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My X-T1 arrived this morning. Needless to say, my productivity at the office has been reduced to none, whatsoever.
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Doctor w-rw-rw- posted:Well, it takes a while to build up the courage to turn 16 into 100. the "Gillette effect", only replace razor blades with mini cameras.
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Finger Prince posted:If you end up picking up the Fuji macro, please post about your experience with it. Macro was one of the reasons I stuck with m43 (the Olympus 60mm is so great), and there really isn't much out there about the Fuji. While I had the 60mm macro, it was a damned good lens. The slow focus thing is overblown, and it is sharp as anything. I sold it because I got it into my head that the (rumoured) 120mm macro would have been more my thing as the 60 was only 1:2 and really, I wanted a 1:1 and that was all bollocks anyways because my photos would be equally garbage at 5:1 ratio. It's a good lens.
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Jul 28, 2017 15:09
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My Xpro1 survived a jug of water being spilled on it..
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Sep 14, 2017 08:15
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Kenny Logins posted:Finally pulled the trigger on ordering the XF 50mm f/2 WR. Amazon.ca finally restocked in silver today (my X-T20 is silver also) and I took it as a sign. Thanks for putting up with my hemming and hawing over my first X-lens, thread, but it was really helpful in narrowing things down for me. It's such a good lens, I absolutely love mine.
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Nov 15, 2017 11:48
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Keret posted:Hey guys, I've had an OG Fuji X100 as my only camera for a few years, and I'm hoping to supplement it with a new mirrorless body that I can change lenses on for more varied use. I love the feel and use of the X100, so I'd like to stick to something similar, which in my budget range has led me to a toss up between the XT-1 and X-ES2. What are your thoughts on one vs. the other? Budget is a concern, which makes the X-ES2 seem like the better option (at around 2/3 the price of the XT-1), but if the XT-1 is that much better, I would certainly consider saving more and waiting to get a more quality body. Either way, I intend to get the XF 18-55 2.4-4 kit lens with it. Has anyone used both, and care to comment? From an image quality perspective, they're much of a muchness. The X-T1 fit my hand a little better, but the X-E2 was a lot closer to an X100. I think the X-T1 may have had a slightly faster operation than the X-E2, but if you're using an original x100, the X-E2 is going to be stellar. I personally prefer the position of the evf on the X-E2, but I prefer the actual EVF of the X-T1. Is it worth 1/3 more? I don't think so, and that 1/3 can be put toward a 35/2 or 50/2 (both absolutely brilliant).
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Feb 6, 2018 08:30
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The face detect seems pretty much the same, but the eye detect seems more accurate. it'll be interesting to see if the continuous af has improved much.
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Apr 12, 2018 15:26
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Lady Gaza posted:How would the balance of a 100-400 be on a Fuji XT20? I have the 18-55, 50-230 and the rokinon 12 now, but am likely going on safari in South Africa early next year so was thinking about renting it for the trip to get some extra reach, particularly as there should be lots of birds around in Feb. Might be a bit front heavy though? I think it would feel pretty awful, but if you're on safari, you'll be in a vehicle with lots of place to lean it on. barry.matthews@fujifilm.com is the guy to speak to for rentals here, the fuji team here is really awesome as a whole.
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Aug 23, 2018 13:08
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cheese posted:In Fuji chat, how does the eye AF on newer Fuji bodies compare to Sony? I've been playing around with it on my X-E2s and its pretty hit or miss. It doesn't. At least, not from any of the videos I've seen.. It usually takes a full second or two to acquire a face and then a little while longer to cotton on to the fact that there might be an eye somewhere in it, and often plants the eye on a cheek or an ear. If you're slow and methodical and using a willing model, it may help, but for the most part the xtrans3 eye-af is just as likely to miss now as it did on the xtrans2 cameras.
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Aug 28, 2018 11:55
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Yeesh, the x100f is almost ridiculously better than the x100t. I managed to snag one yesterday for around $700ish and I figured it would be good, but did not expect it to be so much better. It's so fast! So responsive!
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Sep 5, 2018 08:32
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katatonic posted:Is there a reason why the X-Pro2 is still being priced above the X-T3 and X-H1? I’m working on an X-E1 and would prefer to stick with a rangefinder-style body on an upgrade but it just seems silly to me. There are a few being dumped now the xt3 is out. I was budgeting for an xt3 and managed to instead find a pretty decent xpro2 instead for less than a grand here.
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Oct 5, 2018 10:20
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Hello Spaceman posted:I used to live in Johannesburg and got my camera gear from kameraz.co.za (their physical store), but if you’re visiting Cape Town then Orms.co.za also has a physical store. Both online stores have the prices I mentioned. Kameraz.com and ormsdirect.co.za , there's also outdoorphoto.co.za but they're all pretty much level in pricing. I like the staff at kameraz, and their used kit is very high quality.
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Oct 8, 2018 07:59
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qirex posted:At this point my dream camera is a 28mm equivalent X100 with weather sealing. What kind of sucks is even if I were to spring for an X-Pro 2 there's no water resistant small/pancake lenses, the XF23mm is the most compact. I'd be quite interested in a weather sealed PEN but the lenses aren't there either. The xf16/2.8 is going to be sealed and comparitively small, at least as small as the xf23/2 by the look of it.
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Jan 15, 2019 08:38
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Managed to find a barely touched xf16-55 for around $750, and yegods it really is as big as all the claims. The AF on it is fast though, absurdly fast in reasonable light. I can't wait to work with it tomorrow!
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Feb 8, 2019 11:01
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TheJeffers posted:(why can nobody make a good 28 mm equivalent?) The xf18/2 ? And they're very reasonable second hand.
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Feb 15, 2019 08:08
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Well, the x-t3 has seemingly screwed a certain segment of the market because I was able to pick up an x-h1 with grip and orginial np-126s batteries for $750. I was expecting a beater, but it looks essentially brand new. Like, I don't think this camera has ever seen use aside from maybe being turned on once and then rapidly back off again. The batteries alone...
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Mar 12, 2019 09:34
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tino posted:It's the XT3 that much better than a XH1? Maybe I should use my XT1 and XE2s to fund an used XH1... It's marginally better, not mind-blowingly better, in my experience. The handling of each is different, and I still prefer my xpro2 as a daily carry-around camera, but the ibis is really nice on the x-h1 and the battery grip makes the camera very substantial. The shutter on the xh1 is amazing though, it's buttery smooth.
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Mar 12, 2019 11:07
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I know it was about the worst received of all the Fuji cameras, and it's value depreciated as fast as a luxury sedan but holy poo poo is the x-h1 a superb camera. It just works!
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Mar 18, 2019 08:42
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qirex posted:Wow, you can get some great deals on it, the body with grip are on Amazon for $1300. Did the X-T3 just suck all the air out of the room for it? I think the xt3 really killed any appeal in the xh1 for video, because by all accounts it's the superior video camera. That's fine by me, I got a truly amazing deal on my xh1 and even though I have an xt3, I am carrying the xh1 everywhere with me because it's just so good.
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Mar 19, 2019 09:32
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tino posted:Can you elaborate the difference between XH1 and XT3 in shooting video. The xt3 is more responsive, has better face and eye tracking, loads more phase detect points, 60fps 4k at 400mbps, 10 bit 4:2:0 and 4:2:2, zebras, better rolling shutter performance, colour chrome and monochrome adjustment and gods know what else. It's very much more suited to pro video work, when you throw it on a gimbal to compensate for the missing IBIS. For me though, being as I don't do video at all, it's much of a muchness and the xh1 is comfier in the hand and has performance enough that all of that is irrelevant, plus I prefer the evf in the xh1 to the xt3.
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Mar 19, 2019 11:56
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Easychair Bootson posted:I just dumped a few photos in the LETPD thread. I really dig that shot of the pair of couples eating in the restaurant.
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Apr 16, 2019 07:24
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I'm really, really enamoured with the xf16/2.8. It's a totally brilliant little lens and I suspect it's probably going to replace my 23/2 as my most used one going forward.
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Apr 25, 2019 09:12
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Easychair Bootson posted:Are there aspects other than the focal length that make you prefer the 16/2.8 to the 23/2? It seems to be 100% the focal length, they're both stellar lenses. I'd put the 16 above the 23 in terms of sharpness, and it has a very interesting FOV when you get up close to anything, moreso than the 23. I'm going to shoot some kids hopped up on leftover easter eggs this weekend so it'll be a nice challenge to see how to work with it compositionally. Other than that, it's very much the same as with any of the fujicrons, they're really really nice lenses.
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Apr 26, 2019 07:58
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Dangerllama posted:But…muh gear acquisition disorder! There's practically none, I had an x-t20, traded it on an x-t3 and the af benefit is marginal at best. There's the whole "can focus in nearly 3 stops less light!!" bollocks, but in practical terms, that's not really true. (I can convince an x-t3 to focus maybe a touch faster than the x-t20 would have in similar situations and I'll have one or two more keepers, but it's more hype than anything else, the x-t20 is *FINE* in almost all situations) For the prices you can get an x-t20 kit with the 18-55 I would recommend it over pretty any other fuji camera right now, it's superb, built well, has almost everything you'll need, is plenty fast and when the next bangwow awesome fuji kit lands, you can keep the 18-55 and whatever other lenses you buy for the money you saved on the x-t30/x-t3 and trade it for one of those. The only real benefit I can see in the newer bodies is in video, which I don't personally shoot, so I may as well have kept the t20. A bad photo on a modern body is just as bad as it was on a slightly less, but still very modern body.
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Apr 29, 2019 08:37
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CodfishCartographer posted:This is drat near convincing enough to make me sell all my m43 poo poo and switch over, if it weren't such a pain in the rear end. There's also the age old question of "where is your gear failing you?" m43 stabilisation is excellent, lenses are excellent, sealing is excellent, the high res modes are often better than full frame results, it's portable (way more than fuji in some cases) so you'd probably be better off looking at newer m43 bodies which are more than equal to fuji stuff. I mean, you gain what, 2/3 of a stop ISO improvement? Unless the ergonomics of fuji really appeal over the m43, there's no tangible difference between the various bodies on offer, it's all marketing bull.
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I don't know if I should be posting this in the MF thread, but I figure here is better because it's not really a medium format camera. Does anyone have any actual real world hands on tactile experience with the gfx50s/r? The 50s price has dropped to worth considering in the last few weeks and I am tempted to trade off a lump of my existing kit on a gfx system with 45, 63, and 120 lenses. I'd keep an xt3 with 16-55 and 50-140 for fast paced portions of weddings but for the slower parts, my x100f with the gfx sounds like it could give really nice results. Opinions from someone who actually has the system? I'd love to hear views that don't sound like marketing hype.
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Animal posted:Do you have the option to rent it? If so, you really should do that first regardless of what anyone tells you. It can be a bit unclear whether the bigger sensor will be a benefit for certain applications. I've chatted to one of the reps here, they're going to let me use a 50s and some lenses for my next wedding, which is really awesome of them. And probably a really dick move because I foresee myself loving the system the same way I did the xpro1. I'm really curious to see how it's going to do in a day to day setting, a 50r with 45 as a scaled up x100. I want to see if there is that much difference in the rendering, ergonomics aside.
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Aug 2, 2019 15:27
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Animal posted:I mean, how does it work? Does it combine both methods of stabilization, or does it disable one and use the other? It combines with them, depending on the lens it either sets only one axis to the ibis and foists the rest onto the ois or it does a combination of 2 axis on the ibis and pitch/yaw/roll to the ois. It's incredibly good and I can quite easily hit near 1 second exposures with the 55-200 at 200.
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Aug 19, 2019 08:48
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well, someone hosed up and listed a used xf100-400 for about $850 at my local camera store. I snatched it up and was then informed by the staff that it was actually supposed to be listed at $1300, but because I'm a loyal customer they'll honour it. Glass is immaculate, but there's no box, as though that would make me reconsider. It looks hilarious perched on an x-t30 and holy god that reach is amazing.
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Sep 25, 2019 10:15
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tino posted:Post some lens porn and shoot some planes. Will do! Quite close to a military airbase, so hopefully I'll get a few passing jets at some point soon.
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Sep 26, 2019 10:23
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I was able to hamfist my way with one yesterday for a little while and it's not amazing by any means. The fixed OVF is a strange choice as I use the different zooms on my xpro2 often. The EVF is nice, though I didn't get to see it in enough varying scenes to see any improvement over the X-T3 viewfinder. I wanted to but completely forget to trial the "smoothed" 200fps viewfinder gimmick, which may have some actual practical use, but other than that the foldaway screen is not a dealbreaker for me, but what was was the fact that I couldn't quickly find a way to change my AF mode - it was on single point and I really wanted to see how it would handle zone or tracking. None of the buttons had it mapped and I didn't want to faff with remapping just before handing it off to the next person. Also, the durasilver looks pretty in pictures, but was muddy and already grubby looking by the time I saw it (I was maybe the third person to handle it). I am looking forward to seeing the classic negative blue simulation on the x-t3 though, it renders beautifully.
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Oct 24, 2019 08:48
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GATOS Y VATOS posted:Does Fujifilm usually include the new film simulations for other cameras in their firmware updates? I’m keen to be able to use the new ones that the X Pro3 has on my X100F and X T3 eventually It definitely won't touch the 100f because it has the old sensor and processor. The T3 though, should get it. and all the other fanciness - I'm particularly excited for the -6ev autofocus.
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Oct 25, 2019 11:24
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The GFX sensor is obnoxious. The sheer amount of information it retains at high ISO almost makes up for the clunky slowness of it. A mismetered, completely blown out 6400 ISO started like :  But hardly any work brought it back to  This is retained at ISO6400!!! It's bonkers, and I am so glad that I hate the overall responsiveness of the camera enough not to make me flog everything to buy one.
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Oct 30, 2019 08:29
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alkanphel posted:Was this the GFX 50S or the 100S? 50r, which is a decidedly unfun camera to actually use, even with the amazing sensor. Fools Infinite posted:Apparently you can recover so much highlight detail because it stops actually amplifying and therefore clipping highlights at 1600. That is actually amazing to know, and it explains a ton. It really is a technical marvel, that sensor. President Beep posted:ETTR-ing like a goddamn maniac. "my ETTR goes to 11"
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Nov 5, 2019 18:54
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Dangerllama posted:Is the Fuji 60mm macro any good? I’m curious about the fact that it’s only 0.5x. I’m teaching my son to tie flies, so I need a lens for taking detailed pictures of horribly tied monstrosities. I’ll take pictures of his flies as well. It's spectacular, if you can come to terms with precisely that 1:2 macro. It's more than adequate for me, and even though it focuses slowly, it's fast enough most of the time. It's magic for portraits too, I prefer it to the 56.
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Nov 7, 2019 14:21
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According to the X100V catalogue, it'll be weather resistant with a screw on tube and filter. I'm not sold on it, unless the lens focuses dramatically faster, as the innards are essentially the x-t3 and while it's speedy and all, that's not the style of shooting I use the 100F for, so it's a bit of a wasted opportunity. No good having a blazingly fast camera with next level autofocus options when the lens itself is the barrier to the shots actually *being* in focus.
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bloops posted:Was the 100F life this? I don’t recall any lens element moving during focusing. The entire lens assembly moves to focus, it's this way for every iteration of the camera, and likely for the X100V too.
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Wengy posted:Man, the new X100V might actually be the solution to my jadedness. I could buy it, see how I like the output and keep my m43 stuff for the time being. I wasn't sold initially since I swore I'd never get a non-sealed fixed-lens camera again after my GR got dusty, but it seems Fuji have taken care of that. My main issue remains the software - Fujis don't work with DxO Photolab, so I'd have to buy and learn something new. That's a pretty sizeable entry barrier to me. What's the consensus best image processing software for X-Trans right now? I'd love to play with a couple of X100V RAWs to see if I can get some kind of workflow going. Capture one pro has a free fuji version, which is great and is free.
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Feb 5, 2020 14:44
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harperdc posted:honestly surprised none of the other Fuji guys just went " Oh! poo poo! I Mean..  What workflow? Fuji JPGS duuuuh
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Aargh posted:So I'm thinking of finally upgrading my xpro1 mainly because the autofocus is so bad at taking pictures of moving kids. Given I couldn't give two shits about video and I can borrow something better easily is there much of a difference between the XT2 and 3 (and maybe 4 in a few weeks) for stills mainly? This is purely anecdotal but even having an xt3, I tend to use my xpro2 with my kids, and it has a keeper rate that is good enough that I don't miss the AF of the xt3. I wouldn't fret too much about whether the new features are going to change your world, and focus more on which camera is going to be more responsive to your method of shooting.
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