citizenlouie

I did some tests myself when I shot FT.  f/5.6 is the sharpest aperture under FT (actually if you're nitpicking, f/6.3 is the sharpest, but f/5.6 is the sharpest whole stop aperture), while f/4 is ...

That's my learning experience as well.  I am glad I started out with 4/3 (it was Olympus E-620).  F/5.6 and be there.  One stop faster than f/8, and you have the benefit of f/11 equivalent DoF ...

XA1 is fun to shoot.  I can see why you want to get another P&S to see if the result might be better.  But if you could dig out your OM-1 and see if that would rekindle your love with film cameras ...

It's a very different crowds you're comparing.  A smart phone camera is like a Polaroid.  You know from the beginning the IQ is compromised, but it captures the memory.  The phone is always with ...

I am glad you moved on from P&S and start thinking about getting a serious camera.  I started out using a serious camera (during my adult life anyways) and worked backward and started shooting ...

Nice look, but the second photo is backlit, so you might want to make it brighter by one stop or two maybe?

Thank you for sharing the photos. They have a nice 3D pop to them. I am not much of a wildlife photographer.  I am mostly a landscape photographer.  Only recently I am really into birding.  It is a ...

You have just described 1st world problem.

Leica is famous for making small cameras..., so why not?  Is it going against the company philosophy?

Now that's just silly.

Leica has an email?

I've been very patient, but I have to let it out. And no, I don't mean Leica CL....  I like Leica SL's form factor and I am the kind of person who prefer viewfinder in the center for more precise ...

When it's ready. <-- I swear I am not an Olympus spokesperson. Anyways, I'd rather they do it right than hurry to the market though.  It seems a lot of 40mm equivalent lenses outthere lately, so I ...

Very nice light.

Really nice perspective.  Looks liberating.

Nothing is worse than a smartphone photo. Even cameras from early part of 1900's can take better photos than smartphones. But of course, the person behind the lens is big part of it.

The price is killing me. (*rimshot*)

I have a Bronica ETR Si, which is a newer model than the year of this prototype, and it only had mirror-lock up when Si released. Earlier models from 1976 didn't even have MLU like this prototype...

Very nicely done.  :-)  The composition seems to be good, and tonality is wonderful.  It seems you metered everything very nicely.

LOL.  It was an M3 a friend lent me.