I'm not a gear reviewer and never will be, but It's always an exciting moment when something new arrives, in this case a 16-55mm f2.8 WR XF Zoom lens for my Fuji XT-2. See below for some test images, then read on below for the back story and my conclusions. Was the purchase worth it? and what will it give me? Why the Change? If there is one thing that equipment reviewers agree upon, it's that a really good lens is essential for delivering top quality results. But first let me

I was up well before the lark this morning seeking to find some beach images in the hope of reasonable light. I hadn't planned to go far as the local weather forecast was about 50:50 rain, so my destination was the tiny hamlet of Trenarren on the Cornish South Coast. I had decided specifically on a beach just below Trenarren called Hallane, which like many such places had been busier in the 19th and early 20th centuries, but was now a peaceful haven mainly populated by incom

You can't underestimate the Scottish Midge. It's a tenacious little blighter that doesn't seem to sleep as I found out at 6am on this August morning. They were on me as soon as I stepped out of the Argyll hotel Ballochuntay, situated on the remote Kintyre Peninsula. A very quick return to my room for the all important repellant and I was back out. The Kintyre Peninsula is a very remote, unpopulated and therefore unspoilt part of Scotland. There isn't anything much there, apa