Category: Uncategorized

  • Small camera, big picture

    Small camera, big picture, originally uploaded by john m flores. Canon G10 does a two page, full-color spread in the latest issue of RoadRUNNER Magazine. Not bad for a camera you can fit in your cargo shorts…

  • Still from video interview

    Still from Kenney Interview, originally uploaded by john m flores. Ten years ago, getting a clean 2 megapixel still image was a technical challenge. I’m now getting quality like this at 24FPS. Pretty crazy…

  • Panasonic GH2 at work

    Frank Kenney being interviewed for The Citizens Campaign, originally uploaded by john m flores. Shot a couple of interviews yesterday. Here’s the setting for one of them. The GH2 and all the related camera and audio gear fit in a backpack while the lights fit in a large bag. A great mobile kit! Gear is…

  • Panasonic GH2 at work

    Frank Kenney being interviewed for The Citizens Campaign, originally uploaded by john m flores. Shot a couple of interviews yesterday. Here’s the setting for one of them. The GH2 and all the related camera and audio gear fit in a backpack while the lights fit in a large bag. A great mobile kit! Gear is…

  • Beneath the dogwood

    Beneath the dogwood, originally uploaded by john m flores. In the few short months of owning the GH2, I’ve become a regular over at Mu-43.com, a discussion forum for Micro Four-Thirds. It’s a really good group of folks – a mix of seasoned pros that have added M43 to their dSLR kit and younger folks…

  • First time birding

    First time birding, originally uploaded by john m flores. The Panasonic 100-300 is the longest lens I’ve ever owned or used by a good margin, so I thought that I’d try doing what many are considering this lens for – birding. With the GH2 set to AF.C, AF Tracking, and high-speed shooting, I set upon…

  • Lawn furniture

    Lawn furniture, originally uploaded by john m flores. One of the myths of M43 is that the sensor is so small that you can’t really get out-of-focus areas. In the kingdom of bokeh, medium format is king, followed by full-frame/35mm, APS-C, M43. Truth told, I was skeptical as well when I first got the camera,…

  • Dogged wood

    Dogged wood, originally uploaded by john m flores. So last year the dogwood in the front yard didn’t bloom. We were kind of bummed because it’s really pretty when it does, and I’ve used it as a subject to test a number of cameras and lenses – my old Nikon D70 with a 50mm F1.4,…

  • Still Life, with Laundry

    Still Life, with Laundry, originally uploaded by john m flores. There is lint-free beauty everywhere. You’ve just got to look harder. Posted on Utata.org

  • Chair. Stair. Rosary.

    Chair. Stair. Rosary., originally uploaded by john m flores. Panasonic GH2 with a Pentax DA70 F2.4 Limited via a Fotodiox adapter. ISO3200. This is a pretty nice performance. No NR applied in post. Similar shots at ISO6400 and ISO12800 show much greater blotchiness in the color and reduced dynamic range/greater contrast. This was shot at…