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In a prior post I discussed the use of ‘old glass’ on the Fuji GFX 50s ii as a means of keeping the cost of the camera system reasonable. Coming from film cameras, I find the use of old manual lenses natural to use and not terribly troubling once I
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I spent the summer in Sandpoint Idaho with my Fuji GFX 50s ii medium format digital camera. My digital philosophy has been to retain and integrate the aspects of film that I enjoy so much. I tend to work with mostly manual lenses and not use a lot of the
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One of the ways I justified to myself the expense of my Fuji GFX 50s ii medium format digital camera was I could get adapters and make use of the large number of medium format and 35mm lenses I already have. I have made a few posts about my experience,
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Introduction One image I took this last summer that I really like I ended up calling 'Together'. It was taken on a calm misty morning after a night of heavy rain. I was up at dawn and had the lake more or less to myself with the exception
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I took this photo one evening while watching a thunderstorm glide over Sandpoint. It was a lovely evening with some amazing light. At one point I was aware of some doves that were flushed from the bushes near me and just fired the shutter without any adjustments. I knew they
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One certain way to have a nice time out photographing is bring just one lens or a camera with a fixed lens. The restrictions are more than made up with the simplicity of shooting this way; where lens changes don’t interfere and choices are fewer. You learn to see
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As I discussed before I picked up a couple of cheap K&S adapters for Nikon F and Olympus OM lenses. I have a few of each in each lens family and I wanted to evaluate them on the GFX 50s ii for vignetting. The sensor is only 44mm
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Part of the benefit of the digital medium format camera is the ability to use legacy lenses such as the Mamiya 645 lenses I have collected over the years. I bought a Kipon shift adapter to M645 lenses for this purpose. In order to use the manual lenses with IBIS
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I began to think about what I wrote earlier about Fuji's film types and how to choose what I wanted as I try and make the best choice to mimic my film experience. I realized that I was being a bit stupid. I picked Provia because... Actually, I
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A week has passed now, and I continue to struggle with digital photography. It still seems strange and disconnected from the way I think about the process of making images. The camera is getting easier to use and I am settling down on settings to allow me to treat the
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I have a long unfinished draft of a post that I called 'Toying with Digital', don't look for it as I never published it. In it I planned to discuss my temptations to get a good digital camera. I certainly can become a tech geek and
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There are a couple of different narratives here but let's see how this unfolds... This was also written over a month ago and I have finally gotten around to posting it. Firstly, I returned to Holme Fen this week after a series of big storms passed through the