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Street photography with my Leica M9 and Summilux 50mm

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Despite loving my M9, I have never really thought it a great camera for street photography. Which is actually somewhat silly, given that the likes of Henri Cartier-Bresson used film Leicas. Nevertheless, my attempts to use an M9 on the street all too often result in pictures like the above shot. Needless to say though, …

My X100 is ill…

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Unfortunately, I confirmed last night that my FujiFilm X100, the camera which above all else taught me much more (and led me to develop a passion rather than a frustration) about photography, is faulty. Above all, I’m a bit sad. It may not have the most megapixels or any in camera filters but I almost …

Fujifilm XF 18-55mm – first use

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WOW. They don’t make zooms this sharp do they? The results are beautiful. If they are Fujifilm, yes they do. This seems to be a stunning zoom. To think it is the kit for the XE1 leaves me scratching my head in wonder. This lens is about as far from a “kit” zoom as you …

British Museum with my E-PL5

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Now I am a bit more used to my E-PL5, I appreciate more of its finer points rather than its deficiencies. No one looks at it (I have a black model). I’ve never really believed the colour of lenses makes much of a difference to whether people notice you and your camera, but I do …

Covent Garden

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Today I took my E-PL5 to Covent Garden together with my 12, 25 and 75mm lenses. Covent Garden is a district in London on the eastern fringes of the West End, between St. Martin’s Lane and Drury Lane. It is associated with the former fruit and vegetable market in the central square, now a popular …

King’s Cross St Pancras

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I have been spending a lot of time more recently posting reviews of lenses. While that generates a lot of hits, it isn’t as much fun as getting out to new places (or old places) with a camera. A week or two back my train was diverted to King’s Cross Station in the morning due …

Voigtländer 25mm. The original and the best?

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Wow, In between a hard week at work and fighting with a numpty about his attempts to (at best) spread FUD about me on the net, I managed to nip out to give my newly arrived Voigtlander 25mm a road test. High level, it isn’t as impressive a lens as the 17.5mm. You might almost …

Just a minute… and the power of negative thinking

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With apologies for not updating the site for the last few days, I’ve been having some fun and games with a goon who has decided to post what I consider to be potentially defamatory comments about an eBay purchase he made from me. I’m a little disappointed because he chose to leave negative feedback and …

Autumn at St Pauls

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This lunchtime I wandered down to St Pauls with my X-Pro1. Perhaps it is because it has otherwise been so unrelelenting bad weather wise, but the colours of autumn have really cheered me up this year. I feel like I am stalking the city police horses! Honestly, they just seem to be around whenever I …