RosieC

XE3 with Lensbaby Obscura 16.
I like the painterly look with Classic Chrome.

Wandering around today, came across this in the local deer park.
lens is the Lensbaby Obscura 16 on the Fuji xe3. Fun and lightweight.

I have been using Canon 1100d since new as my first dslr. Prior to that Canon A1. Joined a small Camera Club and began taking bigger interest in all aspects of photography. Bought Fuji X T2 last October hoping to post images and getting feedback / advice from other members. 

XE3 with Lensbaby Obscura 16.
I like the painterly look with Classic Chrome.

Fuji xe3 with Lensbaby Obscura. 16

Flowers using Lensbaby velvet 56

Just one more with the Obscura lens.

I have just purchased the X Mount Lensbaby 16mm Obscura Lens and it’s fun to use at this time of year!

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In case you don't know, the black line around the picture is the actual outside limit of the original negative. Keeping it when enlarging images was a proof for an uncropped picture. That was named a full frame image...The origin of «full frame» digital sensors.

I think it's worth it to share my experience with the process of digitize black & white negatives using the X-Pro2. If some peoples were thinking about it, it will be faster to make it work! First you need the following :
X-Pro2 A good Macro lens (I use a Micro-Nikkor 55mm/2.8, exceptionnal lens for reproduction work) An extension tube (if your lens don't go to a 1:1 ratio) A lightbox (I use an old X-Ray lightbox!) A reproduction bench (I made one by myself, cheap but effective) A remote to avoid camera vibrations during exposure A can of compressed air for negatives cleaning A way to keep negatives in place and flat (I use a negative carrier from an old enlarger) An old 50mm. Used as a magnifier for choosing the good negatives from the bad ones. After testing, it appears that only Macro lenses can do that task with excellent results. I tried RAW as I always shoot RAW but I got artifact pattern. The JPEG processor correct the pattern perfectly.
 

 

 
Here are the settings I use on the X-Pro2:
JPEG ISO200 Auto speed +1 exposure correction F8 Manual focus (after a good adjustment, it stay at the right focusing distance) Drive = single Electronic shutter NR -4 Sharpening -4 Shadow details -1 Highlights details -1 Simple B&W custom setting Few months ago I asked my local lab to scan few negatives for an exhibition. They used a Nikon Coolscan 5000ED. I wasn't sure that the results were as good as the negatives were but at the time I had no way to have comparatives. Now that I have that set-up, I compare the scans from the lab to my «scans» made with the X-Pro2 and mines aren't just better, they are A LOT better! Much more tonalities. During the firsts experimentations, I search the web and found that when well done, this method give amazing results and I can confirm that. The only better way to digitize is using a drum scan, an impossible solution for my thousands of B&W negatives from 20 years of analog photography.
 
When the «scans» are done, I transfer the pictures on computer, Using Photoshop batch process, I invert the negatives. After that I import the positives in Lightroom. The rest is similar processing as with digital pictures.
 
Until now I have 1200 scans completed so I really can confirm that this method work! Hoping that it can simplified the process for others tempted by this solution for «scanning» B&W negatives.
 
As exemple, here is a picture I first shoot 20 years ago using a Leica M4-P with a summilux 35mm on Tri-X film
 

 

Hawks leica helicoid. It does make a difference for close focusing. You will use it.

Have you specifically tried the EVF and LCD *colour* settings? That is, Setup menu, then into Screen setup, then make sure that EVF Color and LCD Color are both set to the same value (I'd recommend setting both to 0 unless you find you've got good reason to do otherwise). Sorry if you've already done all this, but it's the only thing I can think of.

Just one other thought: Auto white balance can do strange things to colours under certain lighting conditions. It would be worth checking to see if you get the same effect using, say, Daylight WB. (For example, I'm now looking at a green cushion using Auto WB under bright artificial light (LED bulbs): the cushion looks green in the LCD but blue in  the EVF. If I use another WB setting, the effect goes away.) Anyhow, I hope your problem is something simple like this!

Great set of photos.
Lisbon is such a great city to visit.
 
Rosie

[PDF] Magnification of the macro extension tube
 
http://www.fujifilm.com/products/digital_cameras/accessories/pdf/mcex_01.pdf
 
The longer the lens the less magnification you get. Actually the 27mm works very well with the fuji 11 tube. Mag and working distance come into play as well. I don't own the 90mm, though

x-t1 with 16-55mm lens
harbour wall Rye Harbour
Just starting out using Iridient Developer.

Interesting...
Just after I got the X-T2, I noticed that I was always carrying a whole bag of stuff with me. X-T1 with the samyang wide-angle and a quick release tripod plate, tripod, remote relase, the 27 in case I want a closer shot, the 55-200 + closeup-lens in case there's an opportunity for a macro shot, for which I might also need the ring flash, and of course the X-T2 with the 100-400 attached, and then the teleconverter... etc. etc.
One day I thought I'll just take one camera and one lens, and that's it. So i took only the X-T2 with battery grip, teleconverter and the 100-400, no bag, simply slung around my shoulder. I was out the whole day from sunrise to sunset, didn't get tired and it was overall a much more pleasing experience than before.
 
Anyway, I don't think it's about limiting the gear you have, just about limiting the gear you take with you on each occasion.

I have a 12" MacBook. When I connect a card reader and open Lightroom I click on the Import button, then select the source, then check the photos I want to import, then press the button and Lightroom imports them. It saves them into a library in my Pictures folder.
 
 
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Unfortunately many sales people seem to think that if the assume a condescending and patronizing tone ( more so with ladies rather than gentlemen, even if they are a lady themselves!)  this will give them a position of authority which then would facilitate the sales they are attempting to make.
 
I usually walk out on them after informing their managers (if there is one) of the reason why I did that.
 
Sometimes they are simply uninformed and do not know all the things that we are hoping they will be able to advise us upon because, let’s face it, you have concentrated on one thing alone which you might have been researching on line for weeks before wanting to buy anything, while they have to have the knowledge of the entire shop and deal with difficult customers.
 
Some other times they are just a sanctimonious donkey or a parrot repeating what they have been told to say.
 
Nevertheless, in this day and age, you can easily buy on line for less or the same price so if you are going to a shop you want them, at the very least, to add a reason why shopping there.
 
This was and is one of my favorite themes in the Netherlands where all shops seem to, as by magic, sell the same products at the exact same price ( not a penny of difference) and they are not likely to give anything for free.
 
So buying here or there makes no difference in product or price then, at the very least, you expect that they would compete on “ service” right?
 
Anyway.
 
Be vocal about any of this, if you feel that you have been treated wrongly, do say so, don’t just walk out and shop somewhere else or online, remind them that if they want to keep their business open they better offer you more than you would get buying on line, they better give you a reason to shop there.
 
Service is ofte the only thing they have to offer since they don’t seem to be able or want to compete on price, if you don’t even get service why would you shop there?

thyme (!) capsule 

Last summer at Pashley Manor Gardens, East Sussex. Colour or B&W ?
X-T1 with 35mm lens f2

Taken with X-Pro1...
 
 

Cold early morning at the Maas river, Netherlands (X-T1, 55-200mm)
 

Cold dawn at the river 1 by Pascal van Gerven, on Flickr
 

Cold dawn at the river 2 by Pascal van Gerven, on Flickr