One of main reason, I bought into the Fujifilm system is that the “Kaizen”, the continuous quality improvements through the numerous firmware updates. Fujifilm does regular updates not only for for the cameras but also for the lenses, although less frequent for the lenses.

This is my dog, walking around, in the snow in Whistler, BC. His name is Dodoïte (pronounced: Dodo ïte). He’s a furry Basset Hound. He’s basically a Basset Hound with longer legs and in the forest, in the woods, in the mountains he becomes a “real dog”.

Normally, in town (I live in Vancouver, BC), he’s afraid of everything. Every …

Fujifilm cameras like X-PRO2, the X-T20 and the X-T2 have a whole bunch of shortcuts. In the computer lingo, they would be called macros, they provide direct access to menu items without having to go through the menu system.

Function Keys

• To see where the Fn buttons are located and what is assigned to each of function key, press and hold the DISP/BACK button.
• Press and hold any …

Blue is an older beagle. She’s a very interesting character. Her name Blue is because it’s the preferred colour of his owner. She has all kind of blue things, including a blue car, some blue flowers…

Normally, Beagles howl. They howl because it’s a sound that carries very well in the thick of the forest. Beagle howl to let us know that they …

This black Labrador was walking all by himself. Not really by herself, but I didn’t see her owner. Her owner must have been there. This dog was too calm and just strolling by herself.

If her owner was far away at the front, she would be rushing. Maybe her owner should behind around the corner.

Technical

Camera: Pentax K20D ISO 200 and 1/1000 …

Everybody and their dog is reviewing the new Nikon mirrorless cameras, the Z6 and the Z7. The main problem is that very few people have seen one, let alone used one.

31-Aug-2018: Google search:
nikon z6 review
About 650,000 results (0.59 seconds)
— Google

Very few people have received it, definitely not 650,000 people. So people look at some the technical specs and decide if this is a …

Whenever I point my camera “into somebody’s face” people become afraid. It’s almost like pointing a weapon at them. They always ask themselves:

• How do I look?
• How’s my clothes?
• I never look good in photos…
• Why is he taking a photo of me?
• Is this legal?
• What he is going to do with these photos?

Dogs don’t care.

• Dogs do not pretend …

This 5 or 6 years old girl was waiting for her grandmother to go for a bike ride. The grandmother told me that it was some Terrier mix with a Maltese but I wasn’t paying attention, I was too busy making the photographs.

This French bulldog (aka Frenchie) looks quite old, but when I spoke with his owner, she said he was only 4 years old. His muzzle started to become grey when he was only a year old.

In the doggy world, there’s always a boss. Whenever a person comes near and interact, the dog will reevaluate: who’s the boss? Whenever another dog comes near and interact, the dog will reevaluate: who’s the boss?

What’s the job of the boss?

• The boss must make the decision of where to go
• The boss must make the decision of when to go
• The boss …

This white Bulldog is asking herself: “Why is this guy on the ground with that ‘monster eye’ (that’s the camera) looking at her?”

Most English Bulldogs are very nice dogs. She wonders if I’m going to give her the attention she deserves? Yes, I did, because just after this photo, I gave her owner a treat that she immediately gobbled.