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Gandalf the Raven: You shelll not pass!!!

How long does the Ricoh take to switch on, extend the lens, find focus in mediocre light and snap the first image with amazing 40mm 2.8 APS-C? Ok, what’s next?

Amazing job. Well done. Congratulations!

Didn’t you get the memo? ;-)))))

If the 16mm is halfway decent stopped down and if Canon releases a somewhat stabilized goodsensored follow up of the RP, then we are in affordable Canon wonderland. We haven’t been there for a long...

Especially when taking pictures of a group of people you might want to check if all are sufficiently in focus.

For some people it is just a more fun experience to see „the real thing“ or „do the photography yourself“. With EVFs of the past the simulation was very obvious. With newer 4K or better EVFs the...

Plastic mount yourself, Nikon.

The Nikon is well done. I like its form factor which is somewhere between the T30 and T3/4. To me that is the perfect size. It allows larger buttons and dials and better positioning of those....

Real camera = photography. Smartphone = snapshooting.

If I would follow this thought I would have to inform the viewers of my pictures about the device I used to take each picture. Otherwise they...

An EVF compared to a good OVF is like eating a power bar instead of a steak. Sure, modern chemistry can put all kind of ingredients into that bar which are „good for you“ and they can even try to...

I use Fuji for years and I am still waiting for something like this from Canon because I want to use it without the Fuji quirks. Unfortunately C/N are all into full frame modern cameras if you want...

„Instagram alienates photography community“

I thought that happened already 8 years ago when Facebook took over?

EF-lenses have become cumbersome for me. Adding an adapter only makes them more cumbersome and adding a rather large and expensive body makes it even more unsatisfactory … for me. I waited quite...

I am glad that Canon saves me all that money with the R-system. They successfully cured my GAS with their products and pricing. Without Canon‘s great support I might never have discovered all the...

Yeah, and you can buy it in fancy colors and run 3 cheapish and slow lenses on it. Nikon, what an achiever you are!

Maybe that’s all the Fuji users wondering why Nikon has to copy the approach 8 years later…

My buying pattern is as good as needed and as cheap as possible without getting too cheapish in handling, robustness and ergonomics.

I have a harder time to get what I need nowadays when...

Unfortunately I am somewhat in the middle on this topic and seemingly left for good by the camera companies. I very much like streamlining if it stops before it gets in your way. For example the...

It is a feature of mirrorless. Your DSLR is much worse to provide these reflections. Mirrorless is simply so much better!