There are so many art pieces at Burning Man that inspire me, and this was a simple and beautiful one with a serene smile.

A Smile

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• Date Taken2022-09-02 08:13:55
• CameraILCE-7RM3
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/6400
• Aperture4
• ISO160
• Focal Length90.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

One of the few times I’ve been able to fly a quadcopter at Burning Man…

Above Burning Man

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• Date Taken2014-08-30 14:46:17
• CameraPHANTOM VISION FC200
• Camera MakeDJI
• Exposure Time1/8000
• Aperture2.8
• ISO100
• Focal Length5.0 mm
• FlashNo flash function
• Exposure ProgramProgram AE
• Exposure Bias

It’s been a crazy few months here with a major project or two coming together so this weekend I’m off to a festival here in NZ as a little treat. I guess after settling back into the groove on my return I should talk about my new camera. 🙂

A Fun Weekend

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• Date Taken2018-09-01 15:23:41
• CameraILCE-7RM3
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1.3
• Aperture4
• ISO200
• Focal Length43.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

Did I just take a bag of random cameras to Burning Man 2012? Looking back at the images, from loads of different bodies, it seems so! Here’s one from the Olympus TG-1!

A Bag of Cameras?

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• Date Taken2012-08-30 17:19:29
• CameraTG-1
• Camera MakeOlympus
• Exposure Time1/160
• Aperture2.8
• ISO100
• Focal Length4.5 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramProgram AE
• Exposure Bias

And this time a rare Pentax shot!

Another from BM 2012

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• Date Taken2012-08-31 23:42:42
• CameraK-30
• Camera MakePentax
• Exposure Time1/125
• Aperture4
• ISO3200
• Focal Length18.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias

A rare Olympus E-PL1 shot for the blog from a dust storm at Burning Man 2012.

Burning Man 2012

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• Date Taken2011-08-31 00:00:00
• CameraE-PL1
• Camera MakeOlympus
• Exposure Time1/2000
• Aperture4
• ISO100
• Focal Length14.0 mm
• FlashAuto, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias+0.3

For those who haven’t picked up on the recent theme, I’m rounding up my camera journey across the last couple of decades before talking about what I’ve just purchased as my new main imaging device. Here’s another random one from along the way, something I had kicking about in my bag over a number of trips. The super compact, RX-100 series. I think I had two of them, the Mark 3 and the Mark 4. Fun little devices for when you can’t get your big camera into a situation, or don’t want to…

Another Random Camera

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• Date Taken2024-04-20 08:10:37
• CameraDSC-RX100M4
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/200
• Aperture1.8
• ISO125
• Focal Length8.8 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

In the latest post about my journey through different camera bodies I mentioned yesterday that I buy my own kit, which has the benefit I don’t need to be concerned about the wants and needs (or restrictions) of brands. I do however sometime borrow some kit to try out and see if it suits me. One such occasion was with the Fuji X-T2 and it didn’t quite go as smoothly as I’d hoped… or more to the point as smoothly as Fuji might have wanted. I’d been out to Burning Man with the X-Pro2 the year before and it was good, and I wanted to see a little more from the range so decided in 2017 to try the X-T2 and take it to Burning Man as well. I felt I was pretty clear about the stress it would be under and the environment out there… but it would be fair to say that Fuji were not exactly enamoured with the dusty condition it returned in. On the plus side, the images were great, and it handled the extremes really well from a reliability point of view!

(Side note, not the worst camera mishap I’ve had… that probably goes to a Hasselblad. More about that in a few days!)

Oops!

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• Date Taken2017-08-29 14:28:35
• CameraX-T2
• Camera MakeFuji
• Exposure Time1/6400
• Aperture3.6
• ISO200
• Focal Length16.0 mm
• FlashNo Flash
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

I’ve long said that I’ll always lean towards the tool that gets the job done in the way I want. I don’t get camera bodies from the various manufacturers, at least not to keep, and buy what I use. So along the way I’ve tested out a few things like the X-Pro2 which went to Burning Man with me in 2016.

Non Sony Experimentation

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• Date Taken2016-09-02 12:31:44
• CameraX-Pro2
• Camera MakeFuji
• Exposure Time8.5
• Aperture5.6
• ISO200
• Focal Length27.4 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias+2