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I bought the Nikon E68 lens from Amazon early this year and used it with the original Panasonic 46mm adaptor for 3 "field" trips already. So far what I can summarise is: 1. This is an economical solution which gives generally acceptable results (eg if, like me, you just take pictures in JPG...

Very nice series. Thoroughly enjoyed reading your travel blog too. :thumbsup:

Beautiful series! Love the rich colours, cannot seem to achieve it with my Lumix LX3. Also enjoyed your earlier series on your cross country motorcycling trip through Laos. You're the man! :thumbsup:

#11 - Bullfighting in Seville. Quite a spectacle, but if you are an animal lover, this "sport" may strike you as being rather bloody & cruel. Many watch it because it about a Spanish tradition, or they had been reading too much Hemingway.... #12 - The Alcazar in Seville was the...

#6, 7, 8 & 9 - Cordoba.The main attraction in Cordoba is the Mezquita, or Mosque. Confusingly, it is sometimes described as the "Mezquita Cathedral" because a cathedral was built right in the middle of the original mosque! #6 - One of the 19 ornate doors to the Mezquita which seem...

Visited the Andalusian towns of Granada, Cordoba, Seville and Arcos recently and wanted to share some snapshots taken during the trip. This part of Spain was invaded and ruled by the Arabs of North Africa for a few hundred years since the 8th century, and today many of the historical buildings...

Did you set your LX3 to wide conversion in the menu? Cos I read the instruction manual and it states that when it is set to wide conversion mode with the wide angle len, the image quality will be set to optimal for the wide conversion len. (Pg 127) Dunno whether it helps Thanks your...

I recently took my LX3 on a backpacking trip to China and experimented with the wide angle converter. I used a Nikon EC68 bought from Amazon coupled with the Panasonic 46mm adaptor but I find the results not so satisfactory. This first picture was taken at F2.0 with ISO 80. I find only the...

Thank you all for your nice words and comments, especially Zoossh because I am a new member here (this is my first post) and I had read and noted tips from your "backpacking & photography" thread before the trip. I agonized over the choice of camera, and eventually settled for a Lumix LX 3 PnS...

My last 5 pictures posted are dedicated to the little Miao children with whom I had had a such a great time photographing during the Sister's Meal Festival in Laotun village, Guizhou. #21 - Young Miao siblings #22 - Shy Miao girl holding on to her mother's fingers...

#16 - Miao mother fussing over her daughter's costume in preparation for the afternoon's "stepping to the drum" dance. The little girl looking up seems to be thinking "when I grow up I'm going to like her!" (I took this picture through their open window, and shortly afterwards, realising that...

Many thanks your compliments. To answer your question, as we were backpacking and hopping from village to village, we did not book any accommodation beforehand, but "walked-in" all the time. All the villages had some kind of local inns or hostel catering for local tourists where a double room...

#11 - The village of Xijiang is considered the largest Miao village, with over a thousand households living on the sides of two hillocks that seems to be perpetually shrouded in mists... #12 - We caught this Miao Lusheng dance at the "parade square" in Xijiang. The Lusheng is a...

Sorry, the last picture seems not uploaded. Here it is reposted: #10 - This Dong women is weaving cloth the traditional way in her home. The Dongs dye their cloth a very deep indigo, in fact almost black with a reddish tinge, and it glistens in the light with a sheen. Hey little kid.....a...

Thanks for your comments and encouragement. Believe it or not, #1 was one of the better results after 6 hours of hiking because it was foggy and raining most of the time and my camera lens got wet! Agree about the trees in the foreground. As for accommodation, we stayed in the minority...