Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/02/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The new zoom lets you get a little more connected to distant subjects. On Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 1:51 AM Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG < lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > Looks good! > > What I do when I am on a purely cultural trip is take the X100S and the > X-E1 with the 56mm f1.2 - makes for an light, fast, highly capable > 35mm/85mm kit. The other thing I do when I really want to travel ultralight > is to just take the X100S with the superb wide and tele screw on adapters - > gives me a 28mm/35mm/50mm f2 kit I can carry in my pockets! > > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 12:10 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> > wrote: > > > I do not buy much new equipment these days?the stuff I have is good > enough > > for my needs, whether we are talking computers or tablets/phones or photo > > equipment. I do buy occasional bits and pieces related to my cycling, > > especially things that wear out, like clothes. But this week I bought my > > first piece of photo kit in at least year, a 50-230mm zoom for my Fuji. I > > am going to Romania next week, my first visit to that country, and I > wanted > > to travel light. This means the Fuji X-E2 with two zooms?the 18-55mm I > > already had, the new 50-230mm, and an f2/23mm lens for low light > situations. > > > > The new zoom arrived yesterday at my office, so on my way home I stopped > > at the central beach of Alicante to do some lens testing, in the way I > > normally test lenses?just by taking pictures. I think the result is quite > > satisfactory, and I look forward to walking around Bucharest with a light > > camera bag next week. Here are five images from Playa de Postiguet. > > > > There was a group of kiters and surfers, but it was the end of the day so > > they were winding down: > > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-295tmjS/A > > > > Rinsing off: > > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-4KzfqKt/A > > > > Walking back to the car: > > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-h8LvcJ5/A > > > > The part of the beach closest to the centre, with the hotel where I spent > > my very first night in Alicante, when I was here for my job interview in > > the summer of 2007: > > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-TqP34fw/A > > > > Teenagers having a mini botell?n on the beach: > > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-6Q3KRNM/A > > > > Cheers, > > Nathan > > > > Nathan Wajsman > > > > Alicante, Spain > > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < > > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > < > > http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > > > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < > > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > > > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Don don.dory at gmail.com