Not another body and lens

Last night I realized that I still have my KM7D
^image borrowed from Luminous Landscape^

and thought that I'll just get a wide angle lens for it. My only issue with KM bodies is the AF. How in the world they let the AF performance degrade from Minolta Dynax/Maxxum (film) 7 AF to KM7D?!
Anyway, with an UWA (ultra wide angle) lens - AF performance will not matter much.
I was then very surprised to see that Tokina 11-16/2.8 is already available in the A-mount!
It's available in Amazon for USD599
- cheaper by USD100 than the Sigma 8-16
But in this case, I will not think twice of getting the Tokina :)

The Tokina 11-16 sort of dumped my 'want' of the Panasonic GF2/14mm...
unless I see a good deal on the GH1 that I've been hunting for since last year :D
It's currently available in Amazon for USD399.95

Really tempting... I just hope I can get a good deal on a used one locally.

Sell and Buy

Just recently sold two of my desktop audio gear and now I'm GAS'ing on another set of photo gear that I can use with wedding shoot.
I definitely need a wider lens.

The Candidates:

Olympus XZ-1 : best feature is the 28/1.8 widest coverage and zoom
available in Amazon for USD499


Panasonic LX-5 : best feature is the 24mm/2 widest coverage and video
available in Amazon for USD395.95

Panasonic GF-2 w/ 14/2.5 : best feature is the interchangeable lens and video
this combo available in Amazon for USD699


Will keep this blog posted :D :D :D

Nonito the Photographer

Was very fortunate today to meet Nonito Donaire - 3 division world boxing champion.

Thanks so much Lally the Lightshaper for the opportunity!!!
(Where's my Pacquiao photo? :D)

We met him at Lally's studio where he showed us his ringside boxing shots
and I must say the shots are impressive!
His timing are so precise and I think he can already retire
and just shoot photos for a magazine ;D
Goes to show how good he is in boxing!

Here's a shot of Nonito with Chris - another fellow photographer at Lightshapers.
Nonito is a very passionate photographer and he really is very good [thumbs up!]
Nonito in action at the studio

Bad Taste!

IMHO, Globe's ad for an upcoming run is in bad taste - you can better than that Globe!
link to ad: Run for Home 2011
Geez, what were they thinking?!?!?!
What do you think?

The Fast and the Inconspicuous!

Fast aperture lenses are making their way on point and shoot cameras.
Olympus XZ-1 10 MP Digital Camera
with f1.8 Lens and 3-Inch OLED Monitor
(available at Amazon)
If I was looking for one - I'll get this one :)
Review @ pocket-lint


Here's another 'contender':
Nikon COOLPIX P300 12.2 CMOS Digital Camera
with 4.2x f/1.8 NIKKOR Wide-Angle Optical Zoom Lens and Full HD 1080p Video
(available at Amazon)