Hi Sarah,

Thanks for your comment. Well the courier came for my camera gear yesterday. I’d been umming and ahhing and thought I’d finalised my choice but I realised that I was still holding on to too much and not simplifying enough if I truly want to get off the gear treadmill and purely focus on photography. I guess I felt nervous about fully committing to a real gear purge given that my website is my income stream. In the end, the OM System gear went to MPB and I have consolidated down to just my Nikon Z kit.

You’re right, the OM System gear would have been used because I owned it, not because I needed it or it did anything better than the Nikon kit I have. As to the Fuji X100VI, it’s a great camera but again, I’ve been pretty brutal in my culling and it would have been a luxury to keep it as the Nikon Zf I own will fulfil that role of sticking a prime lens on, having a tactile experience and just going out to shoot. There isn’t anything that the Fuji X100VI does better than the NIkon in terms of image making except a few niche use cases, that I just don’t use often enough to justify keeping it for. Yes it’s lighter, more compact and has better dials but those are all nice to have’s not essential to me. On the other hand the Nikon Zf has better image quality, autofocus and the ability to swap lenses.

All the best
David

Hi Larry,

I’m glad you found them helpful.
All the best
David

Hi Yoann,

Thanks for you rkind words.

While the choice is always subjective and personal, if you are not limited by budget the combination I would choose would be the zoom for general shooting and covering a wide focal range with brilliant quality. I’d pair that up with the 33mm 1.4wr as its probably the best of the Fuji primes and its a focal length that really takes advantage of the larger aperture with the ability to create family/kids photos that will stand out and offer better low light performanc and subject separation than the zoom. Why I’d choose it over the 23mm 1.4WR when paired with the zoom is simply becasue at 23mm , depth of field control is simply less desirable and less important.

All the best whatever you end up deciding.
David

Hi Hendrick,

Thanks so much.

All the best.
David

Hi Seymour,

Thanks so much for your comment. I found it really touching, that you would make such a thoughtful and empathetic comment. It’s been a very difficult time but photography and my eldest daughter Sofia keep me going.

All the best to you and your family.
David

Hi Steven,

Not on these particular shots. I do sometimes use them, green filter for skin tones for example or a red filter to darken skies.

All the best
David