It’s a brand-new day, and my wife and I are off on our next tourist adventure. In contrast to the premium but challenging Leica M Monochrome I used last night, I have an entirely different camera for this morning’s observations.

I’ve already featured pictures from the Fujifilm X Half a few times in this series. The X Half is a toy-like camera with a distinctly non-toy-like price of $850. It’s small, cute, and playful. However, I wasn’t crazy about the image quality. Despite its comparatively large 1-inch sensor, the pictures were only so-so. I added an in-camera film grain effect to help disguise some of the image shortcomings.

The camera tends to expose on the darker side, and even more so in these pictures because I had the exposure set to a darker mode. I was hoping this would keep the brighter parts of the picture from overexposing while allowing for some rudimentary post-processing with this JPEG-only camera.

The resulting images are on the moody side, with a distinctly bluish tone. These pictures look serious and business-like, which fits the aesthetic of these Midtown office buildings.

The Chrysler Building always looks great, especially in good light. It looks particularly distinctive after seeing so many of the boxy buildings of the 1960s. Newer skyscrapers are generally less boring, and some even mimic the spires of a bygone era. Notice the tower to the left of the Chrysler.

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