It’s been a very busy month in May. I took this picture on May 1st, but did not have it developed until today (June 5th). A special note to this picture is that it’s taken with the Fujinon SW 105mm f/8 lens that was successfully removed from my broken Fujifilm G617 camera and then mounted …
Although I don’t have any experience with other 400mm lenses, from any brand, I think the Hexanon AR 400mm f/5.6 UC lens may not be considered a sharp one under today’s standard. But I have to spend more time with it to get a better idea about how to make the best of it. As …
The more I use the X-Pro1, the more I like it, especially its color. Although it still has some quirks I would never like, I guess I can’t ask too much. After all, no camera is perfect. The Hexanon AR 35mm f/2 AE lens is phenomenal. It produces very sharp images, and its bokeh is …
It’s always a pleasure to see my photographs being printed, framed, and displayed. The experience is totally different than seeing them on a computer screen. These three photos are from my series Solitude – An Endless Journey. They are LaserJet prints on photographic papers, and the images size is 24 x 30 inches (33 x …
Some of you may know that I broke my Fujifilm G617 few months ago, and Fujifilm couldn’t repair it because the parts are no longer available. Not that I repaired it by myself, but I bought another one because I really love this format. Winter is finally gone. I feel it’s too hot already.
Violin Professor Tyrone Greive is retiring from the University of Wisconsin-Madison this spring. He had retired from the Madison Symphony Orchestra as a concertmaster in 2010. He performed the Violin Concerto No.2 by Szymanowski with the UW-Madison Symphony Orchestra tonight. The Department of Music will hold a Retirement Reception for him on Sunday. I was …
We had about a week of spring in Wisconsin. And all of a sudden it felt like winter again today, although we didn’t get 10+ inches of snow in Madison.
Hasselblad announced yesterday that they are going to put their V system to an end. It’s not a surprising news, but I was always wondering when this day would come. I bought my first Hasselblad, a 501CM, in 2007, and my first project with the camera was 7 Days in Glacier National Park. Later I …
It’s about time to bring my Konica Hexanon Project into digital era. The Fujifilm X-Pro1 seems to be an ideal camera for the project, and I really love the color rendering from the X-Trans sensor. Its poor auto-focus would not bother me anyway, at least for this project, but I wish I could enter the …
Last week, I attended my first SPE (Society of Photographic Education) National Conference, which was held in Chicago. I was not very sure about what to expect before the event but only knew Martin Parr and Richard Misrach would be among the keynote speakers. Having signed up for the Professional Portfolio Review, I brought my …