IT IS BEEN A WHILE!!

HO HO HO
Christmas is almost here. It's been a while since i last post something here. Now its almost new year... sheesh how fast time passed!! I just watched Star Wars Rogue One and i just thought The Force Awakens was only a few months ago....NOT... its already been a year.
So Star Wars aside..... Lets talk photography side of the story. Anyway i sold all of my gear, the last one was the Sony RX100iii but but but... just after a few days selling my RX100iii i got a bargain on a Sony A6000 and that camera is still with me. I guess i am stuck with Sony for now. I said to myself to only have my iPhone7plus as my every day camera. Its easier to bring, pocketable, and i bring it with me everywhere...but i just had to have a real camera, thus i bought the SOny A6000.
IQ wise is good for APS-C of today. low light not as clean as Fuji but sometimes Fuji can get plasticky. I only have the kit lens and just bought a FE35mm 2.8 at a bargain. $300SGD used!!! thats about $230USD. bloody cheap! Although id prefer a faster lens such as 35mm 1.8 but at that bargain my resale value would still make me a lil bit of money so  ijust bought the lens. At 2.8 the bokeh is ok. But not so blurry as a 1.8.
I dont have pictures to show, i might as well talk out of my ass. Its becasue my pictures are at my laptop. Im writing this on my desktop, nobody cares but yea whatevs.

Even though i want to build my lens collection for my A6000, i still cant brush aside my thinking for the Fujis. Man, i just love those retro looks. Holding it in my hands will gives me so much pleasure, eventhough lack of features and what not. I think Sony has more features than a Fuji. Or that is only my thinking. Well basically what i been trying to say for the past 2 paragraphs is i have GAS! LOL. I love the Xpro2. So sexy. But it didnt have a tilt screen, deal breaker for me, or maybe i can live without it. Its a handy feature though. but its also bigger than the a6000. Theres also the new A6500 which is way better features, things such as IBIS, you dont have to depends on Lens OIS anymore. But A6500 is not retro. Theres also the rumored X100F coming, i guess with the new sensor. i love X100 series. but i wanted to try interchangeable lenses. ive been living a one focal lenght kind of life. If i want retro through n through should i buy the old Leica M9? i had one. The LCD screen sucks. it aint worth the price. Just that red logo is. If that makes any sense.

So should i buy a new system again, this time Fuji? or should i just stuck with Sony A6000 and be busy making pictures rather than drooling new gears? but thats my problem, please dont answer me, i have terrible GAS. Trust me, when i have GAS, id buy them all, for the past 2 months i have shitloads of VANS because i have GAS. Yes, VANS the shoes, i think i have 10 VANS kicks and 2 converse, just one of my terrible GAS moments. Trust me, its terrible. i have 3 BMW's too.....

Old BMWs though....

i always think i have shitloads of money but i dont. i just have my feelings. bwahahahahaha.

Ciao.

P/S Just some random pics taken with A6000. I dont travel a lot lately so less pictures.

 Just 3 of my many VANS.

 My BMW

 My REAL BMW

 One of my many VANS. This is with 35mm 2.8. Such a great product lens

One of my Converse out of many VANS. Same 35mm 2.8 lens. 

I promise to be a good boy and post more updates.

Another Day, Another GAS.

As much as i love my Fujis, i'm still looking for a compact pocketable camera. My day to day clothing does not involve jackets so i cant bring the X100S in my jacket pocket, i'm wearing Teeshirt and quite slim jeans, not skinny jeans as my legs aren't skinny, well, not anymore. I wish i had a camera that has a APSC sensor that i can fit to my jeans. At the moment my best camera is my iphone. Because its just everywhere with me. but too bad, the IQ isnt all that great being an iphone4, hopefully iphone6 will be much better!

I'm looking for compact cameras with great IQ, that i can fit into my jeans's pocket. Because i'm just lazy to bring a bag with me. I want to take out the camera out of my pocket and shoot. That easy. Cant do that with my Fujis. but i can do that with my iphone but i want a real camera. I'm not a serious photographer who lugs around their DSLRs or Fujis or Olympus where ever they've gone to, i'm just the casual photographer, snapshots rather than perfectly compose shots. I want a small camera that i can bring anywhere without the hassle, ya know, bring a bag, take it out of the bag, snap snap snap, put it in the bag, even bringing a bag is a hassle to me. i like to travel light. Just my Tshirts and jeans and boots. Thats all. i hate carrying a bag. As much as light the Fuji is, i still find it heavy. I'm looking for the ultimate travel camera, something small, compact and light. but with great IQ.

At the moment, i like the Ricoh GR and the Sony RX100 iii. Both similarly priced. Both seems pocketable. or at least smaller than the Fuji X100S. I love retractable lens. its compact! Sony will be much versatile, zoom, wifi, selfies, but with a 1inch sensor. Ricoh has my fav length, 28mm and it also can do 35mm cropped, bigger sensor APSC, great low light but only at f/2.8. So less bokeh. Both are great point and shoot camera. Snapshots camera.

I have a trip to London + Italy coming, so i'm bringing my X100S and see if i can live with it or without it.

But lets not forget, that rangefinder looks of the X100S makes me want to pick it up and take photographs, or at least just press the shutter for nothing.

Random 35

Sometimes, i just have no idea what to rant about, but i have some pictures that i would like to post. Just to update the blog. ya know, its kind of like a diary to me. maybe in the future i can look back and read all the nonsense that i had written.

So i'm calling this new set "Random 35", just some random collection of pictures from my X100S.

Handheld, x100s, night shot wide open at f2, iso3200 at 1/25s