11/7/2023 0 Comments Olympus xz 2 review![]() ![]() I’m not saying it’s the right way to do things, it’s just my preference. As a result I see the value and try to apply the principle of mobility to my photography. I supposed I realized that if I had the camera in my bag, or not with me at all, I would not have gotten those shots. Pressing the shutter, I knew right away that it was a good shot – it was the first time I had that feeling. To my surprise, a recognized very quickly the unique composition, the line of people heading into nothingness, and quickly, instinctively pulled the camera off my chest, framed and took the shot. I was skiing and had the XZ-2 slung over my shoulder as we were out that day. The second one I would classify as my first a-ha moment. Currently it’s still not possible to get that kind of quality from your phone in a difficult lighting situation, and I have other decent pictures from that concert. This one was taken during a concert, there’s nothing super special about it, it’s pretty generic actually, but it is by far the photo purchased most often online. ![]() Two important shots come to mind, that I would never have gotten because I would have left my bigger camera at home. I’ve learned that reducing your gear is not a sacrifice, but a necessary compromise. The situations that come to mind were concerts (where I was a spectator and shooting for myself, not the artists) or when being active outdoors in dicey terrain. I wanted to leave my better cameras at home because either it was going to be too big and too heavy, or there was a risk of my camera being damaged, or both. I often considered the XZ-2 to be a sacrifice I was losing quality and potential for portability. You don’t get the crazy bokeh effect but you have enough flexibility for most situations. The fixed zoom lens can be a limitation, but limitations also offer a degree of freedom. It also shoots RAW, which means you can recover information from shadows as per usual, despite the smaller sensor. It’s a nifty little camera and you still have total control over the exposure. However in certain cases, when I wanted to slim down my kit to the bare minimum, I would dust off my XZ-2 and take it with me instead. I started taking photos on the Olympus XZ-2, and eventually moved on to the E-M5, which I consider to be my first serious camera. Olympus cameras are ideal for travelling light. Yeah!ĭoing without interchangeable lenses – The XZ-2 ![]() The other advantage to taking less gear with you, is that you now have extra space in your day bag for dry socks, a decent raincoat and food – which increases your range and endurance even further. This is also very helpful if you are photographing something that has been photographed a lot, which is the case for many places in Iceland, for instance.Īs a result, I also have a larger range and can cover more distance in less time. Without gear like multiple lenses, a large tripod, stackable ND-filters and the like, I do miss out on the daytime long exposures and resulting milky skies, but I am far more mobile and can get into some more interesting and potentially difficult positions and hopefully get some unique angles and perspectives. In theory, I could have carried everything on me and left the backpack at home – if the weather didn’t change so often in Iceland. I on the other hand essentially had my camera with a standard zoom lens mounted and a wide-angle lens in my cargo pants I had a GorillaPod in my backpack along with extra batteries and my lens pen for cleaning on the go. It seemed as if every second person had a DSLR and the “serious” photographers had a large tripod to boot – not to mention heavy backpacks, which I assume were brimming with expensive glass. What’s in your bag? Not a lot of camera equipment I live in Berlin, a city with plenty of photographers, but I am originally from Canada. It’s very gratifying to see other people like and use your work! I’ve also been asked to do some jobs, which has been fun as well. Through sales and social platforms like Flickr my pictures have been used a lot digitally and in print on book covers, in Taiwan and Chile respectively. I sell some of my images via EyeEm which means they end up on Getty Images and elsewhere. I find genres can be limiting but let’s say I am focused on travel and event photography. Professionally I work in a creative field but around 3 years ago, I started pursuing photography myself, and it has turned into an obsession.
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