Through The Lens
Fujifilm launched a new camera in the last month, I finally got my own one & put it through the paces over the last week. Is it much of an improvement over the X-T2, read on to find out my initial thoughts on it.
Well it finally happened, after much asking, Phase One released Capture One 11.3 for Fujiilm cameras at a bargain price of FREE all be it a slightly limited version of their truly awesome raw and JPEG editing software. But the good news goes on as the full version of Capture One Pro is available for only 159+vat, limited to Fuji cameras only. So now you have no excuse to keep using Lightroom and really make the most of the wonderful Fuji raw files.
WOW WHAT A LENS!
There it is right there end of review… Really that is all I could say after using Fujifilm’s new XF8-16mmF2.8 R LM WR ultra wide zoom lens for a day. I borrowed it from Fujifilm to help with a shoot I had that day as the promise of 121º of rectilinear imaging was something I just had to see for myself.
Do you shoot fully manual or do you prefer to shoot with one of the priority settings that Fuji offer on their cameras? I get asked this question from time to time & I also read it online a fair bit so I thought I would be a good idea to share my set up …
A couple of Official X-Photographers some wake boarding and plenty of Fuji cameras and lenses… There was also coffee. Welcome to Photographers with Fuji’s Getting Coffee
Do you want to download some Lightroom presets that will make things easier to change the Fujifilm camera profiles in post?
Take Kayo spends some time talking with some who still shoot film and how they see the future of the photography art form with film in a digital world. I still shoot a bit of film with my original 35mm camera. I’m about 1/2 way through some Fuji Provia 400 at the moment, and there is a great sense of connection and anticipation with the camera and what it will output. After all you can’t just look at the back of the camera to preview the image you just shot, you’ll have to wait till you finish the roll and then go get it developed. Unless you go shoot with an Instax that is.
This was the very first Fuji lens I bought, as part of a custom Fuji kit that Conns Cameras were kind enough to make up for me, along with a new Fujifilm X-T1, grip and a few other little things I needed. The flexibility from the range of this zoom gave me a great learning point to continue my Fuji journy with.
Of the three lenses Fujifilm launched with their original interchangeable X cameras the Fuji XF 35mm F/1.4 was probably the best optically of them all. I reviewed the XF 18mm f/2 here, a lens that I really like despite it’s quirks, but the 35/1.4 had a little bit of magic to the look it helps create. The 35mm gives a field of view that is close to what you will get using a 50mm on a full frame camera. A true classic focal length and many photographers first foray past the kit lens that came with their camera. This lens is a step above the usual.
A lot has been said about this little 18mm f/2 and I usually hear about how bad it is. Something I’m quick to point out is both subjective and inaccurate, if that can be taken with out contradiction. As like any tool it’s better if you use the right one for the job you are doing.