How good is the X100S?

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

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

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 …

I’m not down a hole…

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

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

Some street with the X-E1

Nothing much to this one other than a folly. The folly in question was thinking that a day on which it was merely sunny would be good for photography. As it happened the conditions were terrible, the wind was howling and the temperature near freezing. That’ll learn me. Again I came across these locks, which …

Oh deer….

I probably ought to explain why I’ve been so quiet this last week. The “bug” that my other half picked up translated to full blown Gastroenteritis (again) for me, such that I lost Wednesday entirely and Thursday was a bit nil by mouth. So it’s fair to say the holiday was a little bit rubbish overall! …

Bolton’s Bench and Burley

Two really lovely locations with nice weather, what’s not to like? My son and I (mummy was laid low with a bug) headed off to cause as much damage to the English countryside as possible (OK that was his intention, I was along for the ride). We wandered up Bolton’s bench and the heathland behind …

Ponies galore…

I’ve taken my family to Burley in the New Forest for a break. For those who don’t know, the New Forest is a National Park in southern England. It covers south-west Hampshire and extends into south-east Wiltshire and towards east Dorset. There are many villages dotted around the area, and several small towns in the …