Do Stop the Rain
Mushroom (Fujifilm X100 F, TCL, X100 mark II) If it’s gonna be a rainy day There’s nothing we can do to make it change We can pray for sunny weather But that won’t stop the rain. – Jim Morrison I...
View ArticleHow Fall Turned Out
White Branches (Fujifilm X100F, TCL X100II I’m writing this on December 5. I’m sitting at my desk, at about 7:40 AM, the sun has just risen in the east-southeast, as it does at this time of year when...
View ArticleWhy would I Upgrade?
Fall Fields ( Fujifilm X100T) I haven’t posted in a while. This is mainly because WordPress decided that they would completely change the functioning of the blog editor, and it took my rapidly aging...
View ArticleAnother Fujifilm Raw Conversion Post- 2019 Edition
Small Falls near Middleburg (Fujifilm XE3, XF 23mm f2.0) Thanks to the quirkiness of the Trans-X sensor, the topic of the raw conversion remains fertile ground for those who blog on the Fujifilm line...
View ArticleThe Gear that I use: Some thoughts on the Fujifilm XE3, and XF 23mm f2.0 WP
Farm on Alberdeen Road( Fujifilm XE3, XF 23mmf2.0) The”late adopter” strikes again. I had been interested in the Fujifilm XE3 since it was introduced in September of 2017. I already had 2 bodies with...
View ArticleChestnuts and Ash
Dying Ash (Fujifilm X-E3, XF 18-55mm f2.8-4) The forests in my neighborhood are dying. Well not maybe the whole ecosystem, but sometimes it seems that in that at this time in history, there is an...
View ArticleLooking back on Fujifilm at the introduction of the GFX 100
Fujifil GFX 100 I’ve been reading the early reviews on the spectacular Fujifilm GFX 100 camera body, one of the most spectacularly capable and forward-looking products ever released since the dawn of...
View ArticleThe Gear That I Use: The Microsoft Surface Go Review
Mountain Laurel, Hickory Run (Fujifilm XE-3, XF 18-55 f2.8-4) Recently, I made the decision to reduce my work hours, in the hopes of traveling more and indulging my other interests. I now have a...
View ArticleThoughts on the Fujifilm X Pro 3
Maples (Fujifilm X Pro 2, XF 90mm f2,0) I love buying new camera gear. It is a wonderful pleasure to unbox an instrument that will help to facilitate new opportunities in photography. Increasingly,...
View ArticleThe Flow of Autumn
Maple on Rhododendron (Fujifilm XE3, XF55-200mmF3.5-4.8 R LM OIS) Autumn has come to an end on the Pocono Plateau. Not so much the calendar season, as that ends with the winter solstice. But...
View ArticleCell Phone Cameras and Me
No Diving (Samsung Galaxy S8) Cell phone cameras have many uses. I use mine to take quick snaps of documents, serial number plates or VIN numbers on cars or power equipment, or to take a quick image...
View ArticleA Trip to Wellsboro
Grand Canyon Looking South (Fujifilm XE3 XF 18-55mm f2.8-4) As I have written before, I like snow. This makes me somewhat of an outlier among my friends in northeastern Pennsylvania. Sadly, at least...
View ArticleUpgrade Decisions: the Fujifilm X100V
Laurel Run at the Tubs (Fujifilm X100F) With the introduction of the Fujifilm x100V, those of us with its predecessor, the F model, are faced with a dilemma. Are the improvements to the new camera,...
View ArticleA Viral Update
Tracks (Fujifilm X Pro 2, XF 35mm f1.4) It is been a week since my last post on the coronavirus situation. At least here in my corner of Northeastern Pennsylvania, things are still relatively mellow....
View ArticleViral Post, April 22
Spring Flow, Ladder Falls (Fujifilm X100V) It is now roughly 5 weeks since the spread of the novel coronavirus forced us to shut down the vast majority of our commerce and personal interaction. It’s...
View ArticleViral Post, May 7th
Spring Snow Shower (Samsung Galaxy S8)) Despite the atmosphere’s reluctance, spring is insistent on emerging here in Northeastern Pennsylvania. As I write this, the trees in the valley are leafing...
View ArticleViral Post, May 21st
Gazebo Spring (Fujifilm X100V, TCL X100 II) We have now reached week 9 of a societal aberration that was supposed to last for 2. The lobster pot is starting to simmer, while we accept completely...
View ArticleViral Post, May 27
The Oaks Finally Open (Samsung Galaxy S8) We have now reached week 10 of the Wolf/ Levine “2-week lockdown to flatten the curve”. For my county, Luzerne, and other counties in eastern Pennsylvania,...
View ArticleViral Post, June 4th
Poppies and Flag (Samsung Galaxy S4) We have reached week 11 of the suspension, by decree, of religion and commerce in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Here in Luzerne County, we are scheduled on 5...
View ArticleThe Gear that I use: The Fujifilm X100V review
While disease ravages the land, and our cities are being sacked, I think it is important to take time for more vital things. Like to review a new camera. This is my review of the Fujifilm X 100 V. As...
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