Daily Archives: October 1, 2013

Not from this trip, but I still love what the X100s can do with single color filters!!!!!

 

I got back from the Black Hills and the Badlands at 1:00 a.m. this morning, it’s great to be home!  I have to say my week in South Dakota was wonderful, while I missed home, I had a wonderful shooting week!  I took what I was afraid might be a big risk on this trip, I went with only my Fuji system, no Nikons!!!!  My health has been so much better not carrying a heavy system, and I simply wanted to have fun. Let me me be very clear, I love my Nikon bodies and lenses, I’ve always had complete confidence in them, I just have gotten to where I really suffer if I carry all 25 pounds in a shoulder bag or back pack!  In a way, this was the ultimate test of the Fuji gear, would I come home and say I made a mistake???  I won’t keep you in suspense, I had one of the best shooting weeks of my life!  Would the Nikons have done well, I’m sure they would have, but they still would have weighed almost 25 pounds,  the 7 pounds of the Fuji X system was a lot better for my back and energy level!

 

What do I gain with the Fuji System:

 

The fun factor, I simply really enjoy shooting with it!

 

The  color in the files, Fuji really has a very good handle on color, and I get spectacular jpegs right out of the camera!

 

The lens quality is spectacular!!!  (admittedly the Nikkors are also pretty wonderful!!) The good news is I don’t  loose anything with the Fujinon glass.

 

What is the downside?

 

The D800 would have made bigger, more information rich, files, and that’s about it!!!!!

 

For such a small difference my back is thanking me for my decision……

 

Here are some of my favorite shots!

 

And my favorite again……..

 

 

All in all, I’m very happy with the outcome of the experiment!

 

Blessings,

 

the pilgrim