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Fujinon GF20-35 F4 First Images

I know how anxious many of you are to see real life images from a production Fujinon GF20-35 lens, so please bear with me that…

ByByfcracer Oct 3, 2022

Image Management Part 3

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…

ByByfcracer Jul 15, 2019

Udaipur, India

The city of lakes We jumped on a short 40mins flight down south to Udaipur and were blown away by this magical city. Some call…

ByByfcracer Apr 13, 2018

Image Management Part 1

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…

ByByfcracer Apr 28, 2019

Does camera sensor size matter?

For the longest time, I’ve been wanting to conduct a quantitative survey of whether sensor size really matters. Every photographer I know cares…

ByByfcracer Mar 17, 2019

Ham Tin Wan Camping, Hong Kong

It’s hard to believe that we’re still in a semi-lockdown phase here in Asia with essentially no travel allowed for fun purposes. Even travel for…

ByByfcracer Jul 8, 2020

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Sha Tin Pass Road, Hong Kong

Today’s post is from another incredible view point in Hong Kong from the Kowloon side. Sha Tin Pass Road is in the Wong Tai Sin…

ByByfcracer Oct 6, 2020

The case for the X-Pan crop

While out photographing a cityscape of Hong Kong, I had an idea to try some unique cropping. While standing in front of the stunning skyline,…

ByByfcracer Sep 23, 2020

Crow’s Nest, Hong Kong

Hong Kong is endowed with incredible views from a number of locations, but my favourite view by far, can be seen from Crow’s Nest. Crow’s…

ByByfcracer Aug 2, 2020

Jardine’s Lookout, Hong Kong

For the past few months, we’ve been exploring Hong Kong’s stunning scenery from its nature side; we’ve visited the Hong Kong Geopark, Ham Tin Wan,…

ByByfcracer Jul 22, 2020

Ng Tung Chai Waterfalls, Hong Kong

Continuing with the Hong Kong staycation theme, the past weekend, we made our way over to a less well known destination in Hong Kong called…

ByByfcracer Jul 19, 2020

MacBook Air 2020 Performance Modification

One of the more popular posts on this site is a review of the MacBook Air 2020 for travel photography. It seems a lot of…

ByByfcracer Jul 17, 2020

Ham Tin Wan Camping, Hong Kong

It’s hard to believe that we’re still in a semi-lockdown phase here in Asia with essentially no travel allowed for fun purposes. Even travel for…

ByByfcracer Jul 8, 2020

PSA: Defective Sony Tough SD Cards

Dear readers, we take our product endorsements seriously here; we don’t accept freebies or perks from companies and we always use transparent and objective testing…

ByByfcracer Jun 18, 2020

Tsz Shan Temple, Hong Kong

Hong Kong is an amazingly diverse city in regards to its landscape with so many different places to see, from intense high-rise buildings to white…

ByByfcracer Jun 7, 2020

MacLehose Trail 3, Hong Kong

The MacLehose Trail is a 100-kilometre hiking trail that crosses the New Territories in Hong Kong. In previous posts, we hiked across Stage 4 and 5 and…

ByByfcracer May 10, 2020

Fujifilm X-T4 First Impressions

The Fujifilm X-T4 has arrived and I just got mine yesterday. Giving away the punchline is always a bad strategy in a blog post because…

ByByfcracer Apr 29, 2020

Unesco Global Geopark, Hong Kong

As we continue to live under COVID restrictions here in Hong Kong, our usual travels are unthinkable and impossible to plan. Instead, we’ve been focused…

ByByfcracer Apr 27, 2020

MacBook Air 2020 Review for Travel Photography

With the recent introduction of a quad-core processor option in the MacBook Air lineup, the new 2020 model becomes a viable travel laptop for photography…

ByByfcracer Apr 23, 2020

MacLehose Trail 4 & 5, Hong Kong

The MacLehose Trail is a 100-kilometre hiking trail that crosses the New Territories, starting from Pak Tam Chung, Sai Kung, in the east to Tuen Mun in…

ByByfcracer Apr 20, 2020

Sharp Peak, Hong Kong

In these uncertain times, I hope that you and your loved ones are keeping safe and healthy. Like many of you, we’re in a locked…

ByByfcracer Apr 16, 2020

How to rescue an image

I recently shared a simple Capture One Pro image workflow on reddit and received a very encouraging reply from none other than David Glover of…

ByByfcracer Apr 8, 2020