Some photos from a day shooting a Kew Gardens in London back in August. This was a two camera trip, first was my OM-5 and the second was an Olympus OM-1n. That’s the film OM-1 from the 1970s, not the digital one. Photos below are film first, digital second. The OM-1n was loaded with Kodak… Read More »
A few months ago I saw a post on Reddit singing the praises of the Olympus FL-LM3 clip-on flash and I thought what the hell, why not. I bought one second hand from Wex for the princely sum of £38 in “excellent” condition. And you know what, it really is great. Smaller and easier I… Read More »
My current camera collection is the Lumix S5 II, Lumix S9 and OM Systems OM-5. The S5 II is my main video camera and the S9 was bought as a matching B-cam, replacing a S1. The OM-5 was originally intended as a travel camera but ended up being my main photography camera instead of the… Read More »
Mini reviews for things purchased last year. PC: Palit 5070Ti The 2070S was starting to show its age for gaming, but mostly this upgrade was triggered by not wanting to pay for Adobe Premiere any more. When I’d tried Resolve previously I’d had serious stability issues to the point of renders just failing which I… Read More »
I recently bought an Asus PX13 laptop to replace my Dell 9305 which died in circumstances we don’t need to get into. Let’s just say, I’m better at servicing desktops. This is, I believe, a now EOL model with a HX370 APU and 4060 GPU and 24GB. With the combination of the APU and the… Read More »
Last summer I picked up an Asus ROG Ally on sale for £450 to replace an ageing, and increasingly rattly, Switch 1. For clarity, this is the RC71L model, with the Z1E processor but not the nicer Ally-X, and not one of the newer Xbox branded models. I’ve upgraded it to a 2TB drive with… Read More »
A while ago I set myself a goal of keeping things I buy for at least four years. I wasn’t happy with some of my spending habits, tending to get an idea and rush out and buy something to satisfy it. Then realizing it wasn’t quite right, then eBay-ing it and getting something else. It… Read More »
So I’ve just published my first session for almost two years, featuring Phildel. Where have I been? Well, the short version of the long break is that I’d just got tired of it. It’s a fair amount of work and I was spending my free time on other things, mostly exercise, and particularly cycling which… Read More »
That’s it really. I know no-one cares, these haven’t been in production for years but I still use them and I was curious. People who have asked Sennheiser have got answers of mid 40ms and low 20ms values so I thought I’d just test it myself. It’s worth noting that these use a different encoding/transmission… Read More »
Just over two years ago I switched to L-mount as my primary camera system. At the time I was doing a lot of video work using multiple micro-four thirds cameras. For a long time this was mostly G80 based, but ended up with GH5M2, GH5S, and a G9. I was tempted by the improved AF… Read More »