Tom Caldwell

Yes as you know I am a great fan of your grips and I have a number of them and I would recommend them to anyone and everyone.  But our dollar is such that the effective cost is 40% more on base ...

Not such a bad idea - the way was open after the Pentax acquisition to make an AF K mount module for the GXR. Add an updated GXR body with a good evf and Ricoh-Pentax was well on the way to their ...

My memory is hazy, but I thought that the story was told at the time when Ricoh bought Pentax they rolled the Pentax and Ricoh assets into the Pentax-Ricoh Imaging Corporation and let the Pentax ...

I went to the Panasonic GM1 then GX7 (which is a GXR in drag) and have supplemented it with a GM5. The GM5 is smaller than the LX100.  But of course you have to find the lens of your choice. Luckil ...

I suppose that when you buy electrical gear from the US it always comes with US plugs and a US power pack.  Luckily most power packs are multiple voltage these days and local cords and plugs are ...

Must have done Mark.  I was using a GX7 with its long-standing silent shutter and an E-M1 with its new-fangled silent shutter at a show I was recording.  The E-M1 drove me mad afterwards as I had ...

I can accept that.  I can also accept that the Air might be in a little (tiny) niche of its own and for specialised use maybe, but as used as "a general camera" it does not really look like it ...

I suppose if they made GM series cameras cheap enough more would use them a multiple cameras. Therefore Panasonic could make up for low margins by sheer numbers sold. As the GM1 price fell I ...

So why can't Metabones etc tap into this phase detect or is there something I am missing? I thought that there was some problem that could not be overcome leaving EF lenses stumbling whereas on...

It is an accounting principle and works better on the huge volumes that digital cameras can produce.  It also relies on the fact that once huge volumes are made and sold the manufacturer needs to ...

Just for the sake of experimentation: I bought a Kenko "Automatic Extension Tube Set DG" for Canon EOS-EF. Attached to my Olympus EM-1 with Metabones Ultra and then "short" 12mm Kenko and a Canon ...

Agreed.  The GM1 is also the Air that Olympus could have made alternatively.  I tend to be out on my own little limb seeing the GM series as a "proper camera" Air type that can be mated with ...

Me too Marty, the first thing I do with any new camera (and I mean "any") is to make sure I have a few spare batteries.  These are carried as you do and therefore battery life has never been a ...

Nope, the GM5 is a great camera for me.  The secret is to see a long lasting classic in the making and buy and keep. If we all did that then the price will fall slower and in an extreme case (fire ...

Marty a major camera retailer in Australia knocked 20% off its already low(ish) GM5 price (for Australia) (last night?). What was a borderline price suddenly became more attractive - I think they ...

Not so much that this bothers me as it can be corrected and I have not noticed.  But there is something far worse. I like silent shutter a lot but there is absolutely no indication that an image ...

It is more of a question of why did you sell the 45/1.8 in the first place? - I think that is your answer.

That the A7 MkI series has no PDAF has more than a hint of irony considering the band with fifes and drums that followed its launch. Nice to see the waters of FF ML camera bodies explored but it...

I have no doubt that they can take what is a pocket powerhouse and make it truly drool worthy. One limitation has been mentioned before is that anything that generates a lot of heat might tax the ...

That is a pretty sweeping statement.  I don't think that the GM1 was a copy of anything as the closest camera in specification was the Pentax Q - which has a much smaller sensor which makes it in ...