Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IIIs - A Real Life Shooting Experience

Olympus released E-M10 Mark IIIs, a minor refresh to the E-M10 Mark III some time late last year. The E-M10 Mark IIIs is positioned below the E-M10 Mark IV, but it is almost the same camera as the previous E-M10 Mark III, with only 2 improvements: Silent mode while shooting in P, A, S and M modes, and new Art Filter Instant Film. Since the E-M10 Mark IIIs is practically the same camera as E-M10 Mark III, I shall not be

Olympus & Samsung Partnership Rumor - How Can Samsung Benefit From This?

Recently, there is a rumor flying around hinting the potential partnership between Samsung and Olympus. Olympus is rumored to be making the camera module for Samsung's next flagship smartphone camera. While generally I don't comment on rumors, but I find this to be quite exciting, and I do hope it comes true. After all, I am currently an Olympus Visionary, having reviewed Olympus' latest cameras and lenses (except that elusive M.Zuiko 150-400mm F4 PRO lens), and I am quite involved with

Saturday Portrait & Food Adventures

Jason, a close friend asked for lunch and requested to have some quick portrait shots of him taken. We had a quick session downtown in Kuala Lumpur in the morning, walked around the city streets a little, got some shots taken to work out an appetite. We then had a glorious lunch feast - chicken rice with sides of pork balls soup and char siew. After lunch we stuffed ourselves with sinfully sweet desserts. All evidence photographed, and you will see

Olympus M.Zuiko 17mm F2.8 Pancake - Tiny Flawed Gem!

I have owned the Olympus 17mm F2.8 pancake lens before, you will find my old blog articles if you run some quick search. I have sold it off some time ago since I rarely used it, and I did also have the newer 17mm F1.8, which I gave up (did not like that lens very much) to fund for 25mm F1.8, that I have used for many, many years extensively. Not having a 17mm prime lens (dedicated 35mm focal length) in