Fuji 10-24mm zoom lens – a hands on review | Tom Grill
There is only one super-wide lens I know of that can remain perfectly sharp into the image corners with a full open aperture, and that is the Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8. A super wide angle zoom is a tough optical design Read more …
The X-Pro1 on a rainy day in New York | Tom Grill
The weather dictated the theme of weekly photo project. It has been raining for three days straight in New York with some occasional mist and haze — just the kind of weather I love to photograph. I sent my X-T1 Read more …
Homage to Malevich and the Suprematists with the Fuji X-T1 |
Tom Grill
In 1918 the avant garde Russian artist and founder of the Suprematist art movement, Kasimir Malevich, painted his purely abstract compostion, „White on White“ — a skewed white square painted onto a square canvas also painted white. As manifestations of Read more …
Making the most of a distracting zoo environment with a
Fuji 55-200mm zoom and the X-T1 | Tom Grill
One afternoon in Florida we took a break and visited a local wildlife preserve hoping to get in some fun photography of the animals. Problem was all the animals were in cages with very narrow openings in their wire fencing, Read more …
Fuji XF 56mm f/1.2 lens – Hands on review | Tom Grill
Conclusion: In terms of both its optical quality and quick, silent auto focus this is probably the best lens in the entire XF optical line up, and that is saying a lot because the Fuji lens line up is quite Read more …
How fast is a SDHC UHS-II card in a Fuji X-T1 | Tom Grill
…. my older SanDisk Extreme rated at 80MB/s took 15.46 seconds to write the images to disc. The newer SanDisk Extreme Pro SDHC UHS-II did the same thing in 8:49 seconds – almost twice as fast. Funny thing is that Read more …
Fuji X-T1: a hands-on review | Tom Grill
The X-T1 is a stylistic departure from the typical X-camera genre. It drops the retro range-finder style for a new retro DSLR look to accommodate a completely re-designed electronic viewfinder, replaces many of the previously digital functions with analog dials, Read more …
The focus advantage of a Fuji X camera for lifestyle photography |
Tom Grill
One feature I am starting to really appreciate on the X cameras is the way the focus point can be moved into even the furthest corners of the image frame. When photographing people I like to put the focus point Read more …
Finding the perfect, compact tripod for the X-2, X-Pro
and X-T1 | Tom Grill
As the Fuji X-camera system continues to expand and improve, I find myself using it more frequently. I have been riding a bike in New York ever since I can remember, and always carried a camera with me when I Read more …
A beauty portrait with the Fuji X-E2 | Tom Grill
After finishing up a day of lifestyle shooting with one model, I took a little time to take some beauty portraits of her using the Fuji X-E2 with the 35mm Fuji lens, and Leica 50mm Summilux. All the shots were Read more …