD 50-200mm SWD, $1,323 AUD (~$1,000 USD).  That's more than they are going for on fleebay.  Oly hospital wants to replace the SWD motor but AF was fine.  ...

Olympus also has WiFi now but it's so clumsy I've stopped using it. For it to be effective, the camera has to be set not to sleep which is a huge drain on the battery.

Some years ago I took the family to LA for a holiday. We are from Australia. I was amazed at the number of eucalypts and other Australian species there. I remember wondering if the local...

M4/3's greatest advantage is IBIS because of the smaller sensor. I think Oly is aware of this and in combining their IBIS with ILIS of their 300mm lens, they are well on their way to achieving a...

Off topic but I still have an as new Oly E-450 (not mirrorless). It was claimed to be the smallest DSLR ever made. I want to hang on to it for that reason. It has a 25mm pancake lens. Occasionally...

I think image #4 was a pre-release mock-up that never went to market.

The writing was on the wall back then. With mirrorless, during lens changing the sensor is fully exposed. I thought this would be a deal breaker. How wrong I was. I've now had Oly m4/3 gear for a...

Me too!

Thanks Albert. Incidentally I also have the Oly 60mm macro. I mostly use it for native blooms in the field using the focus stacking feature and tripod. Breezes are my greatest enemy.

Back in the day when I had even less money than now, I used el cheapo macro adaptors. Results were poor to so so. Now I shoot macros with a macro lens. I've seen a number of high end...

Cameras already have their own wings (drones). Soon the drones will be controlled by the cameras algorithms. We already have flesh sniffing algorithms on the web.

Good on Venus Optics for having a go. However, I would have thought it more cost effective to have a phone camera on the end of a stick and Bluetooth the image to a storage device. Way less glass...

Selfies like no other :)

I don't think 4 is enough. I shoot with a long lens, a TC and an adaptor so there are 6 plates that need to be snug. I regularly tighten my screws and often find one or two needs tightening. ...