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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…

ByByfcracerOct 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…

ByByfcracerJul 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…

ByByfcracerApr 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…

ByByfcracerApr 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…

ByByfcracerMar 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…

ByByfcracerJul 8, 2020

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Saigon, Vietnam

Saigon or Ho Chi Minh City (both names are commonly used in 2019) is the commercial and financial capital of Vietnam; it is also the…

ByByfcracerJan 2, 2020

Staycation in Beijing, China

Even though I live in Beijing, I spend a lot of time travelling to other cities around Asia for work and for fun. A rare…

ByByfcracerDec 17, 2019

Weekend in Singapore

The last time I was in Singapore was 2006 and a lot has changed since then. Entire neighbourhoods have been built, literally from the sea.…

ByByfcracerDec 15, 2019

Fujinon GF50 vs. Voigtlander 50MM F1.2

I recently received a comment from Mr. Blessingx on a recent post where I reviewed the superb Fujinon GF50 F3.5 lens. In addition a reader…

ByByfcracerDec 11, 2019

Milan, Italy

As our trip was winding down, we had already concluded that Italy lived up to the hype and we had totally fallen in love with…

ByByfcracerDec 11, 2019

Wireless speaker, a must have travel accessory

Bose SoundLink Revolve vs. B&O Beoplay P2 Travelling is supposed to be fun and enjoyable and for the most part, it is. However, there are…

ByByfcracerDec 8, 2019

RAVPower 61W USB-C Charger Review

If you’re a frequent traveller like us, you’ll have no doubt been on the hunt for portable power sources. Back in February, I had written…

ByByfcracerNov 18, 2019

Cinque Terre, Italy

After the amazing time we had staying in Siena and driving around Tuscany, we felt our Italy trip was going from strength to strength, and…

ByByfcracerNov 16, 2019

Tuscany, Italy

While Siena was awesome and we could have easily spent more time exploring the town, we also used it as a base to tour around…

ByByfcracerNov 9, 2019

5,000,000 views and 35,000 downloads

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…

ByByfcracerNov 4, 2019

Siena, Italy

After Florence, we drove southeast for a little over an hour to Siena, the medieval town. When we arrived in Siena, we had to park…

ByByfcracerNov 2, 2019

Florence, Italy

In every trip, there comes a moment when you know whether the trip is a good one, or if it’s a truly special one, the…

ByByfcracerOct 18, 2019

Fujinon GF50 Review

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…

ByByfcracerOct 14, 2019

Sorrento, Italy

The first stop on our Italy trip was Rome where we spent a short time taking in the usual tourist spots. Our next stop was…

ByByfcracerOct 6, 2019

Rome, Italy

This post will be the first in a series covering a recent trip to Italy. Even though we’ve travelled to some pretty unusual places around…

ByByfcracerSep 26, 2019

Fujifilm X-Pro3 Wishlist

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,…

ByByfcracerSep 18, 2019