Luckypenguin
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- Location
- Brisbane, Australia
- Name
- Nic
Recently I spent a week and a half in Tasmania which is Australia's southernmost and only island state. With me I took my E-M5, GH1, and Canon G1X. Oh, and my wife came along as well! When I broke down the usage of each camera I figured that the E-M5 was about 70%, the GH1 about 20%, and the G1X the remaining 10%. That isn't so much a criticism of the Canon but more a vote in favour of the sheer flexibility of the Olympus. Since it had the least number of images to sort through I processed those from the Canon first, some of which are shown here in this post. This is not a comprehensive overview of the trip since I didn't use the G1X at all of the places that we visited. Before this trip I had started to question whether I wanted to keep the Canon G1X, but after going through the images from it there is no way in the world that I would be selling this camera anytime soon. This is every bit the compact (if slower) equivalent of the EOS 50D + EF 24-105mm f4L combination that I was using prior to "going compact". The G1X finds itself in an odd position in the marketplace. It is bigger, more expensive and doesn't have the macro capability of the regular G series Canons, it doesn't have classic styling, it doesn't have interchangeable lenses, and the lens that it has isn't a fast and sexy prime lens. I think that the G1X will remain one of the hidden gems of advanced compact cameras.
1. Driving onto the Tasman Bridge, looking up at Mt Wellington
2. Parliament House
3. Aurora Australis, the Australian-Antarctic research vessel
4. Streets of Hobart
5. Lady Nelson, a replica of an 18th century ship of the same name, anchored at Franklin Wharf
6. The entrance to Constitution Dock, the finishing point for the winners of the Sydey to Hobart yacht race. The bridge swings up to allow passage.
7. Mawson Place, named after the Antarctic explorer Sir Douglas Mawson
8. Another tall ship anchored at Franklin Wharf
9. Looking across the water towards Salamanca
10. Tasmania is called the Apple Isle...
11. ...but you can get other food there as well
12. Collins St, Hobart
13. The town of Richmond lays claim to a number or "Australia's oldests", including the oldest bridge still in use. We drove over it, it seems solid
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15. Wineglass Bay at Freycinet National Park. On a clear day the colours here are amazing. This wasn't a clear day...
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17. As above. That's a boat that you can see towards the bottom of the bay.
18. On the other side of the peninsula is Coles Bay
19. Some of the rock formations on the way up to the Wineglass Bay lookout
20. Cradle Mountain National Park, with a view of the mountain that gives the park it's name
21. Dove Lake, at the foot of Cradle Mountain
22. Peering over a ledge into Dove Lake
23. Cradle Mountain
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26. Gordon River
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30. Back in Hobart, with some more images down near the water at Franklin Wharf
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35. The obligatory shot out the plane window during the flight home
1. Driving onto the Tasman Bridge, looking up at Mt Wellington
2. Parliament House
3. Aurora Australis, the Australian-Antarctic research vessel
4. Streets of Hobart
5. Lady Nelson, a replica of an 18th century ship of the same name, anchored at Franklin Wharf
6. The entrance to Constitution Dock, the finishing point for the winners of the Sydey to Hobart yacht race. The bridge swings up to allow passage.
7. Mawson Place, named after the Antarctic explorer Sir Douglas Mawson
8. Another tall ship anchored at Franklin Wharf
9. Looking across the water towards Salamanca
10. Tasmania is called the Apple Isle...
11. ...but you can get other food there as well
12. Collins St, Hobart
13. The town of Richmond lays claim to a number or "Australia's oldests", including the oldest bridge still in use. We drove over it, it seems solid
14. As above
15. Wineglass Bay at Freycinet National Park. On a clear day the colours here are amazing. This wasn't a clear day...
16. As above
17. As above. That's a boat that you can see towards the bottom of the bay.
18. On the other side of the peninsula is Coles Bay
19. Some of the rock formations on the way up to the Wineglass Bay lookout
20. Cradle Mountain National Park, with a view of the mountain that gives the park it's name
21. Dove Lake, at the foot of Cradle Mountain
22. Peering over a ledge into Dove Lake
23. Cradle Mountain
24. As above
25. As above
26. Gordon River
27. As above
28. As above
29. As above
30. Back in Hobart, with some more images down near the water at Franklin Wharf
31. As above
32. As above
33. As above
34. As above
35. The obligatory shot out the plane window during the flight home