Thanks again,

Terra

Thanks for the comment! I’m not familiar with any remote triggers for the Lumix system, but I’m sure that Panasonic offers one. I use my PW Plus2′s as wireless triggers on my canon cams, they just necessitate a pre-trigger cord from PW which attaches between a hotshoe mounted PW on camera and the camera’s PC sync port, and I’ve not researched to find out if there is something similar from PW for the micro 4/3 lot as they don’t offer a PC sync port. As for the PW Plus 2′s, you don’t need any adapter to use it with the G3, just throw it on the hotshoe and it will work just as it does with the 5D2, et al. One thing to keep in mind though is that the G3 only has a max sync speed of 1/160sec (which I find bizarre with an electronic shutter) so you’d have to keep the shutter speed at or below that.

Cheers,
t

Terra

Thanks for reading through and I’m happy to (hopefully) help. I will say this, while I, and many others like to delve into the performance of these cameras, even the G3 is a more capable camera than I am a photographer. Modern technology is such that so rarely do any of us bump into the limitations of the gear, but rather our own limitations as photographers and understanding. I certainly can see where technology will help make my work easier, but current gear is beyond what anyone “needs” to make a good picture which has really helped me understand that it comes down to understanding and technique. It is all too easy to look at one of my crappy shots and say that it was due to the highlights not being retained, or the dynamic range being too great disabling my ability to capture what I wanted in the scene, but every bad frame I’ve ever taken has been down to user error if I’m being truly honest

Rest assured that the G3 is a very good camera. There are certainly other cameras out there that do certain things better, and no shortage of bloggers willing to point that type of stuff out (myself included) but know that as long as your eye and technique are up to it, so too is this little camera. On that note, more than cameras, it’s really lenses that will immediately alter the way you capture any given frame. Cameras are very dated technology in most respects. 3 years in digital camera terms is a lifetime while lenses are built to essentially last many of these cameras lifetimes. There is no perfect camera for every situation and certainly no perfect lens, but playing around with photography will help you start to really sharpen your skill and understand which of these tools will help you get what you want to out of shooting.

I’m happy to try and help with anything, and enjoy conversation, so fire away.

Thanks,
t

I really hope to see DR as the next spec that everyone fights over. Megapixels and good high ISO performance are plenty capable, but I want to see an affordable digital sensor capable of a 16 stop range. I think that the m4/3 lot need to offer a 14bit RAW file (the jump from 12-14 that happened from the 5D > 5DII was, in my opinion, the unsung hero which kind of flew under the radar) as it would immediately benefit the system even without any other changes. I’m noticing a bit of banding in the tonal transitions from blown highlights which, while somewhat normal, are much more pronounced in a 12 bit file vs a 14 bit’er. I notice this with the old 5D as well. A completely usable challenge, but one that, with deeper bit depth can smooth some of those transitions tonally.

Thanks again for taking the time to read through and comment. I just got back from a work trip so I wasn’t able to check in, but it’s awesome that Ale picked this one up as well, and I’m sure your support from the previous articles helped, so thank you

Hope you’ve had a great weekend.

Cheers,

Tyson

Where I’m really impressed though, is in the detail retention and color replication which, noise aside, is still very clean and that is impressive to me. The other factor in low light though, which I’ve yet to really test, is the ability for a contrast based AF system to lock focus compared to a phase detection AF system. With large aperture lenses, I’m sure both systems would do admirably, but I’d guess the PD would still do better.

Thanks as always for the continuing conversation Terry!

Cheers,
Tyson