Somehow Andrew Kuznetsov came across one of my photos in my Flickr gallery and was kind enough to leave a comment, so I clicked on his name to check his photos out and all I can say is holy shit! I’m actually embrassed to even put my photos in the same public space with him. I have much to learn. Check it out for yourself: http://www.flickr.com/photos/-cavin-/
I’m no expert photographer by any stretch of the imagination, but I do enjoy photography, and I also enjoy gadgets. As a result I spend a lot of time researching and testing cameras every chance I get. Most of my friends know this, so they often ask me which camera to buy. This is a post to answer that question so I no longer have to repeat myself.
Canon & Nikon are by far the largest camera makers and hold the most market share, but Pentax & Sony are just fine. Olympus also makes some really nice cameras, and in my opinion (and others as well) have made the absolute best lenses the last 3 or 4 years. However, Olympus has one problem; they use an image sensor that is smaller than what everyone else uses called the Four Thirds System. In theory the Four Thirds System should have been able to make smaller, lighter, and cheaper cameras, but that hasn’t turned out to be the case. Neither the lenses nor their camera bodies are noticeably smaller. This is why Olympus and their partner, Panasonic, have recently announced a Plan B called Micro Four Thirds. I won’t get into Micro Four Thirds here, but I will say that I feel as though that type of camera is the future of the amateur market. Samsung has already announced a similar system and Canon & Nikon are expected to follow as well. If you want more info on Micro Four Thirds you can find it here.
You will hear a lot of people (especially Best Buy employees) say only buy Canon or Nikon. While it’s true that Canon & Nikon make excellent cameras and you really can’t go wrong with them you simply won’t reap any of the advantages Read more »
I am fairly obsessed with reading SLR lens reviews. I personally shoot Pentax, but for some unknown reason I enjoy reading reviews on every other brand as much as I do Pentax lens reviews. So I was shocked today when I came across a new lens review site. I typically read all my reviews at Photozone.de, SLRgear.com, or The-Digital-Picture.com for Canon reviews, however today I stumbled upon SLRlensreview.com. At the time of this writing it isn’t as complete as Photozone.de, but it has a surprising amount of content for a site that doesn’t show up in Google’s results until page 4 when searching for a simple string such as “Nikon 35mm f/2D review”. My only real complaint with the site is the layout. It’s awful. If I wasn’t lazy had the time I would offer to design a new theme for them.