Recent content by ianpiper

The sensor size and resolution are both factors, as is the glass you stick in front of it. Zack Arias has a great video where he talks about the different sensor sizes and formats, and his view is that the differences between successive sizes are not that important (or as Zack says...

I see a couple of others have mentioned the Fuji X100 series, and I'll add a vote for that. I use an X100T for this; it's not obvious, it looks a bit like a vintage camera, you can set it to be completely silent. The controls are all on the outside, so you can quickly see and set the variables...

If you want to bring back the magic, there are things short of changing your gear. How about signing up to one of the daily photo sites like Blipfoto? That helps force me to take a single picture every day. There are usually weekly challenges like "Mono Monday" or "Derelict Thursday", which can...