Released in 2020 | The Fujifilm X100v for me was the camera that got me started on Photowalks. This camera is just easy to grab and go. It is small, low profile discreet form factor makes for a great prosumer camera. I do most often use mine in Aperture priority and most of the time I find F4 to be the perfect setting for sharpness and allowing a fast enough shutter speed for handheld walking around. I just adjust the ISO for the time of day and lighting conditions. I do believe the X100v to be the perfect camera for me. It really inspires creativity and once you have all the buttons and dials set up to your liking I almost never miss a shot. I use this camera the most for two things, photowalks and street photography. It is the perfect focal length for this type of photography for me personally that is.

Released in 1953 | This camera for me is maybe the most unique camera in my collection. First off it is a medium format camera, that’s a folding camera, that’s pocketable, that’s both a 6x6 and a 6x4.5…wow are you following me yet? Oh and there’s more, it’s a fully manual rangefinder without a light meter. I own three of these in my collection. The one I used in Ep 2 of “The Morning Photowalk Podcast” actually has an issue with the frame counter. So on this morning I was running my first test roll thru it unknowingly making one of the coolest panorama’s I’ve ever captured because the frames were all overlapping. Luckily I was walking around a Historic part of town and all the shots had the same feel and lighting conditions. Well I really love this camera and at first was really bummed about the frame counter and spacing issue. So I searched high and low and finally found a really mint Mamiya 6v in perfect working order, in my search I also found a different version of this camera which is only 6x6. More on this camera in upcoming episodes. It for me is so practical, It is literally small enough to put in my pants pocket ( for those of us who wear cargo pants/short ) and walk around with the camera all day, whip it out when a composition jumps into my path, press a button to unfold it, wind the shutter, compose, focus, and snap away, fold it back up, and place it back into my pocket all in one stride. I LOVE this camera! Oh yeah did I mention it’s medium format?!?!?! Yeah Yeah it is, so you get huge 120 format negatives from this slim designed pocket camera!

Released in 2020 | More on this camera later…