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When I visited Japan in October 2015 I went for a walk around the Roppongi district of Tokyo with the Fujifilm X100 where I took some shots of the colourful Tokyo taxis against the bright neon lights of the shops and restaurants.  I found the standard 23mm Fujinon lens on the X100 a bit limiting so I decided that on my next trip I would revisit Roppongi with the X-T1 and the wide angle 10-24mm f4 zoom.  I then switched lenses to the XF90mm f2 to get some closer shots of the cars as they negotiated the very busy junction. Here are the shots I took on the first evening in Japan on the 14th January before I headed back to the Fujifilm HQ for a dress rehearsal for the next day's Fujikina press conference. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE SUPPORT THIS BLOG BY VISITING THE ADVERTISERS ON THIS PAGE By clicking on the adverts you are helpin...

I had one day in Tokyo before heading to Fuji Speedway for the next round of the World Endurance Championship and it was spent at Fujifilm's headquarters to meet and discuss the X-Series camera and lens line up with the people that design this superb camera range. Afterwards we had an hour to wander around Roppongi before we headed to dinner.  Tokyo at night is bustling and vibrant city with bright lights and heavy traffic.   This shot of a brightly coloured taxi was taken at an intersection where the neon lights from the buildings provided a multi coloured background to this long exposure shot. The image was taken on the Fujifilm X100 with an exposure of 1/9s @f8 1600iso.