Pause for Thought

Apple Concentrate

The Apple store on George street is always interesting from a people-watching point-of-view.The glass walls and free wifi means there are always groups of people concentrating on their devices to photograph.It makes me think of the store as a combination of temple and social meeting place.

Time Passes

An early meeting took me into the city, with my new Fujinon XF14mm 2.8 R lens on my X-E1.First impressions are really good. Actually, great. It feels precise and well made, and the manual mode is fantastic. You slip the focus ring back to go from auto focus to manual, which reveals distance markings allowing you to set the depth of focus. Although it is electronic focus, it feels mechanical, with end stops. If Fuji can produce their 35mm equivalent lens with this manual method, then zone focussing will be a doodle,and they will have a wonderful street photography option.Distortion is incredibly well controlled (this is 21mm equivalent), and it produces really sharp results with good colour saturation.This is up to my old Canon L glass standards.I can't wait to use this for some long exposure seascapes.

Mechanical stork

This crane rose amongst the Docklands offices, a reminder of the original use of the site. It made me think of a giant mechanical stork.