The first conference that I attended this morning was Working Digitally in Low Light by Gerd Ludwig. The first half of the presentation showed a series of images that Mr. Ludwig has taken in his career in low light situations using film. In 2004 Mr. Ludwig made the transition to digital. The second half of the presentation showed images that Mr. Ludwig has taken since moving to digital. The message was clear. Digital with usable high ISO’s provide photographic opportunity that did not exist with film.
After my first conference session I quickly visited the EXPO before attending my second conference. The first booth that I visited was Olympus. I have my eye on the EP-1.
One of the biggest questions I have regarding my next possible purchase is to EP-1 or to GF1. Panasonic did not attend PDN PHOTOPLUS 2009 so I will be visiting B&H after today’s conference sessions to investigate the Panasonic GF1.
My next visit was at the Canon booth.
Another camera that I have my eye on is the Canon S90. I was very happy with my previously owned Canon S70 am happy to see Canon bringing back this series. The S90 has an excellent profile. I could easily keep this camera in my pocket. The 3.0″ LCD is a very nice feature for a camera with such a small profile. I also like the fact that Canon did not try and cram more megapixels and is maintaining a nice sweet spot of 10 Megapixels. The demo that Canon had on display did not have a card to take a photograph with so when I visit B&H later today I will test the camera’s high ISO abilities.
SIGMA APO 200-500mm F2.8/400-1000mm EX DG – MONSTER.
I am off to attend two more conferences for the day and plan to post again after my trip to B&H.