Simili ma non uguali. Questo è quello che tiravamo fuori io e Dylan bighellonando per Berkeley un paio di settimane fa.

Dylan ed io abbiamo lavorato assieme per quattro anni a Londra, e siamo diventati amici. Siamo rientrati in Italia quasi contemporaneamente ma io a Milano, lui a Trento. E …

It might be quirky and it might be cool but I would argue this is something which should not appeal to anybody apart from facebook photographers.

I'm talking about the 15mm Olympus body c(r)ap lens.

The reasons are two:

1. judging from the shots which you can see here …

Special edition today, featuring only iPhone photos.

Random photos this time. Some are very old, and I can't even recall which lens I used. The last two are reminders that today was Giulia's birthday (and this year there was nothing really which could compete with that special gift we're enjoying together since the 4th of August).

It's almost a year now that I have the Nikon D7000. It's time to write something up about this camera.

I arrived at the Nikon D7000 after a long apprenticeship. I started with a Yashica FX-3 and its 50mm f/1.8, then I moved to a Nikon F70 (we're still in the ancient film era). After a few crappy compact digital cameras (and one less crappy than others, the Canon G5) I got my first DSLR (a Nikon D70s) which was excellent until it broke down.

Since I was always traveling and hiking and biking I wanted a smaller camera so I bought a Panasonic GF-1 that I still have (and will keep for many more years to come; it's still much better than any compact camera and only marginally larger).

I did a few experiments with the camera over the past two weekends. Thought to share a few pictures here, even if they are not particularly inspired shots. But if you're trying to find how damn good is the D7000 sensor, just look at the green tomato shot.

All shots …

Quando andavo in moto mi hanno sempre appassionato le gare di endurance; 6 ore di Sebring, 24 ore di Les Mans, fari nella lunga notte, tutte cose che mi affascinavano.

Ho smesso di andare in moto ma le gare di durata non hanno mai smesso di attirarmi. E quest'anno sono …

I find it difficult to take interesting/compelling/creative photos of familiar places. So what I did this time was just to take random snaps, without thinking too much, without trying to sample all the possible aspects of a place.

They may not show what the true Rosamarina is: to …

I haven't been able to publish these 'weekly snaps' for the past three weeks, but here I am with number 5; this time I'll start off with a couple of cliché photos.

Boschi di Carrega, Parma. Nikon D7000, 35mm f/1.8G; f/4 and 1/800s. Shooting something new …

This week's post has been delayed by some very expected news.

I'll start off with two variations of a similar photo I published in Weekly snaps #3; the first is a classical black and white, the second a slightly toned black and white.

Then I have three photos which were …

Fatemi lasciare un segnalibro in questa data, perché Valentina è nata oggi, 4 agosto 2012.

di getto

uscire dall'ospedale, rientrare a casa con Giulia e la bambina e pensare che d'ora in avanti ci sarà sempre una terza persona in casa.

incantarsi davanti al suo visino, ingobbirsi per starle vicino …

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It's been quite some time now that I have gone back to DSLRs, but the little Panasonic GF1 is still a constant presence in my backpack. In the meantime, Panasonic has churned out countless other iterations on the same micro four/thirds concept; but to me it has somehow watered down the concept and only the latest one (GX1) seems to be the true successor of the GF1.

I think it's only appropriate to post now a few words on my GF1; I know, it is indeed a very late review¹ but it could be of some interest to cheapskates that are looking for a nice and little second-hand camera (or maybe convince those of you affected by GAS² that the GF1 is still "good enough")

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È da quasi un anno che sono tornato al mondo reflex con una Nikon D7000, ma la piccola Panasonic GF1 è ancora una presenza costante nel mio zaino. Nel frattempo sono uscite altre cento iterazioni della Panasonic sul tema mirrorless / micro quattroterzi ma solo l'ultima (GX1) mi pare la vera evoluzione della GF1¹.

Pubblico quindi solo ora, fuori tempo massimo³, alcune impressioni e note sulla GF1. Potrà interessare gli squattrinati che vogliono cercare una buona e piccola macchina fotografica sul mercato dell'usato o convincere i maniaci dell'acquisto compulsivo a ritardare il pensionamento della propria GF1.

This week, moody skies.

All shots taken with a Nikon D7000 during last weekend's walks in and around town with Giulia. I wanted to add "all shots were minimally processed except for that one" but the reality¹ is that I used also some dodge and burn, at least one …

There are still pearls to be found on the internet, after all.

In these days I have found three photography blogs which are full of interesting and well written articles; stimulating, instructive, much better of the crap that Popular Photography publishes (and I'm not even mentioning the countless websites and …