Sebastian_Warneke

I wanted to shoot Lago di Sorapis (a lake in the Dolomites in the near of the town of Cortina) at sunrise, but unfortunately there were no clouds above the lake.

So I turned around and shot in the other direction - was also a nice view I think

Fuji X-T2 | 23mm | f/8 | 0,3s | ISO200

caroline · January 9, 2018

Hi Foto.scot,

I had my (now sold) X100T together with the wide angle adapter lens three weeks in Vietnam as my only camera.

It was a very nice setup - not heavy and very compact. I can recommend the adapter, there is also one 35mm adapter, so that you get a little longer focal length.

The first two are shot with the wide angle adapter (19mm), the third one without:

Halong Bay / Vietnam by Sebastian Warneke

Hang En / Vietnam by Sebastian Warneke

Halong Bay / Vietnam by Sebastian Warneke

December 14, 2017

Beautiful shots. I intend heading to Iceland to get some shots next year. Hope I can reach something close to this standard.

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Thank you Kentman! Nice to hear that - what time do you plan to visit Iceland?

Sorry, I only just loked at these but I enjoyed them very much. Great photography.

Thank you BobJ!

George_P · November 27, 2017

A small update

Reynisfjara / Iceland by Sebastian Warneke

Lost / Iceland by Sebastian Warneke

Mýrdalsjökull / Iceland by Sebastian Warneke

October 4, 2017

Hey guys,

while I'm searching for shift lenses/adapters for the Fuji system I found this "special" adapter:

http://www.lumiere-shop.de/epages/c6c683e2-beef-45fa-a0ed-93113dade05c.sf/de_DE/?ObjectPath=/Shops/c6c683e2-beef-45fa-a0ed-93113dade05c/Products/B1010920

Does anyone know this? There are three different adapters which work with it, the shown for the Pentax 645, a Mamiya 645 adapter and a Hasselblad V adapter.

The price on this website is very high - you can get it on Amazon or eBay for around 260€.

I'm really interested to try this, but I'm not sure which medium format adapter I should choose - I can remember I read really good things about the Pentax wide angle lenses, but I really can't remember if it was about the 645 system.

Maybe some one of you have experiences with one of the systems or with this kind of adapter

September 25, 2017

X-T1 + Samyang 12 + Velvia

Great dynamic range Patrick - is it a single image?

Btw also a beautiful landscape - where is it?

September 23, 2017

Wow!

i've been in Iceland for three weeks now, but I don't think that even one of my pictures looks like that.

Did you like your long(er) lens?

That's great to hear! Where are you now?

I have to say I love the 90mm - I bought it just a week before my trip started and I think most of my photos were shot with this lens. I hope I can show you some more processed in the next days but I don't have that much time at the moment...

UKLP · September 19, 2017

Hello everybody!

I would like to show you some of my first landscape photos with the X-T2 from my trip to Iceland some weeks ago.

Before I changed to a mirrorless system camera I had a Canon EOS 6D before. I have to say going back to APS-C was a hard decision for me, I've never had any problems with the image quality of the 6D even Canon build not the best sensors at the moment, but as a travel camera and in some other situations I wasn't that happy anymore with it. I used parallel to it an X100T which I loved, but I needed a system with interchangable lenses. I had so much fun with the little Fuji and read so many positive reviews about the newer X-Trans III sensor that I decided to sell the Canon and all my lenses to buy an X-T2.

With my, at the moment, four primes and the great body I had never so much fun before while photographing.

Iceland was a great test for the system and I'm looking forward to the next holidays with it.

But now enough words and time for some photos of the trip (most with my girlfriend on it) - hope you like it!

Skaftafellsjökull #1 / Iceland by Sebastian Warneke

Búðakirkja / Iceland by Sebastian Warneke

Diamond Beach / Iceland by Sebastian Warneke

Selfoss / Iceland by Sebastian Warneke

Thakgil / Iceland by Sebastian Warneke

Thakgil #2 / Iceland by Sebastian Warneke

Brunnhorn / Iceland by Sebastian Warneke

Stokksnes / Iceland by Sebastian Warneke

September 15, 2017

Great photos - I really like the colors and composition! Hope you have some more for us!

yukosteel · September 15, 2017

Hey guys - sorry for not responding for a long time!

I read many reviews about the lenses you showed me and also had some saved at my eBay account as a buying option.

But after getting more and more used to my X-T2 and my autofocus lenses I made the decision to sell my much loved X100T and buy a used XF 90mm lens from the money.

And what should I say - it was one of the best decisions I've ever made when it comes to camera gear.

So thank you for all your (budget) recommendations for manual lenses - I hope it will help other photographers when they're looking for a great tele prime lens.

Because of the focal length for landscape - I think I had most of the time the 90mm attached to the X-T2 when I was in Iceland the last 10 days:

Skaftafellsjökull #2 / Iceland by Sebastian Warneke

Skaftafellsjökull #1 / Iceland by Sebastian Warneke

Thakgil #2 / Iceland by Sebastian Warneke

Hvitserkur / Iceland by Sebastian Warneke (stitched pano)

Hope you like it

July 19, 2017

Hey guys,

sorry for the late reply - great to see that you have so many recommendations for me!

Get a used Nikon 105mm f2.5 from eBay. Get the AI-s version made until 2005. Optically superb and built like a tank. https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3933527

I've already thought about that lens! I'm still got an old Nikkor 55mm f/1.2 which I used at my 6D before I got the X-T2 and was very pleased with the image and build quality.

the samyang 85mm is a great lens at a great price ( you don’t have to shoot everything at 1.4 )

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1024120-REG/samyang_sy85m_fx_85mm_f_1_4_lens_for.html

I know this one - a friend of my has it for his Canon FF, but the design was different (golden ring and plate) - do you know if this is the same lens or is it an APS-C model?

I really really like the quality of the Samyang lenses, I have the 12mm and had the 14mm for FF before - but if it's for FF how is the size combined with a Fuji mirrorless?

Judging by his flickr page OP knows exactly what to do with it and is a very good photographer.

Thank you, nice to hear that!

Hi Sebastian,

do you want the lens to be X-Mount natively or do you want to adapt one?

The native lenses in that focal lenght range are a bit limited in numbers anyway:

- Samyang 85mm F1.4 AS IF UMC
- Samyang 100mm F2.8 ED UMC Macro
- HandeVision Iberit 90mm / 2.4
- Fujinon XF 90mm F2.0 R LM WR
- MOG Trimagon 95 f2.6
- MOG Trioplan 100 f2.8

If the Fuji 90/2 is too expensive, the Meyer Optik Görlitz ones will also be too much.
That leaves you with the two Samyangs and the HandeVision. I haven't heard much about the HandeVision lens, but I've heard many good things about the Samyang lenses.
However, since one is a portrait lens and the other is a macro, both probably won't really be optimized for infinity focus, so you should try that at home and see for yourself if they are good enough.

If you want to adapt a lens, keep in mind that there are still no active adapters for fujifilm cameras available, so the lens you choose should have a manual focus ability (which you wanted anyway) and a manual aperture(!). The lens adapters with built in aperture probably won't make you happy, since the new aperture is not in the right place and will produce vignetting. This takes out all Sony E-Mount lenses, Canon EF-Mount, as well as many new Nikon F-Mount ones and the newer Pentax lenses (DA).

Hi quincy, thanks for the long text! A native X-mount lens would be great but I can also live with a good adapter combination. I bought an adapter for my old Minolta 50mm f/1.4 but have some light leaks at smaller apertures... Maybe I can fix it with some tape. Can you recommend a brand for these adapters?

The 100mm Samyang sounds interesting - I will have a closer look at that. And also at the other brands I didn't know!

I recently got off ebay (for $50) the Minolta 58mm/1.4 Stopped down to F2.8 - F5.6 it is impressively sharp.

I got it to have a F2 portrait lens and its great for that. I shot some landscape/misc stuff a week ago @ F4 and F5.6 and every image was very sharp.

Two thumbs up!

I also have the Nikkor 105/25 mentioned above. For a greater focal length its great but DOF is noticeable smaller and thus a bit harder to nail focus.

I haven't posted my personal experiences with the Minolta 58/1.4 but I have posted my experiences with the Nikkor 105/2.5 here -> http://www.adamwoodhouse.info/

Great to know! What kind of adapter do you use? As I've already told quincy I have also a 50mm f/1.4 and I have some really bad problems with smaller apertures, especially at bright daylight...

Curiojo · July 16, 2017

Hey guys!

I'm going to Iceland at the end of August and for that journey I'm looking for a (manual) tele lens in the range from 85mm to 100mm...

Streets #1 / Iceland with X100T

I would really like to have the Fujinon 90mm but I think it's too expensive for me at the moment (Iceland will also...)

As you see in the title I want to use the lens only for landscapes so I don't need a fast lens. It's just important that the corner sharpness is high enough for the 24mp sensor and the CAs should be easy to remove afterwards.

If you have any recommendations for me - let me know!

Have a nice Sunday and many greetings from Hamburg!

dv. · May 14, 2017

Here is one from Rügen, Germany

f/11 - 60" - X-T2

Schwanenstein / Rügen by Sebastian Warneke, auf Flickr

April 25, 2017

Wow, thanks for sharing Tom!

I love those aerial shots of mountain ranges

April 15, 2017

Oh nice, these are beautiful animals!

When I was in Kaikoura on New Zealand's South Island in 2011 I only had my EOS 7D and a 17-55mm lens with me.

This one is a cropped photo, where the sperm whale was in the middle of the frame:

Sperm whale / New Zealand by Sebastian Warneke, auf Flickr

I would also recommend a lens with a little bit more focal length, I think I had luck that the whale was not that far away at this scene.

I tried the same last year in Iceland with a full frame camera and a 16-35mm lens because the AF of my 85mm seemed to slow for me, but that was a stupid idea...