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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09/13/13  Fujifilm X-E1 - Fujinon XF 18-55 f2.8-4 LM OIS954
X-E1 Focal Length: 20.5 mm Aperture: f/10.0 Exposure Time: 1/420 sec ISO: 200 • Fujifilm • X-E1 • 18-55 f2.8-4
09/12/13  Fujifilm X-E1 - Fujinon XF 18-55 f2.8-4 LM OISThe 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. 1069
X-E1 Focal Length: 39 mm Aperture: f/3.6 Exposure Time: 1/750 sec ISO: 200 • Fujifilm • X-E1 • 18-55 f2.8-4
09/11/13  Fujifilm X-E1 - Fujinon XF 18-55 f2.8-4 LM OISIn 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. 1116
X-E1 Focal Length: 55 mm Aperture: f/8.0 Exposure Time: 1/13 sec ISO: 200 • Fujifilm • X-E1 • 18-55 f2.8-4
09/10/13  Sony E 55-210 f4.5-6.3 OSSWhen 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. 1034
NEX-7 Focal Length: 55 mm Aperture: f/8.0 Exposure Time: 1/500 sec ISO: 100 • Sony • Nex-7 • 55-210 f4.5-6.3
09/09/13  Sony E 55-210 f4.5-6.3 OSSAs 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. 953
NEX-7 Focal Length: 55 mm Aperture: f/8.0 Exposure Time: 1/1600 sec ISO: 100 • Sony • Nex-7 • 55-210 f4.5-6.3
09/08/13  Sony E 55-210 f4.5-6.3 OSSI 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. 1068
NEX-7 Focal Length: 55 mm Aperture: f/5.6 Exposure Time: 1/800 sec ISO: 100 • Sony • Nex-7 • 55-210 f4.5-6.3
09/07/13  Nikkor VR 30-110 f3.8-5.6Ok, this is the last image from this lens for now, promise. Shot at 69mm (186mm=35) which is just over half way along the focal range and you would expect the image to be sharp, well it is. Most zooms are at their sharpest in the middle of the zoom range and either the long or short end suffers usually. That's how it is normally but I'm really impressed by this zoom. I find it sharp thoughout the zoom range. I hope you've enjoyed the images posted with this system, I have certainly enjoyed making them. 979
NIKON 1 V1 Focal Length: 69 mm Aperture: f/5.6 Exposure Time: 1/400 sec ISO: 100 • Nikon • V1 • 30-110 f3.8-5.6
09/06/13  Nikkor VR 30-110 f3.8-5.6Just two more images from this lens for now. I'm sure a lot of you aren't interested in this system because you think the sensor is too small. If you are looking around on the Internet for some info or reviews about this system you will find some names there that have adopted this system wholeheartedly and are successfully creating some amazing images with it. Granted it's not really a high ISO machine but I can't say it's all that bad either. The more I get to know it's limitations, the more I like using it. I can take the whole lens collection in a small shoulder bag as well saving me back pains. This image was shot at 30mm and it shows just how sharp the lens is. Some say that it's not that sharp at the long end but that is not my experience. I've posted some images at 110mm and they are sharp to me. 1026
NIKON 1 V1 Focal Length: 30 mm Aperture: f/5.6 Exposure Time: 1/640 sec ISO: 100 • Nikon • 30-110 f3.8-5.6 • V1
09/05/13  Nikkor VR 30-110 f3.8-5.6I'm posting this image without any CA correction so that you see what I got. If you look carefully you can see a little CA that needs correction but it's nothing to worry about. I'd like to see the lens that didn't produce CA when taking this image. That CA is cleared in a second in LR, and it does a really good job of it too. 916
NIKON 1 V1 Focal Length: 77.1 mm Aperture: f/5.6 Exposure Time: 1/400 sec ISO: 100 • Nikon • V1 • 30-100 f3.8-5.6
09/04/13  Nikkor VR 30-110 f3.8-5.6Ok we're back to this extraordinary lens again. I don't think I've seen such a small lens produce such images. It's a joy to use. There was no CA correction in the image above and there is a lot of detail in those trees. There's a rule of thumb in photography, if you're going to photograph tall things like trees or towers, make sure you have an uneven number of them. I.e. 3, 5 or even 7. Try it out sometime, it really does make a difference. Here though I didn't have a choice in the matter, there were 4 trees. But it served it's purpose for me. 1109
NIKON 1 V1 Focal Length: 49.3 mm Aperture: f/5.6 Exposure Time: 1/400 sec ISO: 100 • Nikon • V1 • 30-110 f3.8-5.6
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