Galleries

Eat, Drink, Love Life: A Panasonic GH3 Gallery from Grossetto in Tuscany

08/06/2013 By Heather

Every year, the five-year-olds in my Italian nursery school class embark on a five-day school trip. It is the culmination of their three year journey from small children who are completely dependent on their teachers, to elementary school kids, ready to tackle reading, writing and the hardships of academic school life.

Parco Europa in the Sun: A Sony NEX-5K Gallery

12/05/2013 By Heather

As many of our readers know, it has been raining for weeks on end here in Turin. In fact, considering all the days between Easter and now, you can hardly count the sunny days on one hand.

What a relief it was, then, when the forecast predicted a week – yes, a full week – of hot balmy weather. Since Mat was out on a job, I decided to take a walk to the nearby Parco Europa near the small town of Cavoretto, up in the Torinese hills. In the five years I’ve lived here, I’ve never visited the park, mainly because it is in the opposite direction to the centre of the city and where I work, so it was a pleasure to wander around the gardens, hunting down butterflies, eating ‘gelato’ and watching humanity at its most relaxed.

Fuji’s Colours in Pralormo, Italy: An X20 & X100s Gallery

26/04/2013 By Mathieu

How many times have you woken up on what seemed to be a gorgeously sunny day, picked up your camera, chosen a destination and gone out hoping to take the most splendid pictures of your photography career, only to discover as you approach your destination that the weather wasn’t as you’d hoped?

Spring in the Langhe: Landscape Gallery with the Fuji X100s

14/04/2013 By Mathieu

Update: also check out our colours gallery.

Spring has finally made its appearance here in Italy. Keeping with our yearly tradition, Heather and I went to the Langhe region (Piedmont, Italy), famous worldwide for its wine and truffles. (In fact, many celebrities ranging from the likes of De Niro to rapper Jay-Z come here regularly to eat them!) It was a great opportunity to bring along my x100s and see how it would suit the landscape photography genre. The Fuji X100s was designed primarily for street photography, but the colour and tonal range capabilities of the X-Trans Sensor are very interesting for landscape shots as well. (You can read our x100s full review here).

‘The Rain It Raineth Everyday’ in Venice: A Black and White Fuji x20 Gallery

04/04/2013 By Heather

Update: Check out our x20 full review, homemade macro test, Photoshow gallery, Advanced mode test, and high ISO test.

The wait was almost unbearable. While the rest of the world seemed to be frolicking madly in the fields with the new Fuji x20 and x100s, neither had arrived in shops here in Italy. The vendors tried to reassure us, with one promise after another of a punctual delivery, and yet, there was no sign.

Now, before you go and assume that we are sick with some incurable camera fetish, you must know there was actually good reason for our desperation. You see, only a week remained before our five-day Easter trip to Venice, and in our minds, there really was no better place to test these two cameras than the most beautiful city in Italy!