Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
Unbelievable. I went to the Water of Leith, set up my tripod, took a test shot, started putting on the filter - then about twenty Japanese photo tourists appeared out of nowhere, all with a very keen interest in what I was doing. One guy spoke broken English - "Ah, a professional! We watch!". ****! I didn't know what I was doing...
Anyway...
Here's the water without filter...
I soon realised that the Fuji X-E1 could see through the filter no problem...so I tried various settings, apertures, timings, but all at 200 ISO. Here's the best one, if a little on the dark side...Exposure 6.5 seconds, f10, 18mm focal length
Some of them were out of focus or overexposed, but I was trying some wild settings, just to see what would work and what wouldn't.
A different area, with slow-moving water...15 seconds at f10
And 30 seconds at f9...not a well-composed shot:
It was a very windy day, more windy along the river than elsewhere, and my tripod was too light. I could see it shaking, and sometimes tried to hold it steady. That would account for most of the out of focus shots, I imagine. The camera seemed to know what to do. I do have a heavier tripod which the Mamiya Monsta sits on, so I'll take that next time.
It was fun...even the Japanese tourists, who soon got bored. There's not much to watch after all - just an odd Scots guy pressing a button then whistling for a while...
Constructive criticism welome!
Anyway...
Here's the water without filter...
I soon realised that the Fuji X-E1 could see through the filter no problem...so I tried various settings, apertures, timings, but all at 200 ISO. Here's the best one, if a little on the dark side...Exposure 6.5 seconds, f10, 18mm focal length
Some of them were out of focus or overexposed, but I was trying some wild settings, just to see what would work and what wouldn't.
A different area, with slow-moving water...15 seconds at f10
And 30 seconds at f9...not a well-composed shot:
It was a very windy day, more windy along the river than elsewhere, and my tripod was too light. I could see it shaking, and sometimes tried to hold it steady. That would account for most of the out of focus shots, I imagine. The camera seemed to know what to do. I do have a heavier tripod which the Mamiya Monsta sits on, so I'll take that next time.
It was fun...even the Japanese tourists, who soon got bored. There's not much to watch after all - just an odd Scots guy pressing a button then whistling for a while...
Constructive criticism welome!
