Archive for August, 2009
Fuji Instax 200 first impressions
end of road, August 2009
After playing around with the Fuji Instax 200 instant camera for a week or so now, I thought I’d share some initial impressions of the camera and its images.
Bear in mind that I’ve only run a single 10-shot film pack through it—day job and family obligations have been in the fore lately—so take these thoughts with the usual metric ton of salt. Furthermore, I’ve shot but few flash pictures indoors or out, and have worked mostly in bright sunlight with scenes of “average” tonal range—not exactly a challenge for any camera’s auto-exposure capabilities. So I’ll have to leave detailed remarks on those aspects of the camera for a later post. Nevertheless, within these limitations, I’d give the camera a qualified thumbs-up, with a few caveats. The images themselves, on the other hand, get an enthusiastic high-five. Read on, if you can bear it.
Convenience Store, Waddy, Kentucky, and other difficulties
Condiments
Came across this place along the I-64 littoral one exit west of Frankfort, Kentucky. There’s not much there, where KY 395 cuts across the interstate between Waddy and Peytonia. On the north side of the exit there’s a Flying J truck stop.
Flying J, Waddy KY