About this Site

The majority of photographs/images in this site were obtained with a collection of point and shoot cameras.  While there really is not a lot of debate between digital point and shoot versus digital DSL cameras, there a few reasons why I prefer point and shoot.  While more pixels and greater lens are often afforded by the digital DSL, some of the point and shoot cameras also afford greater pixels and my Leica Delux-4 and Sigma DP2 are no exception.

When traveling, I prefer to load or carry as little as possible, which includes a choice of one or two cameras, several extra batteries, an optional telephoto screw-on lens and lastly a light weight portable tripod.  One of my favorite lens attachments, which with the assistance of an adapter works very well with my Leica Delux-4 and my Sigma DP2 is a EagleEye OpticZoom (5X), which I purchased some 25 years ago.  This particular lens is no longer manufactured.

Preferring to be "out of sight, out of mind", especially when doing street photography is pure bliss and a practice I exercised even while in France and later in South Vietnam during the sixties.

Several of the cameras are Olympus.  I've always favored those because of their rendering of near perfect color.  Here again that's just my opinion.  My Leica is near perfect in color rendition and a sharp image.

The Olympus C-8080 Wide Zoom I like for wide angle landscapes and the option of zooming in should something of interest appear closer in the scene such as an unexpected Collared Lizard or Night Hawk while I am in the Flint Hills.  This camera really was ahead of its' time when manufactured.

The Olympus C-5050 Zoom is lighter and smaller than the C-8080.  I like it for Infrared images using a Hoya R52 infrared filter.  The same filter works weii with my Leica.

The Sigma DP2 is a classic, appearing not be a run of the mill point and shoot, but inside has lots of options.  It does not have a zoom.  Zoomless, for you are the zoom.  If you want some zoom, move closer to the subject.

The small Olympus SP350 is an 8.0 megapixel Olympus SP350 that marvels my larger Olympus cameras and can be operated in manual mode and RAW image mode.

Finally one of the first Olympus digital SLR cameras, the Olympus E-20N.  Built like a tank, heavy enough to be a door stop, it only brags of 5.0 megapixels, but has a fantastic lens that render some decent images.  In addition, a Tele Extension Lens Pro, the TCON 300 attaches to the front of this camera and then it becomes a "canon" and even heavier.