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X-Pro1 Diaries: Sleepy Weekends and Long Brunches View the rest of my ongoing X-Pro1 experiences and photos or the rest of the photos on Handcarry Only Brunches are made for weekends, like ‘peas and carrots’ (as Forrest Gump puts it), a portmanteau of breakfast and lunch, unless one doesn’t work (in the conventional sense of the word), the concept of brunch on a weekday is nigh on impossible. Between scoffing down breakfast in the morning and a quick lunch later on, the two sessions of sustenance are more functional than enjoyable. Brunches, however, are a different story. The lazy and chilled out offspring of prim and proper Breakfast and high strung Lunch, Brunches are usually a long, languishing affair involving any combination of food, coffee, newspapers, magazines, idle conversation or simply staring into space. Brunches are by far my favourite type of meal, and I seldom turn down an opportunity to indulge in one. View the rest of my ongoing X-Pro1 experiences and photos or the rest of the photos on Handcarry Only High-res

X-Pro1 Diaries: Sleepy Weekends and Long Brunches

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Brunches are made for weekends, like ‘peas and carrots’ (as Forrest Gump puts it), a portmanteau of breakfast and lunch, unless one doesn’t work (in the conventional sense of the word), the concept of brunch on a weekday is nigh on impossible. Between scoffing down breakfast in the morning and a quick lunch later on, the two sessions of sustenance are more functional than enjoyable. Brunches, however, are a different story. The lazy and chilled out offspring of prim and proper Breakfast and high strung Lunch, Brunches are usually a long, languishing affair involving any combination of food, coffee, newspapers, magazines, idle conversation or simply staring into space. Brunches are by far my favourite type of meal, and I seldom turn down an opportunity to indulge in one.

at the bar with coffee

coffee and cookie

rocking horse

at the bar eiffel tower

colourful chalk

children's sweeties

diners at brunch

colourful popcakes

colourful flowers and straws

sitting by the window

tweety and mickey

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X-Pro1 Diaries: On Queen Street with the XF 60mm f/2.4 R View the rest of my ongoing X-Pro1 experiences and photos or the rest of the photos on Handcarry Only OK, I gave in and finally bought the last piece of the puzzle, the XF 60mm f/2.4 R Macro short telephoto/macro lens for my X-Pro1. With this purchase, also comes my tacit admission that manual focussing just isn’t for me. I was hoping to use my Leica 50mm Summicron with the Kipon adaptor as my short telephoto lens equivalent but I admit I have been spoilt by AF over the years, and MF just doesn’t happen fast enough for me to be usable in unpredictable situations, especially coupled with the fact that unless a gun was pointed to my head, I would typically be shooting wide open, which pretty much rules out zone focussing. I admit, manual focussing works for some people, and some people actually enjoy it, but for me, it spoils my flow. Now, the XF 60mm has a reputation of having the slowest AF of the current Fuji X mount stable, that is like saying someone is the slowest in a class of slowcoaches, but any AF is better than no AF as far as I’m concerned, and the good thing is, the XF 60mm is also renowned for being the best optical performer of the X lenses. Slow and steady wins the race they say! I find the AF speed on the slow side but still acceptable in decent light (I haven’t yet tried it extensively in low light), and since I upgraded the firmware the moment I bought the lens, I’ve never heard a chirp out of this lens. More pictures to follow in the days ahead! View the rest of my ongoing X-Pro1 experiences and photos or the rest of the photos on Handcarry Only High-res

X-Pro1 Diaries: On Queen Street with the XF 60mm f/2.4 R

View the rest of my ongoing X-Pro1 experiences and photos or the rest of the photos on Handcarry Only

OK, I gave in and finally bought the last piece of the puzzle, the XF 60mm f/2.4 R Macro short telephoto/macro lens for my X-Pro1. With this purchase, also comes my tacit admission that manual focussing just isn’t for me. I was hoping to use my Leica 50mm Summicron with the Kipon adaptor as my short telephoto lens equivalent but I admit I have been spoilt by AF over the years, and MF just doesn’t happen fast enough for me to be usable in unpredictable situations, especially coupled with the fact that unless a gun was pointed to my head, I would typically be shooting wide open, which pretty much rules out zone focussing. I admit, manual focussing works for some people, and some people actually enjoy it, but for me, it spoils my flow. Now, the XF 60mm has a reputation of having the slowest AF of the current Fuji X mount stable, that is like saying someone is the slowest in a class of slowcoaches, but any AF is better than no AF as far as I’m concerned, and the good thing is, the XF 60mm is also renowned for being the best optical performer of the X lenses. Slow and steady wins the race they say! I find the AF speed on the slow side but still acceptable in decent light (I haven’t yet tried it extensively in low light), and since I upgraded the firmware the moment I bought the lens, I’ve never heard a chirp out of this lens.

More pictures to follow in the days ahead!

indian guy standing

chinese shop sign

air con units

praying angel statue

couple singapore art museum

singapore art museum corridor

HDB flats washing hanging

no. 2 dry riser

2 kids standing sign singapore art museum

yellow bicycle

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