After spending the morning wandering the streets of Weimar, I took to the road to drive south to Bamberg. My nephew’s wife had recommended it as a picturesque and “typical” Bavarian city. The drive from Weimar through the Thuringian Forest was windy and slow, so I finally escaped that and go on the Autobahn to make up time.

I am getting back in the routine of recording episodes for the Video Updates series I began earlier this year. Through these recordings I want to document what I'm experiencing as I learn to work with making videos with my iPhone 7 Plus, my OM-D E-M1, and, soon, my E-M5 II, as well as other aspects of my obsession with photography and technology.

I bought a Panasonic GM-5 camera back in the spring because I wanted a small camera to use alongside my Olympus OM-D E-M1 that could use my pool of micro4/3 lenses. I love it! So much so that I used it exclusively and began forgetting the way I had my E-M1 set up! That made me think, "Maybe I don't need the E-M1. Maybe I need the E-M5 II instead."

I left my great niece, Debbie, at the Erfurt train station for her return to Ilmenau and I headed east toward Weimar where I spent the night. The next day I explored this small German city rich in history.

My nephew Donnie's eldest child, Debbie, just started university this fall. She's attending the university in Ilmenau which is not far from Erfurt. I left Bayreuth and traveled north into the neighboring state of Thuringia to Ilmenau to see Debbie. After seeing her dorm room, we drove east to Erfurt for some sightseeing and dinner.

Bayreuth is the home of one of my nephews and his family. Therefore, after spending a few days with my sister-in-law in Amberg, where I took almost no street pictures, my next stop was Bayreuth to visit Donnie and his family.

The "focus" pun is not intended. Seriously! Today marks Day 321 in my 2016 365-Day photography project. My approach to these annual challenge projects probably differs from many. My goal is simply to end the year with 365 (366 this year because of leap year) images that I've posted to Flickr, Instagram, and Facebook. One for each day of the year.

I love wrist straps over shoulder straps for my cameras. Though I bought into the BosStrap system - and like it! - I started using my old SunPak wrist strap on my Olympus OM-D E-M1 camera because it is a bit more beefy than the BosStrap “tail” that goes over your wrist. In fact, my E-M1 had both the BosStrap “tail” and the SunPak wrist strap. All good. However, one problem with the camera bottom connector...