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  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  Gear

    EOS-M. Manual focus tips and results for Street-Photography and more

    August 9, 2013 /

    In the quest for an acceptable use of my Canon EOS-M I think I’ve finally found a way to exploit my M-mount lenses after the poor experience with the LCD focus. The last two exposures posted, this and this, have been shot with a Carl Zeiss T* Biogon 35/2,8 through zone-focusing, while the picture of this post has been manually focused using the EOS-M’s 5x magnification feature. In both cases the results are more than acceptable, giving a new life to this severely limited camera. All I can say is that is true what seasoned photographers use to say about the cameras: as soon as you get acquainted with your…

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    Pentax – In Praise of Usability of Cameras and Lenses

    March 3, 2024

    A quiet watchdog?

    May 23, 2013

    Technogym Milan@Night

    April 3, 2022
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Seasons,  Summer

    Out of Gas

    August 8, 2013 /

    When the tank is empty, hope for a close gas station…

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    Crowd Control

    July 16, 2013

    Black Cat

    October 31, 2021

    A Fisherman in Rome

    November 1, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Seasons,  Summer

    Smile!

    August 7, 2013 /

    Smile! It’s contagious!

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    A promenade

    February 24, 2013

    The dilemma

    January 11, 2013

    The Floating Relic

    December 13, 2013
  • B&W,  Beach&Shores,  Daily photo,  People,  Seasons,  Summer

    Early Morning Shaving on The Beach

    August 6, 2013 /

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    5 (random) frames of Bruxelles with a MIR-1B, a Pentax ME Super and a Kodak TMax400

    March 19, 2025

    How Privacy Hysteria Killed Street-Photography

    October 22, 2023

    Technogym Milan@Night

    April 3, 2022
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar,  Shops

    Aficionados

    August 5, 2013 /

    Half past seven’o clock in the morning. Best customers already are in pole!

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    Shooting Sanda (Chinese Kickboxing) Bouts

    June 26, 2025

    A Street Dancer@Sakae

    August 9, 2019

    The Lost Lock

    June 12, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar

    The Actor’s Nightmare

    August 3, 2013 /

    … Where the hell is the audience?

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    Sala degli Onori @ Triennale di Milano

    May 19, 2017

    Lava Nails

    February 28, 2021

    Mir-20 20mm 3.5 on a Pentax K1-II – A Field Test

    January 18, 2025
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  Rome,  Summer

    A Little Of Thailand In Rome

    August 2, 2013 /

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    A coffee at Saint Eustachio’s

    February 4, 2016

    A Fountain

    May 17, 2014

    Alive or not?

    February 16, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer

    Is The Sky Falling On Their Heads?

    August 1, 2013 /

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    Franco Cerri. The Last Jazz Living Legend

    August 16, 2016

    Fast Food Loneliness in Nagoya…

    July 17, 2019

    A Young Sailor

    August 11, 2014
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo

    A few shots from a Paco de Lucia live performance

    July 31, 2013 /

    A few shots from a Live Report I did for Rockol.it, an online music magazine

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    We Are All Made of Stars

    February 28, 2018

    Posing

    June 17, 2022

    A Blue Vespa

    November 3, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar

    An Evening Chat

    July 30, 2013 /

    The heat is unbearable in the evening of summer, but it doesn’t stop people from enjoying the outdoor nightlife.

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    Impatience

    February 6, 2013

    Home on the Range

    May 17, 2015

    Life Within the Post Office

    November 24, 2014
  • Cars&Bikes,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    Careful With That Bike, Eugene!

    July 29, 2013 /

    Sticks And Stones Can Break My Bones…

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    An outdoor theatre?

    January 31, 2013

    Portrait of a Perinatal Cardiologist

    July 11, 2014

    Half a Bridge

    October 16, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    Life, the Universe and Everything

    July 28, 2013 /

    …Told U So!

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    Fisherman’s Fatigue

    December 19, 2022

    Red

    December 17, 2014

    Is the next Kano Jigoro already on the mat?

    November 7, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Shops

    Self-Defense

    July 27, 2013 /

    Three against one…

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    A relic from the (recent) past

    April 30, 2013

    Light Dance in Hamburg

    April 6, 2018

    Photography and the Importance of a Proper Training

    April 23, 2024
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Gear,  Parks,  Projects

    A manual-focus atteimpt on a moving target

    July 26, 2013 /

    Still needs practicing

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    Lost

    July 13, 2015

    Foto-Grafo admitted to the Persol Reflex Edition contest

    April 16, 2013

    Purple Haze

    January 3, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer

    While the kids grow-up…

    July 25, 2013 /

    While the kids grow-up, a father waits with patience.

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    A chocolaterie in Bruxelles

    January 6, 2014

    Killing Santa

    January 25, 2013

    A Mesh

    February 16, 2021
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Gear,  Landscape,  Summer,  Travels

    EOS-M. An act of fairness

    July 24, 2013 /

    While I have been highly critical with the Canon EOS-M street-photography performance, I have to admit that this little camera (coupled with the 18-55 stabilized kit lens) performs pretty well in landscape and, since the cost has fallen down to a very affordable level, is it possible to “risk” the camera in harsh places without worrying so much.

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    Is Batman Coming To Town?

    December 2, 2017

    Spumante (Italian Champagne) ready to fuel the party

    May 29, 2013

    A Jazz-Manouche Guitar Player

    August 17, 2014
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan

    A useless photo

    July 23, 2013 /

    I thought I did a decent exposure until I’ve searched Google for “Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II Milano”

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    The Unresting Lawyer

    February 6, 2017

    Off-Duty Eurocrats in Bruxelles

    March 28, 2014

    Sweet Dilemma

    November 4, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Portraits,  Restaurants&Bar,  Shops

    Portrait of a Waiter

    July 22, 2013 /

    Another day is going to start, and the ashtrays are ready to filled by the deadly dust…

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    Content Creators

    July 20, 2023

    Dress Different

    March 15, 2015

    Behind The Shaft

    June 1, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar,  Summer

    Early Morning’s Cleanup

    July 21, 2013 /

    The time goes by, and the song remains the same. Work until late night, clean up early in the morning.

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    Asimo’s Ancestor@Tsukuba World1985 Expo

    June 30, 2018

    Legal Apartheid

    March 25, 2015

    Sala degli Onori @ Triennale di Milano

    May 19, 2017
  • Barber&HairStylist,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    Hair Cut

    July 19, 2013 /

    Early in the morning first things first: a clean haircut before anything else.

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    Denegata Justitia

    March 2, 2020

    The Wild Bunch

    October 1, 2013

    A Green Patch

    August 26, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer

    The cameraman

    July 17, 2013 /

    The RemoteEye of the TV addict…

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    Real Time Update

    February 20, 2016

    The Gas Station Attendant

    November 11, 2013

    Steve Hackett – Live@Teatro d’Annunzio

    July 8, 2017
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Social Control,  Summer

    Crowd Control

    July 16, 2013 /

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    Stairway to Nothing

    March 9, 2014

    Lady Gaga Art Rave

    October 5, 2014

    Lost in mumbling

    September 22, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Projects,  Winter

    The Suit

    July 15, 2013 /

    How would it feel like, when everybody around goes to the beach, wearing a suit and going to the office?

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    A Seagull in Rome

    June 28, 2013

    Do Not Touch

    June 5, 2013

    Mistress Of Puppets

    April 30, 2017
  • Airport,  Colour,  Daily photo

    Waiting for The Flight

    July 14, 2013 /

    Will it be, once in a life, on time?

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    Walking Table in via Cornaggia

    March 22, 2014

    Just a soccer field… Part 3

    February 5, 2014

    Lockpicking Tools

    December 11, 2018
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