Recent content by Ghostbuggy

It seems like the X100V craze carried over to the VI, at least here in Germany the camera is essentially sold out and only available for pre-order. The only way to get one of these cameras on short notice would be buying used and scalpers are at it selling new and sealed cameras with a few...

I attended a flight show at a local falconer and had the opportunity to take some pictures, lighting wasn't the greatest and the longest lens I have is the 90mm f2 - which did a great job but I wasn't really up to the task, especially when it came to birds in flight. Close-up of Graf Luckner, a...

Wow, I'm quite surprised and especially disappointed to read this. So far I've had nothing but good experiences with MPB. Usually when I rate the gear I'll send them, I'm rather conservative when it comes to the condition and usually they tend to rate the condition up themselves, best example...

Personally I went the rather cheaper route and bought some 1/4 Black Mist "Nano-X" filters from K&F Concepts, got them on sale last year. After some research I quickly found out these filters aren't quite as good as those from other brands, however getting two filters in the small size I needed...

Hey Brownie, I actually bought the very same pouch a three years or so ago. I can second everything you said: It is pretty inexpensive, built sturdy enough and offers enough space for "standard" sized batteries, I also always keep a spare memory card inside the zipped compartment, which already...

A couple of weeks ago I sold my whole Micro Four Thirds kit - all of it. While I did use the Pen-F and especially the 75mm f1.8 every now and then, I kept using my X-Pro3 pretty much all of the time, be it with the Fujicrons or both of my MF Voigtländer lenses. I wouldn't have sold the MFT kit...

My go to camera store in Berlin seems to be out of stock already, the pre-orders were expected to be delivered this week and both color variants are now listed as "expecting new stock soon". I sort of agree to some comments regarding upgrading from V to VI - if you don't really need the IBIS...

Mel, I also don't know what else to say other than writing my sincerest condolences for you losses. Words won't cure anything, but you have my best wishes that life for you will calm down soon and you'll hopefully be able to find some peace and quiet in the near future.

I was looking forward to Pacific Drive which has been released just a few days ago. Unfortunately the gameplay seems to be very time restricted, as you always have to press on to finish each sector as quickly as possible, otherwise you'll be stuck in fatal anomalies. While I get being trapped in...

Hi John, I've actually just now read about your stroke and your still ongoing hospital "adventure". I wish you all the best and am crossing fingers you'll at least be able to return home soon, IMHO at least your mind will get some well deserved peace at your own place which hopefully will help...

It seems to be a nice addition to the 27mm lens they already released. While the launch of the X-Pro4 didn't happen and who knows when it will happen, the new Voigtländer pancake lens is already available, here in Germany it is a tad more expensive than the 27mm sibling at EUR 599,- (compared to...

I recently got myself a 2020 Mini Cooper SE. This is pretty much the very same car I kept configuring on the Mini website over the past few years: British Racing Green, white roof and mirrors, "Loop" spokes and trimlevel "L". They were out of my league financially, however with recent heavy...

I actually stayed away from pretty much all photography related news and happenings since the new year began. Now I just noticed via Youtube the new X100 has just been announced. I think it looks like a good successor to the previous X100V. Fujifilm included IBIS, which I think was among the...

I guess I am pretty much the most boring person here: I don't shoot film and hence have no old film cameras laying around. In addition I cleared my collection of camera gear over the last few years. My oldest camera not only still in use but actually overall oldest camera in my posession is the...

I typically link from my Flickr account, when doing so, you are prompted with either a full-res link or a scaled down link - I actually always used the full resolution one, however I noticed that also tends to slow down my browser quite a bit as of late and I now only use the downsized option -...