Is the Olympus E-PL1 really childs play?

Aug
23

I have now had the Olympus E-PL1 for nearly 4 months now and while I want to use it regularly and think it is a great camera, I do miss the quick auto focus of the Olympus E3 and often pick that up when I know the subject is going to move or is unpredictable.  Really, I just need to spend a little more time with it, but then there is the 5yr old daughter factor that sneaks in - each time I do go to reach for it I find that Amelia has often beaten me to it and is taking a couple hundred photos of what she thinks is important at the time (and doing a great job of it) or she has left me with a

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April and May macro lens updates

Jun
02

I eventually got around to uploading a few more April and May updates - again these photos were taken with the Olympus, 50mm, f2, macro lens on either the Olympus E3, E510 or E-PL1 and with or withour the Ring Flash attachment.  You will be able to pick some of the photos where the ring flash was used as I learn how to use this flash a little better.  You will also find a photo of a small fish I found in the tweed river early one morning.  This was taken with the Ikelite housing and 2 D160 Ikelite strobes.  For the underwater pictures I tend to use full manual controls rather than an apertu

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Penang

May
14

I only visited Penang for the first time in 2009, even though I have been travelling to Malaysia quite a lot over the last few years.  The aim of my visit to Penang was to participate in the Penang Bridge Marathon generally held in November.  I did actually wake nice and early and completed the Half Marathon in a time that was not too disgraceful, though I felt that I had the knees and legs of an 80 yr old (well what I suspect they will be like at 80yrs).  I just could not move after this - but having said that it was a lot of fun and I really enjoyed it.

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More March and April updates

Apr
26

I have finally been able to add a couple more updates for the March and April macro a daye pages.  Some of these pics have been taken while travelling abroad and it offered an opportunity to try out a few different techniques.  The cameras used during this period were the Olympus E-PL1 (not my favourite for Macro, but it works as u will see from the pics).  The other cameras consisted of the Olympus E3 and the Olympus E510.  I am really missing the E3 with it snappy Auto focus and it just seems to have dials and options in the right place.

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January, February and some March Macro lens pics posted

Apr
15

Wow! The first 3 months of the year have just disappeared. I have absolutely no recollection of these 3 months except for the photos I have laboriously taken.  I set out on the 1st of January to take at least 1 photo a day with my Olympus 50mm, F2.0 Macro lens.  That has been a challenge with cameras having to be sent away and other cameras being damaged while travelling through Malaysia and Vietnam. I have taken pics with an Olympus E3, E510 and more recently an E-PL1.

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