Fujifilm X-E1

Only red and pink, she said. Fujifilm X-E1 with Fujinon XF 35mm f/1.4 R lens.

The Meyer-Optik Gorlitz Orestegor 200mm f/4 Zebra dates from the 1960s. Manual, of course. Heavy too - 2.15 kg. Therefore, either a fast shutter speed or a tripod is necessary. {I went for 1/500th and a high ISO). There are 15 aperture blades, and the bokeh wide open at f/4 is highly regarded. The focus throw is very long, especially so when close to your subject. You can be fiddling with the focus ring for a long time trying to get it just right. I should have put it on a tripod; it would have been a better experience. I didn't pay much for it, which is just as well given the frequency I use it. But in a studio and mounted on a tripod, I think it could produce some very attractive portraits. Camera: Fujifilm X-E1.

The setting sun sending fat shafts of bright light through the kitchen window illuminating the semi-saintly stainless steel teapot and kettle as they bask in the success of their day's work. Photographed with an old screw-thread Cosina Cosinon 135mm f/2.8 lens on a Fuji X-E1. The lens was £10 on eBay. Something to celebrate every time I use it.

The daisies are back. I have missed them. The winter seemed interminable. Fujifilm X-E1 with Fujinon XF 35mm f/1.4 R lens.

Fujifilm X-E1 with Fujinon XF 35mm f/1.4 R lens.

I am doing the hair shirt thing, using just one 50mm equivalent lens. Fujifilm X-E1 with Fujinon XF 35mm f/1.4 R lens.

Ahead lies only the bleak months of rot and decay. Fujifilm X-E1 with Fujinon XF 35mm f/1.4 R lens. The Fujinon XF 35mm f/1.4 R lens is a revelation.

Camera: Fujifilm X-E1

Camera: Fujifilm X-E1.

Camera: Fujifilm X-E1

Camera: Fujifilm X-E1

Camera: Fujifilm X-E1

Camera: Fujifilm X-E1

Soon the builders and the diggers will arrive. Then the estate roads and sewerage will be built, and the gas, telephones, and electricity supplied. And then the houses will rise, and the view will be gone forever. Camera: Fujifilm X-E1

At the entrance to the field which is soon to be developed, a concrete post by a stile serving as a place to plant a boot. Camera: Fujifilm X-E1

Camera: Fujifilm X-E1

Camera: Fujifilm X-E1

Camera: Fujifilm X-E1