We spent the first week of August in Burlington, VT for our family vacation. I was worried about the summer heat, but we got lucky and the weather was perfect. We spent our mornings hiking, kayaking, and biking, taking advantage of the cool lake breeze. Afternoons were spent having lunch outside, topped off with the occasional maple creemee and a well deserved pint for me.
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FujifilM X100V – In Bloom
The X100V delivers some great colors when photographing flowers and plants. It has a pretty decent close focus distance of about 4 inches / 10cm. The 26mp sensor has some room to crop if you want to get in a bit closer. I purchased some cheap old Tiffen close up filters from keh.com, and I’ll do a post about how useful they are down the road.
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Camera Obscure Huh? – Fujifilm Finepix Real 3d W3
FujiFilm released the Finepix W3 3D in 2010. I purchased my camera in 2014 on Amazon for $190 as a brand new import from Japan. The 3D TV craze had pretty much died by then, and while according to WikiPedia, the camera initially sold well, it was eventually discontinued and a FujiFilm never released a follow up model. While there have been various cameras with 3D capability since then, like the Lenovo Mirage and the Vuze XR 3D VR nothing has really surpassed the FujiFilm camera for 3D photography in my opinion.
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