Panasonic Gallery

Let It Snow: Black and White Photography with the OM-D E-M5 and the DMC-GH3

26/02/2013 By Mathieu

On Sunday, we woke up to a city covered in a thick blanket of snow! We seized the opportunity for an impromptu black and white photography session with our GH3 and E-M5. We shot in RAW format and converted the photos in Lightroom 4. There wasn’t a lot of light, of course, so we increased the contrast to make them look more dramatic. I used the E-M5 with the M.Zuiko 12mm f/2 except for the eleventh and fourteenth pictures which were shot with the M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8. Heather used the GH3 with a M.Zuiko 14-42 F/3.5-5.6 lens. Enjoy the gallery!

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.