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Western Digital have a portable hard drive in the My Passport range that has a built in card reader for SD. It's HDD and available up to 1TB last time I looked but possibly more now. I think they go for around $130. There are other more specialised options with built in LCD screens but they tend to be much more expensive. If all you want to do is back up rather than edit on the go this saves having to carry anything else. (The WD does also have wi fi so in theory you could access the images on any wireless device like your tablet to art least do a review and delete the rubbish.)

If the X-E2 does get the rumoured FW update I imagine it will get the same focusing system as the X-T10. In that case it seems to me there is so little significant difference between the two that it comes down your preference for rangefinder style or DSLR style. Since the FW update is supposedly coming soon you shouldn't have too long to wait before being in a position to make a decision.

Pleased to hear it. I hope it's true.

This is the one I have. I've been using it for around eight months and these days I rarely use the mains charger that came with the camera. When I travel I just bring this. No problems so far.

That's exactly what we call it in English

Another perspective for you. The whole question of equivalency is a hangover from the days when 35mm film was dominant and focal lengths and DoF were relative to that size. We're long past those days now. Forget about equivalency. The best thing you can do (IMHO of course) is to take you camera (or cameras) and lenses and shoot with them at whatever focal length and multiple f stops until it becomes second nature to you to understand what kind of image a particular camera / lens / f-stop combination is going to give you.

Having just redesigned my own website completely and faced some of the same questions I'll chip in here as well. Regarding design and layout I think that it is fine, as you would expect using squarespace. The nice thing for photographers these days is that we can create a website and personalise it using hosts like Squarespace and Smugmug (where I used to be) and Format (where I currently am). The only things I would say are that on the landing page first, I found the 'Gallery Main' link a little confusing in that it took me a moment out work out that these were links to individual galleries, and second, I clicked on the heading 'Welcome' expecting that it was a link to some kind of introduction to your work and was left wondering if it was a broken link. With regard to the portfolio / galleries, I think we all have this problem of knowing how much is too much (or on some occasions) too little, and where to set the cut off point in terms of what is good enough and what just falls short. For me, I find that your galleries have too many pictures and I think it would be good as someone else suggested to create a more comprehensive arrangement of galleries or sub-galleries with fewer images. I'll confess that I end up flicking through the images rather rapidly once I get past the first 10-12 (though my own website galleries often have more than this too:) ). I think this also helps address the issue someone else mentioned of the lack of information regarding the images. I too prefer to keep this to a minimum and have a nice clean look and if your galleries are tightly focused then there is less need for explanation. I also deal with this by sometimes having the first element on a gallery page be a brief written piece on the theme of that gallery. I've found that I tend to add and remove pictures from galleries from time to time depending on my mood, sometimes looking for a more tightly focused presentation, other times wanting something more expansive. The critical thing is that you need to be critical of your own images and given that we are often not good critics of our own work it is good to get opinions from other photographers you know whose knowledge and work you respect. Ultimately, though, you have to be the one responsible for the final decisions - it's your website and you have to be happy with it first and foremost. I'm also going to agree with those above who suggested you need to rethink your 'About' section to make it less about what you think is wrong with contemporary photography and more about you and your own personal vision. For a point of reference you can have a look at my website to see how I approached it and if you think it's terrible you can ignore everything I've said.

Ardbeg, Islay DSCF3237 by olli, on Flickr

I won't buy it myself since I have the existing 35/1.4, but having said that I hope lots of other Fuji users do. If it's a huge success then Fuji might be minded to fill, for me, the biggest gap in the current line up - a compact and affordable 50, 1.8 or 2 equally acceptable. As good as the 56 appears to be it's not an adequate replacement for the 50/1.8 I've had with every other camera system I've used.

Thanks. Somehow I managed to avoid being overcome despite imbibing my first of the day at 8 in the morning courtesy of our delightful B&B owner who offered a dram with breakfast. Followed up with 3 to 5 samples at every distillery we visited (two a day on a couple of days) and a late night drop thanks to strategically timed casual encounters with the host, who was always willing to offer "the last few drops" from one of his near empty bottles, and I was amazed I could point the camera at anything. I put it down to the distillery samples being generally smaller than a typical measure, lots of fresh air and hearty breakfasts involving salmon, smoked haddock and kippers. Unusually for me I took a lot of images on this trip so no doubt I'll be posting a few more.

The post box on the shore at Bruichladdich on the island of Islay in Scotland looking over Loch Indaal. Immediately behind me is the Bruichladdich Distillery, one of eight whisky distilleries on the island. I managed to visit all of them and sample their whisky. DSCF3532 by olli, on Flickr

Market Market - Taguig, Philippines

The entire FF market is a niche market. Go that route and Fuji just dissipates its resources. I understand that there are people out there who want or occasionally need 35mm sensors, but can you understand that there are also plenty of us who do not want to go down that route? In my case so much so that I abandoned Sony, whose cameras I had been using since the A200, for Fuji precisely because Sony decided to put their energies into FF and put APS on the back burner.

Great set. Love the first one and the last one particularly.

On Flickr go to your photostream. Click on the photo you want to post. That will open the photopage for that image. Click on the share icon (on the lower right, it's the third of a group of four and looks like an arrow pointing right). On the box that pops up select BB Code and select the size you want to post from the drop down list. Then copy the link and paste it straight into the reply box on the forum. If you want to make sure it has worked you can click on the 'More Reply Options' on the bottom right and hit 'Preview Post'. Hope this helps.

Just had a look at your website Tom. Some nice stuff on there.

DSCF2884 Edison Street, Makati (X-E2, XF35)

DSCF2878 Buendia Railway Station in Makati, Philippines (X-E2, XF35)

I think it's quite a normal experience for a lot of people that their enthusiasm waxes and wanes. Right now mine is on the way down and I'm in one of those troughs.How you deal with it depends on the person you are, there's no one size fits all solution. Some people suggest forcing yourself to shoot, even if you are not enjoying it and your results don't please you, on the basis that as long as you keep shooting your passion and enthusiasm will come back. Others lean towards a more, literally, hands-off approach, leaving the camera behind and not trying to force it, assuming that you will eventually start picking it up again when you're ready. Personally, I tend towards this latter approach but, like I say, there is no one solution that suits everyone. One general point, though, that I think does apply to everyone, is not to worry about it. Worrying about it, analyzing why we've lost our enthusiasm generally only leads to more problems. Whatever your way of dealing with it it shouldn't involved worry.

Well it seems clear enough that there will be an X-Pro2 at some point but beyond that general statement everything else is rumour and guess work. Your initial post makes it sound like you're already more or less convinced that you need to look elsewhere for something that meets your needs. So why not go with your own judgement instead of asking for opinions from what are, after all, a bunch of strangers, none of whom know your work or your needs.

Manila Bay (X-E2, XF18-55)

It was shot on Red Epic cameras and Angenieux and Zeiss lenses. No Fuji involvement.

DSCF2852 by olli, on Flickr A couple more kids on Taft Avenue (X-E2, XF18-55)

Ha Ha. Very much doubt it was shot on a Fuji though.

To second what everyone else says, photography should be about what works for you and what pleases you. Some of my favourite pictures are ones that others have dismissed or glanced over. The important thing is to keep learning, keep shooting and have confidence in your own ability to judge what is of value for you. That said, you asked for comments, so here goes. They are entirely subjective and you are perfectly at liberty to ignore them Picture 1. It's a nice scene (where is it by the way?). It makes for a pleasant landscape. That said, the thing that drew my eye is the line of tiled rooftops in the bottom right. It might be interesting to reshoot (or to crop) and come up with a vertical image with the line of the rooftops leading to the church and the spire. Picture 2. For me I'd say the same thing again. While the wider shot is fine I would be more interested if it was framed a little tighter. I like the fact that her face is somewhat obscured, we are left to guess at her mood or emotion or to attribute one to her. But this slightly intriguing element gets a little lost in the wider framing and in particular in the fussiness of her bag. Picture 3. It's a pleasant scene but with nothing happening on that road maybe reframing to make the road a less dominant element, particularly in the foreground might help. Like I say, just my very subjective take.