I've been using Fuji glass for about 20 years courtesy of the GX680III, G617 Panorama. my old G690 BL and Hasselblad H-series, so when Fuji announced a medium format digital camera, it was a dream to get my hands on one - but so expensive for an amateur like me. Thanks to a successful insurance claim, I was recently able to live that dream and I'm now the proud owner of the 50S, the 50mm and 45-100mm lenses, plus a few accessories.
It is a joy to use with its great ergonomics; both lenses are simply superb. I'm slowly getting used to the menus and expanding the opportunities for use of the camera; sadly, the CoVid-19 lockdowns arrived at just the wrong time as there's hardly been any time to travel about to take some nice outdoor piccies.
I was able to get outside on one day and snapped the architectural shot below on a very dull day in Wales. It amazed with the depth of field at f4 using the 45-100 lens. Unfortunately, the mall's security personnel weren't happy with me taking a photo so I never got the chance to set up and take a longer exposure at f11 or f16. Weird - people were taking photos on their phones and were being ignored; one person turns up with an SLR and all hell breaks loose... It was not as if I had even taken a tripod with me (though I did have a monopod in a shopping bag) in which case they could have objected on the grounds of causing an obstruction.
Anyway, the photo shows the ability of the glass and sensor to extract a fair amount of detail on a very dull, low-contrast day.
- OLYMPUS CORPORATION - E-M1MarkIII
- OLYMPUS M.30mm F3.5 Macro
- 30.0 mm
- ƒ/3.5
- 1/50 sec
- Center-Weighted Average
- Auto exposure
- ISO 6400
It is a joy to use with its great ergonomics; both lenses are simply superb. I'm slowly getting used to the menus and expanding the opportunities for use of the camera; sadly, the CoVid-19 lockdowns arrived at just the wrong time as there's hardly been any time to travel about to take some nice outdoor piccies.
I was able to get outside on one day and snapped the architectural shot below on a very dull day in Wales. It amazed with the depth of field at f4 using the 45-100 lens. Unfortunately, the mall's security personnel weren't happy with me taking a photo so I never got the chance to set up and take a longer exposure at f11 or f16. Weird - people were taking photos on their phones and were being ignored; one person turns up with an SLR and all hell breaks loose... It was not as if I had even taken a tripod with me (though I did have a monopod in a shopping bag) in which case they could have objected on the grounds of causing an obstruction.
Anyway, the photo shows the ability of the glass and sensor to extract a fair amount of detail on a very dull, low-contrast day.
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