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Just picked up this beauty, my second islander for now! Can anybody confirm if this is the correct reference number.

Cooling off the only way I know how! #limoncellospritz shot on 25mm f1.7 Air

After a long day of traveling, we finally made it to the hotel, ordered room service and called it a night. Stepped out on the balcony and somehow there was an international Kurash competition happening right across the street. Definitely not what I expected to see that night.

No famous landmark, no perfect sunset—just a doorway that made me stop. Sometimes it’s the small details, the textures, and a splash of color that end up being some of my favorite street photos.

I have always been curious about all the hype surrounding Fuji, so before my 3 week trip to Europe I decided to get a Fujifilm X-T50, and build a travel kit around it. Since I was starting from scratch, and had a few months to get familiar with the camera, I bought all 5 Viltrox Air Primes and a last minute 90mm evo. After weeks of use and getting advice from this subreddit, I packed the 9mm AIR, 25mm AIR, and 90mm EVO.
The first few days were tough, without a zoom, changing lenses wasn’t always easy. I was usually pulling my daughter in a wagon, so every lens change meant stopping, digging through my bag, and hurrying to catch back up with my wife.
The 9mm was perfect for architecture, narrow streets, and interiors. The 90mm produced some of my favorite images, but the jump from 25mm to 90mm was bigger than I expected. There were plenty of times when the 25mm felt too wide and the 90mm too tight, forcing me to think ahead and decide whether a lens change was worth it, But by the end of the trip, though, it all became second nature. I stopped thinking about the lens I didn’t have and focused on making the most of the one that was on the camera. I also realized I didn’t need to photograph everything. One great image was often better than twenty average ones.
Hindsight being 20/20, I’d probably swap the 90mm EVO for the Viltrox 56mm AIR. I originally chose the 90mm because we had a rear-facing cabin on the cruise ship, and I figured I’d appreciate having as much reach as possible while we were at sea. That ended up being the right choice for those shots, but I underestimated how many family portraits we’d take in places like the Eiffel Tower. On APS-C, the 90mm had me standing much farther back than I expected, which isn’t easy in a crowd. Looking back, the 56mm probably would’ve been the better overall travel lens while still giving me enough reach for portraits.
A zoom would have made parts of the trip easier, but after three weeks in Europe with my 3 primes, I realized I wasn’t giving anything up. If anything, the limitations made me a more intentional photographer.

Captured while cruising through Montenegro. The extra reach let me pull the sailboat, waterfront village, and mountains together into one shot in a way a wider lens just couldn’t. I wasn’t sure how much I’d use a 90mm on vacation, but it ended up being on my camera alot.