Category Archives: Technical

The ultimate test

I know, this is a bit dramatic as a title, however, those of you who enjoy taking pictures will know what a pig of a challenge the incredible low light of a wedding reception is. Even with the properly large sensor of my Canon 5D mk2, the shutter speeds can be shockingly slow even with...

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Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mk2 Part 2

OK, so what is so special about this camera for me? Why am I so besotted? Let me start with size.  (From the brilliant camerasize.com) This is a comparison between my Canon 7D and my  Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mk2. This gives a sense of how much smaller the Olympus is, but what it doesn’t tell,...

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Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mk2 Part 1

Ok, I’m in love! It has taken a while for me to talk openly about it, because I have been broadly faithful for a long time, and coming to realise that something fundamental has changed has not been easy; there comes a time when only full confession will make things feel OK again. Pic by Kārlis Dambrāns...

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Lightroom frustrations

The ferry terminal at Gourock with the Argyll mountains behind. I found this old file from May 6th 2007 while trying to repair my Lightroom file structure yesterday. It isn’t how I would tackle the picture now in terms of aperture at least, however, I never found the Lightroom adjustments all that capable on what...

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Lens microadjustment

I thought that since my camera has the much spoken about “lens micro adjustment” in the custom settings, I would try it out with my own lenses. The first challenge is the 7D’s lack of instructions in the manual for doing this. It tells you how to input changes to compensate for front and back...

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