The Fujifilm X-E1 (and the older X-PRO1) are great cameras, but the photos they take are only as good as the lenses on them. Fujifilm is a newer entrant in the interchangeable lens camera market, and the lenses are few.…
Happy Holi everyone! Of the festivals around the world Holi is a great occasion to celebrate and even a reason to make a trip to India in spring. The festival of colors – as Holi is known – celebrates the…
A Pompeii visit is easy to do from Naples or Rome. A city frozen in time after the volcanic eruption in AD 79. That year Mount Vesuvius erupted after a series of earthquakes, and Pompeii and the nearby Herculaneum were…
Rome is a city of contrasts – a good recipe for photography. Travel to Rome to admire the old Roman temples and museums full with art of classic master painters and sculptors. Find a hotel in Rome in a quiet…
I bought the Fuji X-E1 in January, and I am very satisfied with it. I really think that it is ‘best digital camera of 2012’ as I do not know which other camera should receive that award. I find it…
After spending a lot of time with the Fuji X10 I have developed a few short cuts and settings that I feel bring the most from the camera. The settings I use are related to the C1 and C2 modes, EXR DR…
When the new Fujifilm X20 camera was announced I asked myself: is it time to upgrade from my old Fuji X10? If you want the quick answer you can go directly to the Fuji X20 review conclusion. I really like the…
There is a saying that in order to better experience a place you have to slow down. The more I try to fit as many things in as little time as possible, the more I become frustrated and tired. Of…
It is said that it is more about the road, the experience, than about the destination. I do not put a lot of weight on these kind of all-encompassing ‘truths’, but I do find that taking things as they come…
In Maldives the average temperature is 30 degrees Celsius, and the winters are not that different from summers. Rains? I think they do happen once in a blue moon. The people do say that the sea can get rough, and…
This is an older talk I had at radio Lynx – Romanian online radio – which I didn’t find the time to post here. The information is pretty basic, but some of the ideas might prove interesting even to seasoned…
Again a pretty large upload of photos. Today’s post has pictures from day 3 and 4, when we went to Mount Fuji and Matsumoto castle. Both are pretty impressive sights, but while Fuji didn’t offer a lot in terms of…
One of the best ways to escape from the travel escape, and the best way to get away from the modern Japan is to visit the old imperial palaces and gardens in Kyoto. Here time seems to have stopped in…
One of the great things to experience when traveling is eating the local food. It doesn’t matter if eating in a restaurant or having a quick bite on the street, the food from a new city can leave a lasting…
These are the last photos from Bruxelles, a mix of black & white and color photography. As usual I am way behind in posting the photos from my trip (nothing new here). I hope you enjoy all these pictures, and…
Well, I am now in Bucharest so this small wonderful trip ended. Managed to backup the whole photo catalog from the Asus netbook and do a backup, unpacked, did the laundry, started work – everything is back to normal. More…
In a city with sweltering heat you need an oasis of quiet, some trees, and a way to cool down. So…take on big swimming pool, add a lot of hammocks, a lot of fans in the dorms, a large space…
The vacation within the vacation is over. My 3 day stay in Tulum is over, and now I am in Merida missing the beach. Tulum is a backpacker hangout near the Caribbean, famous for cenote diving and snorkeling, for Mayan ruins, and for…
I think I am around at the half of the trip (time does seem to fly…), so here are some quick thoughts of the trip so far. I arrived in Ciudad de Mexico – a huge great city, where I…
Yes, this is going to be a post without pictures of buildings nor Mayan ruins. The second part of the trip seems to be moving towards a more nature-orientated part. At least for the moment. Or until Chichen Itza… Welcome…