Primetime!

Well hello there, gorgeous.

If you noticed that the pictures I have taken from the last blog posts have a different flavour in them, then you guessed right. GAS (gear acquisition syndrome) has kicked in yet again. And although jobless, I am eternally thankful to the guy upstairs that I have been able to pull enough resources to upgrade my weapon. And this time I am a late bloomer, as the Fujifilm X100S is already one year since it was released.

It may seem like a bold move. And in a way it is. As a guy who always favored zooms, transitioning to a fixed lens camera is no walk in the park. Having nothing but a 35mm (28mm with the wide angle converter) can feel limiting at times. And certain types of photography, like birding, will be next to impossible with this lens.

But many photographers will tell you that having only one focal length to work with can tremendously improve your technique, as you now have to rely on yourself to compose and frame the image you want to take. I believe this to be true. It's a steep learning curve. But I like it that my photography is now slower in pace. I like to look at my surroundings and visualize how I want to photo to appear in my head before I actually start taking photos. The Fujifilm X100S is definitely not a "spray and pray" camera.

And the benefits? Some of the most gorgeous files I have ever seen. The color and dynamic range is comparable to the BIG cameras I used to own. All the hype about the X-Trans sensor were indeed true (remember I am a late bloomer when it comes to this). And did I mention this camera is extremely discrete? The leaf shutter means the camera makes virtually no sound at all when it takes a picture. A lot of the people I candidly photographed in the past few days didn't even realize that I was taking pictures.

So I finally made that big leap and went prime-only (hence the title of this post). It feels liberating to not have to fiddle about changing lenses in the middle of a photo walk.

And this will be very good practice as I close in on getting my "bucket list" camera, the Leica M Typ 240. As soon as I start to work I will try to save a little each month and hopefully I will be able to acquire this camera one day, the camera that I have ALWAYS dreamed of getting ever since I started to learn photography.

But I'm not in a hurry, because the Fujifilm X100S is one awesome camera. I, like Zach Arias, admit in all honesty, that this by far is the best camera I have ever owned.