Exploring shape, pattern, colour, motion. Experimenting with new ways of looking at the world.
Images by Ben Wheeler
About
In the mid 1990s I bought myself a Pentax ME Super and a couple of lenses, but I never really learned to use it properly.
I discovered abstract photography and light painting by accident with my first digital camera, a Casio QV-200. It was awful at taking “normal” photos, but its slow electronic shutter meant that if either the camera or the subject moved while a photo was being taken, interesting glitchy patterns could result.
After that, I graduated through a couple of small compact cameras from Nikon’s Coolpix and Canon’s Powershot range. Again, they weren’t great for taking portraits, but I discovered I could make interesting light paintings by waving the camera around with its shutter open. It seemed the best way to capture a festival as I experienced it…
It wasn’t until 2015 that I got my first DSLR, the entry level Nikon D3300. It was sufficient to get me hooked, but I soon hit its limitations. I switched to Panasonic’s mirrorless cameras: first the G80, then the G9, which I use to this day.
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A review of the Olympus EM1mk2, and comparison to the Panasonic Lumix G9
These are just rough notes at present; the full review is in progress. Why there’s still value in doing a comparison Both cameras have had recent firmware updates that added features and dramatically improved their performance in various ways – particularly continuous AF. Although the mk2 has been superseded by the mk3, the latter is …
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