The GX200 always surprises me with the shots it manages to produce when I review them at the end of the day. With the right lighting condition, considering both the aging sensor and technology, it gives out images with not bad an image quality. Actually, I am still very fond of its black and white images which ooze a distinct taste. And maybe because of the unique look of my GX200 mounted with a the wide angle converter, on any single day shooting with it, I usually end up with a number of shots in which the curious subjects look right into the lens.
(Grip On Reality: This photo was taken on my way to work. I was walking past trucks parking on a cul-de-sac when the ropes caught my attention. The light was right, the colour was right and the criss-crossing pattern was perfect and I held up my GX200. People passing by checked me out and wondered what could be made out of such a boring scene. To me, the fun in photography is that the photographer makes something interesting out of what is not obvious to most at the scene. The ropes tied in knots somehow reminded people I know who are in the grip of the recession) You must have also known a friend or two, or even yourself, being baffled by the spiral downturn of the economy. Bank went bankrupt and the rich was faced with a shrinking wealth. A friend of mine has just had his salary cut by over 10% and some of his colleagues started to be shed. But, wait. Was this done really for the sake of continuing the business? Or is there a factor or greed in it? I wonder whether the
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