Friday I took just the Fujinon XF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 R LM OIS to the Palm Beach Zoo to see how it shot and it worked well for a small city zoo. I setup an album on 500px to share my photos as I prepare them for the review. I will be shooting Renaissance Fair this weekend so follow me if you want to see the bulk of my test photos before the review. Read More
Last night I was able to attend the opening of the Markus Klinko event sponsored by Fuji at the Markowitz Fine Art Gallery. It was a great event, and all of the proceeds are going to cancer research. The prints were large and the colors were brilliant; it’s worth checking out if you’re in town. The exhibition will only be on display from February 26th through mid-March, 2016. Read More
Capture from first X-Pro 2 Sample
Optyczne.pl has reported that they found a potential issue with the production X-Pro 2s they received, which might explain the initial delay. When doing exposures of 3 minutes long without light entering the camera, there is what appears to be light entering on the left side of the frame and the phase detection pixels become visible when shooting above 3200 ISO. The issue is significantly more noticeable in RAW files than in JPEG, and these aren’t normal shooting conditions so I am not sure what prompted the test. After reporting the issue to Fuji, they were sent another camera with a newer 1.00 firmware and it somewhat corrected the issue, but not entirely. This shouldn’t affect most users, but you can read more about it on optyczne.pl.
Today I came across an excellent article discussing micro-contrast by Yannick Khong. In it he discusses how sharpness is being over-emphasized by buyers and I couldn’t agree more. For a short period of time I was really wrapped up in technical reviews; before I started demoing and reviewing equipment on my own. Read More
Adorama has substantially dropped the price of its X-E2 packages along side the current Fuji Sale
Fuji X-E2 + hand grip is now $499 (regular: $788)
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Fuji X-E2 kit with XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 R LM OIS lens + hand grip is now $699 (regular $1,188)
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Shipping is free. The promotion expires on March 8th, 2016.
Over the weekend I did some birding with the Fujinon XF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR + XF1.4X TC WR and I was impressed. I have decided to setup an album on 500px to share my photos as I prepare them for the review. I will be shooting with the combo again this weekend at the Zoo and Renaissance Fair so follow me if you want to see the bulk of my test photos. Read More
