After trying a half dozen different sites for managing a portfolio, I finally settled on one, committed to it and my new site is now live.
In the end, I opted for Viewbooks. These guys seem to have the best balance between professional layout, tools, price and so on. Others I considered included zenfolio, pixelpost, 500px.com, custom wordpress themes, livebooks, smugmug and probably a couple more I can’t remember. I also made several starts to code one myself in silverlight, php and various other tools which I later abandoned due to …
I have a friend who has been asked me about my experience with the Nokton 25mm on the M43rds system and how it compares to the Switar 26mm f1.1. Or specifically, given the choice which of these two lenses would I recommend? I started to reply and decided it’d be just as easy to write the response up on here in case others were interested.
This won’t be a review – just a short intro / initial thoughts. For a quick conclusion – I believe this lens, coupled with the G3 …
Rolling hills of green, yellow and brown are trademark views in the Palouse. We spent several hours driving through scenery like this – definitely worth a trip back in other seasons too.
Single image:
And a triptych:
All shots with the Panasonic G3 + Switar 75mm f1.9 c mount lens.
These three are the last of my shots overlooking the Palouse. Will post more classic down-to-earth shots next.
All shots taken with the Panasonic G3. First and last are with a Switar 75mm f1.9 c mount. The middle shot is with the kit lens (14-42)
A couple of shots from the Steptoe Butte scene that i really liked.
Panasonic G3 + Switar 75mm f1.9 c mount lens
In the 3 hours or so at the top of Steptoe Butte, I got a bunch of keepers. Will post favourites over the next few days. This was fortunate – a couple of folks showed up to do this:
Panasonic G3 + Switar 75mm f1.9 c mount lens
A view from Steptoe Butte, in the Palouse, Eastern Washington.
Panasonic G3 + Kit Lens
Quick post. Back from a great 2 day road trip in the Palouse (eastern washington). Posts & comments to follow. Hope everyone (well you Americans :) had a great 4th!
Panasonic G3 + Kit lens
