Bas Hamstra

Hi Michael, All agreed except I have no experience with de 28-70 and 24-85 (though I knew the latter has plenty supporters). And I would like to add one thing: it is often said that there is no ...

The lens is the 28-105 3,5/4,5 and every review says it basically sucks. Somehow that is not my experience. Maybe the fact that this lens is from the film era has something to do with it (I used ...

Why isn't the Coolpix A in the list? Too old?

If you would give the quality of the JPEG engine a decent weight in the consideration, the Panasonic would never have deserved a top recommendation. De RX100 mark V seems to do well, the Canons...

Why not earlier? Trust me, NOBODY  looks in the corners for sharpness, only lens testers do. As long as the softness does not extend too far in the frame it is no issue at all. Bas

How long have you been in photography? NOBODY looks in the corners of an image. Only lens testers do. I thought that was common knowledge. Bas

Portraits will probably look fine too, looks like a nice lens! Bas

And IF you see any why would you bother? Personally I am beginning to care when it shows up in prints which is almost never the case. Bas

Set noise reduction as low as possible for optimum detail. Do not use the shadow optimizer (set to off) since its unpredictable. Stay away from the extreme long end of the zoom for optimum ...

It's probably the best IQ camera I have right now and I have a lot, including several MFT cameras. Start with the 50/1.8 for under 100 bucks new, it's crazy sharp from F4. Then get a GOOD used ...

I have the P510 (cheap second hand, just to try a megazoom) and based on that bought the P610 also second hand. Both lenses are very sharp, in fact most of the shots are a good deal sharper than ...

Let me start with what I consider the next step: they all would improve with a hair light. So that will be my second experiment. So far I have learnt this: - feathering a soft box improves the ...

I see mainly a difference in hotspots/refelection in the neck.  Where 1,2,5 are almost without those. But interesting experiment! Bas Hamstra

I love them all. In fact this is what I try to achieve too. Can I ask you how your lighting setup was? To my unexperienced eyes there seems to be a soft box up to the left side of the model. ...

The light, the curls, the suggestion of movement, the colors, all fantastic! Poster stuff. Bas

A bit better but there is still a hint of watercolor effect. It doesn't seem all Lightroom's fault if you ask me. Bas

Fantastic colors and super pop. And these are OOC jpegs? Wow...!

During a walk in the field we saw some interesting stuff. The brush like creature below is a caterpillar that will turn into an ugly night butterfly, we looked it up. Enjoy!

Yes, big problems indeed, the refugee situation seems a total mess! It's funny that you mention the 1 inch zoom camera's: like you I am addicted to trying camera's and I have a Nikon P610 (after ...