[Leica] Nathan's PAD 8/2/2019: testing a new lens on the beach

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

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
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> Rinsing off:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-4KzfqKt/A
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> Walking back to the car:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-h8LvcJ5/A
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> 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
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> Teenagers having a mini botellón on the beach:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-6Q3KRNM/A
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
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> Alicante, Spain
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