Sunday View - 22 July 2018 Edition

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Today on this rare Sunday at home Kim and I decided to take a trip to Elmwood Park Zoo. And instead of taking my DSLR I took advantage of the moment and decided to take my camera phone for a test drive.  I also treated each frame as if I were shooting with film. I think this worked pretty well. None of these images have been edited in any way. Please have a look and if you are so inclined let me know what you think. Oh, and yes I posted this from my phone.

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Throwback Thursday View - 22 March 2018 Edition

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Today's throwback takes us to March 22, 2015. The subject one of my favorites, The Elmwood Park Zoo which is just around the corner from home. Here we see three of the zoo's many residents.

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Wednesday March 21, 2018

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Welcome To The Tuesday View

Today's photo is a continuation of our Sunday trip to the zoo. And it is what I call a snapshot+. That means I used a snapshot from my phone's camera and did a little touch up. Mainly I cropped it and adjusted the contrast and color. I can't do too much because it is a jpg file as opposed to the RAW images I get from my Canon. But there was a little room to work. Here is one of the barn owls that reside at the Elmwood Park Zoo.

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I am adding the EXIF data. Not much to see but here it is.

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Monday February 5, 2018

Monday February 5, 2018

 
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Welcome To The Monday View

For a Monday view I am sharing a couple snapshots I made yesterday while at the Elmwood Park Zoo. I was at the zoo to shoot a few test shots with the camera I reviewed yesterday but when I saw these guys I had to pull out my camera phone so I could share them with you. I could have relied on the Fuji I was testing but I must say that I trust my Galaxy S8 to get the job done.

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These are straight out of my camera (phone). I shot them through glass and was able to avoid glare by placing the phone right up on the window. I would like to add that it is very rare to catch the squirrel monkeys at a standstill. They tend to very active. Yesterday however they were a bit subdued and even seemed curious of me.

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Sunday February 4, 2018

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Welcome To The Sunday View

This weekend Kim and I hit a few second hand stores to see what treasures we could find. I of course always have an eye out for cameras and I must say I found some good stuff. So I think it's time to do another retro camera (un)review. This time we take a look at a hardly (if at all) used Fuji FinePix A340. I picked up this A340 at a thrift store near our home for the tidy sum of $10.00 . I got the camera (of course) but also the original box, cords, batteries and all of the documentation. There was even an extra memory card. It came from factory with a 16mb XD card but there was also a 64mb XD. Enough to save 33 pictures with the camera set to the highest quality of image. According to This Review the A340 went for around $199 new and was produced in 2004. It features a 4 Megapixel image sensor and a 3x optical zoom lens. Here are some pictures of the one I purchased yesterday.

And here are some sample images I shot today. Let me note that I think the camera had a little difficulty focusing due to some light snowfall. It seems that the snow tricked the camera into focusing on it instead of the main subject. And of course it may just be the 4 Megapixel sensor on a 14 year old camera.

These were all shot at the Elmwood Park Zoo in Norristown Pennsylvania.

My take on the Fuji FinePix A340? I think the over quality is pretty good for a 14 year old camera. It is good for snapshot photography for sure though it may be a bit of a fair weather friend. Literally I would avoid precipitation for more than the obvious reasons. Mainly focusing. But falling snow is probably the main issue. And it may work better when out of Auto mode even though there is little manual control. Put simply I wouldn't mind having it with me for that odd occasion here and there. But I rather have one of my small Canons or even a newer Fuji on hand.

On another note the low capacity memory card made me think before shooting. It was a lot like the old days of shooting film where I had to pick and choose so as not to run out of space (film).

Here is Yesterday's View...

Saturday February 3, 2018

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GO BIRDS!

Welcome To The Saturday View

Today sure was a busy one around here my friends. We had some shopping to do and a lot of preparation for Christmas in just over a day now. There is still more to do too. Naturally I really haven't had time this week to do much shooting so for today's photo I am sharing this Bald Eagle from a recent trip to the zoo.

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Here is the EXIF data.

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Friday December 22, 2017

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