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July 2015

06 Jul

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Pay attention class.You will see the illustration at the top of the post of the new Fujifilm Super EBC XF 90mm f:2 R LM WR lens. The one we have here in the shop - right now. For sale to Fujifilm users who have X-Pro1, X-E1 and 2 , X-T1 and X-T10 cameras.The construction is superb, as we have come to expect from Fujifilm. The focusing with the X-E series and the X-T series is blisteringly fast and snaps in. The lens is not excessively weighty.Close focus is 600mm and at that point you get a quarter of the human face - in precise detail.I should regard this as currently the definitive Fujifilm lens for head and shoulders portraits as well as work in low light. Better it does not get.Please note that the classic Fujifilm styling of the lens means that there is little external show - it is all buiness. Good business....

06 Jul

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I was given an interesting task over the weekend - judging a small photo contest that was part of a recent photowalk. It was a pleasant interlude for Sunday afternoon and I quite enjoyed myself. I likened it to reading a photographic magazine without the advertisingcopy between the pictures.I get enough of that everyday here in the shop - Heck, I write the stuff - no need to read it on the weekend.But back to the photo walk. Rob Masters organised it in Cottesloe a couple of weeks ago and from what I can gather it was enjoyable for the participants. Certainly the weather looked fine in the photos and the participants seem to have had a reasonable variety of scenes to work with.Their brief was to capture pictures of "water" and "architecture". Having that sort of direction is invaluable for any contest - because it makes the participant concentrate their vision. It is the same as an advertiser sending out a brief for an illustration or an editor sending a photographer out on an assignment - and it means...

03 Jul

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We need a red window.We used have them - on the back of old roll-film box cameras. The red celluloid window let you see - dimly - the numbers on the back of 620, 120, 0r other paper-backed films. You got words and dots warning you to beware of the start of he film, then numbers as the film wound past the square throat of the camera and then another set of dots to tell you it was done and to wind the trailing paper on before you removed the roll.It was a wonderful way to concentrate the mind and sharpen the skill - having 10, 12. 0r 16 shots only on the roll meant you had to do it right each time - no flapping about with a dozen shots and pick the best out later. You couldn't shoot 12 similar shots to get one good one. If you were a kid you had one roll of film for the entire summer vacation and it had to record 3 months of your life.We also need a gas gauge. Not...

02 Jul

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Nikon Australia has sent news to the shop of three new lenses - one for their DX cameras and two aimed primarily at the FX users.The DX lens is a zoom model that goes from 16mm to 80mm with an f:2.8-4 aperture range. It is equipped with the VR mechanism to assist with slower shutter speeds.The lens is physically light - an important point for travellers. It weighs 480g. There are the usual nano coatings to reduce flare and an electromagnetic aperture mechanism that lets you shoot continuously at high speed.More Info.The FX lenses are not zooms - they are long telephotos with f:4 apertures. There are two - a 500mm focal length version and a 600mm focal length version.The weights are dramatically under what you would expect for such long lenses; 500mm is 3Kg and the 600mm is 3,8Kg. They both feature the VR mechanism that is adjustable from 'normal' to  'sport' for different types of motion. And the front glass has a fluorine coating to repel water and dirt.More Info.Nikon Australia predict that we will get to see...