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A new perspective on railway photography

Seiya Nakai, one of Japan’s best known railway photographers, takes photos of trains, railroads and the wonderful world that surrounds them, from a unique, personal perspective.

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I travel the world to take pictures of trains and railroads.

Most people see trains merely as a means of transportation and train tracks as a cold jumble of steel and iron. But for me railways evoke a sense of warmth, the lingering warmth and sentiments of the countless travelers they shuttle from city to city. Expressing those sentiments, as I perceive them, is what I try to convey in my photography.

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Whether my subjects were sleek Shinkansen bullet trains speeding through the landscape or humble suburban trains, the Leica SL2 had no problems capturing them all exactly the way I wanted. The first thing that blew my mind, as it will yours, is the beauty of the high-resolution EyeRes viewfinder.

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Looking through the EVF of the Leica SL2 is no different from looking at a scene with the naked eye:

the EyeRes shows the image exactly as it will be captured. I think it is fair to say that the quality of the EVF on the Leica SL2 has finally surpassed that of the optical viewfinder!