kolbphoto

Hello everyone,
 
I had the opportunity to spend a week in the Dolomites area to catch the autumn colors ! my trusty x-pro2 and x-t2 were from the trip.
 
We start with a classic of the Dolomites, the church of San-Giovanni in Ranui near Santa Magdalena.
 
The sky mixed with some remainings of fog, made really the mountain glow and burn in a special way.
 
1) X-pro2 - 16-55 @ f10, some exposures mixed to achieve this image as the contrast between the different plans was enormous.

 
Have a nice day and see you soon for more.
 

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My travel kit : X-T2 + 16-55 f2.8 + Samyang 12 f2

I back to back reviewed both 23s and wrote a three part article about them,
 
You can see the concluding part here
 
https://adambonn.com/my-love-affair-with-the-fujifilm-x-pro1/xp2-eighty-two/
 
Which also has links to parts one and two

Albé is a small village in the Bas-Rhin department in the Alsace, France




Albé, Alsace, France by Johan Thole, on Flickr


Albé, Alsace, France by Johan Thole, on Flickr


War memorial, Albé by Johan Thole, on Flickr


Église Saint-Wendelin, Albé by Johan Thole, on Flickr


Freedom Tree, Albé, 1795 by Johan Thole, on Flickr

Gloriette, Vienna

Castle "De Haar", Haarzuilens
 

Eilean Donan Castle

can't remember the name of this house located in South England near Bournemouth
 

 
DSCF0731.jpg by trp_player, auf Flickr

Hi there, this is Castel Fontana near Merano, Italy.

Iran
 

Iran
 

Anchorage, Alaska

Back to Fuji after a few years with Sony.  I had an X-Pro1 when it first came back.  Went to Sony but it just didn't give me the same feeling.
Anyhows, thought by introduction I should post a pic.  From a recent short break in Venice.
View from Ponte dell Accademia, Venice at night. by Phil, on Flickr

When this lens was introduced I did say that I found strange that people were cheering so much a focal length with an angle very similar to what the 135mm had on 35mm cameras.
 
At the time when this was the most common long lens (it was my first lens other than the 50mm when I bought my first reflex camera, together with the 28mm they were always the most affordable lenses and ended up being characterized, right or wrong, as the amateur triplet 28, 50, 135 ) the universal complaint was that this was was neither fish nor fowl , too long for portraits (although I took many with it) and too short to be used for wildlife or sport or other such things.
 
(I wrote pretty much the same thing some time ago in this thread where others, also old dogs probably, agreed with me...)
 
http://www.fuji-x-forum.com/topic/1887-90mm-best-prime-2015-“no-debate-a-one-horse-race-fujinon-xf-90mmf2-–-new-king-of-sharpness”-–-imaging-resource/
 
Back in the day, once you were a bit more advanced with photography, you generally went with a 85mm or 90mm ( which in aps-c terms would be the 56mm) for portraits and a minimum of 200mm if not 300mm (but the latter tended to be very poorly light efficient and contrast until some brands came up with low dispersion glass for their lenses) but these lenses came at a price and huge dimensions and weight so they were still not for everyone .
 
But I never was long lens photographer and 300mm is the longest that I’ve ever really used.
 
I have to say that I don’t dislike the 90mm focal length (under certain circumstances) and in fact I use a quite similar one (85mm) for the very specialized Petzval that I have. But that is its own kettle of fish and very different it is from the 90mm one!
 
 
So, yes, it doesn’t surprise me at all that some people, past the honeymoon period with anything new, are finding out that this lens, sharp as it might be, is exactly, as the 135mm lens back in the day were, neither fish, nor fowl and you end up being too far from your subject, or never being able to get close enough (unless it is an animal confined in a cage).

X-T1 with 14
 

One more vote in favor of the joy stick.  I rarely photograph people so a few seconds to focus is not a problem.  The joy stick frees up the multi-selector to do other things for me.  
 
One disclaimer:  I use manual focus with "red high peak" almost as much as I use autofocus.
 
Jerry

Hello,
 
I'm slowly going forward with my images from Brittany,
 
This is a new one, with a completly different atmosphere from the last one !
 
The storm is coming, on the Penhir Point.
 
7) X-Pro2, 10-24

 
Greetings all ! 

Hey, I thought I'd share a few of my favourite X-T2 landscape / seascape images...
 
 

 

 

 

 

Hello,
 
Today, I had time to PT a new image
 
This one is the Lighthouse of Kermorvan at sunset, shot with the X-T2 and the 10-24
 
6) 

 
Greetings.

Hello,
 
Tonight we come back to the coast, in Quiberon, and the Port Blanch Arch during sunset.
 
5)

3) cap Fréhel, with X-T2 and 10-24 at sunset
 

 
4) the Chaos of Saint-Herbot (x-pro2 and 10-24)
 

Hello Everybody,
 
I was 2 weeks, in Britanny (France) and in the nearby for my "summer" hollidays.
 
I took some shots I want to slowly share with you, as I post work all of them.
 
1) Beach of Tharon with fishing cabins in the foreground (X-PRO2 - 10-24 @f10)
 

 
2) Famous house of Saint-Cado (X-PRO2 - 16-55 LM WR - @f10)
 

 
Have a nice sunday.

Hi folks, 
 
Before starting the trip driving my car up north in Spain, I obviously had to think about what gear I should take with me. My goal was clear: I wanted to shoot original landscapes in the north coast of Spain, specifically in the province of Asturias.   Nowadays I am a Fujifilm photographer, which means two things: firstly, I am highly proud of owning a Fujifilm gear, which is outstanding in terms of quality and shooting experience, and furthermore because I’m in love with the quality and design of my FUJIFILM XT-2 and my lenses too.   I knew I would mostly shoot landscapes, so before going up north to Asturias, I took a good decision: I sold my small and sweet pancake Samyang 12mm f/2 and then, I bought the legendary FUJI XF10-24MM F/4, and yes, it was a great. The XF10-24mm is more convenient for landscape photography; the focal range helps to reach far scenes where it’s impossible to get with a prime 12mm lens; for example shooting rocks in the water during a high tide.   Continue reading this article here: World's end: Spain's wild north edge. Shooting with Fuji XT-2 and XF10-24mm   Come check out my website too: www.josecarpin.com   Let me show you some pictures that you will find reading this article:              

with the Tokina 12-28/4.0 DX on X-T1 ...
 

Grün-Gelb-Blau by Enzio Harpaintner, auf Flickr

Picure taken 2 weeks ago in France, Chateau de Chambord with my X-T1 | 14mm | ISO200 | 14 s.| f/13 | LRCC
 
 

Lack of sharpness is not really the issue for me. I find it plenty sharp. Its the lack of character that leaves the lens on the shelf for me.