B&H Affiliate Link – FUJIFILM X-E4 Mirrorless Camera with 27mm Lens.B&H Affiliate Link – FUJIFILM XF 50mm f/2 R WR Lens.B&H Affiliate Link – FUJIFILM XF 27mm f/2.8 R WR Lens.Putin’s genocidal Russian war against Ukraine and COVID-19 are stark reminders that nothing is ever to be taken for granted and that the places we love can change for the worse overnight, and that documentary photography is a crucial medium for recording such changes and what we have lost and might, if we are lucky, rebuild but better. If I have time I’ll take a longer, slower walk after the rally throughout the Sydney CBD and surrounding suburbs to further document those changes between now and 2019. I hope to go back again soon and spend more time there, most likely on March 25 when there is a climate change protest. The necessity of urban documentaryĪlthough my trip into Sydney was primarily to attend SMPTE MetExpo 2022, I was determined to see just how the city had changed during the last two years hence my short, rapid walk to the train station. recently released SILKYPIX Developer Studio Pro for FUJIFILM 11.4.3.3, SILKYPIX Developer Studio Pro for Panasonic 11.3.3.3, SILKYPIX JPEG Photography 11.2.3.3 and SILKYPIX Developer Studio Pro 11.0.3.2 while Iridient Software released Iridient Developer 3.6.4. Nonetheless we will be keeping our eyes on new developments in other image editing and raw processing software and note that Ichikawa Soft Laboratory Co., Ltd. The DxO PhotoLab plus DxO FilmPack combination, though, allows us to export perfectly fine full-size TIFFs and very usable reduced size, reduced quality JPEGs when selecting “Bicubic sharper” in our JPEG export settings.ĭxO’s new “Digital Films/Fuji Astia Soft” film simulation preset continues to be our first choice for processing images containing skin tone and we love its richness of colour and background contrast while remaining sensitive to myriad skin colour variations. We’re continuing to rely on the latest DxO PhotoLab and DxO FilmPack for their impressive beta support for Fujifilm X-Trans raw and JPEG files and are looking forward to trying out DxO PureRAW² in conjunction with image editing software like Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, Affinity Photo, Pixelmator Pro, Skylum Luminar Neo and others. Still relying on DxO PhotoLab & DxO FilmPack’s beta support for Fujifilm X-Trans raw files Heavily underpopulated streets, parks and stores also contributed to fewer and less successful photographs yesterday. It having been so long since I last made urban documentary photographs in the city, I was rusty and didn’t make anywhere near as many usable photographs as I normally would. The Fujinon XF 50mm f/2.0 R WR’s shorter focal length, conversely, is just about short enough when stopped down to my usual apertures of f/8.0 or f/5.6 to render sharp enough detail behind the image’s main subject matter while not drawing undue attention to secondary objects. Fujifilm Fujinon XF 50mm f/2.0 R WR with Haoge LH-X50N metal bayonet-mounted lens hood. In that regard its slightly longer sibling the 90mm-equivalent Fujinon XF 60mm f/2.4 R Macro lens might do an even better job of depicting small details close-up due to its 1:2 macro capability, though both lenses need to be updated in “Fujilux” style with fast-focusing linear motors. Time to dust our venerable Fujinon XF 56mm f/1.2 R off and see if it is useful for urban documentary at a COVID-safe distance though I’m not fond of bokeh in documentary photographs.ĭespite there being less than 10mm between the 35mm-equivalent focal lengths of the XF 50mm and XF 56mm, 75mm and 84mm respectively, I find the visual and storytelling difference between them is huge.įor me, the Fujinon XF 56mm f/1.2 R is for slow and careful portrait photography or for picking out details in a scene to supplement more detailed images made with wider lenses. Fujinon XF 56mm f/1.2 R short telephoto prime lens. If I had a Fujinon XF 50mm f/2.0 R WR then I may well have chosen that instead for even further distance from others. I felt I needed to keep more distance from others than usual so chose a 40mm-equivalent ‘perfect normal’ Fujinon XF 27mm f2.8 R WR pancake prime lens instead of something wider. In contrast to my usual days out in the city pre-pandemic, I made these photographs on a short, fast walk, from the SMPTE MetExpo trade show at Darling Harbour to Town Hall Station in the Queen Victoria Building. Now for some tech talk… Fujifilm Fujinon XF 27mm f/2.8 R WR with Fujifilm LH-XF27 lens hood. The last thing I need to do is bring infection home to everyone and see them suffer if not expire from it.Įveryone here is vaccinated and boosted for COVID-19 but influenza season will soon be upon us so we’ll be booking our ’flu shots as soon as they become available. Little wonder COVID-19 Omicron infection rates keep climbing to astronomical levels in this state and elsewhere.
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