Mirrorless Musings

The New Nikon Mirrorless Full Frame Camera: What we’d like to see

25/07/2018 By Mathieu Leave a Comment

Nikon made official what we’ve suspected for some time now: a full-frame FX-format mirrorless camera is indeed in the works. The official launch date has yet to be revealed, but it is reasonable to expect it in time for Photokina 2018 or if rumours are correct, sometime close to the end of August.

Dreaming about landscape photography on Trappist-1

23/02/2017 By Mathieu 11 Comments

I have always been fascinated by astronomy and the eternal question: are we alone in the universe? NASA’s discovery of seven earth-like planets in the Trappist-1 system yesterday is exciting news to my eyes and ears. Although concrete information about the habitability of these worlds is still out of our reach, it’s a little grain of hope that I welcome as the best news of the year so far.

After scanning through various articles and videos that explain NASA’s discoveries, I started to imagine what it would be like to take photographs on one of these planets from a photographer’s point of view. Well, if you are a hopeless dreamer as I am, here are a few interesting things to fantasise about.

Sony and its frequent camera releases: is it positive or negative?

20/10/2016 By Mathieu 21 Comments

The announcement of the new Sony a6500 has generated a mix of excitement and controversy about the company’s aggressive strategy. While some have praised the giant Japanese corporation for constantly evolving, others have become bitter about the frequent camera releases. Why? Because it is frustrating to think that what you just bought yesterday has been replaced by a more advanced version today, and will probably lose its value very quickly as a result.

Panasonic Lumix GH5: thoughts, speculation and Tokyo 2020

25/09/2016 By Mathieu 25 Comments

The Olympus OM-D E-M1 mark II and the Fujifilm GFX might have stolen the show at Photokina 2016, but the announced development of the Panasonic GH5 is no less exciting. Granted, we do not know much about the camera right now, as Panasonic has been very careful to unveil just a couple of specifications to build excitement, but what we’ve seen looks promising.

Is the Fuji X-T2 dynamic range really that good? – A personal analysis

09/07/2016 By Mathieu 15 Comments

The new Fujifilm X-T2 was announced two days ago and as usual the hype at the moment is really high. The new camera is making the cover of many websites, magazines and blogs. One of the articles that went viral was published on Thursday by Petapixel. It shows a 2 full stop recovery in Lightroom of a beautiful landscape shot taken by Fuji ambassador and popular travel photographer Elia Locardi.