You'll see from the galleries here that travel photography is a special passion. I've been doing that since 1968, when posted to a NATO headquarters in Izmir, Turkey for service in the U.S. Army. That's where I bought my first SLR cameras, two Minolta 101s. I continue to use manual focus Minoltas, either the original SRTs or an XE-7 and an XK acquired in 1999 to "update" my kit. My only auto focus camera is the Vectis S-1... received as a gift and not valued until the first travel trip when the reduction in size and weight was much appreciated. The APS format has limitations (film choice, negative size if you want prints larger than 8x14, and slow aperture lenses) but used with 100 ISO film and a tripod when needed, this is my preferred travel kit. I travel often in my work and a Contax Tix APS camera is with me always when I do. Probably the best lens on any APS camera. Someday I may post "Pictures from an Airplane." If you decide to use Smugmug services after visiting here, go to http://www.smugmug.com/?referrer=fRmsxl7VU0zrU to start your account... you will receive a $5 credit to your fee. Enjoy the photos. Travel well. Photograph often! Bob Johnson http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Travel/Travels-in-Burgundy/Scanned-Photo-2-20/5628261_eQ6Qd-Ti.jpg http://bestbob.smugmug.com/ 2009-03-28T12:15:22Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com">Bob Johnson</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Animals/Florida-Wildlife/7743670_aS4SL">Florida Wildlife</a>'</p><p><a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Animals/Florida-Wildlife/7743670_aS4SL" title="Florida Wildlife"><img src="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Animals/Florida-Wildlife/16440011/495945780_Z9Zkg-Th-2.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Florida Wildlife" title="Florida Wildlife" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-03-28T12:15:22Z Bob Johnson http://bestbob.smugmug.com http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Animals/Florida-Wildlife/7743670_aS4SL <p><a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com">Bob Johnson</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Animals/Florida-Wildlife-new/7745464_UnhCy">Florida Wildlife (new)</a>'</p><p><a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Animals/Florida-Wildlife-new/7745464_UnhCy" title="Florida Wildlife (new)"><img src="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Animals/Florida-Wildlife-new/16440014/495946610_kN3Jp-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="86" alt="Florida Wildlife (new)" title="Florida Wildlife (new)" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-03-28T11:37:06Z Bob Johnson http://bestbob.smugmug.com http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Animals/Florida-Wildlife-new/7745464_UnhCy <p><a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com">Bob Johnson</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Travel/Travels-in-Provence/6414165_B6rQC">Travels in Provence</a>'</p><p><a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Travel/Travels-in-Provence/6414165_B6rQC" title="Travels in Provence"><img src="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Travel/Travels-in-Provence/67880036/396569815_inQnP-Th-2.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Travels in Provence" title="Travels in Provence" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-10-30T12:03:34Z Bob Johnson http://bestbob.smugmug.com http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Travel/Travels-in-Provence/6414165_B6rQC <p><a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com">Bob Johnson</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Animals/Eyes-of-a-Raptor/3673542_rqezS">Eyes of a Raptor</a>'</p><p><a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Animals/Eyes-of-a-Raptor/3673542_rqezS" title="Eyes of a Raptor"><img src="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Animals/Eyes-of-a-Raptor/41520006/209918849_59LnL-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="86" alt="Eyes of a Raptor" title="Eyes of a Raptor" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2007-10-18T12:11:03Z Bob Johnson http://bestbob.smugmug.com http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Animals/Eyes-of-a-Raptor/3673542_rqezS <p><a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com">Bob Johnson</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Cars/Cars-and-colors-Part-II/3096061_jiTus">Cars and colors... Part II</a>'</p><p><a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Cars/Cars-and-colors-Part-II/3096061_jiTus" title="Cars and colors... Part II"><img src="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Cars/Cars-and-colors-Part-II/94890011/169251640_Bc42x-Th-1.jpg" width="86" height="150" alt="Cars and colors... Part II" title="Cars and colors... Part II" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2007-07-04T05:11:09Z Bob Johnson http://bestbob.smugmug.com http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Cars/Cars-and-colors-Part-II/3096061_jiTus <p><a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com">Bob Johnson</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/gallery/2672602_LAJnb">Texas Hill Country</a>'</p><p><a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/gallery/2672602_LAJnb" title="Texas Hill Country"><img src="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/photos/141423765_MRh3y-Th.jpg" width="150" height="86" alt="Texas Hill Country" title="Texas Hill Country" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2007-04-07T08:34:44Z Bob Johnson http://bestbob.smugmug.com http://bestbob.smugmug.com/gallery/2672602_LAJnb <p><a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com">Bob Johnson</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Travel/Autumn-Faces-in-Michigan/2059982_4c7XS">Autumn Faces in Michigan</a>'</p><p><a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Travel/Autumn-Faces-in-Michigan/2059982_4c7XS" title="Autumn Faces in Michigan"><img src="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Travel/Autumn-Faces-in-Michigan/98680022/104455214_b4kzA-Th-1.jpg" width="86" height="150" alt="Autumn Faces in Michigan" title="Autumn Faces in Michigan" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2006-10-28T03:21:31Z Bob Johnson http://bestbob.smugmug.com http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Travel/Autumn-Faces-in-Michigan/2059982_4c7XS <p><a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com">Bob Johnson</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Photography/Vectis-17mm/494476_awLPn">Vectis 17mm</a>'</p><p><a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Photography/Vectis-17mm/494476_awLPn" title="Vectis 17mm"><img src="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Photography/Vectis-17mm/04710037/27938619_8F2JN-Th.jpg" width="150" height="86" alt="Vectis 17mm" title="Vectis 17mm" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2006-08-17T12:21:42Z Bob Johnson http://bestbob.smugmug.com http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Photography/Vectis-17mm/494476_awLPn <p><a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com">Bob Johnson</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Animals/Rocso/1348000_kChoo">Rocso</a>'</p><p><a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Animals/Rocso/1348000_kChoo" title="Rocso"><img src="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Animals/Rocso/23410015/63604027_vwMfm-Th.jpg" width="150" height="86" alt="Rocso" title="Rocso" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2006-05-30T11:18:39Z Bob Johnson http://bestbob.smugmug.com http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Animals/Rocso/1348000_kChoo <p><a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com">Bob Johnson</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Travel/Blue-Ridge-Mountain-Scenes/1507307_HfYUo">Blue Ridge Mountain Scenes</a>'</p><p><a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Travel/Blue-Ridge-Mountain-Scenes/1507307_HfYUo" title="Blue Ridge Mountain Scenes"><img src="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Travel/Blue-Ridge-Mountain-Scenes/45360006/70674099_pF9ob-Th.jpg" width="150" height="86" alt="Blue Ridge Mountain Scenes" title="Blue Ridge Mountain Scenes" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2006-05-29T23:06:49Z Bob Johnson http://bestbob.smugmug.com http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Travel/Blue-Ridge-Mountain-Scenes/1507307_HfYUo <p><a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com">Bob Johnson</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Architecture/Albany-Rural-Cemetary/751474_C47MX">Albany Rural Cemetary</a>'</p><p><a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Architecture/Albany-Rural-Cemetary/751474_C47MX" title="Albany Rural Cemetary"><img src="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Architecture/Albany-Rural-Cemetary/83450001/33330450_NhR6i-Th.jpg" width="150" height="98" alt="Albany Rural Cemetary" title="Albany Rural Cemetary" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2005-08-23T22:57:30Z Bob Johnson http://bestbob.smugmug.com http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Architecture/Albany-Rural-Cemetary/751474_C47MX <p><a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com">Bob Johnson</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Travel/Scenes-in-Scotland/692812_xU86M">Scenes in Scotland</a>'</p><p><a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Travel/Scenes-in-Scotland/692812_xU86M" title="Scenes in Scotland"><img src="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Travel/Scenes-in-Scotland/37200016/29629908_wdBgP-Th.jpg" width="150" height="86" alt="Scenes in Scotland" title="Scenes in Scotland" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2005-08-02T10:54:58Z Bob Johnson http://bestbob.smugmug.com http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Travel/Scenes-in-Scotland/692812_xU86M <p><a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com">Bob Johnson</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Travel/Travels-in-Maryland-Sanctuary/693062_9k2zo">Travels in Maryland... Sanctuary Birds</a>'</p><p><a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Travel/Travels-in-Maryland-Sanctuary/693062_9k2zo" title="Travels in Maryland... Sanctuary Birds"><img src="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Travel/Travels-in-Maryland-Sanctuary/04740013/28182287_5ws2j-Th-1.jpg" width="86" height="150" alt="Travels in Maryland... Sanctuary Birds" title="Travels in Maryland... Sanctuary Birds" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2005-08-01T08:20:00Z Bob Johnson http://bestbob.smugmug.com http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Travel/Travels-in-Maryland-Sanctuary/693062_9k2zo <p><a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com">Bob Johnson</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Flowers/Flowers-of-2005/560881_kEfq2">Flowers of 2005</a>'</p><p><a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Flowers/Flowers-of-2005/560881_kEfq2" title="Flowers of 2005"><img src="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Flowers/Flowers-of-2005/07650006/23369667_dcM84-Th-1.jpg" width="86" height="150" alt="Flowers of 2005" title="Flowers of 2005" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2005-07-29T03:21:48Z Bob Johnson http://bestbob.smugmug.com http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Flowers/Flowers-of-2005/560881_kEfq2 <p><a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com">Bob Johnson</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Cars/Cars-Colors-Emblems-50s-60s/645764_A9CTC">Cars, Colors, Emblems... 50s & 60s</a>'</p><p><a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Cars/Cars-Colors-Emblems-50s-60s/645764_A9CTC" title="Cars, Colors, Emblems... 50s & 60s"><img src="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Cars/Cars-Colors-Emblems-50s-60s/33590002/27625725_xYmpB-Th.jpg" width="150" height="86" alt="Cars, Colors, Emblems... 50s & 60s" title="Cars, Colors, Emblems... 50s & 60s" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2005-07-08T23:52:58Z Bob Johnson http://bestbob.smugmug.com http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Cars/Cars-Colors-Emblems-50s-60s/645764_A9CTC <p><a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com">Bob Johnson</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Travel/Savannah-Streets-and-Shops/440030_f3T4o">Savannah... Streets and Shops</a>'</p><p><a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Travel/Savannah-Streets-and-Shops/440030_f3T4o" title="Savannah... Streets and Shops"><img src="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Travel/Savannah-Streets-and-Shops/0008/17803324_u5Cpe-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="87" alt="Savannah... Streets and Shops" title="Savannah... Streets and Shops" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2005-03-19T11:10:51Z Bob Johnson http://bestbob.smugmug.com http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Travel/Savannah-Streets-and-Shops/440030_f3T4o <p><a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com">Bob Johnson</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Travel/Travels-in-Burgundy/151832_yzHhJ">Travels in Burgundy</a>'</p><p><a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Travel/Travels-in-Burgundy/151832_yzHhJ" title="Travels in Burgundy"><img src="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Travel/Travels-in-Burgundy/Scanned-Photo-39-5/7907198_DUsHt-Th.jpg" width="86" height="150" alt="Travels in Burgundy" title="Travels in Burgundy" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2005-03-17T09:48:55Z Bob Johnson http://bestbob.smugmug.com http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Travel/Travels-in-Burgundy/151832_yzHhJ <p><a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com">Bob Johnson</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Travel/Paris-Scenes/262488_7qqQV">Paris Scenes</a>'</p><p><a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Travel/Paris-Scenes/262488_7qqQV" title="Paris Scenes"><img src="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Travel/Paris-Scenes/95730021/16522193_yjmqJ-Th-2.jpg" width="99" height="150" alt="Paris Scenes" title="Paris Scenes" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2005-03-06T06:24:05Z Bob Johnson http://bestbob.smugmug.com http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Travel/Paris-Scenes/262488_7qqQV <p><a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com">Bob Johnson</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Travel/Travels-in-Oregon/167693_getPg">Travels in Oregon</a>'</p><p><a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Travel/Travels-in-Oregon/167693_getPg" title="Travels in Oregon"><img src="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Travel/Travels-in-Oregon/Scanned-Photo-2/6280027_bVuZY-Th.jpg" width="150" height="85" alt="Travels in Oregon" title="Travels in Oregon" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2005-02-07T02:21:01Z Bob Johnson http://bestbob.smugmug.com http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Travel/Travels-in-Oregon/167693_getPg <p><a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com">Bob Johnson</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Travel/Monets-Gardens/370846_ot6Uy">Monet's Gardens</a>'</p><p><a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Travel/Monets-Gardens/370846_ot6Uy" title="Monet's Gardens"><img src="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Travel/Monets-Gardens/81990009/14811576_kJoNS-Th-2.jpg" width="86" height="150" alt="Monet's Gardens" title="Monet's Gardens" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2005-01-25T11:35:18Z Bob Johnson http://bestbob.smugmug.com http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Travel/Monets-Gardens/370846_ot6Uy <p><a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com">Bob Johnson</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Travel/D-Day-in-Normandy/262485_xTMPF">D-Day in Normandy</a>'</p><p><a href="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Travel/D-Day-in-Normandy/262485_xTMPF" title="D-Day in Normandy"><img src="http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Travel/D-Day-in-Normandy/18910019/10293365_7zVZD-Th-1.jpg" width="86" height="150" alt="D-Day in Normandy" title="D-Day in Normandy" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2004-10-26T04:28:31Z Bob Johnson http://bestbob.smugmug.com http://bestbob.smugmug.com/Travel/D-Day-in-Normandy/262485_xTMPF