theatre of noise
Reviews, comments, rants. By Robin Parmar.
14 April 2024
Cheap lens equals excellent lens?
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St. Mary's Church interior @ F4 Though sometimes I recommend lenses that might cost a few hundred clams, today I am evaluating a SMC P...
Does your gear matter?
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Does your gear matter? Simple answer: yes. Those populists who say otherwise are perhaps simply currying favour. Or, to be generous, perha...
10 April 2024
That elusive "3D pop" defined
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"Chris" with the Pentax-FA 43mm Limited Photographers have argued for decades about a certain appealing quality of an image call...
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05 April 2024
Comparing fast vintage lenses (50mm F1.2)
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I've been slowly going through my older lenses and seeing what works best with my Lumix S5. Historically, most of my photography has bee...
28 March 2024
The very excellent Vivitar 135mm f/2.8 Auto Telephoto Close Focusing lens
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Some years ago I reviewed this lens by adapting it to the Micro Four Thirds system. I was having fun today, so thought I'd remind my rea...
09 January 2024
The best and cheapest laptop you can buy (2024 edition)
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If you are looking for an excellent lightweight laptop for everyday use, I have a suggestion. My impetus for writing this article is not to ...
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04 December 2023
Photographic Equivalence
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The problem of photographic (or cinematic) equivalence is a subject that rears its ugly head every so often. Many people simply misunderstan...
24 October 2023
Martha Graham on artistic vitality
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“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening...” This fantastic quote from Martha Graham is reproduced below in its entire...
12 September 2023
What is a good low noise microphone for field recording?
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This is another blog post in my everyone-asks-this-question-a-million-times-so-now-I-can-just-link-them-here series (patent pending). The pr...
09 September 2023
My favourite Windows utilities
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Here's a quick article listing the essential applications I install with every new Windows computer. These solve some of the nagging ann...
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