Chichibu Line – Into The Wilds

On the Chichibu line yesterday, into the wilds. Decided quite early that I was getting better results with square format. Also, while I understand all the criticisms of faux toy camera modes and recognise their intuitive validity,* I still find I really like the way Fujifilm does it, so decided to use that too. These and all that follow are pretty much chronological & with minimal post (kinda – deliberate exposure, levels, & maybe some shadow enhancement in Capture One and saved as TIF, and then similar or just hitting “Auto” in the Basic panel in Lightroom – which actually adds up to a lot in terms of the final impact).

   

* i.e. like many things that seem to make sense on the face of it, I don’t really think they are valid on examination

Along For The Ride – the XF 16 – 55mm f2.8

As well as taking an X-T1 & XF 56mm f1.2 R out today, I took along one of the new-ish XF 16 – 55mm f2.8 R LM WR lenses. Still on my way home, so nothing to say about the results yet, but it was very good to work with. Smooth, fluid, fast and hassle free.

Depending on the visual results, the question now would be, how much extra out of focus-ness does the difference in stops give, because the 16 – 55mm was just so versatile.

Stay tuned.