Comments for Mike Broadway – PhotoBlog http://www.mikebroadway.com/blog An occasional blog mostly about photography, mine and other people's. Sat, 20 Oct 2012 16:42:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.2 Comment on The Olympus OM-D – A Street Review by Mike http://www.mikebroadway.com/blog/?p=1064&cpage=1#comment-1352 Sat, 20 Oct 2012 16:42:15 +0000 http://www.mikebroadway.com/blog/?p=1064#comment-1352 For some reason I never went very far with configuring the D300. The one thing I did was to configure the back AF-ON button to focus the camera.

Growing up on manual focus SLRs I never really adapted fully to continuous or shutter button auto-focus. To this day I prefer to focus separately and then shoot, and that’s how I have the Fn2 button configured in the OM-D. There is no problem with the AF unlocking when I release the Fn2 button to move my finger to the shutter button – the camera only focuses while the Fn2 button is pressed. Releasing the button locks the focus. Pressing Fn2 does not toggle AF, it enables AF only while Fn2 is pressed.

The OM-D is extremely configurable and I am confident that you will be able to set it up in a way that suits your working style. The camera has a reputation in some circles for being complex but I believe that is almost entirely because of the high degree of configuration available; once it is set the way you want it there is no more thinking to do.

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Comment on The Olympus OM-D – A Street Review by larry http://www.mikebroadway.com/blog/?p=1064&cpage=1#comment-1351 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:01:16 +0000 http://www.mikebroadway.com/blog/?p=1064#comment-1351 For what it’s worth, your Nikon D300 could have been configured so that the front or rear dial could adjust exposure compensation in A or S exposure modes *without* having to simultaneously press another button. That’s how I’ve got mine set up.

Thanks for your article, I’m strongly contemplating getting the OM-D, I just need to figure out if I can configure the buttons the way I’m used to with my D300 (or close to it, anyway).

BTW, I’m a bit confused with how you’ve got that Fn2 button configured for AF actuation. Assuming you’re pressing Fn2 with your index finger, wouldn’t you end up releasing it when you go to press the shutter release button, thereby causing the AF to unlock? Or do you have Fn2 set up to toggle AF lock on and off?

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Comment on The Olympus OM-D – A Street Review by Mike http://www.mikebroadway.com/blog/?p=1064&cpage=1#comment-1350 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:00:36 +0000 http://www.mikebroadway.com/blog/?p=1064#comment-1350 I am tempted by the Lumix 25/1.4, just not sure that it offers enough over my existing 20mm. As for the 12mm, well, I will have to see if my street motivation gets strong enough to bring me in that close. I love the results that folk like Gary Winogrand achieved with such a wide angle but I really don’t think I have the balls for it. And for landscape work, the 7-14mm is a great combination of quality and range so I doubt I will be adopting the 12mm for a while.

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Comment on The Olympus OM-D – A Street Review by Matthew http://www.mikebroadway.com/blog/?p=1064&cpage=1#comment-1349 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:25:13 +0000 http://www.mikebroadway.com/blog/?p=1064#comment-1349 Thanks Mike – your review mirrors my impressions almost to the letter, but I’ll add this: shooting with the Lumix 25 1.4 and the Zuiko 12mm lenses takes this camera to yet another level. The 45 is excellent – it was the first lens I owned for this camera – but the 12 is a jewel. Tack sharp, built like a tank, and the on-lens flip from auto- to manual focus is surprisingly useful. Can’t wait for the 17 to come out next year…

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Comment on Still Going, Just Not Sure Where by Frank Blasi http://www.mikebroadway.com/blog/?p=1056&cpage=1#comment-1276 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 21:11:13 +0000 http://www.mikebroadway.com/blog/?p=1056#comment-1276 Dear Mike,
I had an opportunity to take a look at some of your photos and reading the accompanying commentaries, and I am intrigued on how you can take everyday scenes which we hardly ever give a second glance – and turn it into interesting art.
I enjoyed looking at your photo website.
Frank.

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Comment on Still Going, Just Not Sure Where by Dave Wilson http://www.mikebroadway.com/blog/?p=1056&cpage=1#comment-1252 Thu, 31 May 2012 18:57:03 +0000 http://www.mikebroadway.com/blog/?p=1056#comment-1252 The blog is serving a useful purpose at least to those of us who love to see what you’re up to photographically. Please keep posting and have a great time back across the pond this summer!

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Comment on Farewell to the Photoshop Tax by Mike Broadway – PhotoBlog » Blog Archive » Photoshop Reprieve! http://www.mikebroadway.com/blog/?p=1015&cpage=1#comment-1129 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:40:01 +0000 http://www.mikebroadway.com/blog/?p=1015#comment-1129 […] Main Site « Farewell to the Photoshop Tax […]

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Comment on Living Under A Rock by Mike http://www.mikebroadway.com/blog/?p=938&cpage=1#comment-1037 Sun, 30 Oct 2011 21:00:32 +0000 http://www.mikebroadway.com/blog/?p=938#comment-1037 I’ll most likely be carrying a GF1 if we do meet around the downtown area. Maybe I’ll catch one of your talks at the Austin Photo Expo.

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Comment on Living Under A Rock by kirk tuck http://www.mikebroadway.com/blog/?p=938&cpage=1#comment-1036 Sun, 30 Oct 2011 17:03:04 +0000 http://www.mikebroadway.com/blog/?p=938#comment-1036 Thanks! And welcome. If you see me out and around town with the V1 don’t hesitate to say “hi.” We can compare notes about our fun camera.

Best, Kirk

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Comment on Sturm und Drang and the Nikon 1 System by Mike http://www.mikebroadway.com/blog/?p=908&cpage=1#comment-1024 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:32:54 +0000 http://www.mikebroadway.com/blog/?p=908#comment-1024 I didn’t actually say I would buy a V1 as a gift, only that I might. And I might. The main point that I wanted to make though, was that the hand wringing over the Nikon 1 System was exaggerated and that there was a market for these cameras.

That said, I wouldn’t look at the GF1 for my daughters because of cost and that it has already been discontinued. It is still available from some vendors but at street price close to double that of the V1. The GF3 fits on $$$ but can’t mount an eye level finder and even if it could, the distinctly plastic GF1 viewfinder mounted in the hot shoe just isn’t robust enough for the “throw in the back seat” life style of my daughters.

A larger sensor on a Fuji X10 would be worthy of consideration, but for my daughters I would be looking to start them on a system that would offer more lens options. They are creative types that I feel are likely, over a year or two, to want to cover a wider focal length and aperture range than the 4x fixed lens of the X10. For the larger public – you are absolutely right that the majority will never buy a second lens but they will fall for the marketing that flatters them on the one hand and makes them afraid on the other.

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