Scenes Seen: FUJIFILM X100VI. Back Home. Subtitle: Newly dubbed my theoretical one-camera selection. Occasion. As usual, just going about my day and snapping pics. The pics. Thoughts. I am glad to be back home.

A Trip To NYC Answered My Long Standing One Camera Question: @fujifilmx_us X100VI Update. Subtitle: The Answer Was Not What I Thought It Would Be. As recently documented in this space last weekend, I traveled to NYC for a funeral. I do not enjoy packing. And I am referring to clothing. But that was a breeze compared to deciding what to pack camera-wise.

Analog Therapy: Quick Photo Walk w/ A Friend @ceezethemoments , Lomography MC-A, & Kodak Ultramax 400.. #lomographymca I talked this camera up already. I like this camera. This post marks a pivot from counting off the first rolls of film. The camera is a keeper. Above that, actually. It has immediately become my favorite film camera. And even more than that I prefer it over some digital cameras.

Scenes Seen: Quick Photo Walk w/ A Friend & A Tale Of Two SIGMA Art Lenses; 28-45mm f/1.8 & 105mm f/1.4. Subtitle: A Sledgehammer To Drive In A Thumbtack Scenario. A local photo walk was not my original destination. That would have been seeing the monks as they come through our area. That is why I went with the big guns.

Analog Therapy: Lomography MC-A - Ilford HP5. #lomographymca Subtitle: Chorus Rehearsal Night. I talked this camera up already. I like this camera. This post marks a pivot from counting off the first rolls of film. The camera is a keeper. Above that, actually. It has immediately become my favorite film camera. And even more than that I prefer it over some digital cameras.

Scenes Seen: NYC, A Homegoing Service, An X100VI, & A Phone. Part 4. Heading Home. Subtitle: Quite the weekend. Life has thrown quite a bit at me lately. All will be fine in the end. However, it has been a challenging week. One of those things was a funeral for my Aunt in Harlem. Went to pay my respects. Went to support my cousin at this time.

Scenes Seen: NYC, A Homegoing Service, An X100VI, & A Phone. Part 3. After Dinner... Street Pics. Subtitle: Quite the weekend. Life has thrown quite a bit at me lately. All will be fine in the end. However, it has been a challenging week. One of those things was a funeral for my Aunt in Harlem. Went to pay my respects.

@aftershootco Gave Me A Mention & A Link In A Canon RF Lens Blog Post. Nice. Link to their post. The post linked. Happy capturing. -ELW

Scenes Seen: NYC, A Homegoing Service, An X100VI, & A Phone. Part 2. To The Service & Right After. Subtitle: Quite the weekend. Life has thrown quite a bit at me lately. All will be fine in the end. However, it has been a challenging week. One of those things was a funeral for my Aunt in Harlem. Went to pay my respects.

Scenes Seen: NYC, A Homegoing Service, An X100VI, & A Phone. Part 1. The Trip There. Subtitle: Quite the weekend. Life has thrown quite a bit at me lately. All will be fine in the end. However, it has been a challenging week. One of those things was a funeral for my Aunt in Harlem. Went to pay my respects. Went to support my cousin at this time.

Singing, A Corporate MLK Event, And A Gifted Author & Speaker, Jonathan Eig: Scenes Seen w/ a RICOH GRIIIx. Subtitle: A Singing Engagement That Blessed Us. A small ensemble of our chorus was invited to sing two songs at a corporate event honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. We were welcomed. Photo by Jesus, a friendly LabCorp employee. We were treated to a Q&A session with LabCorp staff on matters regarding diversity...

Analog Therapy: Minolta X-700 - Rokkor 58mm f/1.2 - Flic Film Elektra 100. Subtitle 1: Forcing Myself To Get Out & Take Pics. Subtitle 2: Analog Therapy Is Needed Now More Than Ever. The camera. A favorite SLR. The lens. A favorite. I bought this lens primarily for use with another camera. A digital one... with a big honking sensor.

GF Bootleg X Pan: 65:24 crop - Acros simulation... distracting myself from the madness. Title pretty much covers it. Not in a chatty mood courtesy of current events. The pics... As shot by Robert Carl Swann. Chris as captured by Robert. …

X100VI Accessories: @Viltrox.usa TCL-X100VI (Tele Conversion Lens). Subtitle: Viltrox has done it again. I have been on a bit of a Viltrox prime lens bender as of recent. And as noted in my last post, two X100VI converters have joined the party. These allow a fantastic fixed lens camera... ...to access two additional focal lengths via optical elements.

X100VI Accessories: @Viltrox.usa WCL-X100VI (Wide Conversion Lens). Subtitle: Viltrox has done it again. I have been on a bit of a Viltrox prime lens bender as of recent. And as noted in my last post, two X100VI converters have joined the party. These allow a fantastic fixed lens camera... ...to access two additional focal lengths via optical elements.

X100VI Accessory Intro: @Viltrox.usa Wide & Tele Conversion Lenses for Fujifilm X100. Subtitle: Neewer has been one-upped by Viltrox. I have a well-documented appreciation for Neewer gear. And last up was the X100 teleconverter. What the heck is that? I am glad I imagined that you asked. A teleconverter. Why do I want one?

Sony ZV-1 & Fujifilm x Half: Dear Sony... Subtitle: A tale of two 1" sensor cameras. Short version of my letter to Sony: Great Guts/Performance... That Costume/Interface Though... These cameras have a few similarities. 1" sensor. Touch screen. Face Detection. Decent resolution. Manual exposure. Manual focusing. Microphone port. Relatively bright apertures. But when speaking about technical specs only the ZV-1 goes on to absolutely murder the x Half.

Analog Therapy: Lomography MC-A - Kentmere Pan 200. Subtitle: Three of Three #analogtherapry and #scenesseen out with @ceezethemoments posts. Covered my thoughts on this camera in many recent posts. Here is the last one. The short version. My perfect point and shoot film camera would be a Contax T2... ...were it still in production and sold with a warranty.

Scenes Seen: Fujifilm GFX; The Bootleg EVF Faux Rangefinder. Subtitle: Two of Three #analogtherapry and #scenesseen out with @ceezethemoments posts. Covered my thoughts on this camera in a recent post. The short version. After the release of an EVF fitted M camera... ...a rangefinder-ish two-screen take on focus peaking... ...combined with a rangefinder-ish form factor and vintage film lenses...

Scenes Seen: Fujifilm x Half & A Diptych In Post. Subtitle: One of Three #analogtherapry and #scenesseen out with @ceezethemoments posts. Covered my thoughts on this camera in a recent post. While an appreciated hat trick of the x Half is on camera diptychs, I also find that the native portrait orientation of the images inspires post-edit diptychs and even triptychs as well.

Scenes Seen: Fujifilm x Half & A Triptych... When A Diptych Just Won't Do. Subtitle: Oftentimes, reviews and spec sheets do not tell the whole story. I have had a few twists and turns with this camera. Post one questioned the price. Then I saw it in person, courtesy of my friend Cesar... ...and I wrote a post about that.

Analog Therapy: Lomography MC-A - Kodak Kodacolor 200. #lomographymca I talked this camera up already. I like this camera. This post marks a pivot from counting off the first rolls of film. The camera is a keeper. Above that, actually. It has immediately become my favorite film camera. And even more than that I prefer it over some digital cameras.

Lomography MC-A: One Week In; The Biggest Surprises. All Positive. I already wrote a post addressing a couple/ of doubts I had heard about the MC-A. Since I had heard of another. The MC-A requires that you wing it twice. I have not experienced this at all. I do have two notes to share. Mentioned in that last post, the first is stated plainly in the manual.

Analog Therapy: Lomography MC-A - Ilford HP5. #lomographymca Subtitle: Forcing Myself To Get Out & Take Pics. I talked this camera up already. I like this camera. This post marks a pivot from counting off the first rolls of film. The camera is a keeper. Above that, actually. It has immediately become my favorite film camera. And even more than that I prefer it over some digital cameras.

My Favorite Bit Of Kit For 2025: Viltrox AF 85mm f/2 EVO. Subtitle: Greatness need not break the bank. When reviewing my purchases over the last year, one bit of gear immediately comes to mind as my favorite. No surprise here, since it is named in the title of this blog. But what is surprising is how good this lens is.