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Yesterday we took a trip along the coast to Cramond for a picnic and a bit of family time.  We had our picnic and, because we arrived at low tide, we were able to walk along the causeway out to Cramond Island.   I took along the X-T2 and the 16-55mm f2.8 to get some pictures while we were out on the island. Cramond Island is a tidal  about one mile (1.6 km) out to sea, which is connected to the mainland at low tide across the Drum Sands. A paved path, exposed at low water, allows easy access. This causeway runs at the foot of a row of concrete pylons on one side of the causeway, which were constructed as a submarine defines boom  during World War II  and are one of the most striking sights in the area. At high tide the path is covered by several feet of seawater which cuts the island off from the mainland. At the outbreak of World War II, Cramond Island, along with other islands in the Forth, was fortified  to protect the coasts in the e...

Fujifilm X-Pro2 + Fujinon XF18mm f2R L ast weekend we took a trip along the coast to South Queensferry which is situated on the Firth of Forth near Edinburgh in the shadow of the Forth Rail and Road bridges.  The day was overcast so I switched the JPEG film simulation mode on the X-Pro2 to ACROS and set about getting a few images to carry out a further test on this new in camera mono mode. The film simulations on the Fujifilm cameras do react better to contrasty light and ACROS is no different, so playing around with the Highlight and Shadow tone settings I found that the JPEGS that were coming off the camera were pretty good, much better than the previous mono modes I had tried on the X-T1, X-Pro1 or X100. I used the Fujinon XF18mm f2 for the wide angle shots before switching to the XF50-140mm f2.8 for the two shots of the bridge. The JPEGS were imported into Photoshop CC where I tweaked the levels, contrast and brightness before exporting them.  These five s...