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Why the Fuji X100 Will Eliminate Your Fear of Street Photography
I’ve been told by friends and colleagues that street photography came as a breath of fresh air into an otherwise mundane world of shooting landscapes and studio portraits, while many others, myself included, found it to be inherently uncomfortable in just about every way possible. Finding the beauty in the commonplace, and capturing it without disrupting your environment isn’t something that comes easily to all, but it seems we can all agree that there is a certain type of candid allure on the streets that simply can’t go undocumented.
Also be sure to check out our Editor in Chief’s post on how the camera retaught him street photography.
Leica X1 vs Fuji X100: Which Photos Are from Which Camera?
Years and years of innovation, tweaking and image quality battling have come down to this single conflict of epic proportions! There have been lots of Leica X1 vs Fuji X100 comparisons, but we’re going to see if you can tell the difference in the images yourselves.
Be sure to check out the Complete Fujifilm X100 review and the Leica X1 review so far.
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How the Fuji X100 Retaught Me Street Photography
Part of my methods of testing cameras here at The Phoblographer is by using them for street photography. While I agree with Eric Kim that it’s the photographer that creates the images, I believe that the camera is the tool that we use to do it. With that said, you wouldn’t use a wrench when you need a screwdriver. Upon using the Fuji X100, I believe that the camera retaught me how to do street photography.
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The Complete Fujifilm X100 Review
At long last, we’re done (sort of)! While this is the end of the Fuji X100 review, we’re going to be testing it against the Leica X1 very soon. But in the meantime, here are our findings on this amazing camera.
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Field Review: Fujifilm X100 (Day 1)
At long last, the Fujifilm X100 is here! After a quick comparison posting with the Olympus EP-2, we’re now ready to get started. At the time of writing this posting, I’ve literally spent less than an hour and a half with the camera after coming home from work. Here are my first impressions testing it out in the real world the same way many of you will.
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World Pinhole Day Reminded Me of How Much I Miss Instant Film
Today was World Pinhole Day, and I headed over to Dumbo, Brooklyn to meet up with a couple of fine folks to shoot with pinhole cameras. The meetup was organized by Gave Biderman, the guy behind Ruinism.com (and a co-worker of mine). Gabe reminded me of how much I miss and love instant film. The photos in the gallery above were shot with a pinhole camera using an instant back: which is totally different from the Hasselblads I’ve used before and the Fujifilm Instax that I reviewed. This camera seemed to be a bit more like the 20×24 camera that I toured, except a bit more pint sized (4×5 Fujifilm at both ISO 100 and ISO 3000. All the film was also expired.)
Either way, I just want to say that every now and then, we need to get out there and try something new to keep our brain fresh and also make sure that stay versatile. So with that said, shut up and screw up! I sure did today!
Show us what you did to celebrate World Pinhole Day in the comments below. If you’ve got a Flickr account, feel free to embed them in the comments. And also remember that we’ve got a contest going on using our Flickr group.
