Tuesday 28 May 2013

Wet white rag

Still raining...

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Monday 27 May 2013

Night rain

What time of night it is. I do not know.



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Sunday 26 May 2013

Eaton Hall with X-Pro1 and DP2M

Eaton Hall, Norman style Château in King City, Ontario, was built in 1937 and now is very popular wedding destination. I like this place a lot. It is only 5 minutes away from my place and I am visiting it quite often, to test my cameras, lenses or just for a nice walk.

DP2M

Today I took Fujifilm X-Pro1 with Fujinon 14/2.8 lens and Sigma DP2M  with me.

Wednesday 22 May 2013

Garden B&W

Couple recent pictures taken with Sigma DP2M and converted in Silver Efex Pro



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Wednesday 15 May 2013

Simple objects in my kitchen III

Another one

Sigma DP2M

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Tuesday 14 May 2013

The Yellow Tulip

Taken with Sigma DP2M.


Full resolution file is ==> here, click on "Original Size"




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Sunday 12 May 2013

X-PRO 1 - surviving the hail storm

Today I was shooting in the garden when the hail storm started.


In a matter of seconds my camera got absolutely wet , but I decided to take couple more pictures.

Thursday 9 May 2013

Fujifilm X-Pro 1 vs. Sigma DP2 Merrill (first impression and final)

After traditional “spring clean-up” of my collection (read: sell, sell, sell) I got some cash to acquire new toys. Since I already have superb 35mm and 14mm lenses for my Fuji X-Pro 1 I start thinking about 18mm lens. But after some research I quickly realized that for additional $200 I can acquire Sigma DP1M. Similar focus length as Fujinon 18mm but it would give me an opportunity to explore famous Foveon sensor.
I closely followed Foveon story since its introduction about 10 years ago and several times I seriously considered to buy it but couldn’t justify the price. With the recent price drop DP1M become a very attractive alternative to Fujinon 18mm.
Next step, I contacted several fellow photographers and they all recommended going with DP2M instead of DP1M.  They unanimously claimed that DP2M sensor /lens combination is magical and rivals medium format quality. Medium format?? They’ve got to be kidding me…
But the seed was planted and few days later I made the most impractical decision, I purchased DP2M and ended up having two cameras both with exotic APS-C sensors, tons of quirks and lenses that cover similar focal length.



Obviously my next step was to compare them :)

Wet bananas!

Still playing with my new Sigma DP2 Merrill

DP2M+SPP + Silver Efex Pro

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Sunday 5 May 2013

Simple objects in my kitchen II

A B&W continuation to my previous post.

X-Pro 1 + Fujinon 35mm, LR 4.4

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Friday 3 May 2013

Wednesday 1 May 2013

Red & Blue

Well, I think I am done with still life studies. At least for now.
The weather is getting better here in Ontario and I should go out to get some fresh air :) So "City Structures" could be my next project.

X-Pro1 + Nikkor 28mm
X-Pro 1 + Fujinon 35mm
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