Heather

Skiing in the Italian Alps with the Panasonic Lumix GH3 | Testing the Artistic Modes

12/02/2013 By Heather

I will admit that I am not much of a skier, and thus, not very Canadian in the eyes of most. My first memory of skiing is of crashing into a fence, and subsequently a garbage bin at the age of 14. It is also my fondest memory, not for the pain it caused but for the amusing story it has allowed me to tell years after the fact.

Not wanting to put myself in similar danger on the treacherous slopes of the Alps, I happily traded the opportunity to ski with fellow MirrorLessons writer Mathieu and his cousin Nicola for a cold and snowy day out with the Panasonic Lumix GH3, photographing skiers and snowboarders with much more talent than myself! The challenge was to limit myself to the Artistic Modes on the camera. I wanted to see which of these modes could best capture the exciting ambiance of the Alps.

Say ‘hello’ to the new Sony NEX-3N!

11/02/2013 By Heather

Sony’s showing a lot of love for its NEX line with the rumoured released of the Sony NEX-3N, a mirrorless interchangeable lens camera with a 16 MP sensor and what appears to be an electronic zoom lever below the shutter button.

With the electronic zoom control, users will experience a smoother and steadier zoom, especially when they take videos. It is usable with both the 16-50mm and 18-200mm power zoom (PZ) lenses.

Panasonic announces the Lumix G Vario 14-42mm

01/02/2013 By Heather

It looks like Sigma and Tamron aren’t the only companies that have been busy trying to flood the market with new Micro Four-Thirds lenses!

Yesterday, Panasonic got in on the game after announcing the upcoming release of the Lumix G Vario 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6, a compact standard zoom lens designed especially for Micro Four-Thirds cameras.

New Tamron and Sigma Micro Four-Thirds Lenses Set for Release

31/01/2013 By Heather

Lens-making tycoons Tamron and Sigma recently announced that they will be releasing a handful of new lenses designed especially for micro four-thirds cameras.

Tamron has devised a 14-150mm f/3.5-5.8 (28-300mm equivalent) high-power zoom for mirrorless cameras which have a micro 3/4 sensor. Available in both black and silver, it will purportedly reduce chromatic aberration thanks to its glass elements, quieten the autofocus and improve image stabilisation.

Sigma, on the other hand, has populated the range with three new lenses appropriate for all 4/3s cameras and Sony mirrorless cameras.

First mirrorless, and now lens-less? The invention of the first metamaterial camera!

20/01/2013 By Heather

We’ve all heard of mirrorless technology, but what about lens-less technology?

At Duke University in the United States, scientists and engineers have used a copper-based metamaterial (or, artificial materials which do not exist in nature) to create a lens-less imaging sensor for cameras to be implemented in airport security and law enforcement.