Mind and Heart-walking the Fujifilm X-Pro 2 for the first time | Tony Bridge
This review is a few days overdue. On Saturday, a big storm blew through Hokianga and took out the power, along with crippling the ferry upon which the district depends. Power was restored only in the early hours of this Read more …
Fujinon XF16-55mm F2.8 LM R WR- a working dog worth the money | Tony Bridge
I have been waiting for this lens for some time. When Fujifilm entered the market with the X-Pro 1 and its 3 old-school prime lenses, a 28, 50 and 90mm full-frame equivalent, they were taking aim squarely at all of Read more …
The Fujifilm 50-140 LM OIS WR- a first look | Tony Bridge
I am sorry, but gear does matter. Especially if you are a Pro. Nikon owners talk about the Holy Trinity. In my brief experience with a D800, I used all 3 lenses. They are, after all, the basis of the Read more …
The Fujifilm XF 18-135 -The Swiss Army knife of lenses? |
Tony Bridge
Just to make things really clear at the beginning, I have never had much time for one-size fits-all Swiss Army lenses. My prejudice came from seeing the results from an early Nikon 18-200 VR whatever. It was a superb lens Read more …
The Fujifilm X-T1-the wheel comes full circle | Tony Bridge
As soon as the X-T1 was announced, a friend emailed me rather grumpily. I suppose, he said, you are going to do a rave review of it. It would be nice if you could point out a few shortcomings. Well, Read more …
X-T1- how do I love thee? Let me count five ways… | Tony Bridge
After less than 48 hours with Fujifilm New Zealand’s pre-production X-T1 DSLR, I am excited and, given the emails and phone calls I have been receiving, I have decided to put up a super-first look. I have it for another Read more …
Beyond the static | Tony Bridge
There is an energy in the early hours, in that breath-held half-time between night and day, between dark and light, which cannot be felt at any other turn of the 24-hour spiral. It is alluring, addictive, compelling. Perhaps that is Read more …
The Fujifilm X-E2: evolution or revolution? | Tony Bridge
….Conclusion While at first this may seem like a midlife facelift for the X-E Series, I would beg to differ. This is not new wallpaper over old cracks. This is a supremely evolved camera which wants to go to work Read more …
Aitutaki-Land of Impossible Blues | Tony Bridge
It is said that life is a spiral, that at the end of our lives we have travelled around a Great Circle and returned to the place where we began. Sometimes it takes a sense of place, or rather a Read more …