The Unsplash experiment A year ago, I decided to try an experiment to see what happens when you upload images to a free stock image website. The most popular one at the time was Unsplash.com, and perhaps still is. Unsplash…
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Before we dive into this review, I should make my bias known. I generally don’t like pancake lenses because they are, by definition, creations of compromise with size taking priority. I prefer no compromise lenses like the Fujinon GF110 F2,…
I started this blog to share travel images, but the ratio of visitors who come here to read gear reviews vs. travel insight averages 10:1, so I’m going to provide more gear related content over time. Today, I want to…
I often get asked how the Fujinon GF100-200 compares to the Fujinon GF110 at 110MM. I don’t think this question makes much sense because you buy the GF110 for its wide aperture to make dreamy portraits with that three dimensional…
This is part 3 of a 3 part series on image management for travelling photography hobbyists. The first covered preparing the storage media for travelling and ensuring reliable and fast operation of storage media and the camera. The second focused…
This is part 2 of a 3 part series on image management for travelling photography hobbyists. The first covered preparing the storage media for travelling and ensuring reliable and fast operation of storage media and the camera. This second part…
I’m surprised to be writing this review of the GF100-200mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR lens because I had no intention of buying this lens. Given that this lens covers most of the field of view as the super popular 35MM…
There are two questions I get asked frequently from this site (usually via the contact form, although I wish they’d use the comments section below so that others can leverage the answers; the comments section does not require any login/userid):…
Beijing is known for a lot of interesting things like its stunning historical architecture, or its concentration of a handful of people who provide oversight and direction to 1/5th of humanity, or more recently, the high levels of pollution that…
For this trip to Japan, we kept the itinerary simple with three nights in Osaka and four nights in Kyoto. If you want to read about the Osaka leg, you can click here. With our shopping mostly completed in Osaka,…