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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...

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How 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...

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Why 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...

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Another 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...

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The 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...

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Chestnuts 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...

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Looking 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...

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The 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...

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Thoughts 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,...

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The 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...

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Cell 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...

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A 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...

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Upgrade 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,...

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A 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....

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Viral 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...

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Viral 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...

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Viral 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...

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Viral 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,...

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Viral 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...

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The 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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