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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Gear,  People,  Rome,  Winter

    Action! (beware of Fuji X-Pro 2)

    February 2, 2016 /

    I’ve shot this picture with a Fujifilm X-E2 and a Zeiss C Sonnar T* 1,5/50 ZM. The split-image manual focus confirmation worked properly (though with a strong light it’s more difficult to handle it) and the resulting file in term of size and quality is fairly satisfying. Enter the X-Pro2 with a bigger resolution and new RAW format. While a 24 Megapixel APS-C sensor creates file that can be handled by most of the computer currently in place, the new RAW format will require the latest Photoshop CC/Lightroom update. So, if you chose not to enter into the mud of a subscription-based software licensing model, all of a sudden you…

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    Andrea Monti

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    January 21, 2016

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    March 8, 2013

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    December 16, 2014
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Reportage,  Winter

    Max Gazzè Tour 2016 Live @Pescara

    February 1, 2016 /

    For this reportage I’ve borrowed a Canon 5D Mk III coupled with a EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS USM and my Fuji X-E2 with the XF 18-55 f/2.8-4R LM OIS. Of course, I got no operational problems with the 5D (if you know how to overcome its limits) and the lens performed very good, but I must admit that I’ve been surprised by the quality of the X-E2 images, taken at ISO 3200. Does this means that is time to trash the Canon and go for a “Fuji-only” setup? I don’t think so, in particular if telephotos are a recurring presence in the jobs. True, now Fujifilm too has a…

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    Sergey Krylov live@Teatro Marrucino

    February 21, 2022

    5 Frames from our Tragic Past Shot with an iPhone 14 Pro Max

    April 4, 2025

    Red Curtains

    August 28, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Gear,  Milan,  People,  Winter

    After a Tough Day

    January 30, 2016 /

    I  took this photo with a Fujifilm X-E2 and a Leica Elmarit 90/2,8. Manual focusing with the split-image option has been fairly easy.

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    June 10, 2014

    Abruzzo’s made Coke??

    March 26, 2013

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    August 20, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fashion Shops,  Rome,  Winter

    Sales Force

    January 28, 2016 /

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    January 1, 2014

    Autumn Leaves

    September 8, 2014

    Alex Britti – Live@Cinema teatro Massimo – Pescara

    April 3, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  OutOfFocus,  Rome,  Visual

    Without Glasses @ via del Corso

    January 25, 2016 /

    This picture is a mistake. The X100s auto-focus didn’t work properly and I got this result that, nevertheless, I quite like.

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    Freeze!

    December 19, 2014

    True Leather (Saved by Photoshop’s Crop)

    January 18, 2016

    Bent

    July 13, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fashion Shops,  Gear,  People,  Rome,  Winter

    Should I Buy It? (Best Taken With an 85mm)

    January 23, 2016 /

    …but actually with a 23mm (35mm equivalent, cropped.) It’s not just a shopping street. It’s a stage. Look closer: this frame holds a silent performance — a subtle interplay of desire, decision, and doubt. Three women stand just outside the warmth of the boutique, their eyes fixed on mannequins who, ironically, seem far more confident than the living observers. The mannequin inside strikes a bold pose, clad in red and certainty. The women outside? Bundled in coats, their body language somewhere between ambivalence and negotiation. On the far left, another kind of window. A glowing child’s fantasy, plastered with Disney’s “Frozen” — a reminder of simpler times, when wanting something…

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    July 21, 2017

    Max Casacci – Live@Circolo Aternino, Pescara

    January 4, 2018

    Ugo Pagliai – Romeo e Giulietta@Teatro Marrucino

    March 29, 2022
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  People,  Photography,  Rome,  Street Photography,  Winter

    The Watchman (Street-Photography Shortcuts)

    January 21, 2016 /

    As every thing under the sun, Street-Photography too has its own shortcuts: freaky street-portraits are one of those. It’s easy to have your pictures noticed when your subject is a 60-years old Brit-Punk, an implausible-color dressed man or whatever alike: these subjects do the work on your behalf and it is very hard to obtain such kind of picture AND conveying actual meaning. Personally I like photos that – alone or made meaningful by a title – can tell a story. This way I can try to (pretend to) make “unique” shots, that stand with dignity in front of the zillions of 500px/Instagram/Flickr’s  great images that are often perfect but…

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    July 8, 2023

    Ghosts

    October 19, 2016

    Yet Another WDISF Post

    May 5, 2024
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Gear,  People,  Rome,  Winter

    True Leather (Saved by Photoshop’s Crop)

    January 18, 2016 /

    A 35mm focal length is definitely much too wide for my kind of street-photography, but I must admit that the advantages of using a Fujifilm X100s in terms of efficiency and portability, beat any other issue related to the wideness of the lens. And the X100s’ resolution is good enough to obtain a good composition through Photoshop’s crop feature.

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    July 13, 2014

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    January 30, 2013

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    December 10, 2023
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Gear,  People,  Rome,  Thoughts

    Fujifilm X-Pro 2: Does It Worth It? (Lost In Via Del Corso)

    January 16, 2016 /

    As a Fujifilm camera early adopter (during time I got the X-pro 1, X100, X100s, X-E1 and X-E2) I was waiting for the X-Pro 2 to come and when that finally happened I didn’t feel so compelled to trash my (now) old cameras to do the switch. Long gone are the days of GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome),  so I shall not buy this new piece of electronics because it doesn’t do anything that I can’t do with my actual set up (in particular, with the X100s and the X-E2.) The only actual point of interest, to me, are the dual-slot card and the weather sealed body: but I never needed…

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    February 20, 2013

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    November 27, 2013

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    August 5, 2019
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar,  Rome,  Winter

    A Nikon’s Portrait Made With a Fuji

    January 14, 2016 /

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    June 20, 2013

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    December 21, 2012

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    November 1, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  Restaurants&Bar,  Winter

    Reflexes

    December 30, 2015 /

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    March 16, 2013

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    December 8, 2014

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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  Reportage,  Winter

    Labcoats

    December 28, 2015 /

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    July 12, 2013

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    March 16, 2013

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    January 28, 2013
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People,  Winter

    Last Puff Before the Ride

    December 26, 2015 /

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    May 17, 2017

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    February 25, 2017
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Winter

    Busy

    December 24, 2015 /

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  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People,  Winter

    Earbuds

    December 22, 2015 /

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    September 23, 2019

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    May 4, 2013

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    April 19, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Streets&Squares

    One Coffee

    December 20, 2015 /

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    December 28, 2017
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Winter

    A Vessel

    December 18, 2015 /

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    April 16, 2014

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    March 27, 2013
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics,  Winter

    Romeo’s Hideout

    December 16, 2015 /

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    May 26, 2013

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    March 14, 2015

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    October 3, 2016
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Winter

    Traffic Jam in Rome

    December 14, 2015 /

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    September 30, 2014

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    October 31, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome,  Winter

    The Coffin

    December 12, 2015 /

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    November 12, 2013

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    August 29, 2014

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    June 19, 2013
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics,  Winter

    The Last Barrell

    December 10, 2015 /

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    February 21, 2022
  • Colour,  Milan,  OutOfFocus,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Summer

    A (Out-of-Focus) Break Between Lunch and Supper

    December 8, 2015 /

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    May 13, 2014

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    February 14, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Shooting,  Winter

    On the Range

    December 6, 2015 /

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    November 7, 2016
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Winter

    Unkempt

    December 4, 2015 /

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