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Nearly six years ago in May 2014 I visited Park Cameras in London and purchased my first zoom lens for the Fujifilm X-Series, a XF10-24mm f4 wide angle.  This lens has been my constant companion when working on various projects over the years and I cannot fault the results that I get with this superb piece of glass.   In 2019 Fujifilm launched the XF8-16mm f2.8 and as an X Photographer I have been asked on numerous occasions why I haven't bought the wider and faster zoom and sold the 10-24mm.  Well, in this feature I will explain my reasons. Arctic Tern Attack, Isle of May, Scotland Fujifilm X-T1 + XF10-24mm f4 - 1/1600s @ f5.6 ISO200 - focal length 10mm BACKGROUND In April 2014 I bought the Fujifilm X-T1 to go alongside my X-Pro1 and X100 that I had been using since 2012.  It was then I decided to move completely to Fujifilm, selling all of my full frame Nikon gear by August of that year.   There were two lenses in the Nikon range t...

Wednesday was perfect drone flying weather so I packed the DJI Mavic Pro and headed out to Hailes Castle on the bank of the River Tyne near East Linton (no, not the River Tyne in the North East of England in Newcastle) to shoot the next promo video for the MacLean Photographic workshops. I did several passes of the castle from varying heights and also took some video clips using the new Fujifilm X-H1. On Thursday I was hosting a 'Beaches and Castles' workshop and we decided to head up to Hailes Castle for the afternoon.  Unfortunately the weather had clouded over so we shot long exposure images of the waterfall and some shots of the snowdrops in the trees. All of the shots below were shot on the Fujifilm X-H1 with the 10-24mm f4 or 50-140mm f2.8 lenses. For more information on the MacLean Photographic workshops CLICK HERE For more information on the history of Hailes Castle CLICK HERE -----------------------------------------------...

Yesterday morning, after three months of trying, I finally got to land on Bass Rock to visit the Gannet colony that is visible from the end of my road here in Dunbar.  The Bass has been described as one of the natural wonders of the world by no less than Sir David Attenborough, so who am I to argue with 'the man'?  I just also happen to agree with him! On Monday evening, for the fifth time this year, I waited anxiously for a text from the Scottish Seabird Centre to say that the trip had been cancelled. No text arrived so I set the alarm clock for 5:30am and went down to Dunbar harbour to meet our guide Maggie and the other guests on this trip out to Bass Rock on the Dunbar based fishing boat 'Fisher Lassie'.   Now we had got this far on the 26th June and with the island shrouded in mist I still wasn't convinced we would be able to land. However my doubts were banished when the mist lifted enough to see Bass Rock and the thousands of Gannets that ...