Greetings from Hong Kong

[JonK]

The arrival of the Pen 1 brought me back into the love of photography after years of indolence having given up film and my B&W darkroom.

I was very frustrated by the focussing limitations in the early days and so added a Leica M9 with an selection of lenses to my bag; the Pen languished...

Then with the firmware updates' improvement in the Pen's performance plus big increases in my processing abilities, I have happily welcomed back my PEN as a viable alternative to my M9, being lighter, cheaper and smaller! I use the pancake 17mm plus the Pan 7-14 and am considering getting a tele-zoom for those times when the M just can't do the job.

I've been reprocessing some of my earlier shots with LR3 plus the Nik Software plugins and been pleasantly surprised!

I look forward to posting and chatting with other members

 

[Glenn S]

Welcome to the forum. I have the Panny 7-14 too and love it, here's a pic I took last year inside the Man Mo Temple in Hollywood Road. Looking forward to seeing some of your work.

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[Fiddler]

Welcome Jon and Hello from Scotland. Glad you decided to join us. I have an e-p1 too, and I like the images I get out of it. I use it with the 17mm Oly or 20mm Pany, and legacy lenses. Enjoy your photography!

All the best,

Colin

 

[Fiddler]

Welcome to the forum. I have the Panny 7-14 too and love it, here's a pic I took last year inside the Man Mo Temple in Hollywood Road. Looking forward to seeing some of your work.

I love your photo, Glenn!

 

[BBW]

Hello and welcome, JonK, from wintery and snowy New York! Thanks so much for your introduction. It is interesting isn't it what a difference a firmware improvement can make - and how much Lightroom and those nice Nik plug-ins can do. It took me a long time to come around to using both, and I am very glad I finally did.

Glenn - beautiful light in that scene of yours!

JonK, I look forward to your involvement and to your photographs!

 

[m1pui]

Hi Jon,

I'm a new member here too and usually go to HK once a year if we can. I love the place so look forward to seeing some of your photos when you get some up here!

Over the years, I've been there with a Sony Cybershot P200, Canon S3iS, 350D, Canon G10, 500D and a Holga. I'm looking forward to hopefully getting over there this Easter with my GF-1. Looking forward to walking around fairly lightly loaded, compared to when I've been lugging around a DSLR the past couple of times!

Don't be shy in getting some links/photos up!

 

[GaryAyala]

A big California welcome JonK.

Gary

 

[briandforever]

waiting to see your hongkong pics

 

[bilzmale]

Hello and welcome Jon - you have good taste in cameras.

 

[43hk]

A big hello from another HK-er.

That 7-14mm is the perfect lens for the territory.

Cheers

 

[Glenn S]

I love your photo, Glenn!

Thanks, just booked my next trip to HK in May:smile:

 

[Alanroseman]

Welcome aboard... I'm sure you'll enjoy the level of quality discussion exhibited here. I know that I have.

Alan

 

[m1pui]

A big hello from another HK-er.

That 7-14mm is the perfect lens for the territory.

Cheers

Damn you, I knew it would be and it's looking like I'll be coming over again at beginning of April. It was already on the shopping list but i can see it moving up towards the top! Lol

Do you have any shots in an online album anywhere :smile:

Edit: Whats the 7-14mm retail for in HK anyways? Might be worth my while holding out until I get there!

 

[Rob1975]

Welcome to the forum. I have the Panny 7-14 too and love it, here's a pic I took last year inside the Man Mo Temple in Hollywood Road. Looking forward to seeing some of your work.

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outstanding!

 

[shoturtle]

Welcome, I was just there, had a nice time on vacation.

 

[mking]

HK camera buying

Hello,

I just posted a question in the Olympus thread about buying cameras in HK while on holiday and about the new Oly EM-5.

See https://www.mu-43.com/f42/buying-em-5-hong-kong-21771/


Many thanks in advance for any help/advice

 

[David]

Welcome to the forum. I was in HK 3 weeks ago. I met up with another member as well.
What a nice place for camera gear.

 

[mking]

Thanks David,

Really looking forward to the trip!