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With the Fujifilm X‑Half recently dipping below the £500 mark (down from its original £699 launch price), I thought it would be fun to explore what else £500 can buy you in 2026 within the Fujifilm X‑Series ecosystem. Can you still find a body‑and‑lens combo that delivers genuine Fuji Magic? This is a light‑hearted experiment,…
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A high-contrast, gritty monochrome profile designed to echo the iconic GRII look – now tuned for the X100VI.
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The Ricoh GRII (2015) is the earlier, and lesser known model, from Ricoh’s GR line of APS-C compact cameras. This is my honest 2026 take on the Ricoh GR II: five reasons I still love it, and five reasons it drives me absolutely mad. A (very) brief history.The Ricoh GR camera series is a big…
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What does Indiana Jones take with him when he goes out adventuring? He takes his hat, his whip and maybe a map (if he’s feeling organised). He pairs these essential items with his grit and determination to get the job done. He backs himself. Any more kit would slow him down. The X100s, is the…
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The grafter. It’s hard for any lens at the 35mm equivalent range to grab the headlines. This focal length is how the human eye sees the world. It cannot ‘wow’ the crowd with any optical party tricks: No super-wide special effects, and no telephoto wizardry in the form of compression and giant bokeh. This 23mm…
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Not many camera lenses ever achieve a ‘classic’ status, espacially when they were made in the 21st Century. Classic or character lenses tends to mean a vintage lens that had particular charm or optical trait. Lenses like the Helios 44-2 and the Leitz Summar 50mm F2, which can be identified just by glancing at an…
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