Glad you included the E-1 - still my favourite camera in the hand. The 1X as well - i'd had mine for a day and it felt like we'd always been together. My first Oly was a 2nd hand OM1-N which i got in 1980. Well, we now all know where they've gone with the new owners, but nothing about it has encouraged me to replace my 1X bodies. Nice vid. Cheers.

Many of your problems would be solved with the Fuji X30. I have one and often choose it over my full frame gear.

Peter this has been a very informative video, so thank you for that. I enjoy the behind the scenes videos as it shows that is is not as easy or "off the cuff" as many would think. I am enjoying the new channel direction.

My good man, you're way too humble for someone of such ability and aptitude. You keep doing you, and those of us in search of authenticity will be here for it. 🍵✌️

Peter, for travel my kit is a bit more specialised. Let me give you an example I'm going to Kenya in January photo submarine, safari and tourist. Submarine but also any land snaps. I have a TG6 in a 60metre case. Two Strobes, LED and a gopro on top. That will give Macro to kill for, ambient wide angle video for background. After that for land OM-D with Zuiko 75-300 Safari then 14-42 Zuiko kit lens, it is so good. Then the surprise, my 7.5 mm 7 Artizans lens. I don't know what I am or aren't going to do with it however I took it to London, with a girlfriend and it was the star.

Excellent

How would it be for photos in a sports hall covered with artificial light? I say this with the f4. It would be enough to raise the ISO a little. The camera I have is the OM1 mark 2. Thank you

Used this with the 2x extender and the Viltrox JY-43F adapter. Adapter much cheaper and works well -- but has no weather sealing. And i can confirm that auto-focus very poor with contrast based focus. So i either got to buy a more recent camera, or sell these. Still undecided ...

Very inspiring video, all your diptychs work very well. I have suggested "diptych(s)" as a monthly challenge to my photo club. I hope it will be chosen, if not this month, innthe near future!

Symmetry focuses our attention. Like a flower attracts a bee and the face of a predator makes us flee. Symmetry says something very well balanced, right in front of us means business. If what’s on the left is the past and the right is the future, symmetry says they are the same as far as it is concerned. Thus there is no time in symmetry. It is balanced, immobile, immediate and eternal.

Congrats 🎉🎉🎉

Wonderful review and your superb photography really shows it’s potential. This lens now on my shortlist in Canon RF mount. Many thanks! 👍👍👍

The vertical panorama of the tall building is something I had never thought about doing. I will be trying it out.

Ihr Beitrag bestätigt dass, was jemand über den Unterschied zwischen einem Profi - Fotografen und einem Amateur ausmacht : Der Profi fotografiert sofort ohne zu überlegen - der Amateur überlegt erst und fotografiert dann oder - auch nicht👍!

I have down loaded the file buy it will not open - please help

What's the so-called challenge for tomorrow? People are tagging you in your group.

Thanks for the heads up on this👍

I've only had PL7 for less than a year, don't know if it's worth upgrading to PL8 just yet. I have been wanting to get Nik Collection 7. I definitely use your link when I take advantage of the Black Friday sale. :)

Thank you for the instructions. A few crowns for coffee 👋

Congratulations Peter. Love your work, your an inspiration to us all.

None of the images are a problem to me. But it does make me a bit sad that we have to have those conversations in this day and age. Here we all are trying to do the right thing as responsible photographers, while there are thousands of cameras around us for all sorts of reasons and purposes. I know that is not the same, but unless you accept this new world we live in, you couldn't even dare to leave your own home anymore. I love looking at street photos; those that tell stories and sometimes show raw emotions. But if we all start taking unrecognisable pictures of peoples backsides then we would have nothing to show future generations what life was like on the street in 2024. Sorry about my ramble but hope you you get where I'm heading. BTW, love your channel Peter. Congrats on your 80,000.

music is annoying though

Congrats.!

This is a nuanced subject, so I'm always interested to hear the ideas of other photographers about it. From the legal perspective, you are allowed to photograph people in public, but you can't monetise it without a model release. From the personal perspective, it really depends on the kind of person you are. I don't particularly consider myself a street photographer if you want to pin me to a gendre, I view myself as a reportage photographer. So for me its about capturing the essence of places and events in time, rather than picking on specific individuals who might be in the street at the time. As the guiding principle, I try to use empathy, you know some people probably quite like getting in some photo and others may not, the photographer has maybe 1-2 seconds to make the call. But unless you are out at 3am on a weekday, people are generally going to be around. Occasionally I get quite good street shots, but its usually a fluke. There are others, however, who specialise in this gendre, and if they have the right kind of personality type, i.e. the ones who can 'get in peoples faces' without being taken too seriously, sometimes those results can be remarkable. Then there is the model photographer, who visualises the picture and hires the model to get in the scene (and gets the model release as part of the deal right). This can also yield very interesting results!

I broke my original SWD, I am going to buy another one. You can get a 12-40 with the change, compared to the 40-150.

Really well deserved!! Keep doing this fantastic channel!

well done

Congrats dear Peter!!! Very well deserved

You deserve it, Peter! Congratulations!

Congratulations! 🎉 Your thoughtful, kind and helpful demeanor has drawn all of us to you…you deserve every subscriber you’ve earned! 🙏👏

Congrats, I’m glad I get to be a part of it, your videos are always so helpful. You approach topics with grace & humility, & even in areas where we disagree, I always respect your position & your justification for coming to a conclusion. On top of it all, you’re a damn good photographer & I really enjoy getting to see your work. It inspires me to step out of my comfort zone & to push myself to get shots I wouldn’t have had the confidence to before.

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Congratulations Peter, hope there are many more to come! 🎉

Well deserved 🎉🎉🎉

It's almost keeping up with the price of Bitcoin. 😋🥂

I want to know how much better the image quality is compared to the EM10 IV or even the OM1 first version.

Congratulations. Btw, do you know which Fuji camera has the brightest LCD screen for use in bright sun. I bought the xs-20, but I found it's hard to view the LCD screen when it's sunny outside.

congrats :D hoping it'll be on the same path towards 90K and then 100K!

Thank you for reviewing such important point. I don’t think any of your photographs is somehow unethical.

Thanks 🖤 Helped a lot and it was good to see my home town! 🐈‍⬛

Can the camera be set to make a fake noise in silent shutter mode; so as to help the model time his movements?

Photography, is Memories, is Emotions, is a Language. Professional, means to be there, and make the job well, that covers the M.E.L. criteria. It is not only wedding and landscape excellence, it is lens and technique or technology excellence. I never listen such clichés, I will say to him, just do the job, fast and memorable. Salut

I have found ISO bracketing to work decently for JPEG shooting. It is like auto gradation but more predictable, you can just throw them into a free app on phones and get 'free' dynamic range for JPEG. Or using high speed electronic shutter with exposure bracketing works OK for JPEGs as well.

For me, OM keeps disappointing except for the extra two stops of ibis. It's true that I had greater expectations after the acquisition. They released two OM1's in 3 years and I still don't find any good reason to upgrade from EM1 III. Most of the upgrades feel minimal and incremental. I hoped they will go with a higher res sensor and far better processing power. Also they are really slow in providing firmware updates. And I feel I've been left behind with the EM1 III on this field.

Those photos does not create problem. But I.have a rule for my self: Good photography is just like good wine. Leave some time/years to pass, before you publish your photo

Peter - A good review of a subject that I have rarely thought about - very useful.

A very interesting and thought provoking video Peter. I have never thought of / heard about this technique / compositional mode before except for the concepts of triptychs in churches ! I found it to be a very stimulating and insightful video with much to think about ..

As a street photographer and a father I don’t take pics of kids unless you can not recognize them at all or of the homeless

If the person is the subject then it needs to be more carefully handled. If the person is a small part of the subject and behaving normally then it's your choice. Your photos aren't unethical but the bloke sitting on a windowsill would be a no for me. As would any child unless the parent agreed.

Thank you for this video, it's a concern for me. None of these photos are unethical