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Ever since I have became a professional photographer, back in 1996, I have had an ultra wide angle lens in my camera bag.  In recent years I have used the Sigma 10-20mm f4.5/5.6 for the Nikon D300S / Nikon D90 and when I moved to full frame I used the superb Nikon 17-35mm f2.8 AF-S for the Nikon D700 / D800.   Now, as part of the move exclusively to the Fujifilm X-Series system, the Nikon 17-35mm has been sold to fund the new Fujinon XF10-24mm f4R, which is the equivalent of 15-36mm in full frame terms.  I picked up the new lens from Park Cameras' London store on Friday morning and took it along to St Paul's Cathedral to test it out with the X-T1 before heading to the press conference for Nissan's LMP1 announcement .   Firstly the 10-24mm is not a small lens, in fact only the 55-200mm is larger in the Fuji XF inventory. BUT the widest XF lens has the same high build quality as all the other Fujinon lens and I am pleased to report that the reviews and test result...

On Friday I posted my favourite shot from an evening in London, which was a night shot of St Paul's Cathedral as seen from the south side of the Millennium Bridge.  This is one shot I've wanted to take for a long time as I love taking images of Sir Christopher Wren's most famous creation.  Fujifilm X100 - 19mm f2 (WCL-X100) - 1/350th @ f5.6 - ISO200 I decided to spend the last part of the day in and around the area taking images of the skyline with St Paul's in shot.  The images were very monochromatic, so this is how I chose to post process in PSE11. Nikon D800 - 17-35mm f2.8 - 1/250th @ f5.6 - ISO400 Nikon D800 - 17-35mm f2.8 - 1/160th @ f5.6 - ISO400 Nikon D800 - 17-35mm f2.8 - 1/50th @ f5.6 - ISO400 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALL IMAGES ARE THE PROPERTY OF MACLEAN PHOTOGRAPHIC AND CANNOT BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE WITHOUT PRIOR PERM...