Tag: lens
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I Have Sent Off For A Lens
Along with about 56,000 other people this morning. Hopefully we are not competing for the same one. In my case it is not a new release, though I am purchasing a new example of it. I made a series of conscious decisions that I urge other people to do as well: a. I did not…
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The Ringless Leader Of The Gang
A year or so ago the Fujifilm company updated their pancake 27mm f:2.8 lens to a more sophisticated model It was advertised as such – not on an improved optical performance ( because the old one did pretty much all one could desire in this style of lens ) but to add an aperture ring.…
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And there it is…
They have finally admitted they were wrong. Fujifilm issued an excellent lens in the 27mm f:2.8 Fujimon. I have two examples and they ride on my travel and report cameras all the time. The heading image was taken with one on the Fujifilm X-E2 and is perfect for my purposes. The lenses are compact pancakes…
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Numbers and Images – Part Two – Picking Your Nose
The article I alluded to last post was in a German photo magazine. It commanded us to choose a specific focal length lens for each subject we undertook – using the European word “ motif “. I say European, because it is so often seen in their writings – though it could equally be used in…
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Just Enough Lift…
To get over the trees at the end of the runway and keep on climbing. It is the measure of success in aviation. If you can then maintain that lift, circle the runway, and land at the other end – on your wheels – you will have achieved all that could ever be asked. The…
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The Tell-Tale Sale
I do watch the sales adverts from the various camera shops round town – including the one that I write for. I don’t need new equipment myself but I look to see what others might get. Well, you can’t help it, can you… Occasionally I see something that makes me wonder at the back story.…
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Well, Wasn’t THAT A Lesson…
I had taken a shine to a new lens found in the camera store warehouse and brought it home to report upon. It was a plastic-barrelled zoom lens for the Fujifilm system that was intended to complement kit lenses for their cheaper cameras. These are big sellers in Asia though not so much here in…
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One Ring To Focus Them All – Part One…The Bad News
And that is as close as I ever want to get to J.R. Tolkein ever again…and far closer than I ever want to get to the work or the person of J. K. Rowlings – but that is another story. The idea of one lens to do everything is as old as the daguerreotype. Then,…
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