Lima Transit GMT
Graphic designer Herman Tantriady founded Lima Watch in 2014, in Indonesia. Despite more than a decade in business, online mentions of Lima are rare. I heard about the company in…
A Homage Watch I Can Live With
Homage watches, which are generally less expensive (or cheap) lookalikes of well-known watches, aren't really my bag. Not to say that there aren't some good values in homages, but I…
A Few Months With the Bulova Oceanographer GMT
Need is too strong a word for my interest in a watch with a GMT complication. Want, yes. I mean, with all my traveling between time zones it would be…
Olympus E-PL5—a good option in 2025?
My go-to travel camera is the Ricoh GRiii. But sometimes I want more flexibility than it offers. Which led me to rethink what a small, light interchangeable lens travel kit…
Olympus XA
I was hired for my first retail job by a family friend who sold camping gear. He wanted to see if he could sell cameras, too. I was 15, an…
Rollei 35
I went through a phase a few months ago when I bought several film cameras at auction. I've tested every one and found some keepers (Olympus XA) and duds (Yashica…
Ricoh GRIII, my perfect travel camera
Since 2013, the Ricoh GR has been my favorite travel camera. In 2018, I wrote about why the GR is so wonderful, and my opinion hasn't changed. I have options…
The Perfect Travel Camera
2026 update: There's a market for dead GRs, and I sold mine to partially fund a new GRiii. A review is coming. 2025 update: My GR bit the dust. 2024…
Tips: Better travel photos
No names, but I once sat through a slideshow of someone's travels that included 300 images. About 50 in, I realized they had dumped their memory card and included every,…