Lighthaus Camera: ND Filters

Lighthaus Camera: ND Filters

Hawaii is one of the world's most beautiful places. There are breath taking shots everywhere you look. If you are looking to add a different look to your shots, try a ND (neutral density) filter to give your photos that "professional" look. Basically ND filters are sunglasses for your camera without polarization. They allow you to take longer exposures in the middle of the day or those dreamy water flowing type shots. This article from digitalcameraworld.com explains how strong of a filter you will need and when to use them. ND Filters.

Be sure to call one of our locations to see what sizes and options we may have for your neutral density filter needs.

Is Film Dead?

I get asked this question several times a year. The answer is almost yes…Sadly. I like to compare film and digital photography to Acrylic and Oil painting. They are the same art medium; however they have a much different feel. A lot of digital Fuji cameras will allow you to choose one of their films as a color profile. If you were fortunate enough to shoot film, most likely you can look at a print and tell the difference. Recently on Maui film developers are becoming hard to find. Costco and Long’s Drugs stopped developing film at the store level. The Longs Drugs next to the Kihei store send their film to the mainland to be developed. The death will be when you can’t get it developed conveniently. Polaroid had an interesting problem when they ran out of the raw materials. Polaroid has such a strong cult following that they were able to bring it back. You can watch their story unfold on Netlflix by watching the documentary “Time Zero”.

Lighthaus Camera: The Olympus OMD-EM5 Mark II

Well, it's three months into the new year.  Are you excited about any new cameras coming out?  I've taken a look at several new products and came to the conclusion that the Olympus OMD-EM5 Mark II is one that I would consider purchasing. The list price for the body only is $1099, so I don't have to sell a kidney to get a new camera.  So that is a major plus, besides I want to keep my kidney.  The weight of the camera is just under 500 grams, so I don't have to have muscles like Bruce Lee to carry it around all day.  The Mark II is weather sealed so shooting in the mist of Iao Valley, on the beaches of Kihei or in the snow on Mauna Kea (snow is not present at all times) will not be a problem.  It also features 5 axis image stabilization technology in the camera body, making any lens a stabilized lens.  This is great for those of us who drink too much coffee. Another great feature of this camera is the fact that the 16 MP sensor has technology that can bring the resolution up to 40 MP.  It takes 8 slightly different photographs in a second then combines them to for the 40 MP picture.  Isn't technology a wonderful thing?  Check out the specs and videos from Olympus's website by clicking the link below.

Lighthaus Camera has three locations across the islands to serve your camera needs.  Please call ahead to see if we have what you are looking for in stock.  If we don't, we can always order it for you.

Olympus OMD-EM5 Mark II