Thomas Menk

Kreativität von Mitarbeitern ist in Unternehmen nicht gefragt

Unzufriedene Mitarbeiter gibt es sehr viele mehr, als man denkt. Unser Kolumnist hinterfragt, warum die meisten Mitarbeiter innerlich kündigen.

Ich bin gut in Schätzfragen. Wenn jemand fragt, was ich besonders gut kann, sage ich: Schätzen. Robbie Williams kann singen, Timo Boll Tischtennisspielen, Claus Kleber Nachrichten vorlesen. Ich kann gut schätzen. Zuletzt habe ich bei Haribo einen Wettbewerb gewonnen, bei dem man die Anzahl von Gummibärchen in einer großen Glasdose erraten sollte. Ich lag nur um vier Bärchen daneben. Wenn ich nachts aufwache, schätze ich im Dunkeln zuallererst die Zeit. Gestern Nacht fast exakt bis auf zwei Minuten. Dann bin ich glücklich, danke meinem Gehirn und schlafe wieder ein. Leider ist meine Fähigkeit als Dienstleistung nicht gefragt. Wir Deutschen messen lieber millimetergenau und bevorzugen harte Zahlen. Deshalb arbeiten wir auch gerne mit diesen Laserpistolen, die den Abstand von Wand zu Wand mykromillimetertreu messen, damit die Tapete passt. Ich bin sicher: Alle Südeuropäer peilen solche Entfernungen ebenso wie ihre Steuereinnahmen über den Daumen…..

Motor sport with the Fuji X-Pro1 and 55-200? | Nicolas Lambert

J’avais envie de voir si il était possible de faire des photos de sport avec le Fuji X-Pro 1 et le nouveau 55-200 3,5-4,8 qui vient de sortir. Je craignais pour l’autofocus… Verdict plus bas. Je suis passé sur le circuit de Spa-Francorchamps pour une petite heure, je me suis baladé 30 minutes dans les paddocks puis je suis allé faire quelques photos aux combes (pour les connaisseurs). Je n’ai pas beaucoup bougé de place, donc pas énormément de cadrages différents, malheureusement je n’avais pas beaucoup de temps.

Pour les photos dans les stands, j’ai simplement utilisé le 18mm 2 et le 35mm 1,4 avec un filtre gris neutre. Car, il est difficile d’utiliser les objectifs à pleine ouverture avec 200 ISO natif et 1/4000 ème de seconde comme vitesse d’obturation la plus rapide, si le soleil sort, il devient difficile de travailler à pleine ouverture. Pour les photos en action, j’ai utilisé le 55-200. Soit avec un réglage d’expo manuel soir avec réglage de la vitesse sur la molette et le réglage de l’ouverture fait par l’appareil. La molette de correction d’exposition entre -0,5 et -1 diaph. Pour le traitement des images, passage dans lightroom (courbe, hautes lumières, …), passage en noir et blanc dans Silver Efex…..

Mystical Mist, it Takes and it Gives | Robert-Paul Jansen

Mist has always fascinated me. It takes away pieces of the framed subject and replaces it with mystic. It sparks my creativity as a photographer, and that of the audience. Peoples imagination gets cranked up. We have our fair share of mist here in the Netherlands. It is the first thing I hope for when I check the weather before I go out taking photos.

I love wandering through the mist. Just me and my camera, lost in a mystical world. It doesn’t only have a visual impact, but all sounds are silenced as well.

In the mist I have to work harder to get that specific image I want to show to the viewer. The framing and content is not only choosen by me, but is heavily influenced by the circumstances. But .. in the end it’s all worth it.

Majestic Magnolias | Robert-Paul Jansen

The Magnolia. Majestic. Colorful. Delicate.

They announce the arrival of spring by opening and exposing their beauty. Just for a short while.. until their beautiful petals falls to the ground and spring proceeds….

Promotional Video , Photographer Flemming Bo Jensen talks on FUJINON XF55-200mmF3.5-4.8 R LM OIS

Photographer Flemming Bo Jensen talks on FUJINON XF55-200mmF3.5-4.8 R LM OIS.

Backstage at Belfast IF with the X100s | David Cleland

During Belfast’s BigIF event the serenity and relative dry of the backstage area was my only safe haven from the weather. There was a remarkably relaxed atmosphere given the scale of the project and this sheltered spot was an opportunity to grab some candid portraits with the Fujifilm X100s. You can read more about the Enough Food If event here.

I gave myself the challenge of only being able to press the shutter once with no set up or direction, literally one single image of those artists who were enjoying the buzz before making their way onto the main stage. Without exception the X100s performed and this wasn’t the brightest of areas by any means…..

During Belfast’s BigIF event the serenity and relative dry of the backstage area was my only safe haven from the weather. There was a remarkably relaxed atmosphere given the scale of the project and this sheltered spot was an opportunity to grab some candid portraits with the Fujifilm X100s. You can read more about the Enough Food If event here.

I gave myself the challenge of only being able to press the shutter once with no set up or direction, literally one single image of those artists who were enjoying the buzz before making their way onto the main stage. Without exception the X100s performed and this wasn’t the brightest of areas by any means.

During Belfast’s BigIF event the serenity and relative dry of the backstage area was my only safe haven from the weather. There was a remarkably relaxed atmosphere given the scale of the project and this sheltered spot was an opportunity to grab some candid portraits with the Fujifilm X100s. You can read more about the Enough Food If event here.

I gave myself the challenge of only being able to press the shutter once with no set up or direction, literally one single image of those artists who were enjoying the buzz before making their way onto the main stage. Without exception the X100s performed and this wasn’t the brightest of areas by any means.

Fujinon XF 14 mm f2.8 R: análisis | Martín Gallego

Desvelado hace unos meses junto al primer zoom para el sistema X de Fujifilm, el nuevo Fujinon 14 mm f2.8 R se convertía en el objetivo más angular de la firma. Pensado para la fotografía de paisajes y arquitectura y con una focal equivalente a 21 milímetros, también es el más caro de la saga con un precio que ronda los 900 euros. Una cifra que, unida a las promesas de excelencia de la firma en lo que respecta a calidad y control de las deformaciones, obliga a elevar el listón de exigencia al acercarnos a esta pieza.

A estas alturas no es ningún secreto que la línea que se ha marcado Fujifilm para su sistema X está en la órbita de la filosofía de Leica. Y el nuevo Fujinon de 14 milímetros sigue al pie de la letra esa manera clásica de entender la fotografía en lo que respecta a construcción, focales y apuesta por ópticas fijas. Todo ello, eso sí, sin renunciar a los últimos avances técnicos……

New Firmware Update on June 25 | Fujifilm Philippines

Hi Goodmorning! this is to inform you guys that the Firmware upgrade of X-Pro1 version 2.05 and X-E1 version 1.06 is coming out on June 25. Have a wonderful day.

The Carl is gone: from “Carl Zeiss” becomes “Zeiss” | fotointern.ch

Bei der Carl Zeiss AG in Oberkochen hat man wohl entschieden, anstelle der Marke «Carl Zeiss» bei neuen Produkten nur «Zeiss» als Marke zu nutzen. Die erste Produktfamilie, die davon offensichtlich betroffen ist, scheint die im vergangenen Monat vorgestellte Touit-Objektivreihemit Sony-Nex- und Fujifilm-X-Anschlüssen zu sein.

Inzwischen sind die ersten Distagon-2,8/12-mm-Objektive im Handel aufgetaucht, bei welchen der Name Carl fehlt. Die Touit-Objektive der ersten Produktions-Charge, die noch den traditionellen Markennamen tragen, könnten sich schon bald zu gesuchten Sammlerstücken entwickeln…..

Fujifilm X100S DNG Camera Profile (+ presets) … | Fredrik Averpil

Ever since I replaced my trusty old X100 with its newer incarnation, the X100S, I have been struggling with color rendition in Lightroom, which is my weapon of choice when editing RAW files. A while ago, Apple released an update to their Digital Camera RAW software (native RAW support in OS X) with support for the X100S and I found its color rendition of X100S RAW files much nicer right out of the box than what Adobe was offering me. For some time, I exported 16-bit TIF files from Apple’s Preview.app and imported them into Lightroom and continued to edit my photos in there, but this quickly became cumbersome and consumed quite a lot of extra disk space. I placed a request in the Adobe forums to address this bad rendition of X100S colors and got a reply from a fellow user that pointed out to me that this probably wasn’t Adobe’s fault to begin with, since they didn’t bundle a specific camera profile for the X100S, and that I could create my own profile using a standardized color checker, which would probably get the colors right. Enough said, I ordered one, made my own profile and here we are. Today I do not feel the need to do the detour through Apple’s Preview.app just in order to get a good starting point with colors and I can keep an undestructive workflow within Lightroom. Feel free to try it out, but keep in mind this profile was made for my camera and that custom profiles may differ a bit from camera to camera. I’ve also included a bunch of presets I use frequently together with the X100S……