PhotoBlog of Random Images

1 Nikkor VR 6.7-13 f3.5-5.6

What am amazing little lens Nikon have created. Small and well built, close focusing (down to 10 inches) and very sharp, even wide open. There are a couple of sites on the web who have tried this lens to date and have stated the same as I have done here. The most important points for me about the lens is the MFD of 10 inches and it has VR. With those two this lens will be real fun to shoot with, especially hand held.

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NIKON 1 V1
Focal Length: 13 mm
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 1/400 sec
ISO: 100

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• Nikon • V1 • 6.7-13 f3.5-5.6

09/14/13

Fujifilm X-E1 - Fujinon XF 18-55 f2.8-4 LM OIS

This venue grows it's own vegetables and fruit. They have different sorts of apple trees growing all around the grounds and I took a similar photo of four different apple trees for this collage. Like I sain in one of my previous posts more of this type of image will be posted in the future with the longest side being 1200px long. Please let me know what you think.

Another change to the site has been the ability to post a comment directly underneath the image for the day. I think it's easier than having to go to the comments page for this. I hope some of you will take advantage of it. Some control is necessary I'm afraid, but that's the way it is these days.

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Focal Length: unknown
Aperture: unknown
Exposure Time: unknown
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• Fujifilm • X-E1 • 18-55 f2.8-4

09/13/13

Fujifilm X-E1 - Fujinon XF 18-55 f2.8-4 LM OIS

I just love these colours again and exposure was perfect for my tastes. What impresses me the most is that the grass has that natural colour which is not to be taken for granted. I have real problems with grass with a couple of systems in this lighting conditions. They come out light green and overexposed, but not here, it's as it was on the day.

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X-E1
Focal Length: 20.5 mm
Aperture: f/10.0
Exposure Time: 1/420 sec
ISO: 200

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• Fujifilm • X-E1 • 18-55 f2.8-4

09/12/13

Fujifilm X-E1 - Fujinon XF 18-55 f2.8-4 LM OIS

The X-E1 did very well here as the whites didn't blow out and the statue is also correctly exposed. Hardly any post processing in this image. It's very sharp as you can see with the background slightly blurred. Taken at 39mm and f3.6. Love the colours too any they are spot on again.

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X-E1
Focal Length: 39 mm
Aperture: f/3.6
Exposure Time: 1/750 sec
ISO: 200

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• Fujifilm • X-E1 • 18-55 f2.8-4

09/11/13

Fujifilm X-E1 - Fujinon XF 18-55 f2.8-4 LM OIS

In my last post I said I took images in the same light, however I took this one when shade was prevailing. I'm still impressed with the WB and metering here. This system is not the quickest in the world but I think it's faster than my Nex system (which I vote as the slowest of all the systems I possess). Another quirk of the Nex systems is when it shuts down. It takes a few seconds before the final clunk from the lens is heard, I find it very strange indeed. It seem worse with Sigma lenses I use on it but it also happens with Sonys own lenses. It's just something that happens with the system and I've found that I've grown used to it and tend to ignore it these days.

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X-E1
Focal Length: 55 mm
Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure Time: 1/13 sec
ISO: 200

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• Fujifilm • X-E1 • 18-55 f2.8-4

09/10/13

Sony E 55-210 f4.5-6.3 OSS

When I visited this location I had 3 systems with me; the Sony Nex-7, the Fujifilm X-E1 and the Fujifilm X100S. I wanted to get some test images to see how each system did in the same lighting conditions. I took similar images with all three systems and I'll be posting the results as I get around to processing them. Obviously I couldn't take the same image with the same focal length because they're all different but it does give you an idea of the colour and sharpness of the systems.

This is the last of the Sony images and although I don't really like using the lens, it does produce some nice images and if I need a longer lens on the Nex system then I'll grab this lens for certain.

Next comes the images from the Fuji X-E1 and the 18-55 f2.8-4 kit lens, which is a very decent lens in my opinion.

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NEX-7
Focal Length: 55 mm
Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure Time: 1/500 sec
ISO: 100

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• Sony • Nex-7 • 55-210 f4.5-6.3

09/09/13

Sony E 55-210 f4.5-6.3 OSS

As you can see the image quality is ok. I can't say it's a lens I like using but I can't tell you why. Some lenses I just love using but others just don't get me excited at all. One of the most frustrating thing about this lens is the hood. It has me swearing every time I try to attach it because it just doesn't seem to fit all that well. Maybe it's just my copy but it really does get my gander up. In short, I hate it.

Once it's on the camera the lens does produce some nice images. All these images I'm posting from this lens were taken at 55mm, no reason for that, it just happened that I selected images that were taken at that focal length.

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NEX-7
Focal Length: 55 mm
Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure Time: 1/1600 sec
ISO: 100

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• Sony • Nex-7 • 55-210 f4.5-6.3

09/08/13

Sony E 55-210 f4.5-6.3 OSS

I normally use my Sony Nex cameras for my legacy manual focus lenses because of the focus peaking function the cameras provide, which is the best implemented at the time of this post. Just my opinion of course. However Olympus and Panasonic have now introduced focus peaking into their systems and Fuji have upgraded their camera firmware which enables focus peaking. I haven't used the Olympus or Panasonic systems yet but I do have a Fujifilm XE-1 and I can tell you the focus peaking function is not my cup of tea. Only white is available and I find it really difficult to see while trying to manual focus. I wish they would provide more colours which would make it easier to see. White is just too common a colour for this and I tend to use yellow on my Nex systems. It really does stand out especially if I set the value to high.

Sometimes though, I like to use AF with the E system lenses and I tend to use the long end of every zoom I use. The 55-210 f4.5-6.3 was the only one I considered because it's cheap and pretty small. The keep the size of the lens small, they had to make the lens pretty slow. The fastest aperture available if f4.5 which is pretty slow and that's at the wide end. At 210mm you are at f6.3 which means this lens was not designed for low light hand held work. On a tripod you might be fine but I only use this lens when the light is good because most of my photography is done hand held. One thing it's got going for it is OSS which does really help me. I'm not as young as I was and I find these stabalization systems pretty good overall.

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NEX-7
Focal Length: 55 mm
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 1/800 sec
ISO: 100

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• Sony • Nex-7 • 55-210 f4.5-6.3

09/07/13