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

[Don Dory]

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!
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> 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!
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> Cheers
> Jayanand
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> On Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 12:10 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
> wrote:
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> > 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
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> > Teenagers having a mini botellón 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/
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> > YNWA
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