Two Features I Want in ...

Today’s post by Mark Toal 2014 brought two features to almost all cameras that I want in every future camera that I buy; focus peaking and Wi-Fi. When I first see a new feature my response is usually “I don’t need that, I just want a camera that takes a good image”. You’d...

Rescuing Lost Images fr...

When Mary and I returned from a trip last summer, she wanted to see all of my pictures right away and instead of looking at them on the camera I suggested we transfer the files to this new portable device that would store images and then play them back on a big screen. Since the files...

Social Media Popularity

Today’s Post by Mark Toal I’ve never been very good about figuring out what works best to get people to look at my websites or images on the Internet. Joe takes care of all that stuff for this blog. For the past seven years I’ve been adding photos to my personal photo blog. After I...

My Favorite Things to P...

Today’s Post by Joe Farace “Silver white winters that melt into springs, These are a few of my favorite things…”—lyrics to My Favorite Things Whenever I get a new camera or lens I like to test it by photographing a favorite location. You can read about why and how...

Choosing a Camera for a...

Today’s Post by Mark Toal It’s time for my annual week long trip to Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show. Since I’ll be working all week in the Panasonic booth and won’t have too much time for making photos. I’m trying to decide what camera to take. My main criteria are that that...

New Year’s Resolu...

Today’s Post by Mark Toal I feel like I’m always writing or talking about why mirrorless cameras allow you always have a camera with you. The other day I had another great example. I’m the photographer for one of the steam trains that lives here in Portland, Oregon—the SP&S...