Portraits at the market

Finally on Christmas break. And finally some time for photography. The Significant Other and I headed into Nuremberg’s Old Town this evening. Main event was the performance of the wife’s trombone choir on the stage of the Christkindlesmarket in the main square. But I brought my (almost) vintage Fuji X-T2 together with the much less vintage Fujinon XF18-135mm F3.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR. I did recently acquire a used copy of this zoom lens, as I wanted to have a bit more focal length on my X-mount Fuji. And 135mm where there was only 55mm before makes a lot of difference.

And the buzzing market provided plenty opportunity for some 135mm (about 200mm full frame equivalent) street portraits shot through the passing crowd.

Fore the second image click below…

The two images in this post are the ones I liked best. Despite the long shutter speeds I got good sharpness in these photographs, as the lens features a good image stabilization. Some post production on the Fuji jpgs (analog monochrome film recipe) done in Lightroom Classic. I love how the sensor of the X-T2 renders black and white images.

I run out of batteries after only 20 mins of shooting, because I didn’t charge them as I thought they were full. And the freezing temperatures did the rest. Stupid beginners mistake. I should have known better.

Have a great Monday

Marcus

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