Heather

Mirrorlessons for Movember 2013: Help us change the face of men’s health!

01/11/2013 By Heather

I think everyone here would agree that cancer has been a thorn in our sides for far too long. My paternal grandfather died of it, a handful of our friends and family had or are suffering from it, and I am sure that everyone here has lost someone due to it.

This is why we at Mirrorlessons have decided to hold our first ever Movember campaign dubbed Mirrorlessons for Movember!

Celebrating Halloween in Italy: A Panasonic Lumix GX7 Gallery

31/10/2013 By Heather

Halloween is still a relatively new phenomenon here in Italy but its popularity has exploded in the past few years. Go to any school and you will find children dressed up as witches, ghosts and pumpkins. Visit a discoteca on Halloween night and you’ll probably end up with a demon as your dancing partner.

Fifteen years ago, you would never have heard the words “dolcetto, scherzetto” (trick or treat) on the streets, but North American commercialism has a cunning way of weaving itself into the fabric of foreign cultures. I remember that during my one year stay in Japan back in 2006, Halloween was almost more popular there than it was in Canada, my home country. Though it hasn’t reached that level of popularity here in Italy, I’m sure it’s only a matter of time…

Testing out the new Fujifilm XQ1 & X-A1 in Cossato, Italy

27/10/2013 By Heather

At the Italian Fuji X Day in Cossato, we had originally hoped to spend some time with the new Fujifilm X-E2 but it turned out that it had somewhere else to be – most likely in the hands of a journalist or an X photographer! Despite our disappointment, we were compensated by the presence of the XQ1, Fujifilm’s newest compact, the X-A1 or the X-M1’s twin sans X-Trans technology and the highly-anticipated Fujinon XF 23mm f/1.4 (hands-on review coming soon but you can see a preview in this article as most of the product shots were taken with that lens).

“I’m Making the Switch!” – 9 Great Articles About Dropping the DSLR for Mirrorless

25/10/2013 By Heather

Perhaps you’ve read the odd article about how mirrorless cameras are rapidly catching up with DSLRs in terms of image quality and performance. You may also have read a handful of posts that go as far as to claim that the demise of the DSLR is on the near horizon. While it is easy to make claims and predictions, they only become credible once proof of the so-called “shift from DSLR to mirrorless” is seen in the actions of actual professional photographers. [Read more…] about “I’m Making the Switch!” – 9 Great Articles About Dropping the DSLR for Mirrorless

Not too big, not too small: 10 great mirrorless camera bags

21/10/2013 By Heather

When Mathieu first went completely mirrorless, one of the first problems he encountered was that every camera bag that he owned was oversized relative to his gear. The camera bag he had once used to carry around his Nikon D700 and three lenses now seemed to swallow up his Olympus OM-D E-M5, Fujifilm X100s and three Micro Four Thirds lenses. The only solution was to pick up a new bag that would suit the small size of his mirrorless gear.