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The End of Winter, 2016
As I have written before; It’s been an odd winter. And nowhere has that been more evident than the Adirondacks We just returned from our annual family ski trip to Lake Placid, …...
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News: 2 day Landscape Photography Seminar at Nescopeck State Park
I am partnering with Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Resources, particularly the staff of Nescopeck State Park, located on Honey … Continue reading →
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The Gear that I Use; The Fujifilm X Pro 2
I don’t need to make excuses. The Fujifilm X Pro 2 is an excellent camera. No more hearing how my camera is “cool but quirky”, no more defending the brands performance deficits. This camera just...
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A Pause in Publishing
I have been remiss. Over the past several months, I’ve been dealing with illness in the family, and then a nasty personal respiratory infection that has taken weeks to shake (and me a pulmonary...
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More thoughts on the Fujifilm X Pro 2: Shooting a Wedding
It feels like the Fujifilm enthusiast community has perhaps moved on. On brand oriented websites, the interest has shifted … Continue reading →
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Summer Rolls Out
The older that I get, the more I seem to appreciate the familiarity of life, and the yearly touch stones that punctuate the flow of the seasons. Or maybe I’m in a rut. If so, it’s a pleasant rut....
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The Gear that I use: The Fujifilm XF 90mm f2.0
Monotony: a good word to describe the landscapes encountered in late summer. The forest interiors are uniformly green, with the occasional crimson cardinal flowers erupting from the stream beds....
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Thoughts on Fujifilm’s new GFX Medium Format line.
It’s an exciting time to be a Fujifilm user. The recent release of Fujifilm’s new medium-format camera “GFX” system at the Photokina event in Cologne was arguably the most important event at the...
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Stream of Consciousness in Late Fall.
For many people, late fall is a tough time of year. For many it seems, a mild melancholia descends after the autumnal equinox, extending to the winter solstice. Once the best of the fall foliage has...
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Better Late than Never: Redesigning Henrysmithscottage.com
Share Table in the Garden, Jaffrey NH (Fujifilm X Pro 1, XF 56 mm f1.2) In March 2010, I decided to start a blog. To this day, I’m not sure what I was thinking. I do...
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The Gear that I use: The Samsung Galaxy G7 Curve review
ShareTiny Santa at the Mall (Samsung Galaxy S7 Curve) I still think the practice of upgrading from one highly capable smartphone to another...
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Some Thoughts on Fujifilm’s new X100F and X-T20, and whether to upgrade.
ShareRime on Spruce (Fujifilm X_T10, XF 55-200mm f3.5) Back in the days before digital imaging, it was much easier to keep your gear current. I think back to 1980s vintage Nikon F3 which was...
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Testing Irident X-Transformer for Fujifilm Raw files.
ShareClematis (Fujifilm X 100) Among Fujifilm “X” users, the unique characteristics of the Trans-X sensor used in most of the camera line is a very familiar topic. This sensor was developed in...
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Capricious March and the Lost Vacation .
ShareOld Main (Fujifilm X100t) It starts the way it always does. In December, I check the Penn State schedule for spring break. Given that our daughter, and now our son have been students there over...
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The Gear that I Use: The Fujifilm X100F Review
ShareTurkeys Next Store (Fujifilm X100F, TCL X100II) I am a creature of habit. Whether it is merchants, restaurants, vacation spots… etc., I derive comfort in familiarity. It is an impulse I endeavor...
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A Small Rite of Spring
Fishing at Lake Francis (Fujifilm X100F) Early April in northeastern Pennsylvania is the point where one can realistically hope for the first sporadic signs of spring weather. Here, temperatures,...
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The X100f after Four Months of Use.
Fountain Lake Scene (Fujifilm X100f, TCL X100) It has been almost 4 months since the UPS man walked up my driveway, and dropped off my X100f. It has become, as was its predecessor the X100t, my most...
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Midsummer Musings.
Laurels at Hickory Run (Fujifilm X100f, TCL X100 II) It has been a quiet summer here on the Pocono Plateau. The weather has been quite pleasant since mid June, though in the last week or so we’ve had...
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Thoughts at the end of Summer
End of Summer Flowers (Samsung Galaxy S7 edge) In the highlands of Northeastern Pennsylvania, meteorological summer has passed by, without stopping to say hello, or even waving as it drove past. I...
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Revisiting a forgotten lens: the Fujinon XF 60mm f2.4
Corn at Sitko’s Farm (Fujifilm XT-10, XF 60mm f2.4) Every once in a while, perhaps while out shopping, or at a restaurant, I will encounter an old friend, whose life path has drifted out of my...
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