A long look at time and space

Chris Dodkin

West Coast Correspondent
Whilst researching the latest Fuji cameras, I came upon the work of Swedish photographer, Jens Ceder.

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Jens specializes in IR and long exposure photography - producing beautiful and surreal landscapes, with amazing color and light.

Jens Ceder Photography

Many of his images are taken through 10 stop ND filters, and take several minutes to half an hour to expose.

Inspirational stuff :)
 
He's just started testing the X-Pro1 for his long exposure work - looks promising...

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In the market for anOTHER Fuji camera, Chris?

That's a bonnie fotie that one above and he certainly has some other bonnie ones on his site. I like that on a few he gives some detail on the time of the exposure. That one with the Malmo Bridge is a cracker! So's "The Watchtower" and the bromine one. I think my favorite's The Watchtower.

Thanks for posting that link, Chris!
 
Naaa, I'm done buying cameras until the next time Brian! :cool:
 
Naaa, I'm done buying cameras until the next time Brian! :cool:

I think you need the X10, so the X100 has a little brother to go with its Big brother the X-pro1;).
Maybe even the X-S1 to complete the full set, shortly followed by a divorce lawer :D:D.
 
Oh, I love these images. Very beautiful. Could I do similar shots with my X100, or do I need a special camera or filter?

You should be able to do this Rob - the X100 has long timed exposures up to 30 sec.

You can shoot at dusk/twilight and test this out - you'll get long exposures with the low light levels. (That Palomar airport shot I did was a 30 sec exposure)

If you want to try in more normal lighting, you'll need a filter adapter ring so you can screw on a filter to reduce the light coming into the camera.

I got my ring as part of a set with the hood - Fujifilm compatible lens adapter and hood for Fujifilm: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics

The filter ring screws onto the lens - you can then fit 49mm filters to this ring (and the hood over the top)

You'll be looking at buying a neutral density (ND) filter for long exposures - something like Tiffen 49mm Neutral Density 0.9 Filter: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics

This will reduce the light hitting the sensor by three stops, meaning you'll need longer exposures to get a correct exposure.

You'll need a tripod to keep the camera steady during the long exposure, and use the self time feature on the X100 to delay the shutter opening by 2 secs, to avoid you touching the camera and causing camera shake during the shot.

If you need even more light reduction - then look at Hoya 49mm HMC NDX400 Filter: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics

This gives a 9 stop reduction in light - so just 1/500th of the light hits the camera sensor. This turns day into night, and allows for very long exposures under bright lighting conditions. This is pretty extreme stuff, but Jens is in this territory for some of his shots.
 
Thanks for this, Chris. It will be fun trying out a few shots. I don't expect the same quality Jens gets, but hopefully something worthwhile will come out of it. I've ordered the compatible lens adapter and hood. That's enough for this week...
 
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