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Sony Cybershot RX100.5A in the city 15 November 2019
The number of photography websites confidently predicting the total demise of the compact camera has risen sharply in recent months. The purveyors of this view are not prescient or even particularly...
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Venus Optics Laowa 7.5mm f2 lens for MFT User review 4 December 2019
The full name of this lens is Venus Optics Laowa Compact Dreamer 7.5mm f2.0 Ultra wide angle lens for the Micro Four Thirds mount, standard weight.Spoiler alert…..this is a very good lens.Read on for...
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Panasonic Leica 100-400mm f4-6.3 superzoom lens for MFT User review 6...
The full name of this lens is Panasonic Leica DG Vario Elmar 100-400mm f4.0-6.3 Asph Power OIS for Lumix G Micro Four Thirds cameras.It was announced in January 2016. The initial response to this lens...
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State of the camera industry 7 December 2019
The sun over Sydney at 1600 hours yesterday, in a haze of bushfire smoke.Jet plane making like Icarus.Parliaments prevaricate while Australia burns.This is Camera Ergonomics annual review of the...
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Does the compact camera have a future ? 7 December 2019
This white browed woodswallow looks rather saturnine. Taronga zoo, Lumix G9, Pana-Leica 100-400mm.The rise and rise of smartphones has seen a dramatic fall in compact camera sales. Many internet sages...
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The way ahead for Panasonic ? 2020 and beyond
Long bill corella Lumix FZ300It’s the silly season so maybe readers will forgive me the occasional post expressing what I would like a camera maker to do in the year(s) ahead.This time I lay out...
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Crazy 5 camera comparison 4 January 2020
Cockatoo, FZ300I have the opportunity to use many different types of camera covering most of the spectrum from high end to budget consumer models. One thing which has impressed me over the years is...
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Nikon Z6 Managing das schlimmbesserung 7 January 2019
Mc Mahons Point Lumix FZ300In 2009 I bought my first and as it happens the world’s first mirrorless interchangeable lens digital camera, the Panasonic lumix G1. Panasonic, Olympus and eventually...
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Panasonic Lumix G95 Third wurst kamra of 2019 ? 17 January 2020
The G95 does nice in camera auto panoramasLast month Chris Nicholls and Jordan Drake from DP Review TV presented their light hearted and moderately intoxicated opinions as to the best and “wurst”...
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Panasonic Lumix FZ300 A re-appraisal 19 January 2020
Conditions on the day were atrocious for photography with bushfire smoke everywhere and atmospheric distortion evident. The bridge is 730meters from the camera. Despite the poor conditions the bridge...
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Nikon Z6 Ergonomic score 21 January 2020
Climate change. The Z6 is a good general purpose, do-almost-anything mirrorless interchangeable lens camera.There is always the potential for mistakes when a camera maker makes the transition from...
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Collected camera ergonomic scores updated 21 January 2020
Lumix LX100.2CameraSetup PhaseMax 15Prepare Phase Max 15 Capture PhaseReview Phase Max 5Total Max 100Holding Max 20Viewing Max 20Operating Max 25Sony A3500551278239Nikon 1...
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Nikon Z50 From dinky toy to proper camera 30 January 2020
Z50 with 50-250mm The decisive moment a.k.a. serendipity a.k.a. luckI have been using a Z50 recently and finding the experience very agreeable. I will be posting more about this camera in coming...
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MILC as compact ? 01 February 2020
Z50 with DX Z 16-50mm lensThe level of interest which camera makers appear to be showing in compacts has declined markedly in the last few years.We see fewer compact updates each year from fewer...
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Five camera long zoom comparison Nikon sets a new standard for the budget kit...
Shot from a moving ferry. Nikon Z50 with Z DX50-250mm lens at 250mm.I usually find that making assumptions about photo equipment is unreliable and that testing gives more robust results.This morning I...
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Panasonic Lumix Porfolio 1 06 February 2020
This and all photos below shot around the Sydney CBD, made with Lumix FZ300 hand held, RAW capture, processed in Adobe Camera RawI have been testing several cameras lately and finding that at typical...
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Lumix FZ300 Portfolio 2 07 February 2020
All photos lumix FZ300 hand heldThis is the second in a series of FZ300 portfolios. The camera continues to please particularly in the street photography genre. It manages high subject brightness...
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Lumix FZ300 Thoughts on optimising picture quality 8 February 2020
This shot is not as sharp as it could have been. The day was cloudy/bright with a lot of light bouncing around. I had MSHTR set which allows a maximum shutter speed of 1/2000 second. At ISO 100 this...
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