My first go with the TT Artisan f1.2 was quite a satisfying experience. I was chuffed that I managed to focus reasonably effectively. Ever since, I’ve been waiting to get a cheap f0.95 lens. Finally managed to get a 7Artisans 35mm f0.95 on sale and it arrived yesterday. Couldn’t wait to take out, and headed…
Lonely Sunday Night
Went out for a Sunday coffee with friends in town. Opportunity for a bit of a photo walk, as typically my friends run on “desi time” … get there when they get there. I figured I’ll have plenty of time before the gathering kicks off in earnest for a bit of a photo walk. Weather…
Harbour walk
A lunch time walk along the Wellington Harbour was a good opportunity to try out some some B&W photography. I thought I’d give the Newspaper recipe another go. This time took out the Fuji X-100VI. All photos taken with the built in ND filter turned on to avoid over exposure, and are JPEGs straight out…
Home time
After work street walk capturing people people after a busy day. Sunsets are nearing 6pm now, so I was hoping for some nice twilight shots. However, it was a typical Wellington early spring weather. So not much of a golden hour. Weapon of choice today was the Fuji X-T30ii with the Viltrox 56mm f1.4. Intention…
Streets and alleyways
Took out the X-T30ii for a lunch time walk with the Viltrox Evo 75mm f1.8. I decided to shoot everything at 160 ISO and f1.8 today. This is probably the sharpest lens wide open that I have. Weather was nice and sunny, so had to change the settings to use both mechanical and electronic shutter,…
Trying a manual lens
The internet got me. I’ve seen one too many Youtube videos on how you must use some fast manual primes to be a photographer worth their salt and gave in. I tried out the TT Artisan 50mm f1.2 during lunchtime walk to see if I am any good. I was worried I won’t be able…
Cuba St
Another lunch time walk on a freezing overcast day. Took out the Fuji X-T30ii with the 75mm f1.8 Evo lens. Shot with the Classic Negative film simulation with a cooler white balance to portray the cold I was feeling. The 112mm full frame equivalent is very tight and I’ll have to learn to frame photos…
Queen Street
Trying to make a habit of taking the camera along more regularly. Came to Auckland for some work and utilised the opportunity to take some snaps walking down Queen Street to catch the train at Britomart. Photos taken on the Fuji X-T30ii with the Viltrox 56 mm f1.4. Used the True Chroma film recipe to…
Winter walk
It has been a rubbish winter so far and finally we had a half decent day. I thought I’d make the most of it by taking along the X100vi for a lunchtime walk. It was a bit of a dull day for lighting, pretty typical for short winter days. So I used a B&W Fuji…
Beautiful Scotland
I recently went on a holiday trip to the UK, where most of the time was spent in Scotland. These are some snaps, taken with the X100vi, with the wide converter lens.
