The Fabulous Fuji X owners thread

Nuzik said:
Whats everyone's favourite lens and why and what lens is next on everyone's wish list?
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I don't have a huge selection of lenses, and i was very impressed with the T2/100-400 combo when I hired the lens for my trip to Scotland. But, I love my 16mm f1.4, it's just so creative. It's gets up close, takes wonderful landscape images, and not bad for the od portrait. Plus, it's built so well too....
 
Would ND filter users suggest a 10 stopper first, a 6 stopper or perhaps at a push a stackable 3 AND 6? For use on the 10-24mm primarily.
 
Pretty bad gas that [emoji13]
 
Ian W said:
Would ND filter users suggest a 10 stopper first, a 6 stopper or perhaps at a push a stackable 3 AND 6? For use on the 10-24mm primarily.
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I have a 3, 5, 10 and 13. @Mr Perceptive has a 16! I use them regularly depending on light conditions. Started out with 5 and 10 and expanded from there.
Really depends on what you are shooting: you'll only find the best combination for you by going out there and working out what you need.
Get a couple like you suggest and go from there.
A small word of advice.....get good stuff. Yes it's pricey but as SWMBO says."Buy cheap, buy twice"
 
mickledore said:
I have a 3, 5, 10 and 13. @Mr Perceptive has a 16! I use them regularly depending on light conditions. Started out with 5 and 10 and expanded from there.
Really depends on what you are shooting: you'll only find the best combination for you by going out there and working out what you need.
Get a couple like you suggest and go from there.
A small word of advice.....get good stuff. Yes it's pricey but as SWMBO says."Buy cheap, buy twice"
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As he says. So true
 
Cheers guys. A 10 will be useful for sunset stuff or low light so may just plump for the 3 and 6 for now [emoji106]
 
Ian W said:
Would ND filter users suggest a 10 stopper first, a 6 stopper or perhaps at a push a stackable 3 AND 6? For use on the 10-24mm primarily.
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Depends what exposures you want. Even with a 10 stopper I struggle to get exposure times greater than 30s a lot of the time.
 
snerkler said:
Depends what exposures you want. Even with a 10 stopper I struggle to get exposure times greater than 30s a lot of the time.
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I'm guessing that a in the middle of the day though rather than sunrise / sunset?
 
Ian W said:
I'm guessing that a in the middle of the day though rather than sunrise / sunset?
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Obviously depends on the type of shot you want. I tend to use grad filters at sunset to block out the sun, rather than using a stopper that covers the whole scene. This was taken recently on a pretty dull day using a 10 stopper, as you can see it was only 14s. Granted I could've got slower stopping the lens down but then diffraction starts to kick in.
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Similar shot on a brighter day and shutter speed was then only 3.2 seconds using a 10 stopper

P7092364 re-edit by TDG-77, on Flickr

So if you're going to be shooting on sunny days then a 10 stopper is the minimum you want imo if you want shutter speed to be 1s or slower.[/url]
 
snerkler said:
Obviously depends on the type of shot you want. I tend to use grad filters at sunset to block out the sun, rather than using a stopper that covers the whole scene. This was taken recently on a pretty dull day using a 10 stopper, as you can see it was only 14s. Granted I could've got slower stopping the lens down but then diffraction starts to kick in.
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Similar shot on a brighter day and shutter speed was then only 3.2 seconds using a 10 stopper

P7092364 re-edit by TDG-77, on Flickr

So if you're going to be shooting on sunny days then a 10 stopper is the minimum you want imo if you want shutter speed to be 1s or slower.[/url]
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I live in Scotland mate. Sunny days are few and far between [emoji1]

I do have some Cokin P series grads so may just plump for a 10 stopper first then.
 
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mickledore said:
Settle, Ribblehead, Dent tomorrow.
Lone trees, viaducts, lonely stations.
@Stephen L are you out?
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There are a few events in Settle town today, so we are busy being locals just now. Not yet managed to get into a photographic routine, but tomorrow we may walk down to the Hoffman Kilns again.
 
I'll be going past the kilns in the morning. Plan is to go near the cattle grid you posted earlier for the lone tree on the pavement then back down the hill and up to Ribblehead. Can't too accurate about timings.
 
mickledore said:
I'll be going past the kilns in the morning. Plan is to go near the cattle grid you posted earlier for the lone tree on the pavement then back down the hill and up to Ribblehead. Can't too accurate about timings.
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It will probably be early afternoon when we get there, depending on extenuating factors.
 
mickledore said:
Probably miss each other. I'm expecting to be R/head or Dent PM. Any point in exchanging phones?
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Not for this weekend, but I'll pm you anyway.
 
I hate having to make decisions. Off to London tomorrow visiting family but we will be going to the Winter Wonderland and can't decide whether to take the 18-55 or 18-135mm :banghead: :ROFLMAO:
 
18-135 all in one [emoji106]
 
Cagey75 said:
Nice gear. What's you favourite lens of the bunch?
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That's a hard choice as they are all so different for different situations, if I was forced to have only one lens it would be the 16-55mm f2.8. :D
 
It's really bad when you've only just had a Fuji GAS episode and already considering wave 2 and 3 of GAS attack lol.
 
snerkler said:
Obviously depends on the type of shot you want. I tend to use grad filters at sunset to block out the sun, rather than using a stopper that covers the whole scene. This was taken recently on a pretty dull day using a 10 stopper, as you can see it was only 14s. Granted I could've got slower stopping the lens down but then diffraction starts to kick in.
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]DSCF5664-4 by TDG-77, on Flickr




Similar shot on a brighter day and shutter speed was then only 3.2 seconds using a 10 stopper

P7092364 re-edit by TDG-77, on Flickr

So if you're going to be shooting on sunny days then a 10 stopper is the minimum you want imo if you want shutter speed to be 1s or slower.
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Given that you're on a tripod, why not take two shots, the second at f/22, and blend in post? We don't care about diffraction in the blurry bits, right?

And this is not a rhetorical question :-). I haven't done much work with ND filters yet, so I'm curious if there's some reason that wouldn't work.
 
I have a bunch of pics from a recent trip to Malta. Taking a while to sort out. It always takes a while to sort out.
Here is portrait of my friend, Chris.

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I'm at a crossroads with all my gear. Going to give the 5D4 a go (I do miss the full frame 35,50,85 and 70-200). Then a final decision, sell all the Canon gear or trim back the Fuji gear. I've got 8, 18-55, 23, 35, 56, 60, 90, 50-230, 50-140 and 100-400 lenses along with an X-E1, X-T1 and X-T2. Funny how all the gear creeps up on you...
 
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jj_glos said:
I'm at a crossroads with all my gear. Going to give the 5D4 a go (I do miss the full frame 35,50,85 and 70-200). Then a final decision, sell all the Canon gear or trim back the Fuji gear. I've got 8, 18-55, 23, 35, 56, 60, 90, 50-230, 50-140 and 100-400 lenses along with an X-E1, X-T1 and X-T2. Funny how all the gear creeps up on you...
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Nice stuff there. Lucky for some [emoji106]
 
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