Monthly Archives: April 2013

A segue into something a bit bigger…

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My D600 bit the dust. It was unfortunate, because I liked it, but the bracket mode fault I reported in my mini-review didn’t go away and in the end it was almost permanently stuck in bracket mode. I decided it was time to send it back to the shop and at the same time consider …

St George’s Day at Leadenhall Market

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I would like to start this post by saying thank you (as a Welshman) to all my English friends for the kind wishes they’ve given me over the years on Wales’ national day, “St Patrick’s Day”, nuff said… 😉 I jest but I’ve never understood how it has ended up that the national day of …

X-Trans RAW Conversion Comparisons

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You may well have seen the blog post I made at the time Capture One 7.02 was released, which compared the OOC Jpegs with Lightroom (LR) and Capture One (C1). I wanted to extend this comparison to include Aperture, since its really very good RAW conversion capability was included. I also wanted to update the …

The future of X-Trans RAW: Apple Aperture?

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I was really surprised at the message telling me Apple Aperture had acquired Fuji X-trans compatibility (for use with the X-Pro1, X-E1 and X100S). I downloaded it, gave a conversion a look, thought it looked OK and disregarded it on the basis that Aperture is way overdue for an update and lacks decent CA control …

The DSLR strikes back? Nikon D600

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I didn’t expect, after selling my A900, to be buying another DSLR about 12 months later. Aha, people who own a DSLR will say, he has seen the error of his ways. He’ll be shooting solidly with a DSLR now. All this mirrorless ILC stuff will turn out to be a “phase”. Err no. What …

How good is the X100S?

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Very.   This camera is simply addictive. The rendering, colours, ergonomics and VF are just amazing. At the minute, don’t shoot me, but I’m thinking of selling the X-E1 I only just bought. I’m also not adding the X-Pro1 back into my bag (though that has more to do with wanting to adopt a street/documentary …

Margaret Thatcher Dies

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I should start by saying that this isn’t really about Margaret Thatcher’s death. I think that’s sad for her family and friends and my thoughts go out to them. Equally, while she was a divisive character who did many things that had to be done, she also did many things that didn’t have to be …

Infrared City

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I suppose I could have thought of a more catchy title for my first infrared post in anger, but please let me off for once – I’ve spend the day attacking the garden with the assistance of my son and washing the car (due to the local car wash being out of order)… 😉 On …

X100S + WCL-X100 = Great

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What a great combination. Optically fantastic provided you correct the distortion.  I’m talking about the WCL-X100 wide angle converter which converts the X100 23mm lens to a 19mm lens (which means it becomes a 28mm equivalent). The build quality of this converter is excellent. It just feels like a solid hunk of metal and glass, with …