First impressions: Zeiss Touit 32mm f1.8 on the Fujifilm X-M1

I recently received an old digital Fujifilm camera from my sister. It’s the Fujifilm X-M1. The camera is in a very good condition, aside from the LCD, which already has vignetting and color cast. It’s still ok for composing, but I can’t rely on it anymore to judge colors.

I decided to buy a new lens for it 🙂 I’ve always been fascinated by the Zeiss Touit 32mm f/1.8 lens, but previously I don’t own a compatible interchangeable lens camera for that lens. When I buy cameras for myself, I deliberately bought fixed lens cameras like the Fujifilm X100 and the X70.

Receiving the camera from my sister was a good excuse to finally buy the lens. A few days ago, I managed to find a secondhand copy online, and I just received it a couple of nights ago.

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Filter comparison: Tiffen Glimmerglass 1 vs Freewell CPL/GMIST (1/4)

Not too long after I got my hands on a Fujifilm X100VI camera, I bought a Tiffen Glimmerglass 1 for it; and it has stayed installed pretty much all the time.

Recently I was made aware of a new filter/lens hood combo from Freewell. The filter is a CPL and mist filter combined into one.

A very compelling combo.

In this post I simply want to share some comparison photos taken with the two filters.

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65:24 aspect ratio.

I’ve been fascinated by the 65:24 aspect ratio for quite some time.

Photographer Jonas Rask has written a series of blog posts about his experience using Fujifilm TX-1, a film camera that shoots in 65:24 ratio. Basically using 2 frames of 35mm film format at once for each photos.

The photos from the blog posts are very unique and beautiful in my opinion. Here are some examples from his blog:

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Do you have a Fujifilm camera with hybrid viewfinder (e.g. the X100 series) and cannot switch between OVF and EVF?

If you have a Fujifilm camera with hybrid viewfinder and cannot switch between optical/electronic viewfinder, take a look at your ELECTRONIC LEVEL SETTING.

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Mencetak foto di rumah menggunakan Canon Selphy CP1300

Saya hobi fotografi sejak SMA, mungkin karena pengaruh Papa saya yang hobi fotografi juga.

Ketika SMA, saya masih foto menggunakan film menggunakan kamera Nikon FM2n punya Papa. Namun sejak kuliah saya mulai menggunakan kamera digital (Sony F717).

Sejak era foto digital semakin populer, saya sudah hampir tidak pernah lagi mencetak foto-foto yang pernah saya ambil. Media sosial untuk sharing foto juga digunakan oleh hampir semua orang yang saya kenal, dan saya cenderung membagikan foto-foto saya di Instagram saja. Jika tidak melalui Instagram, paling saya sharing ke keluarga dan teman melalui WhatsApp atau Google Photos. Memang sangat nyaman dan mudah.

Namun baru-baru ini saya menonton video YouTube ini:

Saya setuju dengan fotografer/YouTuber tersebut, sudah banyak dari kita yang tidak lagi mencetak foto-foto yang kita ambil.

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