Tag: Kodachrome II

August 4, 2024

In the spotlight

5.7 km / 3.5 miles 🚶

Maastricht 🇳🇱

Maastricht is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. It is the capital and largest city of the province of Limburg. Maastricht is located on both sides of the Meuse, at the point where the Jeker joins it. Mount Saint Peter is largely situated within the city's municipal borders.

The story

Capturing some details of Maastricht by manually focusing with the good ol’ X-E2 paired with the Zonlai lens, and adding a hint of old-school colors using the Kodachrome II recipe.

The gear

Camera:
Fujifilm X-E2

Camera lens:
Zonlai 22mm f/1.8

Camera lens filter:
Tiffen Black Pro-Mist Filter 1/4

Film simulation recipe:
Kodachrome II

The pictures

March 9, 2024

In the spotlight

4.4 km / 2.7 miles 🚶

Hasselt 🇧🇪

Hasselt is a Belgian city and municipality, and capital and largest city of the province of Limburg in the Flemish Region of Belgium. The Hasselt municipality includes the original city of Hasselt, plus the old communes of Sint-Lambrechts-Herk, Wimmertingen, Kermt, Spalbeek, Kuringen, Stokrooie, Stevoort and Runkst, as well as the hamlets and parishes of Kiewit, Godsheide and Rapertingen.

The story

Just a quick little trip to Hasselt, where I stumbled upon a carnival parade. This time with some gear I don’t use so often: the 10-year-old X-E2 paired with the razor-sharp XF 50mm f/2, which is a narrow 75mm full-frame equivalent field of view.

The gear

Camera:
Fujifilm X-E2

Camera lens:
Fujinon XF 50mm f/2 R WR

Camera lens filter:
Tiffen Black Pro-Mist Filter 1/4

Film simulation recipe:
Kodachrome II

The pictures

November 17, 2023

In the spotlight

11.3 km / 7.0 miles 🚶

Köln 🇩🇪

Cologne is the largest city of Germany's most populous state of North Rhine-Westphalia and it is the most populous city of both the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region and the Rhineland.

The story

Another test run with the 60-year-old Flek, this time combined with the 10-year-old X-E2. Everything shot wide open to get the most vintage look as possible, this time in rainy Cologne.

The gear

Camera:
Fujifilm X-E2

Camera lens:
Carl Zeiss Jena Flektogon 35mm f/2.8

Film simulation recipe:
Kodachrome II

The pictures

October 29, 2023

In the spotlight

3.1 km / 1.9 miles 🚶

Mönchengladbach 🇩🇪

Mönchengladbach is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located west of the Rhine, halfway between Düsseldorf and the Dutch border.

The story

A calm Sunday afternoon walk through the city of Mönchengladbach with my X-E2 and the fully manual Speedmaster 35mm f/0.95.

The gear

Camera:
Fujifilm X-E2

Camera lens:
Mitakon Speedmaster 35mm f/0.95 II

Camera lens filter:
Tiffen Black Pro-Mist Filter 1/4

Film simulation recipe:
Kodachrome II

The pictures

October 7, 2022

In the spotlight

7 km / 4 mi 🚶

Bruxelles 🇧🇪

Brussels, officially the Brussels-Capital Region, is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium. The Brussels-Capital Region is located in the central portion of the country and is a part of both the French Community of Belgium and the Flemish Community, but is separate from the Flemish Region and the Walloon Region.

The gear

Camera:
Fujifilm X-E2

Camera lens:
Zonlai 22mm f/1.8

Camera lens filters:
Tiffen Black Pro-Mist Filter 1/4

Film simulation recipe:
Kodachrome II