EBC Fujinon 55 f/3.5 Macro at the Jardin des Plantes

Shot with the lens stopped down to f/5.6.
If you want to get an idea of the capabilities of this lens, click on the picture, then select the original full-resolution version of this picture and enjoy the eye of the parrot ...

Stereo cameras

The last monthly flea market, held at the beginning of march in Toulouse, has been quite funny. For the first time, i have met some nice stereo cameras ...


A ViewMaster Personal Stereo:




A Gaumont Stereo Spido:




A Franke & Heidecke Heidoscop:




Now, i'm waiting for the next edition at the beginning of april, maybe there will be some other nice finds to picture ...

A Week in Rome ...

Happy new year 2011 to all the people around here ...

Coming back from some holidays in Rome. Finally, i have been able to test my brand new lens, an EF 24-105 f/4 L IS USM ...

Buying the lens has not been an easy choice (the EF 24-70 f/2.8 L USM was only 70 euros more expensive). Finally i decided to go for the bigger zooming amplitude (i.e., more "walkaround" style lens) and the IS (after all, i already have an EF 50/1.8 and en EF 85/1.8) ...










More full-res samples available in this Flick set, as soon as i will have some spare time to publish them ...

Mittens ...

... Or, even better, mitten, since there is only one here ...
As seen by my EF 85/1.8 USM ...

Airbus A400M Grizzly One

Captured while landing at the Toulouse Blagnac (LFBO) airport.
Enjoy the vortex behind the left wing (check the shadow on the aircraft).



Shot with a Canon EF 70-200 f/2.8L USM, processed by Silkypix.
The full res picture is available in this Flickr set.

EBC Fujinon 55 3.5 Macro again ...

Seed bead necklace on black glass, indirectly lighted by an halogen lamp.
Developed by Silkypix.

M42 fever: EBC Fujinon Macro 55 f/3.5

Testing the capabilities of some of my M42 lenses on an FF DSLR ...

After enjoying this great macro lens on my K10D (see here), i used an M42 Fuji-to-EOS adapter (i.e. with an inner flange for the auto pin) to mount this lens on my 5D MkII.



No doubt this lens is a winner, on both APS-C and FF cameras ...
More samples in this Flickr set ...

Airbus A400M

Captured with a Canon EF 70-200 2.8 L USM while landing at the Toulouse Blagnac (LFBO) airport.



Processed by DxO.

Airbus Beluga

As third post for this new series, an almost in-axis front view of an Airbus Beluga landing at the Toulouse Blagnac (LFBO) airport.



The eye of my camera was an M42 lens, an EBC Fujinon-T 135 f/2.5 mounted with a Fuji to EOS adapter bought by the MFLenses forum member calvin83. The adapter is crafted for use with M42 Fuji lenses, with a slot for the lug at the bottom of the lens (no more need to dremel it) and an inner flange to push down the diaphragm pin.

The picture is straight from the raw file, processed by DxO with the standard landscape profile.

Musee des Abattoirs

In the courtyard of the museum, attending the Printemps de Septembre 2010, with my 5D Mark II and an old EF 28-105 USM.