Rod Baakkonen

Whoops, I see I was wrong. Memory goes bad with age. It was the FZ30 that that technique worked with, not the GH1.  I took that example pic about the time I bought the GH1.  But the EXIF says it ...

I think there were two things that I had small issues with in the GH1, that the GH2 did better. If I remember right, I had trouble sometimes with the autofocus on subjects that were moving. I did ...

This has been a great thread for me.  The mention of some  of the towns and places to see has stirred up some forgotten memories.  Thanks for bringing those flashbacks forward to today. I have ...

It has been a while since I've been there. So things might be quite different now. We drove pretty extensively when we were there. I'm not sure if there are safety concerns these days. I know I ...

Here are a couple from our stop at Valley of Fire. For a place not far from Vegas, it is a very interesting place to visit. #1 #2 #3 #4

It really has to do with the sun coming through the filter of the clouds. If the sky was cloudless, all the hoodoos would be lit, much like your sunsets. Here is an example off the web. Bryce sunrise ...

Following you over from your Zion discussion. Love the sunset shots. Just to give you an idea of what things look like from another sun perspective. I got up early to try and catch the sunrise (I ...

Wow, those are really nice pics. Thanks for sharing.

In your week trip, was there anything else besides Zion that you thought was something you that really stuck out? Our 10 days was really full/busy. We flew in and out of Vegas. We hit Valley of ...

Nice photos. Thanks for sharing. We were there a month earlier in Oct. We went from having all the warm clothes I had on the trip, to a tee shirt in the time we were in the valley.  I was surprised ...

I started out on an OLY UZ2100 back around 2001 (It was a wonderful camera, but only 3 megapixels). Then went to the Panasonic FZ10 and FZ30 before going to the GH1. I would say the fast AF and the ...

Yes, The bridge is awesome and significantly reduces the traffic going to and from Nevada to Ariz. The Hoover Dam was really a bottleneck for traffic before the bridge. Here is what Hoover Dam ...

That was cool thanks for sharing. I've tried for many years (all the way back to the Oly UZ2100) to get good pictures of the Kingfishers we have here in Minnesota and it is hard.  They don't let ...

Took the GH1 to Vegas in 2010. They were constructing the Tillman Bridge over Hoover Dam. How would you like to have worked on that construction? I just walked over the finished bridge in Oct and ...

If you get a chance, there is a hike to the hanging gardens that my wife and I enjoyed. (Not crowded at all): https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g60834-d9859285-Reviews-Hanging_Gardens_T ...

Looks like a good option. Thanks for the info.

I'm not sure if this is what you would consider low contrast. It certainly was low light, where I sometimes would have problems with my GH3. Some friends were playing at a small dark bar. The ...

Great, these are the kinds of things I'm looking for. Thanks for responding.

I should be able to do a pretty good comparison, as I'm using the same lens I had on the GH3. I was outside just as the sun was setting into an approaching storm tonight with the G9. There were ...

This is a bit long winded. But I thought I would detail out my experience in case someone else was also going down this route. Maybe it would help them. I looked on this forum before I got the G9 ...