The Fabulous Fuji X owners thread

SealBeard said:
Ah yea, I had seen those on Ebay while I was browsing, but they looked too good to be true haha. I'm also using the 35mm at the moment, but like you say, may as well be headbutting your subject :D
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It's a blatant rip of the Laowa 60mm 2:1 macro, the Laowa is about 350. They can churn these out from China for little cost, and from what I've seen, the end result can be very decent if you know what you're doing. It's manual focus only of course

Flickr page for the lens: https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=oshiro 60mm
 
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SealBeard said:
I'm just pondering investing a little further into some macro kit for my X-T2, and I'm trying to weigh up the better options. My original thought was to just grab a 55-200 and combine that with the Fuji MCEX-11 and a Raynox 250 I already have and see how that went, but I'm not even sure what kind of magnification that would result in?

Or... do you think I would be better of getting something like a 100mm Canon/Nikon/Tamron/Sigma 1:1 macro lens, a mount adaptor, and some tubes and I can then throw the Raynox on when/if needed. I'm used to using manual focus for macro anyway, so to me this route does make sense...

The more I think about it, the more options there are... :thinking:
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I can help you with this Sir, as I have used this very same set up with very good results.(y)

55-200mm lens with both the 11mm & 16mm Tubes will give you a scene width from 63mm - 42mm depending on zoom position. (6mm better than half life size)

55-200mm lens with a Raynox 250 will give you a scene width from 46mm - 15mm depending on zoom position. (3mm short of twice life size).

55-200mm lens with the 11mm & 16mm Tubes and a Raynox 250 will give you a scene width from 25mm - 14mm depending on zoom position. (2mm short of twice life size).

Hope this helps.,

George.
 
G.K.Jnr. said:
I can help you with this Sir, as I have used this very same set up with very good results.(y)

55-200mm lens with both the 11mm & 16mm Tubes will give you a scene width from 63mm - 42mm depending on zoom position. (6mm better than half life size)

55-200mm lens with a Raynox 250 will give you a scene width from 46mm - 15mm depending on zoom position. (3mm short of twice life size).

55-200mm lens with the 11mm & 16mm Tubes and a Raynox 250 will give you a scene width from 25mm - 14mm depending on zoom position. (2mm short of twice life size).

Hope this helps.,

George.
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Wish I knew how to work it out like that :D
 
G.K.Jnr. said:
I can help you with this Sir, as I have used this very same set up with very good results.(y)

55-200mm lens with both the 11mm & 16mm Tubes will give you a scene width from 63mm - 42mm depending on zoom position. (6mm better than half life size)

55-200mm lens with a Raynox 250 will give you a scene width from 46mm - 15mm depending on zoom position. (3mm short of twice life size).

55-200mm lens with the 11mm & 16mm Tubes and a Raynox 250 will give you a scene width from 25mm - 14mm depending on zoom position. (2mm short of twice life size).

Hope this helps.,

George.
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Ah George... did I ever mention you are my hero (y) Very helpful indeed! What's the working distance like, reasonable?
 
The other option I have is to reverse the Helios lens on the macro rings, that should give really good magnification, but again, would probably be almost touching the subject

[Edit] Just performed a very crude test. I put the extension tubes on the cam, with the M42 adapter for correct spacing, and held the Helios lens reversed in place. I can get precisely 1:1, going by the tape measure. That's a cheap alt for me if I can find an M42 49mm reverse ring cheap. The working distance was surprisingly generous too
 
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SealBeard said:
Ah George... did I ever mention you are my hero
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I know Sir, but please don't tell anyone. :D:D

"At the long end of the zoom its not too bad at all, and of course you still have the OIS functioning which is very useful. I don't actually have the working distance measurements to hand at the moment"

George.
 
G.K.Jnr. said:
I know Sir, but please don't tell anyone. :D:D

"At the long end of the zoom its not too bad at all, and of course you still have the OIS functioning which is very useful. I don't actually have the working distance measurements to hand at the moment"

George.
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It's our little secret...

That's ok I wasn't expecting precise measurements, just if we are talking mm, cm, inches, feet, metres :p
 
Cagey75 said:
Wish I knew how to work it out like that :D
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Its really very easy Sir, (y)

"All I do with each set up is switch the camera to manual focus and the lens to the closest focus position, if its a zoom lens also set the focal length you wish to use and then move backwards & forwards until the edge of a ruler that is square on is in focus. The measurements that you can see are your scene width for any focal length that you have set. If you need to know the furthest & nearest scene widths for any lens or focal length just alter the manual focus setting from the closest to the furthest position. That's It Job Done"

George.
 
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SealBeard said:
It's our little secret...

That's ok I wasn't expecting precise measurements, just if we are talking mm, cm, inches, feet, metres :p
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I really can't remember what it was Sir, but I do recall it was a pretty comfortable working distance particularly at the long end of the zoom. I don't have access to the said kit at the moment but I'll check it out for you tomorrow and post my findings.(y)

George.
 
BacktotheFuji said:
Yep they are compatible. All X series interchangeable cameras use the same batteries (although the newer WP-126S version is recommended if you shoot a lot of video).
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Great, and thank you as I plan on getting a couple of batteries for the X-T2 so I can have two each for both the X cameras :)
 
Cagey75 said:
It's a blatant rip of the Laowa 60mm 2:1 macro, the Laowa is about 350. They can churn these out from China for little cost, and from what I've seen, the end result can be very decent if you know what you're doing. It's manual focus only of course

Flickr page for the lens: https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=oshiro 60mm
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Cheers - one ordered :)

I've been uming and ar-ing (if thats a word for a bit), looking at the Samyang 100mm and also a Nikon 105D, but they've always been more than I'd wanted - I had looked at these before and well, if its crap it can go back :)
 
dibbly dobbler said:
Another macro with XT-1, 18-135 and Raynox 250 :)


Jumping Spider by Mike Smith, on Flickr
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Just wanted to say - apart from great capture - that I showed the kids this today, to a little symphony of... Awww :)

I have to ask, did you bring this curious wee fellow in an pop him on some glass\reflective plastic, also what lighting were you using?
 
Stephen L said:
How are you importing the raw file? What profile is being applied on import? And yes, I too see a difference between the Pro1 and 2.
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I import them by putting the memory card into a card reader and into LR.

With no adjustment made on import.

Is that what you mean by how I import them?

I guess I'm used to the more yellow hue of the Canon, I feel like I am fighting the files more with the Fuji. I love the little body, lenses and even learn to like the ergonomics now but not liking how much more tweaking I need for the colours to look right. It feels like I'm fighting against it.
 
Just sold my Canon M5 to MPB and am looking at an xt-20 with 18-55mm and 55-200mm. Would those 2 lenses be acceptable to begin with?

Also I have quite a few all manual Pentax lenses with aperture rings such as a 105mm 2.5 macro and 28mm, 35mm, 50mm .. Can I get some sort of adapter to use them on the t20?
 
Mike.P said:
Just sold my Canon M5 to MPB and am looking at an xt-20 with 18-55mm and 55-200mm. Would those 2 lenses be acceptable to begin with?

Also I have quite a few all manual Pentax lenses with aperture rings such as a 105mm 2.5 macro and 28mm, 35mm, 50mm .. Can I get some sort of adapter to use them on the t20?
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Both lenses are excellent :) There are plenty of PK->X mount adapters available, and the camera has numerous manual focus aids to assist you. Good luck :)
 
JohnN said:
Just wanted to say - apart from great capture - that I showed the kids this today, to a little symphony of... Awww :)

I have to ask, did you bring this curious wee fellow in an pop him on some glass\reflective plastic, also what lighting were you using?
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Agreed - not many cute spiders but these are as close as it gets :)

He was running around on the inside of my window actually so the blue is just sky - I have a Nissin I40 with a mini softbox diffuser and added packing foam to help give a softer light. Set him free after the photoshoot of course (y)
 
G.K.Jnr. said:
Its really very easy Sir, (y)

"All I do with each set up is switch the camera to manual focus and the lens to the closest focus position, if its a zoom lens also set the focal length you wish to use and then move backwards & forwards until the edge of a ruler that is square on is in focus. The measurements that you can see are your scene width for any focal length that you have set. If you need to know the furthest & nearest scene widths for any lens or focal length just alter the manual focus setting from the closest to the furthest position. That's It Job Done"

George.
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That's pretty much what I've been doing, but wasn't calculating precisely. With the set up I just tried, I can focus down to exactly one inch, which should give me in around 1:1?
 
Raymond Lin said:
I import them by putting the memory card into a card reader and into LR.

With no adjustment made on import.

Is that what you mean by how I import them?

I guess I'm used to the more yellow hue of the Canon, I feel like I am fighting the files more with the Fuji. I love the little body, lenses and even learn to like the ergonomics now but not liking how much more tweaking I need for the colours to look right. It feels like I'm fighting against it.
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Yes. If you don't tell LR to assign a profile on import it will assign its default of Adobe RGB, which is very, err, naff. I suggest you get it to automatically assign a Fuji profile such as Astia or Provia. You can always change it later on, on a photo-by-photo basis, if you want.
 
Stephen L said:
Yes. If you don't tell LR to assign a profile on import it will assign its default of Adobe RGB, which is very, err, naff. I suggest you get it to automatically assign a Fuji profile such as Astia or Provia. You can always change it later on, on a photo-by-photo basis, if you want.
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I also import Canon images too and I don't really want that applied to them or having to deselect it for that.
 
Raymond Lin said:
I also import Canon images too and I don't really want that applied to them or having to deselect it for that.
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It won't - can't - put a Fuji profile on a Canon file, or vice-versa. It's even selective on what it can apply to a Fuji raw file, depending on what camera was used.
 
Cagey75 said:
I'm looking to boost my macro et up too, atm I just use an old Helios lens and a couple of macro rings but it' nowhere near 1:1. I can use the 35mm 1.4 too, with better magnification but it gives me little to no working distance. I've been pondering on this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B010R8MGA6/ref=ox_sc_act_title_4?smid=A11IVQIXE3DERI&psc=1

I already have a Nikon adapter.

Use lenses with aperture rings
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Lol, quoted the wrong one!

Cheers for the reminder, I've been looking for a decent macro and the other ones have been a tad expensive so I've given this one a shot, reviews well on Amazon and returns are pretty easy so little risk
 
Mike.P said:
Just sold my Canon M5 to MPB and am looking at an xt-20 with 18-55mm and 55-200mm. Would those 2 lenses be acceptable to begin with?

Also I have quite a few all manual Pentax lenses with aperture rings such as a 105mm 2.5 macro and 28mm, 35mm, 50mm .. Can I get some sort of adapter to use them on the t20?
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I would have thought so, look up Pentax to Fuji x adapter on Amazon or eBay, I bet a few pop up but they will be manual focus/apature
 
JohnN said:
I would have thought so, look up Pentax to Fuji x adapter on Amazon or eBay, I bet a few pop up but they will be manual focus/apature
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No problem. I use them on a variety of makes.
 
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Raymond Lin said:
I'm not sure what I am looking at in the last one but I love it.
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It's a very tiny snail, they're all over the garden atm, they're only a few mm long. It's actually under a black post, part of a railing. The last bit of sunlight beaming in
 
Cagey75 said:
A few testers from earlier, hand holding the lens reversed in front of macro ring and the M42 adapter. Had to put the flash on the hot shoe, normally I hold it off cam but had to hold the lens in place. Might try again with some gaffer tape to hold it on until I can get a proper reverse ring.


Eye to Fly by Enticing Imagery, on Flickr

_DSF0646 by Enticing Imagery, on Flickr

_DSF0626 by Enticing Imagery, on Flickr

_DSF0622 by Enticing Imagery, on Flickr
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Excellent work! Were these all with a reversed Helios 44? :o

The first one really caught my eye and the top down view of the snail is cool as well, in particular :)
 
BacktotheFuji said:
Excellent work! Were these all with a reversed Helios 44? :eek:

The first one really caught my eye and the top down view of the snail is cool as well, in particular :)
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Cheers, yeah a reversed Helios on the Fuji macro rings. The tricky bit was hand holding the lens reversed, while moving in and out to focus, as I don't actually have a reversing ring yet
 
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Interesting to read the comments re the lenses....

I still have my Nikon D800 and an expensive collection of lenses to go with it - and they still get used when the camera does!

I bought a refurb X-T10 + 18-55 for a very good price (from fuji refurb store, less the discount) and it was bought partially through curiosity but also as a much lighter much more compact camera for my frequent overnight business trips - something to fit into my carry-on case alongside my travel tripod. I was sufficiently impressed to convince myself that I "needed" an X-T2. Traded in my X-T10 getting a very generous allowance for the body from Jessops and then decided (on zero scientific grounds) that an X-T2 needed a 'better' lens than the 18-55 and so I acquired the 16-55 with the Black Friday cashback deal, and sold the 18-55 (which I'd been getting great results with!).

Then I decided that I needed a wider lens for my type of travel/landscape photography (and this was a genuine need as the 16mm of the 16-55 wasn't wide enough) and I picked up an immaculate 10-24 from eBay for a very good price. Since then, it's barely been off the Fuji - it really is my preferred shooting range. When I travelled to Newcastle last week, it was the only lens I packed! When I was in Donegal the previous weekend and knew I'd be hiking for 30-40 mins to get to the spot I wanted, it was just the camera, 10-24 and filters + holder that were packed.

At some stage I need to decide if the Fuji is really going to completely replace my Nikon system - or simply continue to supplement/complement it. If it's going to replace it, I'll need something like the 55-200 and the 16-55 will start to get more use. If it's going to remain as a supplementary travel add-on, then I reckon I could get by with just the 10-24!
 
I had the D800E since it came out, I was one of the first to get the 'E' in Ireland afaik. I bought a 24-70 2.8 and the 70-200 2.8 VRII along with, and added an 85mm and a 300mm later. I did love that camera for a while, but found I was getting more agitated anytime I just wanted to go shoot casually. the bulk and heft, the attention it drew when I just wanted to do a bit of street or even landscape. I'd have people pester me with silly questions like "what paper do you work for?" or "DO you do weddings? My brother's flatmate's third cousin Nigel is getting married in 2 years ...." I don't get that anymore, people see me out shooting with this small-ish set up and just leave me to it. Nice. Well, it still happens the very odd time. I was down by the river last week doing some macro and a woman stopped on her walk with her dog to ask me was I the guy who does the photos for the Boyne valley Facebook page ...

Ideally, maybe, I should have got the XT-1 and a couple of primes to go along side the Nikon, but I also had medical bills, a house move underway and that included new furnishings .... it was one or the other gear wise. I've never been really sorry for my decision, the XT-1 has made me happy about photography again. It feels more like it used to, before I almost ruined it by trying my hand at going 'pro'. The wedding scene is really not for me, shooting for others outside of family in general is not really for me :D so I'm happy to have it back to being a full on hobby, and if I only ever had one camera and lens I know I could make it work, whatever the make or model. Still no harm in wanting or desiring fancier gear. I think we'll always do that no matter what we have.
 
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Cagey75 said:
I had the D800E since it came out, I was one of the first to get the 'E' in Ireland afaik. I bought a 24-70 2.8 and the 70-200 2.8 VRII along with, and added an 85mm and a 300mm later. I did love that camera for a while, but found I was getting more agitated anytime I just wanted to go shoot casually. the bulk and heft, the attention it drew when I just wanted to do a bit of street or even landscape. I'd have people pester me with silly questions like "what paper do you work for?" or "DO you do weddings? My brother's flatmate's third cousin Nigel is getting married in 2 years ...." I don't get that anymore, people see me out shooting with this small-ish set up and just leave me to it. Nice. Well, it still happens the very odd time. I was down by the river last week doing some macro and a woman stopped on her walk with her dog to ask me was I the guy who does the photos for the Boyne valley Facebook page ...

Ideally, maybe, I should have got the XT-1 and a couple of primes to go along side the Nikon, but I also had medical bills, a house move underway and that included new furnishings .... it was one or the other gear wise. I've never been really sorry for my decision, the XT-1 has made me happy about photography again. It feels more like it used to, before I almost ruined it by trying my hand at going 'pro'. The wedding scene is really not for me, shooting for others outside of family in general is not really for me :D so I'm happy to have it back to being a full on hobby, and if I only ever had one camera and lens I know I could make it work, whatever the make or model. Still no harm in wanting or desiring fancier gear. I think we'll always do that no matter what we have.
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Nothing worse that everyone watching the dslr photographer guy with interest or suspicion. Get that really bad with a 1D or D4.

With a little Fuji people still see you have a camera but I find they have little to no interest. Big difference.
 
Cagey75 said:
I had the D800E since it came out, I was one of the first to get the 'E' in Ireland afaik. I bought a 24-70 2.8 and the 70-200 2.8 VRII along with, and added an 85mm and a 300mm later. I did love that camera for a while, but found I was getting more agitated anytime I just wanted to go shoot casually. the bulk and heft, the attention it drew when I just wanted to do a bit of street or even landscape. I'd have people pester me with silly questions like "what paper do you work for?" or "DO you do weddings? My brother's flatmate's third cousin Nigel is getting married in 2 years ...." I don't get that anymore, people see me out shooting with this small-ish set up and just leave me to it. Nice. Well, it still happens the very odd time. I was down by the river last week doing some macro and a woman stopped on her walk with her dog to ask me was I the guy who does the photos for the Boyne valley Facebook page ...

Ideally, maybe, I should have got the XT-1 and a couple of primes to go along side the Nikon, but I also had medical bills, a house move underway and that included new furnishings .... it was one or the other gear wise. I've never been really sorry for my decision, the XT-1 has made me happy about photography again. It feels more like it used to, before I almost ruined it by trying my hand at going 'pro'. The wedding scene is really not for me, shooting for others outside of family in general is not really for me :D so I'm happy to have it back to being a full on hobby, and if I only ever had one camera and lens I know I could make it work, whatever the make or model. Still no harm in wanting or desiring fancier gear. I think we'll always do that no matter what we have.
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That's a very interesting read Sir, and is virtually the same that has happened to me. I still have some personal Nikon FF gear kicking about somewhere and really must get round to outing it as its not seen the light of day for ages. Some of the manual Nikkor lenses I still use on my Fooj units with some excellent results. For company (pro work) as most of you know we went 100% Fuji getting on for a year ago and none of us have ever regretted the move.(y)

George.
 
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Nice graffitti art Mickledore - is that in the UK? I only ask because I rarely go into a town, our little place has everything we need and I don't do 'cities' if I can help it. London - christ, you can SMELL the place 60 miles before getting there! I always get exhausted going into town, too much movement and noise going on for me, a day is about as much as I can stand.
 
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