bozaman
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Hello! My name is Joe (or Joseph, if you're my mom or a government agency, but let's stick with Joe).
My life story is thrillingly generic: I was, in fact, born quite recently — yesterday, if you consider the span of geological time — and eventually grew up. I went to a big university to absorb a lot of knowledge, which naturally led me to my current occupation: working for a company and doing stuff.
In the (sadly limited) time I'm not doing stuff, I enjoy doing other things, like photography. I'll likely inflict some of those photos, thoughts, and opinions on you all here. I hope to keep this whole "doing stuff and other things" arrangement going for quite a long time ...
Currently, I'm doing all of the aforementioned activities from my home base in Phoenix, Arizona. Yes, that's in the desert where it frequently gets hot — specifically, during the summer, which is approximately a nine-month affair here. Doing stuff or other things is significantly less enjoyable when it feels like standing on the surface of the sun, but you learn to adapt. The upside? Our winters are basically a polite nod to cold weather, and we have stunning cactus and palm trees. So, it's not all bad!
My photo journey has been a bit like a camera brand tasting menu over the years. I started with film (Minolta, then Nikon — the old-school cool), went digital with Nikon, then flirted with Fuji, Canon, and Sony.
Last year I began a passionate and continuing affair with the tiny, mighty M4/3 system with the Panasonic Lumix G9II (which is a gem!), proclaiming, "I'm done with bulky Full Frame!"
... Famous last words.
Turns out, I have an incurable weakness for small, manual vintage glass (I like my images to have character, not perfection). So, I've officially crawled back into the Full Frame pool, lured by the Panasonic Lumix S5II and its sweet-sounding features (and the promise of a relatively easy transition).
I'm now rocking the S5II with the Lumix 35 / 50 / 85 S f/1.8 primes and planning to mix in some of that beautiful, imperfect old glass (or even some newer all-manual glass ... ). My lovely and trusted G9II will stick around for zoom (and exploring video) duties where it excels.
Thrilled to be here on the L-MOUNT Forum to learn (I'm an expert lurker, but I promise to try and chime in!) and share the triumphs and inevitable oops moments as I get comfortable with the new kit.
See you around!
joe
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My life story is thrillingly generic: I was, in fact, born quite recently — yesterday, if you consider the span of geological time — and eventually grew up. I went to a big university to absorb a lot of knowledge, which naturally led me to my current occupation: working for a company and doing stuff.
In the (sadly limited) time I'm not doing stuff, I enjoy doing other things, like photography. I'll likely inflict some of those photos, thoughts, and opinions on you all here. I hope to keep this whole "doing stuff and other things" arrangement going for quite a long time ...
Currently, I'm doing all of the aforementioned activities from my home base in Phoenix, Arizona. Yes, that's in the desert where it frequently gets hot — specifically, during the summer, which is approximately a nine-month affair here. Doing stuff or other things is significantly less enjoyable when it feels like standing on the surface of the sun, but you learn to adapt. The upside? Our winters are basically a polite nod to cold weather, and we have stunning cactus and palm trees. So, it's not all bad!
My photo journey has been a bit like a camera brand tasting menu over the years. I started with film (Minolta, then Nikon — the old-school cool), went digital with Nikon, then flirted with Fuji, Canon, and Sony.
Last year I began a passionate and continuing affair with the tiny, mighty M4/3 system with the Panasonic Lumix G9II (which is a gem!), proclaiming, "I'm done with bulky Full Frame!"
... Famous last words.
Turns out, I have an incurable weakness for small, manual vintage glass (I like my images to have character, not perfection). So, I've officially crawled back into the Full Frame pool, lured by the Panasonic Lumix S5II and its sweet-sounding features (and the promise of a relatively easy transition).
I'm now rocking the S5II with the Lumix 35 / 50 / 85 S f/1.8 primes and planning to mix in some of that beautiful, imperfect old glass (or even some newer all-manual glass ... ). My lovely and trusted G9II will stick around for zoom (and exploring video) duties where it excels.
Thrilled to be here on the L-MOUNT Forum to learn (I'm an expert lurker, but I promise to try and chime in!) and share the triumphs and inevitable oops moments as I get comfortable with the new kit.
See you around!
joe
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