G9 fun
So I ended up with a Canon G9 after debating the G10 and LX3 for so long. I just happened to be in a shop where they had one second hand and it was pretty heavily marked down. So far it’s been everything I wanted. Lightweight, functional, manual or fully automatic. Fun to use and it takes great pictures.
In the right conditions….
This second shot was taken by my son.
Capitalism
Okay then…
After I took this, the lady turned and looked at what was written on the window. From the look on her face, I think she thought I had written it and I was about to start dancing through the streets screaming “Eat the rich, eat the rich!”
Quandary (updated…)
I’ve been thinking about this:
or this:
and then along comes this:
and this:
Hmmmm…
And then I ended up with this:
Funny how these things work out.
Just happened to be in the right place at the right time.
Mobile Pics
The camera function on my phone can actually produce a decent picture given the right conditions. I’ve reduced the size to 640 x 480 and it’s taken me a while to work out the focus function but now I’ve got these things worked out, it’s not too bad. Using it has also got me hankering for a smaller, more portable system than the 40D. Currently looking at the Canon G10 or Lumix L3.
Will camera phones be the Polaroids of the future? Nick Maggio over at A Time to Get is doing some great stuff with an iPhone and the CameraBag app.
More marketing genius…
Speaking of marketing genius; is this the most hyped and talked about camera release since the 5DMkII? I’ve been following the E-P1 since Mike Johnston at The Online Photographer first started talking about it many months ago and I have to admit I’ve been lusting after it purely on looks alone. I got to, briefly, play with one today and it felt as good as it looks. Weighty but not heavy, quiet but not silent, it felt beautiful to hold. At $1400 AUD though its going to have to wait awhile. It will be interesting to see what people are saying in a few months when all the hype has died down. The Online Photographer is promising an indepth review soon. In the meantime Ken Lamug, a pretty fine street photographer, has a fairly positive review at his blog.
Update: Ken Tanaka now has a mostly positive review over at TOP.
Fcuk
A piece of marketing genius is the FCUK label. I remember the brouhaha when it first hit Australia’s shores several years ago. Half the population decrying the use of a swear word in marketing and the other half, quite rightly, saying, well it’s not actually a swear word. Oh the free publicity.
Flat Light Blues
The weather in Adelaide has, for the past couple of weeks, been grey and overcast and a little bit uninspiring. It’s been a bit of a surprise to me how reliant I have become on the extremes of light and shade and how much I look for it in my photography. There is a series of street shots somewhere on the internet that makes particular use of flat and grey lighting and does it extremely well. I wish I could find that series now.
Shot from my window on my camera phone. It’s looked like this for days and days. I won’t complain though; we’re desperate for the rain.
