90mm

last sunday, we were only supposed to go to a nearby restaurant to have lunch (at 3pm!) then head off to shinjuku. the local theme park was doing a sakura festival until that day, and entrance to the park was free after 4pm. it was already past 4pm by the time we finished lunch, so we decided to have a look inside the park since we were already there, plus it's free.

we found several sakura trees where they usually have the ajisai (hydrangea) festival. it was a nice quiet place away from the main festival area and away from the rides. there were only a handful of other people there, so there was no need to fight any crowds or think of a way to frame a shot so that people's heads won't be in it.

i finally found a nice quiet place in tokyo to enjoy the sakura.

anyway, this was shot using a 90mm lens. the R-D1s only had frame lines up to 50mm, so i have to guess what gets in the frame when using this lens. i also found out i couldn't focus properly with a canon 85mm f1.9 using the R-D1s (it front-focuses). while that lens is brighter, i am stuck with the 90mm to get proper focus.