FUJIFILM X-Pro1 (14mm, f/9, 1/340 sec, ISO200)

Damn, I’m running out of titles. I already used it for a Death Valley post but now I need to use it again for obvious reasons.

• It was really hot when we were in Palm Springs
• See images below

FUJIFILM X-Pro1 (14mm, f/8, 1/680 sec, ISO200)
FUJIFILM X-Pro1 (14mm, f/8, 1/550 sec, ISO200)
FUJIFILM X-Pro1 (14mm, f/9, 1/350 sec, ISO200)

Palm Springs is a nice, little town and it’s one of the most important places regarding modern architecture. It sits in the desert in the middle of nowhere so at first glance it seems strange why it became so famous.

The reason is the Hollywood of the 40s and 50s or better it’s stars. They used to use Palm Springs as their hide away and that’s why it became popular for other millionaires too. It was a good place to escape the wet winter months in other parts of the country too. Kind of a little Miami of the West.

FUJIFILM X-Pro1 (14mm, f/10, 1/420 sec, ISO200)
FUJIFILM X-Pro1 (14mm, f/10, 1/320 sec, ISO200)

And because rich people usually have fancy houses Palm Springs was the center of modern architecture. There are dozens of beautiful mid century houses that influenced the way houses look today. As an Austrian I’m proud that the most famous of them all, the Kaufmann house, had been designed by the Austrian architect Richard Neutra.

Unfortunately most of the houses are not open to the public but we took some pictures from the road. I will post them later.

I forgot to remove the dust spots in these images. There are in the upper right of the frame. I didn’t have any dust problems with the XP1 at home but here in dry and dusty California it was a real issue. Those small spots were the ones they did not remove in a camera shop in Rancho Mirage. I was there for sensor cleaning because I had dust spots all over the sensor.

My Canon 6D had no issues during the whole trip. It seems that the XP1 sensor is more prone to collect dust.

FUJIFILM X-Pro1 (14mm, f/10, 1/400 sec, ISO200)