A quick Fujifilm GFX lens test

The first two lenses I purchased with the Fujifilm GFX 100S are similar everyday focal lengths: 45mm and 50mm. The plan is to compare these and keep the one that works best. So I immediately went for a walk in my neighbourhood... who could resist!

Nonetheless, I return to my bookshelf for this article, since it provides a controlled environment with a variety of colours, textures, and printed text. Test shots allow me to get a quick idea of lens acuity / sharpness at different apertures. While I don't claim to be scientific, this is more controlled than mere guesswork.

Enhancing the GFX: modes versus recipes

I just published my first look at the Fuji GFX 100S. Today I present a recommendation that would be a huge win for ergonomics and the Fuji community. This would fix a logical error in how these cameras deal with saving and restoring settings. All it would take is a firmware update to open up a new world of flexibility and the possibility to directly share development recipes. 

First look at the Fujifilm GFX 100S

I'm only five years late, but here's my evaluation of the GFX 100S, a medium format camera that might replace my Panasonic Lumix S5 as my main workhorse. In this article I will compare salient features. To begin:

MODEL                  DIMENSIONS (mm)  MASS (g)  SENSOR       PIXELS
Fujifilm GFX 100S      150 x 104 x 87   880       43.8 × 32.9  102 mp
Panasonic Lumix DC-S5  133 x 97 x 82    715       36.0 x 24.0   24 mp

A personal photography chronology

I've used five different camera systems in my life, but a sixth has just arrived at Studio Ubiquity. This seems like a good time to update my history with still photography. So I've trawled the archives and compiled the following narrative. It helps me to understand the decisions I've made along the way. Perhaps it will be useful to you?

You can also read an older version of this article. 

Presentation tips

Presentations are an important aspect of delivering your ideas to a group, whether you work in business, at a design firm, or on a community project. Besides this you might be a student or, like me, a lecturer. Each year I present dozens of times: in class, at conferences, in arts contexts.

Here follow seventeen pointers that I have compiled over many years. Read on to learn two secrets. Shhhh!

stereo electret microphones in 2026

This is a summary of sources for electret microphones in May 2026. These mics are a great choice for stereo and binaural recording where tiny size is the over-riding concern. Paired with a small audio recorder, these make a compact setup for field recording and other tasks. Please check out the Field Recording Gear page for other useful resources. 

Field Recorders in 2026

Well, it's been a good long while since my last field recorder update and a few things have changed. So here I am once again, at your service, summarising the 23 available models that sell for under €1500. Read on for the PDF download and my commentary.

Updated 11 May 2026 to include the Deity PR-4. And then again add additional power options for each recorder. 

An introduction to my music recommendations

After my last article it struck me that I don't post music recommendations on this blog. Instead they've all been dumped on Facebook where they become part of that mushy landscape, receding into the past almost immediately, never to be seen again. Given that I take quite a lot of time to listen and advise, this seems somehow inappropriate. Music does not have an expiry date.

Recommendations for Bandcamp Friday (May 2026)

It's Bandcamp Friday, a day when all proceeds go to the artists. If you are like me, you bookmark your favourites through the preceding month and then make one grouped purchase to optimise the lives of artists.

Read on for five recommendations. And please post your own, so I can prepare for next month.

Full flavour. Long aftertaste.

This article is a birthday gift to my dear friend Ed. He and I bonded during our university years over a strange shared love for instant ramen noodles. I say "strange" because this was back in the 1980s. To find said food you had to travel to the East end of town and visit the only Chinese grocer. Times have changed!

And in more than one way. Though I still sometimes resort to ramen packs, I am no longer a starving student and my tastes have become more refined. Here I share a far superior instant noodle that you might be lucky enough to find locally.

USA military interventions

It is with great sadness that my first post of a new year must once again contextualise violence in the world. Today I am seeing many social media posts blaming the current president, Trump, for the latest Usonian violence. This time it's a military incursion into Venezuela. Trump is a sociopathic puppet manipulated by darker forces... not even in the shadows but standing right there beside him. But in this case he is carrying on a long tradition of bullying by the USA.

Here is a short list of military interventions by that state, omitting both World Wars and the slaughter of the native peoples of North America. Drug-running, assassination, overthrowing elected leaders, bombing of suburban homes, mass murder of civilians, support of dictators, arming of fanatics, chemical warfare... the USA is a world-leader in all of these.