One of my friend thought he got a great deal out of eBay (Aust) a few weeks ago, he paid an equivalent of NZD240.00 for this three year old...

After I published the review of the  Panasonic Leica DG 8-18mm f2.8-4 lens, a reader wanted to know how good is the lens at FULL f/2.8 and...

The Leica DG Vario Elmarit 8-18mm f2.8-4 is an ultra-wide zoom lens for the M43 system. It  delivers equivalent coverage of 16-36mm on a M4...

In my recent posting about this very bright, pricey super-wide "Low Light King" ,  I follow up with a "Second Take" wh...

The First Time when we visited the Wellington Zoo was in 1988, (the first week when we arrived from Penang); since then, we probably went b...

I have mix feeling on this pricey Panasonic / Leica optics, some of my friends think this prime lens is specially created for low light p...

I was lucky to have this incredible  Panasonic Leica DG Summilux 12mm f/1.4 ASPH Prime Lens, send to me from Panasonic New Zealand, last Fr...

"Bird" hunting  while driving up Mt Victoria , in Wellington with the Panasonic Leica 100-400 super zoom. I t was a clear win...

WOOHOO!  As promised, I received the long awaited  Panasonic Leica   DG Vario-Elmar 100-400mm f/4.0-6.3 ASPH zoom lens from Panasonic New Z...

Four years ago Panasonic presents their large (F1.7) aperture "pancake" 20mm (40mm equivalent) lens as the kit lens for the Lum...

A friend who bought an Olympus OM-D recently, decided to supplement his 14-42 ( Eq v 28-84) f3.5/5.6 "kit zoom" with a telephot...

Three days ago, my colleague Martyn received his spanking new Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS II lens! I was the first person he show the 1...

What is a mirror lens? According to my friend Leonard Foo of MIR ... "You can called a Reflex Lens a poor man's ED lens. In ...

Saturday... after days of doom and groom of wet and cold days, mother nature decided to show a little mercy to Wellingtonian by dishing o...

Image stabilization ( IS ) is a family of techniques used to reduce blurring associated with the motion of a camera during exposure. S...

When I joint the newspaper in 1974 as photojournalist, there was one lens that was found in every photojournalist's bag throughout the...

I lied ;)   It is not actually a real "V" confrontation because the NEW Olympus M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 75mm F1.8 lens is not eve...

The lens we are trying out is known as... Panasonic Lumix G X Vario PZ 45-175mm f/4-5.6 ASPH/POWER O.I.S. Lens What a mouth full! A...

Every year , for twice a year; on the first Saturday of February and March, since 1977; Martinborough  hold her famous fair which attracts...

Sixteen months ago I wrote about my favorite ultra-wide zoom lens, the Panasonic Lumix G Vario 7-14 mm F4.0 ASPH ; I was surprised how po...