Pretty much exhausted the location reports from our trip to Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai; here are a few shots that were left over:
Karen girl:
Pretty maids all in a row:
The bells! The bells!:
Won’t keep the rain out:
Night bar:
Buddha blue sky:
Normally, my trips involve a twelve kilo backpack full of DSLR and lenses. This time I had a small shoulder bag with a Panasonic GF1 and two lenses, a total weight of less than two kilos. It was liberating. I could carry it anywhere without any hassle. It was quick to bring into use, discrete and fast. And the quality of the output was more than satisfactory. There was not a moment when I wished I had my Canon 1D, and plenty of times when I was glad to have the GF1 in my hands. Never going to take the 1D travelling again; unless it is for a sports assignment.
And she who must be obeyed had a happy time with the LX3. This is one of her captures:
I have seen the future of cameras, and they are small.
Comments 🔗
2010-01-29| roman169 saysGreat Pic from your Mrs.! Thinking about buying the LX3 - seems to be really a good camera. What about the IPad???
2010-01-29| Spike saysQuery “LX3” on this site and you will find plenty of examples and comment. Stunning little camera, macro mode is especially amazing.
What about the iPad indeed. Next trip away, small bag with GF1 and iPad and I could do my blog updates while on the road (just working up a list of flimsy reasons).