The Fabulous Fuji X owners thread

'Compact' is all relative. I'm still using the fairly small Crumpler shoulder bag that used to hold my D750, 35mm 1.4 and 105mm f2, but it now holds an X-T1, 23mm 1.4, 56mm 1.2 and 50-140mm 2.8.

Incidentally the D750, 35 and 105 weighed 2.1kg, which is exactly the same as my X-T1, 23, 56 and 50-140.
 
Rolex said:
finding it harder to decide on what lens combo i will eventually go for when i buy into the system! .. i'm a 50% street photographer and 25% landscape/25% portraiture
thinking of just 2 lenses to begin with ....any one got any suggestions ??????? never been this hard spending money.
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The 18-55mm is a great multi-purpose lens to have and should happily sit in any of the camps you mention. It's relatively small to be inconspicuous for street, relatively wide focal length and sharp for landscape, and it extends to a decent focal length for portraits. The only drawback I would mention is the smaller maximum aperture compared to equivalent focal length primes.
 
DigitalRelish said:
The 18-55mm is a great multi-purpose lens to have and should happily sit in any of the camps you mention. It's relatively small to be inconspicuous for street, relatively wide focal length and sharp for landscape, and it extends to a decent focal length for portraits. The only drawback I would mention is the smaller maximum aperture compared to equivalent focal length primes.
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only heard good things about the fuji 18-55 .... not your regular "kit lens" 18-55 being one of them.
 
Rolex said:
only heard good things about the fuji 18-55 .... not your regular "kit lens" 18-55 being one of them.
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The 30" panoramic prints hanging on my walls tell me all I need to know about the lens. It is excellent.
 
Is it just me or has the recent firmware upgrade improved this lens by quite a bit.

I was going to sell the 18-55 but I am now keeping it
 
fabs said:
I haven't been able to use it yet so I couldn't tell you, in what way do you think it's improved?
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The most recent firmware has improved the OIS. The previous camera firmware made all the lenses focus better. The OIS is pretty impressive, though I feel it's better on the 55-200 than the 18-55. At 200mm and 1/50th I can get tack sharp images that come out as lets say 'abstract art' when shot with OIS off.
 
Alan Clogwyn said:
The most recent firmware has improved the OIS. The previous camera firmware made all the lenses focus better. The OIS is pretty impressive, though I feel it's better on the 55-200 than the 18-55. At 200mm and 1/50th I can get tack sharp images that come out as lets say 'abstract art' when shot with OIS off.
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That's good to know, thanks.
 
I also have the 55-200 and I have to agree with your comment too.

The55-200 is a v good lens and in the grand scheme of things is outstanding value for money.
 
Yup, another fan of the 55-200. It's great for portraiture too. When I moved to Fuji I sold a Sigma 50-150 f2.8 and thought I'd miss having the equivalent. But the 55-200 has done an admirable job as a stand in. I'd love the 40-150, but really couldn't justify it at the moment or even over the next few years.
 
AdamTudor said:
anyone here got the 18-135? Thoughts on it?
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was going to ask the same question soon enough! ...hopefully someone can chip-in.
i'm now leaning towards an XT-1 with one of the zooms, Just worried about not having a zoom as i've always owned one to some capacity when on Canon. So the 18-135 could be in the running as well if its good
 
From the reviews I've read it looks like it's not like your standard 18-135 kit zoom from the likes of canikon. I suppose it is a lot more expensive though.. just nice to get feedback from real life users isn't it. The weather resistance is one of the things I'm after it for, just seems a good general use lens to go with my shorter primes.
 
AdamTudor said:
From the reviews I've read it looks like it's not like your standard 18-135 kit zoom from the likes of canikon. I suppose it is a lot more expensive though.. just nice to get feedback from real life users isn't it. The weather resistance is one of the things I'm after it for, just seems a good general use lens to go with my shorter primes.
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I think digtalrev have it in at £399.99 at the moment :)
 
The 18-135 lives on my X-T1 almost permanently. Unless I'm on a wide angle kick which sees the 10-24 in action. The 18-55 lives on the X-Pro1 with the 55-200 for longer stuff, although I'll often just crop into 135 shots if I don't want/need A3+ prints from the files.

In response to an earlier question re moving from FF to Fuji... I chopped a D800 in against the X-Pro with the 18mm and a free further lens and got enough change to almost cover the 18-55-200 zooms. Absolutely no regrets - in 1 month of ownership of the X-Pro, I had taken more shots than I'd put on the D800 in just over a year! Liked the X-Pro so much that when the X-T1 was announced, I was 2nd in the queue for one in my local retailer on the basis of a quick play with a rep's sample - the SLR like handling with proper dials just felt so right to me! Having said that, I still have the Nikon kit but now it's a D750 rather than an 800 (as well as a 700 that's all but retired) and enjoy using that as well when weight isn't an issue. The main reason for the FF body is wide angles - I use a 12-24 a fair bit and also a fisheye (which I possibly use too much!). The Nikon is also better at high ISOs, although not hugely in real life. If I absolutely HAD to keep just one system, I'm not 100% sure which it would be, hopefully the situation will never arise!
 
Nod said:
The 18-135 lives on my X-T1 almost permanently. Unless I'm on a wide angle kick which sees the 10-24 in action. The 18-55 lives on the X-Pro1 with the 55-200 for longer stuff, although I'll often just crop into 135 shots if I don't want/need A3+ prints from the files.

In response to an earlier question re moving from FF to Fuji... I chopped a D800 in against the X-Pro with the 18mm and a free further lens and got enough change to almost cover the 18-55-200 zooms. Absolutely no regrets - in 1 month of ownership of the X-Pro, I had taken more shots than I'd put on the D800 in just over a year! Liked the X-Pro so much that when the X-T1 was announced, I was 2nd in the queue for one in my local retailer on the basis of a quick play with a rep's sample - the SLR like handling with proper dials just felt so right to me! Having said that, I still have the Nikon kit but now it's a D750 rather than an 800 (as well as a 700 that's all but retired) and enjoy using that as well when weight isn't an issue. The main reason for the FF body is wide angles - I use a 12-24 a fair bit and also a fisheye (which I possibly use too much!). The Nikon is also better at high ISOs, although not hugely in real life. If I absolutely HAD to keep just one system, I'm not 100% sure which it would be, hopefully the situation will never arise!
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Many thanks for that Nod! ... a very in-depth and informative summary that has answered all i need to know ... (I'm off to Wilkinson's in the morning ...the wife wont be pleased :shifty: )
 
Rolex said:
Many thanks for that Nod! ... a very in-depth and informative summary that has answered all i need to know ... (I'm off to Wilkinson's in the morning ...the wife wont be pleased :shifty: )
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I second Nod's approach, I grew to detest my Sony A7R despite it ticking most of the same boxes as the Fuji and in some cases better ones, it just failed in all the most important areas and the Fuji simply excels.
 
The 18-135 is a really useful lens. It's sharp, has good OS and a very useful range. I'd say that it's the lens most likely to be on my XT-1. The bokeh can occasionally get a little bit busy, but apart from that, it's optically solid.

A picture from it taken at Christmas - Fuji's coatings really handle the light well and maintain contrast in tough conditions:
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Alan Clogwyn said:
I second Nod's approach, I grew to detest my Sony A7R despite it ticking most of the same boxes as the Fuji and in some cases better ones, it just failed in all the most important areas and the Fuji simply excels.
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Agree here too. I owned an a7 for about 6 months and whilst the specs looked good, I really didn't enjoy using the camera at all. The Fujis feel way more natural to use, to me.
 
Another from the a7 camp here, couldn't put my finger on it but really didn't like how the native lens rendered images (particularly the 55), just something a bit artificial about them, I've seen a few people say the same thing. I added the A mount adaptor for the Sigma 35 Art and Zeiss 135, but by that point I may as well have been using a DSLR again. So I moved to the D750 but missed all the benefits of mirrorless (EVF, size), hence the X-T1, which ticks pretty much all the boxes.

As weird as it sounds I also love the community around Fuji, this thread, the Fuji X forum, quite a few really interesting and inspiring blogs, I've not enjoyed shooting and sharing images as much as this before.
 
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Chris points out one thing that I'd forgotten (actually, he doesn't but his post reminded me of the feature!), namely that you can set the VF to show the expected result so that you can make a judgement on exposure across the scene rather than trust the meter 100%. Personally, I actually prefer a true SLR VF but the X-T1's EVF is an extremely good compromise and I'd far rather carry the Fuji kit than the Nikon!
 
Nod said:
... you can set the VF to show the expected result so that you can make a judgement on exposure across the scene rather than trust the meter 100%.
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What setting achieves this, please? I'm still trying to get the optimum base settings for mine despite 5 months of ownership, and I find the VF setting part of the manual somewhat counter-intuitive!
 
Something along the lines of "Show affect of settings in VF image" IIRC. Sorry, manual not to hand ATM.
 
Nearest thing I can find is "preview exp/wb in manual mode" under "screen set-up". Does that sound like it? It's the reference to 'manual mode' which is confusing me.
 
That sounds like it, Colin. I have a feeling that I picked the tip up from somewhere further up this thread but with 3,510 posts in it to look through, it's probably quicker to read and digest the manual!!!
 
Nod said:
That sounds like it, Colin. I have a feeling that I picked the tip up from somewhere further up this thread but with 3,510 posts in it to look through, it's probably quicker to read and digest the manual!!!
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Yep, I've got a PDF of the manual as well as the Rocky Nook guide on my phone, always at hand to check these things.
 
Got it! Thanks both for your help.

EDIT: I just found that "preview pic effect" only displays what picture effect, eg, Velvia, you have set. To see the effect of exposure compensation you have to enable "preview exp/wb".
 
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cant decide whether to get the 23mm for the x-t1 or get the x100t/s to go with my 14mm, 56mm 18-135mm :banghead::banghead::banghead:
 
I am thinking more along the lines of the 23mm.. plus it works out cheaper that way...
 
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