All right-y, so like many of you, I have been intrigued by the potentially interesting storytelling capabilities of the Fuji X-half's "diptych" mode. That's where you line up two photos side by side in a single camera frame.
But also like many of you the Fuji's $800 price tag was roughly twice what I was willing to spend on a camera that looked to be very stripped down.
Last night I was in the kitchen staring at my Olympus E-M5 mk ii and sipping an adult beverage, when I happened to notice on the PASM dial an unfamiliar icon I had not seen. (This camera is relatively new to me). It has the form of three squares within a larger square. And it does some cool things.
Today I found myself with some alone time, and took the train downtown to see how this function works on a nice Boston summer day. Happy Juneteenth, it turns out.
BPL. Carved in stone up high: "The Commonwealth Requires The Education Of The People As The Safeguard Of Liberty"...
Indoors. The coolest building in Boston I'd never been to, it turns out.
From the office
Is this gimmicky? It surely was originally, but Fuji has made it possibly not so.
There are multiple format options - including a 16:9 that fills the entire frame with two separate images. I am not sure if there was an option to have that format plus two identical, no crop images.
Please note I am no street shooter so no effort has been made to get these perfect, nor have I bothered editing - looks to me like everything stays on "auto" except for exposure comp. I also made the mistake of bringing only a 45mm f/1.8, which was far too punched in for what I had thought would be relatively spacious city streets. But I definitely had a lot of fun thinking about how I was going to fill up, for example, three frames in a 4:3!
There is no particular pride theme going on here except Boston pride, but apparently I also like rainbows. Enjoy
But also like many of you the Fuji's $800 price tag was roughly twice what I was willing to spend on a camera that looked to be very stripped down.
Last night I was in the kitchen staring at my Olympus E-M5 mk ii and sipping an adult beverage, when I happened to notice on the PASM dial an unfamiliar icon I had not seen. (This camera is relatively new to me). It has the form of three squares within a larger square. And it does some cool things.
Today I found myself with some alone time, and took the train downtown to see how this function works on a nice Boston summer day. Happy Juneteenth, it turns out.
BPL. Carved in stone up high: "The Commonwealth Requires The Education Of The People As The Safeguard Of Liberty"...
Indoors. The coolest building in Boston I'd never been to, it turns out.
From the office
Is this gimmicky? It surely was originally, but Fuji has made it possibly not so.
There are multiple format options - including a 16:9 that fills the entire frame with two separate images. I am not sure if there was an option to have that format plus two identical, no crop images.
Please note I am no street shooter so no effort has been made to get these perfect, nor have I bothered editing - looks to me like everything stays on "auto" except for exposure comp. I also made the mistake of bringing only a 45mm f/1.8, which was far too punched in for what I had thought would be relatively spacious city streets. But I definitely had a lot of fun thinking about how I was going to fill up, for example, three frames in a 4:3!
There is no particular pride theme going on here except Boston pride, but apparently I also like rainbows. Enjoy
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