Continuing my recent theme of going walkabout in Dundee, Scotland, I’ve been capturing more autumn colours and coffeeshops. This batch I shot with a Fujinon XF60mm f/2.4. This macro lens, one of earlier lenses Fuji produced for its X series of…
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The autumnal colours in Dundee have spurred me into photographic action. For a recent walkabout I took a “vintage” Helios 44M lens, built in the Soviet Union — back when that was a thing. The 58mm lens, meaning it’s a short…
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Here’s to fantastic local coffeeshop EH9 Espresso on the Perth Road here in Dundee. Great coffee, atmosphere, also merch — so modeled here by Fraser the owner — with excellent baristas, including Samuel. Lovely place to hang or get takeaway. Kudos to…
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What better time than autumn for some “vintage” glass? Reading Jonas Rask’s latest blog post about a new lens — always a treat — inspired me to dig out my Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 50mm ƒ/2.8 ‘Zebra’ and again take it…
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Fun with plastic cameras: I took a Holga for a spin here in Dundee, hoping for a bit of experimental fun. A friend who’s a film photography buff — “never mind this digital photography fad” — advised me to load…
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