Olympus TG-610 - You be the Judge

Herewith a few photo`s taken with the Olympus TG-610 from the Tough Series of Olympus cameras.

You be the judge. 

Please click on the photo for the correct size.

All the photo`s were resized.

OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
TG-610 Hand held
f 5.2
1/15 sec
ISO 100
No exposure compensation
Focal length 20mm

Metering mode = Pattern
Exposure program = Creative Program (biased toward depth of field)
WB = Auto
Post-processing = Crop only
Time of photo = 6:28 pm

OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
TG-610 Hand held

f 5.5
1/250 sec

ISO 80
No exposure compensation

Focal length 12mm

Metering mode = Pattern

Exposure program =Normal
WB = Auto
Post-processing = 1 Step Auto colour correction with Microsoft Office Picture Manager
Time of photo = 1:11 pm

OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
TG-610 Hand held

f 4.8
1/200 sec

ISO 80

No exposure compensation

Focal length 17mm

Metering mode = Pattern

Exposure program = Creative Program (biased to depth of field) Setting was "Macro"
WB = Auto
Post-processing = Crop only
Time of photo = 4:52 pm

OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
TG-610 Hand held

f 4.8
1/160 sec

ISO 80

No exposure compensation

Focal length 8mm

Metering mode = Pattern

Creative Program (biased to depth of field)WB = Auto
Post-processing = Crop only
Time of photo = 2:55 pm

Ansel Adams causing Collective Photographer`s BLOCK ????

Don`t know whether it is interesting or sad to more and more read  "What would Ansel Adams have done...."


Ansel Adams died on April 22, 1984.  That is 27 Years and 2 Months or more closely, at the time of this writing, about 9923 days ago.

Is it possible that NOT ONE photographer with the same or better abilities, insights and skills  can be or has been found since then?  Does it mean that he was the ONLY CREATIVE photographer ever?  If this is the case it really would be a very, very, very sad day for photography as an art or even as a routine occupation.

Although it may be said with confidence that most subjects and photographic situations that we found ourselves in today have already been experienced by other photographers, it does not mean that we have to always think what other people would have done in the same situation.  We are supposed to be individuals with our own skills, insights and creativity, thus we should be able to create unique images of "old" situations.

Maybe I understand it incorrectly.

Is it possible that by using the phrase "What would Ansel Adams have done...." that the proponents or slaves of the Great Mr Adams are trying to create COPY CATS or DUPLICATES of the said great photographer????

Or better still........  Is it because these proponents are experiencing photographer`s BLOCK or NEVER had ANY UNIQUE insights themselves?  If this is true I`ll help you by setting upon a book that may or may not be able to break your block and give you insight......

WHAT A SHAME HAS BEFALLEN US?????

Olympus E-PL2 - A Great Litle GEM !!!

This little camera defies anything I have ever experienced in a camera of any type !!!

In RED or BLACK.  

It is a GEM.

Although I`ve had this camera for a few weeks I was actually a bit overwhelmed by it.

Once I started studying the Concise Manual the realization that this little device is more than anyone can ever utilize to the full hit me with a shock :-)

If you`re looking for a FULL AUTOMATIC camera you have it !!!

If you`re looking for a FULL MANUAL camera you have it !!!

If you are looking for a camera that will outlive your imagination and creativity you have found it.

Once you have mastered the not so conventional controls, you will be delighted with it.

Now go out.  Buy one. And ENJOY!!!

Digital Photography - A REAL Revolution or just a Money Making Hoax?

Most people are like sheep.  They follow where it seems the main stream in anything goes.  It becomes the norm and then the truth.  Or does it?

In South Africa we had the saying "Lucky Strike cannot be bad for you as a million miners are smoking it and a million miners cannot ALL be wrong"

The same is true of digital photography.  Many millions of people are snapping away with the plethora of digital imaging devices so it MUST BE PHOTOGRAPHY !!!

Actually it is not.


If it was REAL PHOTOGRAPHY then Adobe Photoshop and so many other "PHOTOGRAPHIC" Software would not be needed to create an acceptable photograph.

In the good old days when most camera owners did not have access to darkrooms and photo manipulation devices there were photographers around the world that took the most stunning photographs that needed NO MANIPULATION to be classed as good or even excellent.

This is mostly not true of digital imaging.  Yes there are photographers out there that take excellent photographs with digital imaging devices, read camera, cellular phone, etc, but in 99% of the cases the images acquired by using digital imaging devices NEED manipulation of some sort to make it acceptable.  In actual fact most "serious photographers" out rightly condemn those that have not at least done some minor "photoshopping" or equivalent post-processing to their digital images.  So good "photoshopping" has become the norm and not GOOD photography :-(

The ONLY REAL BENEFIT of digital "photography" is that the user does not have to pay for really bad or deplorable images and that such people can do so immediately and painlessly.

So where does the "hoax" come in?  Easy really.  Now it is virtually possible for everyone to create unlimited bad digital images without having to fork out the money to pay for such images.  Thus the money that people would be loath to spend on bad images are now being spent on digital "cameras" creating a money making opportunity for the manufacturesrs of digital imaging devices such as cellular phones with lenses, GPSes with digital imaging capabilities and so on and so forth..........