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Student for life
I thought that my recent vacation trip to Alaska and Washington State would be a good opportunity to give a sign of life.
We took a cruise trip from Anchorage to Vancouver, followed by a visit to Mt. Rainier and the Olympic National Park in WA. I brought the Fuji X-T1 with the 14mm, 23mm, and 55-200mm lenses from Fuji as well as the 50mm Touit and 135mm APO Sonnar lens from Zeiss.
I learned that it is better not to use a CP filter in Alaska. Everything turns out too blue. A local photographer advised me to use the cloud-WB even in bright sunlight because of the blue-ness of the light. And I have to say that he was right: the jpegs looked much more natural with cloud setting.
I was very happy about the X-T1’s performance. The High Performance mode worked very well during a whale watching boat trip. The only negative is that the battery drains very quickly. The camera is responsive and the ability to quickly change ISO, aperture and shutter speed is very helpful. Shooting in bright sunlight turned out to be a challenge for a glass-wearer like me so I had to shield the EVF with my left hand frequently. This worked well with most lenses except for the Zeiss 135mm (which is a surprisingly comfortable lens to use with the X-T1 but you have to support the lens with one of your hands). I do hope the upcoming viewfinder accessory will be helpful. And did I mention the tilt screen yet? Just can’t live without it anymore! All in all, I do not regret that I switched from xpro to xt
Herewith some of my personal favorites:
Part 1 - Cruise trip Alaska-Vancouver:
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We took a cruise trip from Anchorage to Vancouver, followed by a visit to Mt. Rainier and the Olympic National Park in WA. I brought the Fuji X-T1 with the 14mm, 23mm, and 55-200mm lenses from Fuji as well as the 50mm Touit and 135mm APO Sonnar lens from Zeiss.
I learned that it is better not to use a CP filter in Alaska. Everything turns out too blue. A local photographer advised me to use the cloud-WB even in bright sunlight because of the blue-ness of the light. And I have to say that he was right: the jpegs looked much more natural with cloud setting.
I was very happy about the X-T1’s performance. The High Performance mode worked very well during a whale watching boat trip. The only negative is that the battery drains very quickly. The camera is responsive and the ability to quickly change ISO, aperture and shutter speed is very helpful. Shooting in bright sunlight turned out to be a challenge for a glass-wearer like me so I had to shield the EVF with my left hand frequently. This worked well with most lenses except for the Zeiss 135mm (which is a surprisingly comfortable lens to use with the X-T1 but you have to support the lens with one of your hands). I do hope the upcoming viewfinder accessory will be helpful. And did I mention the tilt screen yet? Just can’t live without it anymore! All in all, I do not regret that I switched from xpro to xt
Herewith some of my personal favorites:
Part 1 - Cruise trip Alaska-Vancouver:
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