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One of my first HDRs.

Fairytale

12mm and Lee Big stopper 4.3 sec exposure
 

12mm and Lee Big stopper 4.3 sec exposure
 

Quietness of nature

Here's 1 from today...
 

Here's 1 from today...
 

fall 2015
 

 

 

 

 

Here's 1 from today...
 

The art of nature!

A close-up and night photograph.
 

Colours of fall by Licht Sluw, on Flickr
 

Raindrops by Licht Sluw, on Flickr

1st engagement shoot of the season with the X-T1, 56mmf1.2 and the 18-55mm. Lovely evening light. Used spot metering mode for most of the backlit shots and quite impressed.
 
 

Got mine yesterday. So far, I can say:
 
- Heavy vignetting full open
- Prone to flare
- Focus ring is damped too hard on mine at least
- Aperture ring is perfect
- Build quality, despite its all-plastic-on-the-outside - build is good. Not as good as the Fujinons, but good. The only thing I hate is the plastic filter thread, they could just have molded an aluminium ring into the body during the injection molding process.
- The metal lens mount is great.
- Lens hood works.
- F/2.0 at 12 mm in such a small package: great!
- Somehow, it renders everything very very cool. Not a big problem for me since I sort out my pictures with Capture One Pro anyway, and can do a simple white balance adjustment there. I was just surprised by the difference to the Fujinon lenses.
- I really enjoy the short close focus distance that can be extended a bit further by closing the aperture. Not what I bought this lens for, but nice to have.
- The 6-sided, only slightly rounded aperture, together with the lens being prone to flare is a lot of fun, for me. I always wanted to do that.
- Again, the 6-sided, only slightly rounded aperture produces starbursts at F/4 already! And other than the 7-bladed Fujinon apertures, which produce starbursts with 14 very thin rays, this one "smears" more, and produces 6 very wide rays which is cool, too. I like it.
 
I really like that lens already just after one day of playing around, and I think it will get a permanent place in my camera bag for the next weeks. In about one week from now, I'll be way up in the northern hemisphere and will try to do astrostuff with this lens.
 
Oh and ahm, a picture:
 

Orchid Blossoms close up
 

1:1 crop from above

I'm not having too much trouble in the dark... A few from last Saturdays wedding
 

So, having posted back in June the 1st engagement shoot with the X-T1, I shot the wedding yesterday. I have to say I had more keepers than ever before with the canons, and I was surprised to find that I used the 35mm f1.4 for around 75% of the shots. I used the "kit" lens for the groups and the rest with the 56mm f1.2. I'm really pleased with the results...

So, having posted back in June the 1st engagement shoot with the X-T1, I shot the wedding yesterday. I have to say I had more keepers than ever before with the canons, and I was surprised to find that I used the 35mm f1.4 for around 75% of the shots. I used the "kit" lens for the groups and the rest with the 56mm f1.2. I'm really pleased with the results...

So, having posted back in June the 1st engagement shoot with the X-T1, I shot the wedding yesterday. I have to say I had more keepers than ever before with the canons, and I was surprised to find that I used the 35mm f1.4 for around 75% of the shots. I used the "kit" lens for the groups and the rest with the 56mm f1.2. I'm really pleased with the results...

I'm not having too much trouble in the dark... A few from last Saturdays wedding
 

I'm not having too much trouble in the dark... A few from last Saturdays wedding
 

In late August I was a few days in Malta, for the wedding of my cousin... and of course I went there with my lovely Samyang 12mm

Just back from a family holiday... A couple with the 12mm.
 
 
 
 

Madeira 08'2015
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Took another great photo with this lens on my recent hike in the Norwegian forest.
 
Glorious Jax by Jonas Grimsgaard, on Flickr

This little thing is really impressive. Looking forward to shoot some night shots with it, but until then, some seascapes will do ッ 
 
Untitled by Jonas Grimsgaard, on Flickr
 
Untitled by Jonas Grimsgaard, on Flickr
 
Untitled by Jonas Grimsgaard, on Flickr

Some from Tenerife...
 

storm by papedo_pp, auf Flickr