Happy President’s...

Today’s Post by Joe Farace For blog readers who live outside of the USA, President’s Day is a holiday celebrated on the third Monday in February in honor of George Washington, the first President of the United States, who was born on February 22, 1732. While widely known as...

How I “Shot the S...

From the Best of Mark Toal I was in Virginia City, Nevada last week to check out the steam train that runs between Virginia City and Gold Hill, Nevada. I took the train ride and returned to set up a time lapse of the train pulling into the station and then leaving again. The time lapse...

Think About Buying a Us...

From the Best of Mark Toal Joe and I are both camera nuts. If there’s a new or interesting camera we just have to try it. We both also love older cameras. This means that we frequently buy older mirrorless cameras and sell ones that aren’t very old. Joe has converted two of of his...

Adding Dramatic Lightin...

Today’s Post By Mildred Alpern Not surprisingly, I get tips from Mirrorless Photo Tips and sometimes they steer me into new paths. Two MPT posts boosted my interest to work on dramatic lighting with a slave flash— off camera flash—and the Olympus E-M5 Mark II (Wireless Speedlights in the...

Shooting the Panasonic ...

Today’s Post by Mark Toal I’ve always loved the 4K Photo Mode that Panasonic introduced a couple of years ago for the Lumix G7. 4K Photo allows you to pull an eight-Megapixel frame from a 4K video clip. Any camera that can shoot 4K video can be used to extract a still frame in post...

Exploring Low Light Pho...

Today’s Post by Mark Toal It always surprises me what I learn when trying out a new camera or lens. Low light photography has always been a challenge with Micro Four-thirds (MFT) cameras because one of the benefits to camera with a larger sensor is that images shot at higher ISO’s...