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Haiga?

Most people know what a Haiku is. It is a 17 syllable, originally Japanese, poem consisting of three lines. But what is a Haiga?…

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Fujifilm Custom Confusion 🙃

I must admit, I don’t use the Q menu a lot on my camera. But I never understood why my custom settings always suddenly were renamed to “BASE” and how this works. Here’s the answer.

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X100V Settings

The settings on any camera are all very personal. It’s all a matter of taste and preference and there’s no good or bad. These are some of mine…

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Tal or Cal

I have a huge preference for horizontal photos. Is it because I love shooting landscapes? Maybe, but no. I have been thinking about this. Why is this?

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Magnum Contactsheets

“Pulling a good picture out of a contact sheet is like going down to the cellar and bringing back a good bottle to share.” — Henri Cartier-Bresson

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The one

What is it with cameras with fixed lenses? In 1993 I bought a Konica Hexar camera, also known as “the poor man’s Leica”….

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