Friday, 11 March 2016

Fuji X-Pro 1 photo walk March 10, 2016

A wee bit longer since I last took out the XP1, but I finally got out today and bagged a few pictures. (The weather had improved a bit, too, so that helped. Okay, I admit, I'm a fair-weather photographer :-) )

Since I last posted, however, I had bought (and tested) Fuji's brand-new X70, which I'm sorry to say had to be returned. The on-off switch on the unit I received occasionally malfunctioned — sometimes the camera turned on, sometimes it didn't. (I see the X70 is made in China rather than Japan, so perhaps the quality control isn't quite as rigorous. A sample photo from the camera is the last image featured below.)

I'd planned to use the X70 as a small pocketable camera I'd always have with me, but, alas, the switch failure made me rethink this strategy.

Anyway, anyone reading my last entry may have seen that I tried the new 35mm F2 lens, which I found a bit restricting. (I got to wondering if the 27mm F2.8 might be a better choice, so I have it on order and intend using it on my next photo walk.)

Meantime, here are a few pictures taken with the 18mm F2 ( a lens I find a great all-rounder for street photography):

Backdrop

Boulevardier

Cheers

Colour co-ordination

Five out of ten

Improving the image ...

Lady in red

Middleman

On the bench

Thinking inside the box (taken with the X70 in the Chrome setting)

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