Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: 12-60mm Olympus, Canon, E420, ebay, Olympus, photography, selling
When I started this website I was using an Olympus setup for my photography. I use to own Canon before that and now with the photography I do, I don’t feel Olympus is right for me, so I’m moving back to Canon. I’m unhappy to say I’m moving back to Canon. I’ve enjoyed my Olympus gear while I had it, but I can’t put up with the low f stop and lack of DOF. The gear I own has been great to use but with my line of photography it just doesn’t give me that buzz as my 5D did. So I’m going back. On my blog is the review for the Leica lens and I’ll be keeping it up online since it gives me so many hits but other than that I’m waiting for the 5D to plunge in price.
Don’t get me wrong, there isn’t anything terribly wrong with Olympus, when I bought my E420 with 25mm Leica lens + 12-60mm, I came out on top because the gear was cheaper than the Canon alternatives. But now the Olympus gear is going on ebay.
Having got to use the Olympus system I found that the size of the system was a bonus and I enjoyed that, though sometimes the E420 was too light when attached to a heavy lens and had a flash mounted on the top (hence the grip). The speed and menu layout of Olympus’s cameras are great and intuitive as well, the only downside was the lack of DOF, poor iso performance (I never used the E420 past iso 200) and the inability of lenses offered by Olympus to go higher than F2.8 (yes the Leica was f1.4 but in 35mm terms it was equal to f2.8).
One thing I really liked about the Olympus is the wireless flash, it works so well, much better to me than the 5D with the 580 mk2. I’ve been having issues with it in open spaces which wouldn’t faze the FL-36. Shame pity I can’t carry that over with me! I’ve put my gear on ebay for those interested. The links are here for the E420 and the 12-60mm Zuiko.
I was going to keep the 12-60mm because it is a really good piece of glass, I bought it for the 12mm focal length and once I get my hands on the canon 24mm f1.4 L, I won’t ever use it which is a shame.
Not having bought into Olympus I wouldn’t have learned this and I have made some great photos while using it and I have no regrets. As I said, the E420 with grip, FL-36 and 12-60mm will be on ebay later at some point.
Filed under: Podcast highlight, photography | Tags: business, camera, culture, George Eastman, Lunar Orbiter, photography, podcasts, society, Steve McCurry, technology
I found some more podcasts which are also related to photography. These are different than the Tack Sharp post insomuch that some of them talk about photography’s role in reshaping culture, the one I’m most interested in is by Alexis Gerard, his talk for example is: Going Visual: How Imaging Technology is Reshaping Culture, Society, and Business. But I’ve only had a quick look, of note are these as well:
Filed under: Podcast highlight, photography | Tags: Canon vs Nikon, Dan Benjamin, iTunes, James Duncan Davidson, Nikon 14-24, podcast, prime lens, series
James Duncan Davidson (also on my blog roll) along with Dan Benjamin have released the first episode of their new podcast series about Photography. This first episode discusses the age old topic of Canon vs Nikon gear, Nikon’s 14-24 wide angle zoom lens and prime lenses. You can subscribe to it via iTunes here.
Filed under: Jonathan's Photography | Tags: Castle, culture, jonathanjk, Square, Swansea, youth
Third blog entry from my current project about youth culture.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Castle Square, culture, Swansea, Wales, youth
Another blog entry from my current project about youth culture.
Filed under: Photography Links, photography | Tags: 5D mark II, Canon, Jacob Aue Sobol, Simon Norfolk, Simon Roberts, Vision, We English
I went to the Vision Conference on Friday 7th. I wanted to see Simon Norfolk talk about his latest project. I like the fact he is being so abstract about his take on War Photography. At Vision there was also Simon Roberts who talked about Motherland and he also talked about his latest project; We English.
I recorded Jacob Aue Sobol’s talk and Simon Norfolk’s as well. Both are small file sizes and can be found here. Sorry for the poor audio quality with Jacob’s, I haven’t got such software to clean it up.
The 5D mark II also made an appearance at Vision. Canon were an attendee and had on display 1 of only 3 5D mark II’s in the country. I was lucky enough to touch it 
, but seriously while it holds nicely (prefer it with a battery grip), it has been remodeled slightly so the body isn’t a reuse from the first generation. Canon again were happy to confirm it is going to be released at the end of the month.
The Vision conference itself was promoted by the BJP and for £10 (£15) if you want your portfolio reviewed. It is excellent value for money, I’ll be going next year without a doubt.
Filed under: Jonathan's Photography | Tags: Castle, documentary, photography, Square, Swansea, Wales
The start of a series of photo series from a project I am documenting.
This is the current project I am shooting and its intention is to force me to make edits from the images I shoot. Ideally I would like to have 5-6 images to represent what happened on the day. Not too many so it gets boring and that it takes me ages to update either!
