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Photosphere has a 100mm Haida filter holder solution. It can cover the 7mm wide angle w/o vignetting with precise mounting of the foam adapter. https://www.facebook.com/events/870462379704370/

Bought a local set but noticed it didn't come with a warranty card but just a card to inform you to register warranty online. This is unlike the 40-150 pro lens I bought earlier this year which came with a card. Did Olympus do away with warranty card?

I have been to Europe 8 times and I must say I was unfortunate to experience the infamous pickpockets at Rome terminus subway. No problems with camera gears/bag but lost a handphone. The modus operandi is that a bunch of youths will surround you as you enter the subway compartment, while you...

For those using EM5 (and EM10) don't forget to update body firmware v2.1 to support better AF for this lens. It helps to focus a bit faster in low light. But I noticed that after upgrading to v2.1, when displaying photo, my small AF target green box no longer showed correctly where I had...

I did the same itinerary with a local Gansu company on my own last June. It is a long 3300km round trip journey and the starts to get more interesting after reaching Dunhuang and the return leg, so save your energy at the beginning. You generally can't take photos inside the Kumbum monastery (or...

Thanks for the useful info, finally have a default small AF. Have been using the work around with maginfication-hotkey to achieve the same effect but is a rectangular focusing area It's finally a regular square now. Low ISO is also good. Encountered a few occasion had to set smaller aperture...

I didn't get the 35-100/2.8 as I felt the range is too limiting . Will get the 40-150/2.8 instead. I can live with my 12-35. I am only interested in the HDR feature in the EM-1 which the EM5 doesn't have, the rest of the features are improvements which I don't really need but still pay a premium...

Only once here, maybe will do so when I am back from my silkroad trip later this month. One more thing, the best frontal shot of the Leshan buddha is taken from a boat, the jetty is a distance away ( I took mine from the opposite bank). You can also see some other cliff carvings on the side of...

3 zooms and 3 primes. That's the beauty of a miniaturised system and was one of the early adopter of the m4/3 system.

All the 4 places require some climbing, hence recommend to go light. Go very early when the park opens for JiuZhaiGou, once the crowd comes in, it's difficult to setup tripod especially on the boardwalk. The vibrations from the boardwalk will also kill your long expo. Air at HuangLong is also...

Nice place, looks different from Autumn when I was there. Right now the only thing keeping it from mass tourism is its inaccessibility, which is going to change when the airport is up.

Nice series, brought back memories. Looks like you've caught the tail end of the bloom, missing out the bloom at Jiu Long Waterfall. Lucky you managed to catch the sun during the short span there.

Beautiful pictures. I too like travelling alone in China for photo trips, having done solo trips, among others to Long Ji Rice Terrace and recently Yading. Regarding the multi-tiered viewpoints, are there any difference to stationing at the highest or lowest levels? Are the padi fields far away...

Unless there is a cold spell, you will probably miss the best part of the bloom in late March. For sure, you will still be able to see some yellow flowers there unless the flowers bloom unusually early this year or hotspell that withers them quickly. Suggest you monitor the chatters in China...

I think 5 days is too short for both places. I spent 5 days at LuoPing last March including travelling time. I cancelled Yuan Yang as I didn't have enough time but I found out that you can seek taxi drivers there who can refer you driver contacts to Yuan Yang for 1000rmb. LuoPing is a small town...