A friend in one of my Fuji groups was asking questions about the X100T. I have a long history of using Fuji cameras, and for a period of time after I sold my X-E2, the X100T was my only Fuji. Actually, for a period of time after I sold my Canon 5D3, the X100T was my only camera, period. I found that to be very limiting and frustrating, and was happy to add the Nikon D750 as well as the Fuji X-T1 to my camera collection. And even though I don't reach for my X100T much anymore, I don't have plans to sell it. I am attached to it. It is a very unique, fun to use camera. If I didn't own it already, but owned the remainder of my gear, I am not sure I would buy it. But I would have trouble letting go of it. At one point I almost sold it, and was blessed to become very good friends with the person who almost bought it. Hi Andie! Today I decided to take my X100T out to the zoo with my kids, and see if my feelings have changed towards it. I am still planning to sell my Fuji 23mm, but I could always revisit that decision and sell this camera instead (as they are the same focal length). I came home, uploaded the photos, edited them quickly. I used the Camera Pro Neg Std camera calibration profile, which I pretty much never use. And yeah, no. I still love this little camera and am happy that I didn't sell it. Does it make sense to add it to your camera arsenal if you already have an interchangeable lens Fuji? I guess it depends on what lenses you have. It is nice that it is small. It is a fixed lens, so you don't have to make any decisions there. The only thing that is a huge problem and makes me totally crazy is that you can't set the shutter speed faster than 1/125 when you are using Auto ISO. And I always use Auto ISO with my Fujis. Fuji? Do you hear me? Can you please do a software update and fix this??? I know you can.
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Camping 2016 (part two)
The most important thing about this post is that honestly, through editing these camping photos, I have challenged myself to use Photoshop. I had to. I had to hide my naked son's behind while he is doing the chicken dance with our family, because the photos could not be excluded. He is at that age where is just wants to take his clothes off, all of the time. I also didn't edit these perfectly- I went for just good enough, because sometimes you can't perfectly edit 88 camping photos.
Camping 2016 (part one)
We don't get out much, and our camping trip is one of our big vacations for the year. Or really our only vacation, generally. We are still not brave enough to travel much until our youngest is a little more manageable. Last year camping didn't go very well, and we considered that maybe we should stop going. There was a cabin with too many stairs for a toddler, sickness, the 17 year cicadas (trust me, it was serious), so much rain we couldn't prepare the food we brought to grill, and just a lot of misery. Then we realized that we have gone enough times now that it is a "touchstone" event for our kids- the girls know that we will have a camping trip to Mahoney State Park every summer. They will both sleep in the top bunks. We will make roasted banana boats. We will fish until every child catches at least one fish. It is now a family tradition. I always take a lot of photos (oh, wow, big surprise), and sometimes I come home and write a blog post that includes over a hundred photos or some insane thing. This year, I am going to try to break it up into a few parts. And I am definitely going to print a book of the photos for us and for Grandma Kathy. The first photos, all taken on the first day there. It was really mostly about the smores.