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My Fuji X-E2 travel kit

My Fuji X-E2 travel kit

by Stanley LearyJanuary 10, 2014September 1, 2025

The Fuji kit looks like what is becoming my go-to system. Unfortunately, I am missing the new 10-24mm ƒ/4, which will not be out until March. If they made a 28-300mm equivalent to the Nikon…

Fuji X-E2 AF Settings

Fuji X-E2 AF Settings

by Stanley LearyJanuary 9, 2014September 1, 2025

Every new camera I get has a learning curve, and changing to another brand greatly increases the learning curve. Autofocus with the Fuji X-E2 has been challenging because I have to learn how the camera…

Photographer’s Devotion: Fighting Depression

Photographer’s Devotion: Fighting Depression

by Stanley LearyJanuary 6, 2014September 1, 2025

You can have what everyone else would say is a mountain-top experience and still be depressed. I know I have been many times in my life. 1996 Olympic gold medalist Derrick Adkins used running to…

Photographers we are part of a community

Photographers we are part of a community

by Stanley LearyJanuary 5, 2014September 1, 2025

A few days ago, Dave “Mullet” Martin, Associated Press photographer based in Montgomery, Ala., died after collapsing on the Georgia Dome field after the Chick-fil-A Bowl on Tuesday night. Dave Martin is on the left…

Fujifilm X-E2 testing the 18-55mm and 55-200mm with Test Chart

Fujifilm X-E2 testing the 18-55mm and 55-200mm with Test Chart

by Stanley LearyJanuary 3, 2014September 1, 2025

I bought the Large High-Resolution Test Chart for Camera Lens off eBay for $27. Here is a link if you choose to do something similar. Here is the setup where I had two soft boxes…

Fuji XF 18-55mm ƒ2.8-4 and XF 55-200mm ƒ/3.5-4.8 at the Chick-fil-A Bowl game

Fuji XF 18-55mm ƒ2.8-4 and XF 55-200mm ƒ/3.5-4.8 at the Chick-fil-A Bowl game

by Stanley LearyJanuary 1, 2014September 1, 2025

[Fujifilm X E2, 18-55mm, ISO 640, ƒ/2.8, 1/60] I am not entirely comfortable enough to shoot an assignment with the camera alone. The reason is nut the camera's capabilities but my knowledge of how to…

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