Canon Serenar 135mm f/4.0

According to Canon Camera Museum: “The trial production of this lens started in 1941. Canon Inc. started as "Seiki Kogaku (Precision mechanics and optics)". This was the first interchangeable lens for Seiki Kogaku and it was advertised in the May 1947 issue of the monthly magazine "Kouga". The focus control system is not coupled to the rangefinder and focus is decided by guess. The original standard bayonet mount was changed to the S mount, before it was marketed as the first interchangeable lens for Seiki Kogaku. This series of lenses were named "Serenar" by a Canon employee in an in-house naming contest. The word "Serenar" was coined from "Serene", the name of the sea on the moon (the Sea of Serenity) and an adjective meaning of "tranquil". 

A still life study in monochrome (X-Pro1)

Inspired by Josef Sudek' Rose Series.

Light: Natural light from the window.
Camera: Fujifilm X-Pro 1
Lens: KONICA HEXANON AR 50mm f/1.4
Other: tripod, cable release
Camera settings: Fine jpeg, Film Simulation Monochrome (B), ISO L100, DR Auto
PP: CS6

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vkphoto

Autumn colours - a still life study with X-Pro1

Light: Natural light from the window.
Camera: Fujifilm X-Pro 1
Lens: MC Rokkor-PG, 58mm f/1.2
Other: tripod, cable release
Camera settings: Fine jpeg, Film Simulation Ns, ISO L100, DR Auto
PP: CS6

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vkphoto

Reviving Kodak DCS 420

Have you ever wondered how did the first digital images look like?
Here it goes :)
Some time ago I managed to revive and take pictures with Kodak 520 (Canon body).  The camera story is here and some awesome pictures are here .
Now it was Kodak' DCS 420 turn.

Autumn garden

Fujifilm X-Pro 1 with MC ROKKOR-PG 58mm 1:1.2

Fujifilm X-Pro 1 - film simulation modes

I decided to post samples of various film simulation modes.

STD (Provia)

The rest is here:

Chasing colours

Autumn is a second spring where every leaf is a flower.
Albert Camus

Fujinon 35 mm 1:1.4

All pictures were taken with X-Pro 1 and Fujinon and Minolta lenses

Fujifilm RAW files conversion

Couple weeks ago Adobe announced Lightroom 4.2 and Camera Raw 7.2 Final Releases. I tested them to see if there any improvement for Fuji RAF files. I took a shot of a leafy scene with image quality F+RAW and image size L3:2. RAF file was converted using three methods:  ACR 7.2, in camera and Silkypix. OOC jpeg is posted as is.

After careful inspection and comparison I came to conclusion that, unfortunately, ACR 7.2 didn't address the issues with "water color, smearing" effect. OOC and In-camera converted files are identical. Silkypix still produces more natural colors and resolution/details.

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vkphoto

More colours

Just came back from 2 day trip to Haliburton (Ontario). Foliage colours are just gorgeous!

Nikkor AI-S ED 180 mm 1:2.8

All photos were taken with Fujifilm X-Pro 1 and various lenses.

Fall foliage

It seems that an unusually warm summer didn't have any effect on this fall's foliage colour in Ontario.

All pictures were taken with Fujifilm X-Pro 1 and Fujinon / Minolta lenses.