Since you asked!
Since Catherine Martin asked about the Fuji X100s I thought I might go forward with a little more about this extraordinary camera. While the X100s has many wonderful features and performance parameters that makes it special, it not so much what it is capable of that makes me enjoy it, but what it makes me capable of!
The cameras doesn’t call attention to itself, it allows you to be in the moment and see and quickly capture that moment. The image below is one of my favorites because of how much I love and appreciate the subject, and it would not have been captured if I had been struggling with controls when it happened. It’s my partner in His Light, Jim Begley in old Baptist Missionary church in Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
This shot was a much more studied image off the tripod in Canonsburg Park, during last years Nashville event. This monochrome shows the extreme quality of the 23mm lens on the X100s.
It’s the “always have it with you camera!”. When Jim took me to visit a famous glass blowing artist he knew in Danville, Kentucky, I didn’t even take a “serious” camera. I was wowed by his work and with the help of the X100s was able to carefully pull off some available light hand held work!
……..and another!
I’m an admitted “texture addict”, I see it everywhere I go, and when you can have a small compact camera capable of capturing it, well, that is a good thing!
When Jack Graham and I did a workshop out in Death Valley we visited the Rhyolite Mines Ghost Town, and I stumbled on some “Freaky” art, just had to shoot it, the monochrome out of the X100s was stunning!
At our lunch stop we had a surprise guest for our outdoor lunch, a burrow, gotta have a camera ready! X100s!
How about capturing your friends in the field like Ted Thelin in Death Valley! The X100s is a great “photograph your friends” camera!
The 35mm equiv. lens on the X100s is limiting at a place like Bad Water in Death Valley, but still very usable as evidenced below.
Sometimes when the light is magic at Zabriskie Point in Death Valley and all you have with you is the X100s, you just have to make do!
It’s more versatile than you would think, has quality to spare, and is my constant companion!
Want the tech info on it? Read the DP Review article linked below! They gave it their Gold Award 83% score, among the highest ever!
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/fujifilm-x100s/
Blessings,
the pilgrim
There you go Catherine!
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Thanks again. I started with the X100S and love it, but it is kinda gathering dust now that I have some X-T1s. So, I am thinking I might get my X100S converted to a deep black infrared camera. I ask the folks at Kolari Vision and they said they are now converting the X100S for $300.
Go check out Mark Hilliard’s website he does great IR work and is a real expert on conversions!
Thanks – great stuff.
Magnificent! Thank you so much Bill! That was the best answer to a question on a camera that I’ve ever received. I’m totally sold. Those photos are just incredible. The Zabriskie Point one in Death Valley is just amazing. And the glass ones are totally brilliant and beautiful. Thanks for taking the time to post those photos and for all your wisdom and direction on the Fuji systems, and especially the X100S here. I can’t wait to get one. Blessings to you!!
Same to you my dear!
One more question – what accessories do you recommend for the X100S? You mentioned a grip and the L bracket.
I have a RRS L bracket with hand grip, a thumb rest, and I love the Wapiti “Spike” strap.
The thumb rest is from Lensmate, sold by Amazon, you can get it in silver or black, you can also get the lens shade and filter adapter (it’s a kit) from Amazon. Don’t get the. Actual Fuji one costs three times as much! I’ll get you a link!
The JJC is what I have and it’s nicely finished and works great! A 58mm lens cap fits the shade!
Thank you for all these recommendations! I thank the Lord for you Bill!!
Ditto my friend, ditto! When will I see you and David again?
I hope soon – I’m getting ready to work on a huge book project this summer – a book on faith and also a DVD message series and of course, including my photography in it as well. I’m hoping to have that complete by September. My most favorite times are out there in the field, all of us there with our tripods, capturing glimpses of God’s amazing majesty and glory!
You are welcome back anytime, it is too cool being out there!