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Pentax K-01 Announced – My Thoughts

Posted on February 2, 2012February 2, 2012 by Jordan Steele

Today, Pentax announced their large sensor entry into the mirrorless camera market.  The camera has a 16 MP APS-C sized sensor, and that should be great. I’m sure image quality in this camera will be excellent.  Where Pentax both succeeded and failed was with making the camera use the K-mount.  The K-mount is the Pentax…

Finding Texaco

Posted on February 1, 2012February 1, 2012 by Jordan Steele

Here in Ohio, the Texaco brand is defunct. There are no current Texaco stations in the state, at least to my knowledge. However, every once in a while, you may pass by an old abandoned gas station, and they sort of look the same. Dilapidated, grungy, old. It is rare that you pass by a…

12 Lenses Spanning 50 Years Do Battle – Part 3

Posted on January 30, 2012January 30, 2012 by Jordan Steele

Today is the third of three parts in this lens comparison.  See Part 1 for the evaluation of center sharpness as well as a description of the lenses.  Part 2 looks at edge sharpness. In the previous two parts of this evaluation, I took a look at center and edge sharpness of these twelve lenses.  Today…

12 Lenses Spanning 50 Years Do Battle – Part 2

Posted on January 29, 2012January 30, 2012 by Jordan Steele

Two days ago, I posted the first test between these twelve lenses.  See Part 1 for that test.  Part 1 also describes the lenses tested.  Part 3 evaluates bokeh. Part 2 – Edge Sharpness While sharpness isn’t the most important metric of a lens, it is one that most people notice right away, and can…

Blue Droplets Frozen in Time

Posted on January 28, 2012January 28, 2012 by Jordan Steele

Today I finally did a little photographic project I’ve been meaning to do for a very long time.  I’m sure most of you have seen pictures of water drops, perhaps you’ve tried it, perhaps you have always wondered how it’s done.  Today I did it.  It was a very simple setup.  I put my camera…

12 Lenses Spanning 50 Years Do Battle

Posted on January 27, 2012January 30, 2012 by Jordan Steele

Ok, so they aren’t doing BATTLE per se. This is one of those lens tests that’s really just for fun….don’t take it too seriously, please.  Part 2 is now up, and evaluates edge sharpness.  See Part 3 for a look at bokeh. 50 Years of Lenses Over the years, I have accumulated a rather extensive…

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5 Dos and 5 Don’ts for Beginning Photographers

Posted on January 26, 2012January 26, 2012 by Jordan Steele

You’re a photographer just getting serious about the craft… There’s so much gear, there’s so much information, there’s so many buttons!  How do you settle down and get started, and most importantly, how do you get great pictures! I thought I’d put together this little list of five things that helped me progress from a…

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Micro 4/3 vs a Full Frame Legend

Posted on January 24, 2012June 5, 2020 by Jordan Steele

Sensor Shootout: Panasonic GH2 vs Panasonic GX1 vs Canon 1Ds Mark II As many of you are aware by now, I have recently made the switch from Canon DSLRs to the micro 4/3 system.  I’ll all the details for another post, but it was primarily to reduce size and weight. So over the last year…

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