RIOTD...

[Topcat]

Lovely photo's Richard, we've acquired a cat like that recently but's he's a bit more rough around the edges

I noticed that you used the OM Zuiko on your Fuji, was thinking of trying the same with my old OM lens onto my four thirds digital camera, may I ask what make of mount you used? I have seen some cheap ones and a pretty pricey one (over £100).

Cheers

Dave

[Gromit]

Hi Dave - the Zuikos work well on the Fuji, better than expected if I'm honest. I bought a mount off eBay for about 12 quid which is absolutely fine, I'll dig out a link to it in a bit.

Fitted to the X-Pro1:

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[Gromit]

Link to the seller here

Quick service too.

[Topcat]

Many thanks Richard,

I must admit that I couldn't see the point of a £100 adaptor!

[Mitch1100]

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[f90x]

Hasselblad 500CM/80mm using Fuji 160NS

Untitled by holloway steve, on Flickr


Hasselblad 500CM/50mm using Fuji 160NS
Barbican by holloway steve, on Flickr

[Gromit]

Those look gorgeous, Steve - superb colour rendering especially. Think I might try that Fuji 160 some time.

I'm really getting into film now - sure it's a hassle (and it's not a cheap way of taking photos) but it's also a lot of fun.

[f90x]

Those look gorgeous, Steve - superb colour rendering especially. Think I might try that Fuji 160 some time.

I'm really getting into film now - sure it's a hassle (and it's not a cheap way of taking photos) but it's also a lot of fun.

Thanks Richard. These two are straight out of the can too. No post processing. I shot them half a stop over.

[Gromit]

1/2 stop looks about right to me, really helps the shadows to throw up their details.

As you know - and said before - Ektar seems to like a similar setting.

Was hoping to head out with the OM2 tomorrow (got a couple of rolls of Provia sat doing nothing) but the forecast's dreadful.

[f90x]

Yep. Ektar can easily handle a whole stop. It really likes light and has an almost slide characteristic to it as far as exposure is concerned so it should always be overexposed. Portra likes a half as well. Photoshop makes it easy to add half a stop if necessary though as long as the neg isn't too dark to start with. I'm probably teaching you to suck eggs here as your photoshop skills are far superior to mine. All I ever to is slight adjustment to the colours and bump,the exposure if needed.

[Gromit]

Couple from Belton House early this morning...

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[Topcat]

Mitch,

They are gorgeous photo's, you must be very proud

[Gromit]

My little toys...

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[Mitch1100]

I've got my eye on a SH Fuji X-Pro1 body with XF 35mm f1.4 lens or an Olympus OMD 5 4/3 system..thoughts?

[Gromit]

Hi Mitch,

I can't really comment on the OM as I haven't used one bar picking one up for a couple of mins in the shop. I'll also admit to being unashamedly biased towards Fujifilm - I had a perfectly good (and it is a superb camera) Canon EOS 7D before, with a collection of lenses, and since making the switch to Fuji don't miss it one bit.

The focusing on an X-Pro can be slightly sluggish at times - it's not really a camera for action to be honest - but for everything else it's fine. It is extremely accurate though.

What makes the Fuji special though is the image quality - it's beautiful imho. The lenses are all superb. The OM has a smaller sensor which whilst very clever (Olympus have done an amazing job getting that IQ from it) it just doesn't make images 'pop' in the way the Fuji does. The OM is also noisier at higher ISO. I also really like the 'rangefinder' style of the X-Pro1 - it's quite chunky, very solidly built (it's all metal) and just feels great to use once you get your head round the system.

The 35mm you're looking at on the X-Pro1 is probably one of the best in the line-up (along with the 56 f1.2). A friend of mine uses a Canon 50 f1.2L (around £1100 worth in the UK) and nearly cried when he saw how sharp the Fuji 56 is when wide-open. These lenses are that good.

I'm a fan - and openly admit it.