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A perfect photo is something that happens to you. It arrives as a gift and leaves as a debt. A good photographer spends a lifetime paying it back.

Fujifilm Autofocus For Video (Part 1) NEW VIDEO: youtu.be/PyV7GvvKDh4 I walk through the movie mode autofocus settings that matter most. We start with one rule that catches nearly everyone, then set focus mode correctly, then go through three AF modes you get in movie mode.

What Fujifilm’s 425 Focus Points REALLY Mean NEW VIDEO: youtu.be/9-evFB_z-RI Fujifilm's number of focus points setting gives you 117 or 425, and it does not do what most people assume it does.

I have to laugh. Another week passes: I have new software updates for 21 apps, a full 3.23 GB of data to download. Five years ago, constant software updates were getting out of hand. Now it's just a Keystone Cops episode. 😀

Facebook now edits/censors posts to limit us to two posts a month that contain links. That means I can no longer share the specific link to a video I just published with the people who chose to follow me. Yes, really. FULL STORY: pal2tech.com/blog/2026/time-…

INSTAX Square 2 Review NEW VIDEO: youtu.be/7xKP3m7gzHI INSTAX Square 2 Review. No app, no Bluetooth, no screen, nothing stored anywhere. Press the shutter and 90 seconds later you hold the only copy that will ever exist. 👍

Why Your Fujifilm Manual Lens Photos All Say 21mm NEW VIDEO: youtu.be/Jdh83hnaenM I explain why a majority of manual lenses are recorded as 21mm in the EXIF data,, and why this can be a problem with stabilization.

To Musk: Artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence. Artificial. Artificial. Artificial. Artificial. To Nadella: AI slop. AI slop. AI slop. AI slop. AI slop. AI slop. AI slop. Have a good evening gentlemen. You don’t control what we say.

Never stop looking for something interesting to photograph. The camera does not owe you a keeper every time you reach for it. It's only job is to be there by your side while you keep looking. -- pal2tech 📷

NEW VIDEO! Four years ago two people told me something in my comments. Today, I responded. Two settings enter, one setting leaves. This is an interesting Fujifilm focus tip to know. 👍 VIDEO HERE: youtu.be/Vy6_PWCPiR0

Inside Fujikina 2026 (Bryan Minear Interview) NEW VIDEO: youtu.be/j0nNCp5tO3U Bryan Minear works inside Fujifilm and is helping build Fujikina New York (Oct 16 to 18, $10). We talked lenses, infrared, AI, and the creative challenges he is in right now.

NEW VIDEO! Link: youtu.be/hjc06Q-pdU0 Some common Fujifilm camera mistakes and the fix for each. My favorite is the one where you set ISO 125 and the camera shoots at 500. 😲

My Claude AI vapor locked from my questions like Gollum did from "What have I got in my pocket?" AI software reminds me of pay-by-minute dial-up internet from 1996.

Hanging out with Atlanta’s finest. And about 75,000 other folks at the Marriott in Downtown Atlanta. 👍 For you younger folks: Google “eye of the beholder”. 😉

The launch of the @nasa Nancy Grace Roman telescope was the best photo shoot I’ve ever attended. All of it was so overwhelmingly mind-boggling there are no words to describe it. Special thank you to the NASA staff. 🙏

I am stepping away from the channel for the next few weeks to focus on family and to finish a special video project. I will be back the week of September 1 with all new content. Thank you to everyone who supports the channel. I can't wait to reconnect with you.

POWER TIP: if your external 4TB SSD is running so hot that its slowing down read/write data, just grab a cold can of soda and lay it on top. Yes, I did this. And yes, it actually worked! Proof positive that pal2tech Studios runs a real professional operation around here! 😉

Just need the bulb! 👍

The Fujifilm Settings I Get Asked About the Most NEW VIDEO: youtu.be/Nn9SOhMiPiE Six Years. Over Six Hundred Videos. And the Fujifilm settings I get asked about the most. 👍