Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmar 100-400mm F4.0-6.3 Asph. Power OIS Review

I did my first experiments with Olympus and bird photography, with an E-M5 Mark II and Panasonic Lumix G Vario 100-300mm f/4-5.6 II POWER O.I.S. At that time I was still a Fujifilm user, and compared this lens next to my Fuji X-H1 and Fujifilm XF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 R LM OIS WR. The Fuji was

Extra OSP Magazine September

I’m on Retirement Pace Many months ago I wrote that writing and publishing weekly articles was starting to get tough. And I was not the only one experiencing this problem, I’ve read this from other fellow bloggers regardless of what their blog was about. Ultimately, you also want to have a life, and not be

OSP Magazine September

The holidays are over and here we are back with a new issue of the Open Source Photography Magazine.Hopefully you will find something that interests you in this new edition. Last minute updates: My last Fujifilm camera is gone, the X-T1 I had especially for manual photography has been replaced by an almost brand new

OSP Magazine July – August

This Magazine : This OSP magazine is intended for the months July and August, yes two months!I wrote before that I have a tennis elbow, I already had the necessary pills and ointments, but little improvement. So I have to rest my elbow because it still hurts terribly or else I’ll just keep typing and

OSP Magazine June

A slightly thinner version of the OSP magazine this time.More about this at the end of this page. PictureFX NTFLX DRK I & II Two new 3DL cube files based on the popular Netflix series DARK. Fresh LUTs PictureFX Page Below some test results made in Darktable – Opacity 100% The LUTs are based on

OSP Magazine May

Well, it all went pretty fast at the end of April,I got sick, I still am a bitand before I knew it it was time again for the release of a new OSP magazine.So in the end it was a bit chaotic.I’ve been writing about Big Lenses, Adapters, and Image Processing for a while, but

OSP Magazine Special – Fujifilm Simulation Recipes and Sci-fi Gaming

OSP Magazine April

Back to Normal or rather, change and finding a new Normal.In more ways than you might think,read more about this here. Recipe Mania This time, a one page XL Recipe Update My Camera Gear in 2022 What has changed ? Click here for my article. The Olympus OMD EM10 Mark II A great and cheap

OSP Magazine March

A slightly earlier issue of the new OSP Magazine for March.For those who hadn’t noticed, the magazine layout – more specifically the yellow border around the magazine – was adapted at the last minute out of solidarity to the colors of the Ukrainian flag, Blue-Yellow. My Fuji and … the Tamron 18-300mm f3.5-6.3 Di III

New Recipe Update : The Big Negative – “I can’t BELIEVE this is not Film!” Fujifilm Recipe and a B&W Recipe

A very promising title : “I can’t BELIEVE this is not Film!”,but can he make it happen ? I noticed he was a “real film” shooter, so he already has the experience and knowledge, so lets find out ! “it is one of the most accurately filmic recipes out there” R.W. – YT Well, judging

OSP Magazine January 2022

The first OSP Magazine for a new year – I wish everyone a great new photography year in 2022 ! Fujifilm vs Olympus I have a new camera in the stable, an Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II, and it’s better than my Fujifilm X-T1.Should I sell my Fujifilm Gear and switch to Olympus ?Read all

Christmas Recipe Update – CAPTN LOOK – Creamy Color

For this “Christmas Special” I searched and found one recipe that fits very well with the atmosphere and colors of this period.The name is “Creamy Color” !Be sure to check out the Youtube video below that Captn Look made,it actually doesn’t really start until 1:10, but it’s really worth seeing all the way through.Captn Look

OSP Magazine December

The December edition of OSP Magazine consists of 8 pages this time (this included) and many links to external pages, hopefully there’s something for you! In the last two months and so after switching to magazines I have learned two things: OSP Photography apparently shows up very well in search results for Recipes, Luts and

OSP Magazine – November

Content: Tamron 18-300mm VC for Fuji X – it’s out and I bought it ! NEW ! PictureFX CineStill 800 T Lut and 3DLut More about Luts and this Magazine Past Bushcraft Weekend October Tamron 18-300mm F/3.5-6.3 Di III-A VC VXD (Model B061) Finally it’s here and I bought it, the new Tamron 18-300mm for

OSP Magazine October

Content Changes Film Simulation Updates More Film Simulations : PictureFX and FreshLuts ExifShot – Exif information on your pictures Darktable Tutorial : Copying the Look and Feel from a Picture and Create a LUT or 3DLut – Part II My Camera Gear – Perfectioning and Upgrading Event : Bushcraft Weekend from 1 to 3 October