Sunset over the Locust Street Mosque | Panasonic Lumix G1 and 45-200mm f/4-5.6 lens @ 175mm; exposed 1/1600 @ f/5.6, ISO 400.
We had a wonderful sunset tonight in Columbia, and I can only hope that’s a good sign for the projects that lay ahead.
This was supposed to go up on Friday, Mar. 12. The best laid plans…
I’m also in a black-and-white kick at the moment. It soon shall pass, I’m sure.
Walking down Ninth Street, Columbia, Mo. | Panasonic Lumix G1 and 45-200mm f/4-5.6 lens @ 115mm; exposed 1/1600 sec. @ f/5, ISO 800.
I guess I won't be going this way! | Panasonic Lumix G1 and 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6 lens @ 26mm; exposed 1/50 sec. @ f/5, ISO 400.
I walked out of my apartment Thursday morning to head down the hall to get my car and go in to school when I discovered that the reason I thought I heard footsteps on the ceiling above me is because there were, indeed, people walking about the roof…and the folding ladder was (in)conveniently between myself and my destination. I took the back way, but not before making this picture…my only one on Thursday.
Abandoned Osco Drug, Columbia, Mo. | Panasonic Lumix G1 and 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6 lens @ 22mm; exposed 1/40 sec. @ f/4.6, ISO 400.
Ultra-compact new camera with interchangeable lenses, APS-size sensor and AVCHD | image from dpreview.com
On Sunday, DPReview.com syndicated Sony’s announcement at PMA of a new line of mirror-less, interchangeable-lens compact cameras using a proprietary lens mount. But who cares?
For owners of 35mm SLR cameras, the idea of owning a camera that does not allow you to see through the lens–directly through the optics–seems strange. It seems a throwback to the days of the rangefinder. Of course, if that was truly the case that no one would want it, then why would Leica, let alone is M9 35mm digital rangefinder, still exist?
The answer, to put it succinctly, is that these smaller cameras with their smaller, but quite fine lenses, bring the fun back into photography.
And with no mirror in the way (electronic viewfinders are getting astonishingly good, and you can have a live preview of what the histogram will be at your given exposure), the lenses can be reduced in size dramatically. Ever wonder why a 35mm Leica lens looks so different from one from Canon? Single-lens-reflect requires a retrofocus design to compensate for the distance between the end of the lens and the film plane. While this is over-simplified, the shorter that distance between film plane and lens, the smaller (and lighter!) the lens can be.
They're doing their part... | Panasonic Lumix G1 and 45-200mm f/4-5.6 lens @ 45mm; exposed 1/60 sec. @ f/4, ISO 400.
For over a year now I’ve been working with a Panasonic Lumix G1–you can see all the photos I’ve posted with it–and along with its standard lens, a telephoto zoom, and an Olympus pancake lens that I’ve borrowed on occasion, it has enabled me to make pictures that I wouldn’t otherwise have because I don’t always want to schlep along my 5D Mk. II and 24-70 f/2.8L lens.
The G1 and its 14-45mm lens weigh in at one pound, six ounces. The 5D and 24-70 weigh four pounds, five ounces. Is the quality the same? Of course not. But I wouldn’t have had the images without the lighter camera, because I don’t want to have bad knees and shoulders because of camera gear. A bird in the hand…
The twenty-first day of this Thirty Day project brought me a little closer to my home territory…
Rick Shaw, director of POYi, applies gaffer's tape to the locks of the doors to the Fred Smith Forum at the Reynolds Journalism Institute to allow visitors to the judging of the contest to enter and leave without causing a distraction. | Panasonic Lumix G1 and 45-200mm f/4-5.6 lens @ 72mm; exposed 1/250 sec. @ f/4.3, ISO 800.
Runners up for today’s posting after the jump…
Sidewalk Conversation | Panasonic Lumix G1 and 45-200mm f/4-5.6 lens @ 140mm; exposed 1/400 sec. @ f/5.1, ISO 200
Heading home from the store at twilight | Panasonic Lumix G1 and 45-200mm f/4-5.6 lens @ 45mm; exposed 1/20 sec. @ f/4.5, ISO 400
This is the second time that the “30 Days” project has taken me to the Gerbes parking lot, but I think this image is infinitely more successful than the last. I was focusing on this person walking their shopping cart towards their car when another vehicle drove past me. I only made one frame, and this was the result.
An image from the return home after the jump!
