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Macros with the Moment Lens

April 13, 2016 • Leave a Comment

After all the excitement with the X-70, it was time to try my much ignored Moment Macro Lens. So I grabbed the opportunity to try it when I visited a garden for the second time. The lens is sharp and contrasty and really let you get close. At 10X, you need to get very close, hold your breath and shoot, but the results (for an iPhone 6) are nothing...

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The Fuji X70: Closeup and Wide

April 12, 2016 • 4 Comments

As I had discussed in my last post, I was very keen to test the Fuji's closeup capabilities. Most compact cameras come into their own when in macro mode/ closeup. The best thing about getting close with the X70 lies in the fact that you don't need to switch to Macro mode. The camera automatically adjusts focus up to about 10cm from the object. In t...

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Fuji X70: Continuing Review

April 04, 2016 • 3 Comments

Here are some further impressions of the X70 since my review on March 23rd: (http://www.zenfolio.com/spode/e/pages/blog.aspx#515599834). Overall impressions remain favourable and this has been helped in no small part by the fact that I am learning to deal with the X-Trans files in LR. I specifically wanted to see how the camera performed in low lig...

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The Fuji X70: a somewhat comparative review

March 22, 2016 • 9 Comments

This review is not meant to be an uber technical review. Instead, I would like to dispense with some of the key features of the X70 upfront and then move on to a user's comparison between the X70 and (to my mind) its chief rival in the 28mm, F2.8 space – the Ricoh GRII – that includes handling, image quality, best features and ares of improvement....

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