This photo of a male northern cardinal was taken with Fujifilm X-Pro1 and Konica Hexanon AR 400mm f/5.6 UC AE lens. At f/16, the chromatic aberration (CA) along tree branches is well noticeable under this kind of backlight situation. Fortunately, the CA can easily be removed in the post-processing. The contrast, sharpness and color are […]
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Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin, USA, 2014
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Fujifilm X-Pro1 + Hexanon 21mm f/2.8 AE
Read moreJohn Nolen Drive at Night
It’s been a while without taking photos at night. I don’t feel like it’s my thing, but it’s fun to do it once in a while. This was a 2-minute exposure, and I turned off the noise reduction function so that I didn’t have to wait another 2 minutes for the camera to take the […]
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Having heard good things about Capture One, I finally gave it a try this week and found it dose process images from X-Trans sensor much better than Lightroom does. Different color, in a good way, and much more details. Its interface, however, is not as good as Lightroom’s. I can’t have them all in one […]
Read moreDevil’s Lake
I visit the Devil’s Lake State Park almost every year, mostly in fall. With heavy rain in Wisconsin for the past couple of weeks, the water level is really high. Fortunately, the rain stopped and I was able to set up my tent and camp there for one night on the weekend. The next day […]
Read moreGreat Blue Heron and Wood Ducks
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 […]
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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 […]
Read moreFujifilm X-Pro1 and Konica Hexanon Lenses
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 […]
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