Jon Adair Web dev, aspiring photographer, Mac & iOS tech support.

I’ve had my Fujifilm X100 for a good few months now and I feel like I’ve really gotten to know it. When I first purchased the camera, I felt like I was constantly battling with it. I struggled with the slow AF, the exposure metering was different to what I was used to and the frame lines in the optical viewfinder were nothing more than a ‘best guess’ of what would end up in the final image. However, as I continued to use it, I started getting used to its quirks. I learned to slow my style of shooting down from what I was used to with my big DSLR. When using the DSLR, I always felt under pressure to get my shot and move on, as if at any moment I was going to be arrested for photographing something I shouldn’t. I eventually began to realise that people didn’t care that I was taking time to compose my images with the X100. Apart from the occasional envious or inquisitive glance from another photographer, people didn’t pay me any attention at all.

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My GORUCK GR1 saw action this weekend as a military camera bag at the Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth.

Using the insert from my Billingham Hadley Pro camera bag (which just happens to fit perfectly), I was able to carry my 5D Mark II, 50mm f/1.4, 16-35mm f/4L, 24-105mm f/4L and 70-200mm f/2.8L along with water, and my wet weather gear.

An extremely badass camera bag!

I had a question this week asking if it was possible to use the Billingham Hadley Pro camera bag with Canon’s 70-200mm lens mounted on a camera body.

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I really want a DSLR with some nice lenses. I’m not sure if it’d be worth spending the extra to get something above an entry level though. At the moment I use a Canon S90 compact which is actually pretty good – a perfect balance of portability, usability and image quality. I’d like to graduate up to full DSLR status at some point though. Let me know in the comments if you have any good recommendations.

Via Canon Rebel T2i Review: This Should Be Your First DSLR - Canon rebel t2i review - Gizmodo.