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    The Fabulous Fuji X owners thread

    Worth mentioning the Viltrox 13mm 1.4 which is another really nice fast, wide option. Viltrox generally seem to have something for everyone prime wise and all are sensibly priced. 27mm is utterly glorious. 75mm is fantastic but less useful. I'd love them to do an 18mm 1.2 and something...
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    The Fabulous Fuji X owners thread

    Don’t rule out the Viltrox 15mm 1.7. It’s tiny and superb.
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    The Fabulous Fuji X owners thread

    Very nice. I’m a big fan of the viltrox 13mm 1.4 and 15 1.7. There’s always the Fuji and sigma 16mm 1.4’s too…
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    New era Non-camera makers lenses (viltrox etc)

    The 9mm is looking mighty tempting at £160 ish with discount. Must resist....
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    The Fabulous Fuji X owners thread

    Cheers. This is the tricky thing. Trying to take pics of fast moving animals with the X-T4 feels like more hit than miss. If the X-T5 fixed that significantly, I think it would be worth the jump. It's just hard to know in advance. There are some other nice things about the X-T5 but it's not...
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    The Fabulous Fuji X owners thread

    I'm pondering switching my X-T4 for an X-T5. Would cost me about £400 I think, used for used. 40mp would be nice but actually the main driver would be the AF system for moving subjects. Can anyone comment how much improvement I'd see. Main subjects would be our dog (X-T4 is very hit and miss...
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    New era Non-camera makers lenses (viltrox etc)

    I have a 15mm as well. Really nice little thing. I'm in deep on Viltrox on my Fujis. Have a 13mm 1.4, 27mm 1.2 and 75mm 1.2 as well. All outstanding but the 27mm in particular fits me like a glove. Love that lens. It's chonky though. Would love Viltrox to make a Fuji 18mm 1.2 or 1.4.
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    Drones?

    I guess like many things, you only notice the ones that use them obnoxiously. I have to admit, as a relatively new drone user, one of the main things that holds me back most using it more often is not wanting to p*** others off. We've probably all been somewhere pretty that is ruined by the...
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    Fuji 35mm f1.4?

    Might be worth removing the WR from the title. It’s one of the slight disadvantages of the 35mm 1.4 that it doesn’t have weather sealing. Personally though, I always loved the images from the 1.4.
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    The Fabulous Fuji X owners thread

    Which 1.4 did you have in mind? There are some 1.2 options as well... Nearest interchangeable equivalent to the the X100vi would probably be the XE-5 now. In the past I'd have said X-Pro 3 as it has the hybrid viewfinder but it's getting on a bit now, no ibis and has a few ergonomic quirks...
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    The Fabulous Fuji X owners thread

    Cheers. This little idea is quickly unravelling!
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    50mm equivalent lens for micro four thirds

    I've noticed the lumix does flare a lot. I don't mind a little flare sometimes but I don't think it's pleasing at all with the Lumix. A hood would probably help but I don't think there is an official one available.
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    Travel tripod recommendations?

    I quite like my Feisol but in all honesty there are loads of options out there so I would focus in on some key characteristics. With a travel tripod, I'm pretty happy to compromise on max height to bring weight/size down a bit, especially if putting a bit of load on there. I'd be far more...
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    The Fabulous Fuji X owners thread

    Thanks @bumper and @Mr Perceptive Can you print direct from the camera to a selphy? I think that was the only thing that was really drawing me to playing around with the instax printer. Basically using it a little like an old polaroid.
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    The Fabulous Fuji X owners thread

    Have any of Fuji people ever dabbled with Instax printers? Not something I've really thought about but kind of interested in having a play. Anything I should know in advance? I'm thinking of just finding a old one on ebay and having a go.
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