The seven main sins

Solaris trail

The smallest real home on the planet

The art of portrait photography

4 seasons in one picture

This is the conundrum I'm faced with now, after picking up a nice 12-60mm from my usual grey market US importer.

I've always liked the 11-22mm as it's a fairly tight zoom range so you always know what you're going to get with it. It's also very sharp and has little pin or barrel distortion to comment on. However, the new 12-60mm does have a lot of nice features that overlap somewhat with the 11-22mm, and especially with the 14-54mm. On the E-3 it's a revelation in how quickly it locks...

Capture that special moment

This is a set of images that I created to examine the ISO and resolution differences between three Olympus Four:Thirds DSLR's - the five megapixel E-1, and the ten megapixel E-3 and E-400.

I was interested in how far Olympus have come with regards to one of the main criticisms of the original E-1 - high ISO noise. I think these tests show that Olympus have made great strides since the introduction of the E-1. I would be happy to rely on Auto ISO in the E-3 right up to ISO 800, with...

Thinking of moving to Windows Vista? Whether you are or not, it's becoming more difficult to ignore Microsoft's latest operating system, as it comes pre-installed on many new computers and generates all the buzz in the papers.

Behind all the fanfare, though, lies a seldom discussed secret: Vista may not be right for everyone - at least not yet, and perhaps not for quite some time. And XP, meanwhile, has just gotten better and better. It continues to be the workhorse operating system...

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