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Earlier this month I was pleased to announce that I would be a regular contributor to the Fujilove.com website.  I will be writing two articles per month about using and traveling with the Fujifilm X-Series and Fujinon lenses. Here are the two articles for September. One Lens Challenge in Mexico - XF50mm f2 (Published 9th September 2017) When I travel with the FIA World Endurance Championship I always pack my four Fujinon zooms for their flexibility allowing me the best opportunity to get the shot quickly and easily at the race track. Sometimes I like to challenge myself by using just one prime lens and seeing what shots I can get with the limitation of one focal length.  I did this with the XF50mm f2 on a recent trip to Mexico City where I was working on the latest round of the FIA WEC. CLICK HERE to read this article Sense of Speed: Panning with the X Series (Published 26 September 2017) Sports photography is all about freezing the ac...

Last weekend I decided to set myself another one lens challenge during the trip out to Innerwick Castle.  The lens I decided to use was the Fujinon XF90mmR LM WR, which I have had on test from Fujifilm for the past two weeks.   Now using a 90mm telephoto was going to prove to be a challenge as the area around the castle ruins is quite tight.  On the north side is the woods and the path that leads to the ruins. On the south side is open ground but is quite overgrown and the access is not easy.  while to the east is Thornton Glen, with a 20 metre drop to the Burn below. Anyway I am always up for a challenge and if it isn't easy then so much the better! So I started to look for images that would suit the 135mm equivalent focal length of this brand new Fujinon lens. The obvious starting point was to take some shots of the castle ruins through the trees from the pathway that leads up to the castle.  I took a few images before moving to some close up deta...

A one lens challenge is a good way to get the creative juices flowing and this is something I have done many times myself.  Last week I received the new Fujinon 56mm f1.2 lens, which is a very fast, short telephoto (85mm equivalent) prime lens and a lens I have already have used at the recent FIA World Endurance Championship race in Texas.  Yesterday lunchtime I went for a walk around Dunbar Harbour, which gave me plenty of photographic opportunities to test out the 56mm on the Fuji X-T1. The biggest issue is the fact that with a lowest setting of ISO200 to capture RAW files and a fastest shutter speed of 1/4000s, it isn't possible to shoot this lens wide open  in bright sunshine   and I had to resort to f2 or f2.8.  When the sun went behind the clouds, or I was shooting in the shade, I was able to set f1.2 or f1.4, but most of these shots were taken between f2 and f5.6 depending on the subject.   The firmware upgrade coming in December will gi...