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The reason I prefer to the Micro Four Thirds system is that it gives me both a great overall balance for shooting and great image quality. In addition, the Micro Four Thirds standard sensor size makes pan-focus shooting easy, so it is an ideal system for someone like me, who mainly shoots landscapes.
Takuma Kimura
Takuma KimuraJapan
Representative of Hachi Inc., a commercial photography and video production company based in Okayama Prefecture.
Worked at a local commercial photography studio in Okayama for 12 years before becoming an independent freelance photographer in 2018.
Founded Hachi Inc. in 2020. Works as a commercial photographer while also active as a photographic artist.
Continues to pursue his own unique worldview, unbound by the limits of the word “photography.”
Contributes to magazines and frequently appears as a lecturer at events and seminars hosted by camera manufacturers.
Authored Zukai de Wakaru Meisho no Torikata Season 2 (Season 2: Photographing Famous Places – A Pictorial Guide) up to the November 2024 edition of Digital Camera Magazine.
Notable publications include Zukai de Wakaru Meisho no Torikata (Photographing Famous Places – A Pictorial Guide) (Impress Books) and Fukei Shashin no 7 Pisu: Satsuei Imeji ga Hirameku Aidea Noto (Seven Landscape Photographs: A Notebook of Ideas for Capturing Inspiring Images) (Impress Books).
Originally, rather than a photographer I wanted to be a painter and a film director. I longed for a world where I could make real the images of fantasy that were in my head.
I studied design and CG at a vocational school, and by that time I was also taking photographs for reference, for myself. It was at this time as a student that I first encountered Mitsuaki Iwago’s work.
Impressed how he was able to capture ”a moment like fiction that exists in non-fiction” in one photo, I decided to go on to become a photographer myself.
The main subject of my photographic work is familiar scenery. I mainly take landscape photographs, but the subject does not have to be a particularly superb view.
My style is to use the camera to project my own image while interacting with the subject that I am attracted to.
Curiosity is the most important thing while shooting. What happens if you take a picture from here? When you face nature not only from your own perspective but also one from the perspective of insects and birds, you discover a landscape that is different from any scene that you could have imagined.
To me, the OM-D system, designed to be reliable any environment, is like a paintbrush to create a picture.
Fortunately, now that we are in an era where cameras are able to take high-quality video, the OM-D has also allowed me to realize my dream as a filmmaker.
It is my desire to continue deepening my view of the world with the OM-D system.
M.Zuiko Digital ED 8-25mm F4.0 PRO
High-magnification zoom lens with extremely high image quality across the entire zoom range