It was my folly to imagine the weather in Kenya in the same manner that most people presume Canada is…

About a decade ago, Tamrac introduced an innovative tent pole based, fast deploying tripod for light use.  It was called…

Recent politically, embarrassing events in Canada’s House of Commons have dredged up the spectre of Nazis and atrocities committed in…

As much as watches have become associated with this well known fictional British spy, in the original books written by…

I met Gord Price this Spring, although I’ve been a fan of his for several years. Well before Covid. I…

Another momentous day in Canadian history has just past at the beginning of this week and it happened 79 years…

A watch for professional musicians. We are finally back to regular ballroom dancing with not a face mask in sight…

I consider myself very fortunate to have been born and continue to live through an era of unprecedented prosperity and…

Long term readers of this blog will be familiar with my fondness for designing and shooting forced perspective images with…

I have recently been observing a Great Horned Owl nest with two fledglings that are rapidly growing and taking on…

It was the recent bevy of new m43 lens announcements from Yongnuo that reminded me of their Android based m43…

(shot with Olympus OM-1 and Leica 15mm f/1.7 lens) The back story to this article is that I was riding…

(tested against OM-1 and Phase One IQ260 Achromatic) I have to thank the kind people at Pixii for lending me…

Hydrofoils hold a special place in my heart regardless of the fact that I have never seen one in action…

More than a decade ago, Audi introduced twenty A1 e-Tron models with a rotary Wankel engine as a range extender…

Men of my age will surely recognize this famous poster with the iconic Lamborghini Countach.  And recall many similar others…

This article is a natural extension of my last one, but the watch in question celebrates not the RCAF but…

I had intended to write this before November 11th, which is Remembance Day here in Canada or Veteran’s Day in…

Driver Jim (no relation) was cursing the weather, the rock hard summer tires on his Tundra Buggy and its frozen,…

(there is m43 and Olympus content in this blog, you just have to find it!) Once again, I was not…

So ….. I capitulated and got myself a Zuiko 150-400mm f/4.5 (TC-1.25x).   I’m going to Churchill, Manitoba in November to…

I have been so preoccupied that I nearly failed to recognize that summer is nearly at an end.   This made…

Afternote:  (added Jan 15, 2023). This appeared in the newsletter of Starfest 2022 where I gave a talk about this…

A few years earlier I had learned a little history of the Heuer watch company while writing about it’s most…

It took me sometime to gather all the small components necessary to adapt the IQ260 for some narrowband, in-city astro…

I like photo contests that start and end in a one month period because I don’t want to wait a…

I first heard of this Danish company called Phase One nearly a decade ago.  Back then, they made very high…

The significant jump to 1053 cross type AF points on the new OM-1 body led me to wonder if this…

It all began with a contentious post on a FB watch group.  “What is the Holy Grail of watches?” Not…

(images taken with E-M1.2 and Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro) I bought another watch … that I don’t really need.   I’m…

Even amateur planetary observers and photographers need big aperture telescopes because when it comes to resolution, size does matter.  …

In case you haven’t figured it out yet, part of the purpose of this blog is to offer less expensive…

The 1964 Aston Martin DB5 is considered to be the most famous automobile in the world. This is because it…

The Qlocktwo Watch made its debut at Baselworld in 2012 but as I am new to the world of watches,…

All images shot with E-M1.2 About a decade ago, a number of watch manufacturers began introducing professional diving watches filled…

The new No Time to Die Omega Seamaster Professional Diver sitting atop a 1958 first edition copy of Dr No.…

(¹umlauts matter, every other Internet review I’ve seen has lazily excluded them.  It’s a sign of respect for the language…

Last year I attended the London, Ontario SKYDRIVE Airshow. It was a success because it was well conceived and executed…

Perhaps it is because I am in my fifth decade of life that I’ve become recently attuned to the passing…

It has now been exactly 50 years since a certain watch was worn on the surface of the Moon and…

A neighbour reported on an online forum that his car had nearly been stolen while dining out locally.  On leaving…

(some of this material has appeared elsewhere) The pandemic may have severely curtailed my activities as a tennis and motorsports…

(My Olympus E-M1.2 floating in my kitchen sink) . I’ve lived in Canada very nearly my entire life and am…

When I was a boy, not that long ago, I used to play with toy cars made by Matchbox, Corgi…

When this new Zuiko telephoto lens was announced, there was almost immediate speculation that this was another Sigma creation, similar…

It’s about time that I finally write about something with which I have some authority.   I’ve spent my entire life…

Three years ago I was extolling the virtues of the onboard camera on a relatively new Huawei smart phone I…

(shot with Olympus E-M1.2) The problem with technology is that people take it for granted as something that has always…

I will begin by confessing that I am not a wedding photographer. The prospect of capturing such a milestone event…

During the past Pandemic Christmas holiday, I decided to retrofit a decades old slot car race track for the digital…

I’m revisiting a topic that I had previously promised never to revisit. But due to the Pandemic, I’m finding it…

Mazda is celebrating its 100th anniversary as a company although they did not start manufacturing true automobiles until 1960.  They…

I’m going to shamelessly self promote myself with this blog entry but at the same time remaining true to m43…

Here in Canada, every summer event was cancelled to prevent large gatherings of people during the Covid Pandemic. I was…

Some of you may task me for continuing to buy products made in China after I declared in an earlier…

The pandemic has eliminated my usual summer time photographic endeavors – I was even planning to try shooting some wedding…

There are rumors that Olympus will deliver two new Pen F bodies later this year.   But it’s unlikely.  Nevertheless, Olympus…

Brand loyalty starts at an early age.  I was probably 9 years of age when my father brought home an…

Like my two recent entries regarding music (but with  a photographic tie in), this will be my last discussion on…

We’ve all seen the photos, so it is real.  It looks very well built, so it will be hefty.  As…

Dedicated to Charline Norgrove, a dear fellow m43 user who was always the first to champion my posts. The Leica/Lumix…

Just wanted to reassure all readers that this blog really is about photography and associated camera gear.  My current preoccupation…

Something very different on the blog today, a step into the world of music.  I have not been a professional…

Part 2. STC also provided me with their Multi Spectral Astro clip in filter and when I ran it through…

I was an astrophotographer first, before I was a photographer.  And I don’t mean photographing tiresome Milky Way galaxy backgrounds…

I had the recent opportunity to shoot the Cobble Beach Concours d’Elegance which is modeled on the premier Pebble Beach…

I’ve been so busy this summer that yesterday was my first airshow of the season, the annual Brantford Community Charity…

The premier world professional tennis tournament in Canada, the Rogers Cup, has come and gone again for another year.  It…

I finally received my Zuiko MC-20 teleconverter and was eager to run it through a few tests to see if…

My father was a young man during that era made famous by Mad Men.   Although a Western educated bourgeoisie,…

I’m not a true artist because I draw terribly and likely paint even worse.  But I discovered that being a…

The idea for this project began as a thread comment from a knowledgeable poster who speculated that even modern Zuiko…

One of the best selling features of the new E-M1X body is the ability to take 50 MP high resolution…

There is nothing quite like stepping into tropical weather, low 30s and 90% humidity, whilst surviving the last few weeks…

Nearly all my lens acquisitions are predicated by a specific photo shoot opportunity.   The need to shoot candid portraits of…

Returning readers will be familiar with my penchant for Sigma lenses, specifically as an adapted lens for use on m43…

All the photographs in this article were shot with either an E-PL5 or E-M1.2 body.  There was never a comment…

I found myself spending two weeks in Italy and decided that in the best tradition of m43 to travel as…

I’m an avowed motorhead, and also a rotorhead.   The second distinction defines a car/motorcycle/airplane enthusiast who has a special affinity…

Recently, I alluded to receiving media credentials to cover the Rogers Cup Men’s Tennis Tournament in Toronto.  The Rogers Cup…

At the incredibly advanced age of 52, I’ve finally realized one of my life long dreams – to be “considered”…

Sigma has been enjoying consistently universal acclaim for its Art series of fast prime lenses and zooms and continues to…

  Sigma Corporation has been around since the early 1960s, always offering third party lenses with innovative design and prices…

During Black Friday sales in 2015, I acquired my first smartphone – a Lumix CM1.  Never heard of it?  Few…

I like to shoot prime lenses because I have a bit of a Type A personality and want to always…

Those of you familiar with this blog will no doubt recognize this troubling fondness I have for vintage camera telephoto…

Lost amongst all the hoopla in the days leading up to the Great American Solar Eclipse this past August was…

I’m not a portrait photographer because I consider that the pinnacle of the art.  But a couple of recent developments…

I didn’t think I would spend quite so much money so soon after getting the E-M1.2 body but I did…

This is a telephoto Canon EOS prime lens that Sigma discontinued about a decade ago and they languish on eBay…

I recently had the opportunity to visit a bird of prey sanctuary and pondered for far too long about which…

If you have been following my blog, you will be well acquainted with the Olympus OM 500 mm f/8 reflex…

This article started life as a comparison of three EOS telephoto prime lenses as economical alternatives to the much vaunted…

After becoming an owner of a Leica branded (well, self branded) m43 camera body, I needed a matching wide field …

I have a small collection of some of the better quality 43rds lenses because it can be a less expensive…

As it has somehow become fashionable to release “fake news”, I decided to perpetuate some of my own and announced…

Some people were interested in how well the AF worked with the Metabones Speed Booster and so I thought I…

One of the fundamental joys of black & white photography is that it makes life simpler.  A simple life is…

We all want to preserve and maintain our expensive astronomical observing gear.   Part of realizing that goal would be to…

I’ve owned my beloved Canon T2i for six years and resisted upgrading all this time because the sensor remained virtually…

Being the last major league baseball franchise in Canada, the Toronto Blue Jays unify Canadians from coast to coast to…

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