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Testing the LX100 in Singapore

June 27, 2016 • 2 Comments

I finally managed to devote a half day to testing the LX100 in Singapore. What better place to test it than at Gardens by the Bay. Walking along the skyways, visiting both the Flower Dome and Cloud Forest and generally pottering around the gardens affords you a great opportunity to test the capabilities of this little zoom compact. And boy, did it...

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Testing the Ricoh GM-1

April 18, 2016 • 3 Comments

More than 2 years ago when I first tested the Ricoh GW-3 wide angle adaptor lens on the Ricoh GR I gave it the equivalent of a 5 star rating. Despite being an adaptor, the lens allowed sharp, contrasty images with hardly any deterioration in the centre and acceptable falloff at the edges. So when I finally picked up the GM-1, I had great expectatio...

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Macros with the Moment Lens

April 13, 2016 • Leave a Comment

After all the excitement with the X-70, it was time to try my much ignored Moment Macro Lens. So I grabbed the opportunity to try it when I visited a garden for the second time. The lens is sharp and contrasty and really let you get close. At 10X, you need to get very close, hold your breath and shoot, but the results (for an iPhone 6) are nothing...

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The Fuji X70: Closeup and Wide

April 12, 2016 • 4 Comments

As I had discussed in my last post, I was very keen to test the Fuji's closeup capabilities. Most compact cameras come into their own when in macro mode/ closeup. The best thing about getting close with the X70 lies in the fact that you don't need to switch to Macro mode. The camera automatically adjusts focus up to about 10cm from the object. In t...

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