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Fujinon XF 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR + XF1.4X TC WR (Eng)
Translated by Pietro Todaro
Introduction
The XF 100-400 was the first "souped-up" telephoto lens in Fujifilm's X system.
Primarily designed for sports and nature photography, it immediately proved to be a functional and performing tool. Over the years it has benefited from all the advances that the Fujifilm system has made, both through the performance of the new cameras that hit the market and through the continuous implementation of the software that manages the autofocus system.
In fact, the 100-400mm has always represented a sort of “wild card” for all those photographic situations in which the use of an effective field of view telephoto lens is essential and brightness is not a priority.
Introduzione
L’XF 100-400 è stata il primo teleobiettivo “spinto” del sistema X di Fujifilm.
Pensato principalmente per la fotografia sportiva e naturalistica si è rivelato, sin da subito, uno strumento funzionale e performante. Con il passare degli anni ha beneficiato di tutti i passi avanti che il sistema di Fujifilm ha realizzato, sia attraverso le prestazioni delle nuove macchine fotografiche immesse sul mercato, che attraverso l’implementazione continua del software che gestiscono il sistema autofocus.
In effetti il 100-400mm, da sempre, rappresenta per tutti i sistemi una sorta di Jolly per tutte quelle situazioni fotografiche in cui è fondamentale l’utilizzo di un teleobiettivo dalla ampia escursione e la luminosità non rappresenta una priorità.
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Fujifilm X100V + TCL X100II: in anycase and....anywhere
Translated by Pietro Todaro
Roman letter "V" ... or rather a Roman numeral. Five.
Fifth-generation of the camera that marked the beginning of a new era for Fujifilm.
I will not dwell on the chronology of the releases, on features, updates, and various harangues that, model after model, have followed one another until today.
When the X100 came out the Fujifilm X system still did not exist, much less the XPhotographer. To be honest, no one believed in a prominent future for this brand in the then Nikon and Canon dominated photographic landscape.
Lettera romana “V”… anzi numero romano. Cinque.
Quinta generazione della macchina fotografica che ha segnato l’inizio di una nuova era per Fujifilm.
Non mi dilungherò sulle cronologia delle uscite, su caratteristiche, aggiornamenti e menate varie che, modello dopo modello, si sono succeduti fino ad oggi.
Quando uscì la X100 non esisteva ancora il sistema X di Fujifilm, né tantomeno esistevano gli XPhotographer. A dirla tutta, non esisteva nessuno che credeva in un futuro di primo piano di questo marchio nell’allora panorama fotografico dominato da Nikon e Canon.
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Zeiss C Sonnar T* 1,5/50 ZM (Eng)
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A "Classic" taste for the Leica M system ... and not only
There are few unchanging certainties in photography. One of these is the 50mm.
The 50mm is the quintessential photographic lens.
The whole world has been photographed with this focal length. Entire generation of photographers grew up with the 50mm.
Un obiettivo dal sapore “Classico” per il sistema Leica M… e non solo
Ci sono poche certezze immutabili nella fotografia. Una di queste è il 50mm.
Il 50mm è l’obiettivo per eccellenza della fotografia.
Con questa focale è stato fotografando il mondo. Intere generazioni di fotografi sono cresciute con i 50mm. (Versione Italiana)
Leica M: Classic Camera or Digital Snob Photography? (Eng)
Translated by Pietro Todaro
Lets be honest.
Generally speaking, its not rare that a debate will spark up when talking about photography. If we touch certain subjects then it will almost surely end up in a debate.
When we then speak about Leica we always have the feeling of walking into a crystal shop riding on the back of an elephant. We will surely wreak chaos.
This is so because “spoken” photography, just like sports and politics, is full of fans, technicians, philosophers and custodians of the absolute truth.
In Italy, when speaking about our national football team, we joke around by affirming that we are a country of 56 million coaches.
Siamo onesti.
Quando si parla genericamente di fotografia non è raro innescare polemiche.
Se poi tocchiamo alcuni argomenti sembra quasi obbligatorio entrare in polemica.
Quando poi si parla di Leica si ha sempre la sensazione di entrare in una cristalleria sul dorso di un elefante. Si scatenerà sicuramente un casino.
E si perché la fotografia “parlata”, come lo sport e la politica, sembra frequentata prevalentemente da tifosi, tecnici, filosofi e depositari del verbo assoluto.
In Italia, quando parliamo della nostra nazionale di calcio, ci prendiamo in giro affermando di essere 56 milioni di allenatori. (Italian Version Here)
Sony G Master 24-70 f/2.8 e 85 f/1.4 (Eng)
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Sony G Master FE 24-70 mm F2,8 - 1/3200, f/2.8, Iso 125
In the article dedicated to the second generation of Sony's “Alpha 7”, I began an analysis of the lenses dedicated to this system.
Just as I was finishing up the article I got a chance to try out, for a short span of time, the new Sony G Master lenses.
Too short a time to allow me to express an opinion. Therefore I decided to postpone the field test to a moment in which I would have had sufficient time to put these lenses to the test.
Traditionally, one has a bit of free time during the summer holidays.
Fujifilm X-T2: Professional Compact System Camera 1.0
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Fujifilm X-T2 - Fujinon XF16-55mm F2.8 R LM WR - 1/250, f/9, Iso 200 (Light 2 x Godox 360 - 1 gel Blue filter)
Lets make a shopping list: weather-proof body... got it, two memory card slots... got it, operative speed... got it, 1/250 sincro Flash... got it, USB-charging in Camera... got it, auto-focus accuracy and speed... got this as well, ergonomics.... got it, there's also a battery grip that triplicates its autonomy. Very well! Then? Ah yes, burst shots... that reach 11 frames per second. Then? Ah yes, video in 4K and functions that are finally adequate to the ones of its competitors... these are there as well.
It seams that nothing is missing.
Fujifilm X-Pro2... Back to the Future
Fujifilm X-Pro2 - Fujinon XF23mm F1.4 R (1/4400, f/2, Iso 200)
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After thunder comes rain...
I remember that questions regarding the release of the X-Pro 2 started just a couple of months after the X-Pro1 hit the market.
Being this one of the Fujifilm models that I had christened, I have always been aware of when this succession would have taken place. I must have repeated, “end of 2015” hundreds of times. And so it was.
The announcement of the X-Pro2 was a relief… at least for several months I would not heard this question over and over again.
But why was there so much expectation around this camera model?
The reasons are several.
Sony A7 second act
Translation by Pietro Todaro
This is how I concluded the article on the Sony Cyber Shot RX1 in the beginning of 2013:
“(...) Its not a question of cost. With a handful of Euros one could add 3 batteries and its traditional battery charger to the kit. Together with a small case in neoprene, a buyer of the Sony RX1 would be able to tour the world without having the need to carry any other photographic instrument. ...there... its the little things.
Just like that extra centimeter that would entitle the RX1 to enter photographic history. That extra centimeter in which the sophisticated Trufinder 2 OLED viewfinder, a battery with greater capacity, a more rational layout of the controls, in which the shutter speed dial would find space.