2012 ended on a really rough patch for me, and 2013 holds plenty of darkness for me to fathom as I reach in. I dare not hope, I dare not love, I dare not even live further than this point, but I will try.
I will try my darndest.
This, I dedicate to friends who have seen, and who will continue to see me through.
In the last two years, no other camera manufacturer has captured my imagination more than Fujifilm with their X series of cameras. First, they flirted with us with the decidedly retro-looking, almost ridiculous copycat design of a Leica camera, and put in a digital sensor that gave astounding results. The fact that it uses a leaf shutter that is basically silent makes it one of the best street cameras ever made.
Then what did they do? They released the interchangeable-lens camera called the X-Pro 1. It comes with a brilliant, brilliant X-Trans sensor that's been blowing the minds of many professionals - but it came at a price.
So, the X-E1 came along to slot right in between the X100 and the X-Pro 1. Of course I had to get it. I'm so excited by what's coming out from it that I just don't wanna type any more than I should.
Commoners like me have no need for DSLRs anymore. Ever.
Scattered liberally below are photos taken with my uncle's Fujifilm X100 and my brand new Fujifilm X-E1 with 35mm/f1.4 lens. I won't say which ones are from which camera, because both are AMAZEBALLS (the X100 is half the price of the X-E1 setup, but it's got a fixed lens), and you should get one.
Some people would die than be anywhere close to their workplace on an off-day, but me? I took a day off just to bring friends around my workplace.
BECAUSE I'M A +100 FRIEND.Sometimes you're with someone for a really long time and then you discover there's something you didn't know about him/her before - this happened with my trusty camera.
I've had the Sony NEX-5N camera for close to a year now and I've barely even skimmed the surface of its myriad of functions. On my mother's birthday (that was yesterday), I decided I'd give something different a go. Fiddling with the camera, I discovered there's actually an option right in there for shots to be taken in a 16:9 resolution, in contrast to the default 3:2 resolution I usually shoot in.
I realise there is absolutely no correlation between this and my mother's birthday, but there's no reason for anyone to blog either, so thank you for wasting your time on me.
There are certain numbers of you who know I work in the middle of a garden in Singapore, so please do bear with the impending abundance of images here featuring plants and flora. I'm boring. I don't go out much.
NOW. PICTURES. GO.
