19 Jan 2015 | reviews, thoughts, video
The latest addition to my camera gear is a f-stop Smoky Mountain backpack. It is one of the products in the Millar Series preview program. It is a light-weighted backpack for everyday use carrying a camera and two lens. I normally place my Leica M mounted with the...
2 Jun 2014 | photo, reviews, thoughts, video
I ended my honeymoon with the RØDE VideoMic Go a few days ago. The sweetness ended at the moment I realised it did not pick up any audio from the Canon XA10 video camera after making an interview. I was shocked when playing back the video clips, no sound was...
11 May 2014 | photo, reviews, thoughts, video
VideoMic Go is another on-camera microphone made by RØDE. It is lightweight (mainly made of plastic) at only 73g although the overall dimension is not very small: 67mmL x 79mmH and 70mmD. Compared with my Sennheiser MKE 400 (130mmL x 62mmH and 21 mmD), the RØDE...
24 Mar 2014 | photo, reviews, thoughts, video
Want to shoot some videos with the Leica M? You may think it is a bit overkill, right? The Leica M is renowned for street photography, not built solely for shooting videos. But many DSLRs and mirrorless cameras are not purposely built for the photographers to take...
12 Feb 2014 | photo, reviews, thoughts, video
The Leica M Microphone Adapter Set is a rebranded Olympus SEMA-1 Microphone Set, providing stereo recording accompanying the HD video function. Seeing the price of the Leica one is almost double, I decided to select the Olympus version and ordered it online from...
