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  • Boston,  Cars&Bikes,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  Summer

    A Ferrari 812 GTS in Boston

    July 14, 2023 /

    Amid the urban thrum of a bustling boulevard in Boston, a Ferrari 812 GTS rests with theatrical poise, like a tenor waiting for the curtain to rise. Its rosso corsa bodywork catches the sun like a blade, slicing through the cluttered backdrop of imitation, of diluted Italian flair printed onto shirts, menus, slogans. But here—here is the real thing. This image captures more than automotive power. It embodies the burden and brilliance of authenticity in a world obsessed with mimicry. The Ferrari’s uncompromising lines, forged in Maranello, don’t shout. They assert. In contrast to the busy street and distracted passers-by, the car is still, composed, sovereign. It doesn’t need motion…

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    A Bad Experiment

    August 26, 2016

    Shaken

    October 1, 2015

    @Rome Maker Faire – 4. The Hands Controller

    October 16, 2014
  • Boston,  Colour,  Court,  Daily photo,  Social Control,  Summer

    Justice measured as the distance between Words and Facts

    July 10, 2023 /

    This photo, in itself, is nothing special. Bur it carries an implicit message about law and rights: the level of democracy in a country is measured by the distance between bold statements and the daily courtroom’s reality.

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    Andrea Monti

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    The Nightmare

    August 23, 2013

    A Call

    December 16, 2014

    Inside an Old Gym

    February 16, 2015
  • Boston,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  Street Markets,  Summer

    A Cornhole Board – Independence Day Edition

    July 8, 2023 /

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    Who Can It Be Now?

    February 18, 2016

    An update on the poor Canon EOS-M autofocus

    March 30, 2013

    Belgian Chocolate – Neuhaus

    November 16, 2015
  • Artists,  Boston,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Seasons,  Summer

    Elishéva live@Faneuil Hall

    July 8, 2023 /

    Boston is an incredibly vibrant city and hosts many live events in theatres and outdoor venues. At Boston’s Faneuil Hall, I took some pictures of Elishéva, a soulful jazz singer, while she was rehearsing.

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    A Portrait on the Nasdaq Building

    January 18, 2014

    A droplet

    February 21, 2021

    UnortORTOdox (Ferrania)

    July 22, 2023
  • Boston,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Exhibitions,  Summer

    Tesla Coils@Boston Science Museum

    July 4, 2023 /

    Not a great photo, taken on the fly at Boston’s Science Museum. Nevertheless, Tesla Coils hold a special place in the hearts of early Command & Conquer players, so I had to take it.

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    Earbuds

    December 22, 2015

    The Teleferic de Montjiuc

    May 28, 2014

    Whithin The Cage

    October 22, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Gear

    Helios 40-2 85/1,5 and Fuji X-T5: a sample

    June 21, 2023 /

    This is an early attempt at using an M42 mount Helios 40-2 85/1,5 coupled with a Fuji X-T5. The lens is not tack-sharp and the APS-C equivalent field of view is around 127mm, therefore the bokeh effect becomes less evident. The results, however, are pleasaning.

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    Watch My Back

    January 15, 2013

    The Nightmare

    August 23, 2013

    二千円

    December 20, 2023
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Summer

    Guarding Democracy

    June 14, 2023 /

    Maybe it is just me, but I couldn’t get the best out of the Ilford XP2 Super 400.

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    Skating on Avenue Louise

    April 1, 2014

    Shin Pepper@Harajuku

    June 4, 2018

    Welcome in the Twilight Zone

    January 3, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Gear

    FUJIFILM X-T5 RAF have problems with Affinity Photo 2.1

    June 11, 2023 /

    As this video shows, when opened in Affinity Photo 2.1, an RAF generated by a Fujifilm X-T5 shows a vertical stripe and a slightly higher resolution. The problem does not occur if the file is pre-processed with Iridient Transformer and converted to DNG, or if the file is processed with Pixelmator Pro 3, Lightroom Classic or the latest version of Capture One.

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    Safe Living (?)

    July 28, 2016

    What a odd couple of bipedals…

    February 26, 2013

    Man in Trenchcoat

    November 20, 2021
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Gear

    A pouch for the Fuji XF 150-600

    May 16, 2023 /

    The JJC Deluxe Lens Pouch model 811 fits perfectly with the Fuji XF 150-600 with the handle mounted and the lens hood reversd. It also leaves some room for filters, SD cards or small accessories.

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    Il barbiere di Siviglia – Don Bartolo mad at Rosina

    November 28, 2020

    Somewhere in Japan

    May 19, 2014

    Too Busy to Enjoy the Life…

    April 12, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Seasons,  Spring,  Visual

    Abstract

    May 9, 2023 /

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    Mulberry Street, When Benito II Was Still There…

    July 7, 2014

    Ottica Boncompagni

    November 7, 2014

    On Film Simulation or ‘is fiction more real than reality, and why should we care?’

    July 19, 2025
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Spring

    Niccolò Fabi – Meno Per Meno Tour 2023 – Live@Teatro Massimo, Pescara

    May 7, 2023 /

    Covering Niccolò Fabi’s concert for Rockol, gave me the opportunity to test an X-T4 with an XF 150-600. The image quality is on a par with the X-T3. This was to be expected. However, I have some reservations about the autofocus. The lens also needs to be examined in more detail before I can form an informed opinion.

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    Pensive

    November 28, 2014

    Nice Drink

    July 11, 2015

    Easy To Shoot?

    December 12, 2020
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    Another experiment, now with a Kodak Portra 400

    May 4, 2023 /

    This is a DSLR scan of an old Kodak Portra 400 roll of film shot during a 2015 concert by John De Leo Grande Abarasse. The editing with Affinity Photo was quite challenging, however, the result is a fair rendition of the film aesthetic.

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    Portrait of a Master luthier

    October 26, 2013

    Almost Spotted

    February 27, 2014

    The Compelling Power of Photography

    September 22, 2022
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome,  Spring

    Partner in Glam

    May 3, 2023 /

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    Trick or Treat?

    June 14, 2013

    The Solitude of Power

    May 6, 2018

    The Crew’s Rest

    July 20, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Technique

    Processing DSLR-digitized film with and without Pentax K-1 Monochrome Custom Image profile

    April 30, 2023 /

    Digital Camera Utility 5.0 is a pain to use on a Mac with Monterey. It is slow and laggy. Its only use is to get the photo as shot, with the custom image profiles embedded in a K-1 (and other recent Pentax DSLRs), and export it as a 16-bit tiff for further processing.One might wonder, however, whether editing a RAW file without going through the DCU —and thus losing the custom image profile— would produce lower quality results. We are about to find out.The test is quite demanding, as it starts with a shot from an Ilford SP2 Super 400 (note: this is not a true B&W film, as it…

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    Just Another Times Square View

    July 9, 2014

    Stairway to nothing

    September 18, 2013

    Kite Surfers

    October 16, 2021
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Gear

    Moonshot with a handheld Fuji XF150-600 and a Fuji X-T3

    April 24, 2023 /

    This picture is taken, handheld, with the following parameters: Focal Lenght 600mm, Aperture F/8, ISO 6400, Exposure 1/300s. Even if shot with a Fuji X-T3 (that has no In-Body Stabilisation) the resulting image is very good.

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    A Sailor

    July 28, 2014

    Killing Santa

    January 25, 2013

    A Tree through the Fog

    January 5, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome,  Spring,  Technique

    Tell me something I do not know…!

    April 23, 2023 /

    This hip shot is the result of a complicated process. It was taken with an expired Ilford XP2 Super 400, a Voigtländer Bessa R2 and a Voigtländer Nokton 35mm f/1.4. Focus was at infinity. There was no time to frame it properly, so in post it was necessary to rearrange the composition with a generous crop.Digitising the film with my homemade rig required 2 stops of underexposure with plus or minus 1 stop of bracketing.The DNG was first processed through DXO Pure Raw, then adjusted and cropped in Affinity Photo, and finally adjusted for simmetry in DXO Viewpoint.

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    UnortORTOdox (Ferrania)

    July 22, 2023

    A relic from the (recent) past

    April 30, 2013

    The Commuter

    July 24, 2017
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  People,  Technique,  Winter

    Coats

    March 19, 2023 /

    Getting rid of film noise is a recurring necessity when shooting film at (relatively) high ISO.In this photo the negative was digitised using a Pentax K-1 Mark I and a Pentax FA 100/2,8 Macro. Then, before inverting the curves to make a positive, it was fed into DxO PureRaw3 (by the way, it properly recognized the camera and lens). Finally, in Affinity Photo Develop Persona’s Details tab, once the curves were inverted, it was necessary to tweak the Noise Reduction options by setting Luminance to 50% and Luminance Details to 0.

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    A Fashion Shop in Milan

    January 21, 2014

    Nittele Tower

    April 25, 2022

    Portrait of a Judo Master

    November 14, 2013
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  Gear,  Winter

    Powermeters

    February 18, 2023 /

    This photo was taken with an Ilford XP2 Super 400, a Voigtländer Bessa R2 and a Voigtländer 35mm f/1.4 II lens. The film was digitised using a Pentax K-1 and a Pentax FA 100/2.8 Marco mounted on a custom-built rig. The resulting raw was processed in Affinity Photo. In Develop Persona, first the image was turned in black and white, then the master curve was intverted and finally exposure, contrast and other parameters were tweaked.

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    The Silent Listeners

    December 27, 2013

    Unkempt

    December 4, 2015

    A creative approach to zone focusing with superfast manual lenses and mirrorless cameras in street photography

    September 28, 2024
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Daily Video,  Docks,  Photography,  Winter

    Editing a photo taken with a Carl Zeiss Jena 135/4 Sonnar and a Fuji X-T3

    February 8, 2023 /

    A vintage Carl Zeiss Jena 135/4 Sonnar whose RF mount has been replaced with a Fuji X mount by Adriano Lolli (https://www.adrianololli.com).Coupled with a Fuji X-T3, it delivers pleasant results. Post production is highly subjective, so the final outcome might no be ‘acceptable’ to some taste. Still, the lens is very good.

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    Red Tears

    June 7, 2013

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    February 23, 2013

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    November 16, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Gear,  Photography,  Winter

    A sample of the Carl Zeiss Jena 135/F4 Sonnar and a Fuji X-T3

    February 5, 2023 /

    This photo was taken with an old Carl Zeiss Jena 135/4 Sonnar whose Contax RF mount was replaced by a Fuji X mount by Master Adriano Lolli.

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    A book…

    January 28, 2013

    PI Room At Palais de la Découverte

    June 7, 2015

    The Street Photographer Rights In Italy. The Leaflet

    July 10, 2014
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  Jewelry,  Winter

    Floating

    February 5, 2023 /

    The Panasonic TZ100 is a very good travel camera. Its one-inch sensor allows a fair balance between performance and portability. Being slightly bigger of trendy smartphones, this camera delivers a way more better results.

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    Glancing Books

    November 12, 2015

    Mind The Gap!

    July 5, 2014

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    November 8, 2014
  • Daily photo,  Daily Video,  Technique,  Winter

    Unattainable 1:1 magnification with the JJC FDA S-1 and Micro Nikkor 60 2,8

    January 29, 2023 /

    The JJC FDA S-1 does not allow a 1:1 magnification with the Micro Nikkor 60 2,8. It only reaches a smaller factor (about 80%.The probable reason is the excessive lenght of the original step-down ring.Using a thinner step-down ring, as it has been done in this video, does not improve the outcome.

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    The Eye

    April 25, 2014

    An Open Gate

    January 13, 2015

    An Attentive Listener

    July 18, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  People,  Stockholm,  Summer,  Technique,  Travels

    DSLR film scanning: episode three

    January 24, 2023 /

    This is, by far, the most pleasing result I have ever had from digitising a film negative with a DSLR.Contrary to many suggestions found on Youtube, I did not invert the negative RAW curve by tweaking the Master RGB option. I did it, instead, channel-bychannel minding each clipping point. This approach allowed for a better reproduction of the grey tones, and in the end a fair result.

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    May 21, 2013

    5 frames exploring the Sporting Gun Culture in Italy

    April 15, 2025

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    December 4, 2015
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  Gear,  Stockholm,  Summer

    Another attempt at DLSR film scanning

    January 21, 2023 /

    Still trying.I digitised the negative with a Pentax K-1 and the FA 100 2.8 Macro lens using the JJC clone of Nikon ES-2. Postproduction is done in Pixelmator Pro. I used a Nikon 35TI and a Kodak BW400CN to take the original photo. Strangely enough, the JJC does not allow a 1:1 ratio with the Micro Nikkor 60 2.8.The instructions advise to mount the 62mm to 52mm step-down ring, the #2 52mm barrel-shaped tube and finally the film holder. These instructions are clearly wrong, as it is not possible to get 1:1 magnification with this setup.So I removed the tube and mounted the film carrier directly on the 62mm to…

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    October 31, 2013

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    August 23, 2014

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