Author Archives: sgoldswo

The DSLR strikes back? Nikon D600

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I didn’t expect, after selling my A900, to be buying another DSLR about 12 months later. Aha, people who own a DSLR will say, he has seen the error of his ways. He’ll be shooting solidly with a DSLR now. All this mirrorless ILC stuff will turn out to be a “phase”. Err no. What …

How good is the X100S?

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Very.   This camera is simply addictive. The rendering, colours, ergonomics and VF are just amazing. At the minute, don’t shoot me, but I’m thinking of selling the X-E1 I only just bought. I’m also not adding the X-Pro1 back into my bag (though that has more to do with wanting to adopt a street/documentary …

Margaret Thatcher Dies

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I should start by saying that this isn’t really about Margaret Thatcher’s death. I think that’s sad for her family and friends and my thoughts go out to them. Equally, while she was a divisive character who did many things that had to be done, she also did many things that didn’t have to be …

Infrared City

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I suppose I could have thought of a more catchy title for my first infrared post in anger, but please let me off for once – I’ve spend the day attacking the garden with the assistance of my son and washing the car (due to the local car wash being out of order)… 😉 On …

X100S + WCL-X100 = Great

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What a great combination. Optically fantastic provided you correct the distortion.  I’m talking about the WCL-X100 wide angle converter which converts the X100 23mm lens to a 19mm lens (which means it becomes a 28mm equivalent). The build quality of this converter is excellent. It just feels like a solid hunk of metal and glass, with …

Some impressions of the FujiFilm X100S

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I’ve been silent most of this week because of family stuff last week and a busy week in work this week. One notable arrival this week was the X100S last Saturday which I’m still trying to find time and light to take shots with. This meant the departure of my X100 but it’s gone to …

I’m not down a hole…

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But work has piled up this week as events in the news have meant much work for me and lots of time (lunchtime, evening and night) doing my day job and a bit less time taking or talking about photos or cameras. In some ways its a good thing – I’m much better at handling …

Time to think

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These days it can end up feeling like nothing ever stops: wake up, work, work, work, home, family, financial stuff, go to sleep. Repeat. Thus that moment of quiet time becomes ever more important. Taken with my X-E1 and 14mm lens