American Dining

I’ve been driving through Central and Northern California doing the thing you do when you do that whilst shooting all on the Fuji X100T. Except in Yosemite, I shot a little with my Sony A7r. Lately, I’ve kept that solely as my landscape photography camera, reserved only for when Mother Nature is in her most epic of epic. Otherwise, it’s the Fuji X100T to shoot all those incidental moments when traveling.

I’ve also started doing what we tell beginners not to do when they first learn to shoot – I’ve been shooting JPEG exclusively. 

Raw+JPEG or JPEG?

For the last three months, I’ve always shot RAW+JPEG. Unless I’m shooting on the Sony A7r or 5dmkii, I only shoot RAW. But with the X100T, I rarely use the RAW and find they waste space on my computer. The only time I need them is when I know I’m in a situation where the scene’s dynamic range exceeds what the JPEG will produce. In that case, I turned RAW+JPEG back on, which I’ve programmed into my ‘Q’ menu. It’s been working great.

So far, my two favorite profiles are Provia, which produces a safe, almost neutral look that’s easy to adjust in the post, and Classic Chrome, which will give that classic documentary feel. However, Velvia works great in any landscape. But I’ll share more on the adventures of JPEG as I go. 

American Dining – X100T

The X100T has allowed me to start focusing on improving my street photography. It’s kind of perfect for that. My focus here was to try and capture imagery that isn’t watermarked by corporate logos but still captures a mood that represents the lifestyle.

Camera: Fuji X100T
ISO 6400, f5.0, 1/60sec