Hoodman Steel 1500x Memory Card Review
If you’re on my RSS and getting pushed these reviews I apologize. I’m restructuring the way I do things. There will probably be about 20 of these. But I will…
Delkin Advantage Memory Card Review
Delkin has rebranded their memory cards a few years ago, so if you are familiar with their older cards of the past, the new naming can be a little bit confusing.
Today the Delkin Advantage is a mid to top range UHS-I U3 SD memory card. Above this card would be the Delkin Black UHS-I model. Just below it I performance is the Delkin Select.
A Complete List Of Speedlights For Fujifilm
A work in progress of all the speedlights available for Fujifilm. Fujifilm EF-X500 Flash Fujifilm EF-X500 Flash weather resistant, TTL and HSS capable. It has a range of 24-105mm,…
New Fujifilm X100F, XT20, GFX and XF50mm F2WR
A few new cameras have just been announced by Fujifilm. The Fujifilm X100F and XT20 which now have the updated sensor, same as the XT2. They also announced their GFX medium format camera.
They also just announced the XF50mm f2. Seems interesting and it's priced at a great place.
The Sony 50mm f1.8 – Wow!
There has been something I think all Sony shooters have been waiting a long time for and it's not more megapixels.
Landscape Portfolio
A collection of some of my best work captured over the years with various cameras.
First Mistakes – Fujifilm X-T2
So as what happens whenever you get a new camera, you make mistakes until you really learn how to use it.
This was my first mistake with the Fujifilm X-T2 . . .
Shooting HDR With The X-Pro 2
When shooting Bodie, a ghost town high in the Sierras of California, I had my ten-month-old baby with me and I needed to be able to get some shots quick without thinking about it. It was also 94 degrees outside and somehow raining on and off. I felt that bracketing shots was a good approach to getting an interesting takes on this crazy California ghost town. I was so confident in the X-Pro 2 to be able to do this that I even left my A7rII in my car, hidden of course.
With the new +-2EV bracketing, HDR on the X-Pro 2 is a lot of fun and much much easier.
So how do you shoot HDR on the X-Pro 2?
Twin Lakes Mammoth – X-Pro2
X-Pro 2 / 23mm f1.4 - ISO 200, f8, (1/27s, 0.6s, 1/7s)
On my second night up in Mammoth there wasn't much going on with the weather. It was clear blue skies everywhere except in this one direction looking out towards the Twin Lakes. Literally everywhere else was boring blue skies so this was my shot for the night.
In front of me here were the twin lakes with mosquitos buzzing thick in the air (I somehow did not get one bite), behind me was another lake, Lake Mammie. I got a few shots there later, but didn't stay long because there was a black bear hanging out about thirty feet away from me and it was making me uncomfortable.
Mono Lake Pinnacles – X-Pro2
X-Pro 2 / 16mm f1.4 - ISO 200, f8, 1/7s
I drove up to Mono Lake and Mammoth to test out some Fujifilm lenses and was fortunate enough to have an amazing sunset at Mono Lake despite the rains earlier that day.
I was actually planning to shoot at Mono Lake for two nights, but the sunset and weather was so good the first night, that I didn't really need any more shots. It was probably the best situation in terms of weather and location I've ever been in.