The Fabulous Fuji X owners thread

dougturner said:
Hey guys, pretty new to the forum and new(ish) to Fuji. I'm trading in from a Sony A7RIV to an XH2S. Just wondering what everyone's opinion on lens choices is and why.

Let me know what type of photography (or videography) you use it for :)
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It depends what sort of photography you want to do. I switched to Fuji from a Canon DSLR in April. I shoot motorsport so my current kit is an X-T4 body, which came with the 18-55mm lens. This is a lovely little lens, small and light but well built, largely from metal and nice and sharp. I also got the 100-400mm zoom as my bread and butter lens which I'm very happy with.

I'd love one of the f/1.4 primes, probably the 35mm, and I have a hankering for the 56mm f/1.2 even though I'd barely ever use it.

I have also shot with with the 50-140mm f/2.8 a couple of years ago and that's a great lens.

The XC lenses are plastic and not that nice to use, although optically good. Once you get into the XF range they're all good, although the 16-80mm f/4 seems to have a bad reputation as being not that great.

Third party AF lenses are starting to become a thing now. Tamron do a 17-70mm f/2.8 zoom, and as has been said above Viltrox and Sigma make a set of primes with AF.
 
I tend to go for a wide zoom, a fast prime and a telephoto zoom - I mainly shoot sport/travel so have got 18-55, 35f1.4 and 55-200, although that will likely be replaced with the 50-140.
 
Craig1912 said:
Quick question if I may, which did you prefer, Lisbon or Porto?
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After visiting Lisbon many years ago I was more excited about Lisbon but in reality Porto was cleaner prettier and a lot safer than Lisbon. Roman Fox on Youtube has a video on trip to Porto this year.
 
X-H2S owners - have you bought a second battery and or charger and if so what brand? Are originals worth the cost?
What about memory cards - I can't imagine needing 40 fps nor do I do video so just trying to work out what the extra costs would be if I get one....
Thanks for any help!
 
A lightroom user question here. I have an X100F and an X-T4. If I shoot RAW only on both, the behaviour on import into Lightroom Classic is slightly different between each camera. On the X-T4, it will maintain whatever film simulation was selected at point of shooting. So if I shoot in Acros+R, that is what the developement settings and image preview show. On the X100F, the film simulations are maintained up until the point that LR gets around to creating a smart preview for it. So you can see images in black and white on the grid (if they have been shot that way) but one by one they slowly turn into generic colour images with adobe standard profile applied. Is this a setting somewhere?

I quite like shooting raw only as it makes work flow easier but I do also like to play around with the film simulations at point of shooting and for them to carry through as a starting point.
 
I just purchased a couple of Fuji batteries (£135) for the grip, and the Fuji charger (£65), although you don't really need it, unless you get more batteries. It should have come with the camera, tbh.

As for memory cards, just a couple of 128Gb Sandisk Extreme 200 pro's, (£67) and a Delkin Black 150Gb Cfexpress card (£99.50).
Will see how they go, but at the mo, their ok for what I do/need.

Only buy originals.
 
Logicearl said:
I just purchased a couple of Fuji batteries (£135) for the grip, and the Fuji charger (£65), although you don't really need it, unless you get more batteries. It should have come with the camera, tbh.

As for memory cards, just a couple of 128Gb Sandisk Extreme 200 pro's, (£67) and a Delkin Black 150Gb Cfexpress card (£99.50).
Will see how they go, but at the mo, their ok for what I do/need.

Only buy originals.
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Thanks for that. I have the grip on my X-H1 and use it to charge batteries and about 4 times a year on the camera - at £400 for the new one plus batteries it seems a bit expensive so I'm not sure..
I'll have a look at the memory cards you mentioned - I've got lots of slower ones for the H1 but figure a faster one as the main card might be sensible.
 
stevewestern said:
Thanks for that. I have the grip on my X-H1 and use it to charge batteries and about 4 times a year on the camera - at £400 for the new one plus batteries it seems a bit expensive so I'm not sure..
I'll have a look at the memory cards you mentioned - I've got lots of slower ones for the H1 but figure a faster one as the main card might be sensible.
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Grip and batteries half price when bought with body at Cameraworld

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Mr Perceptive said:
Welcome!

Its probably easier for people to comment based on what you prefer to shoot - most people buy lenses to suit their requirements! So what are you trying to achieve?
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Oh, sorry I should have been clearer on that one. I'm more curious about what people are choosing for their own kit. I'm set up with my lens kit if I'm honest. Just finished shooting a documentary on the XH2-S with the new PZ 18-120, the 33mm f1.4, the 50mm f1, 80mm macro f2.8, and the 200mm (a lot of these are rented as I don't have £6,000 to spend on the 200mm)
 
stevewestern said:
X-H2S owners - have you bought a second battery and or charger and if so what brand? Are originals worth the cost?
What about memory cards - I can't imagine needing 40 fps nor do I do video so just trying to work out what the extra costs would be if I get one....
Thanks for any help!
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Just received my X-H2S from the excellent Dean at LCE Derby and bought the Delkin Black CFExpress card. I use the SanDisk 170MB/s SD Extreme cards in all my Fuji's.

As for batteries and charger I bought the Dot.Foto 2500mAH batteries and charger combination from Amazon in March last year for my X-T4 and they have been superb. Absolutely no difference at all compared to the OEM's. I even left a short review of them.

Have the battery grips for my other Fuji's as they were in the deal but skipped the X-H2S one as, like you, I hardly use them.

( Not sure what computer you have to download but my MacBook Pro with the M1 chip doesn't recognise the X-H2S as a USB so I have bought the SanDisk CFExpess card reader from Amazon).
 
RichardC27 said:
It depends what sort of photography you want to do. I switched to Fuji from a Canon DSLR in April. I shoot motorsport so my current kit is an X-T4 body, which came with the 18-55mm lens. This is a lovely little lens, small and light but well built, largely from metal and nice and sharp. I also got the 100-400mm zoom as my bread and butter lens which I'm very happy with.

I'd love one of the f/1.4 primes, probably the 35mm, and I have a hankering for the 56mm f/1.2 even though I'd barely ever use it.

I have also shot with with the 50-140mm f/2.8 a couple of years ago and that's a great lens.

The XC lenses are plastic and not that nice to use, although optically good. Once you get into the XF range they're all good, although the 16-80mm f/4 seems to have a bad reputation as being not that great.

Third party AF lenses are starting to become a thing now. Tamron do a 17-70mm f/2.8 zoom, and as has been said above Viltrox and Sigma make a set of primes with AF.
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The 56mm is a gorgeous-looking lens, but maybe you'll be convinced in about a month's time?
www.fujirumors.com

Fujifilm Releases New Roadmap with XF 56mm F1.2II, XF 8mm F3.5 and XF 30mm F2.8 R Macro - Fuji Rumors

Fujifilm unveils the latest development roadmap for interchangeable lenses for the X Series of mirrorless digital cameras Fujifilm X-H2S: BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama / Moment / Focuscamera Fujinon XF150-600mm f/5.6-8: BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama / Moment Fujinon XF18-120mm f/4: BHphoto /...
www.fujirumors.com www.fujirumors.com
 
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stevewestern said:
X-H2S owners - have you bought a second battery and or charger and if so what brand? Are originals worth the cost?
What about memory cards - I can't imagine needing 40 fps nor do I do video so just trying to work out what the extra costs would be if I get one....
Thanks for any help!
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I've got a second battery and planning to just charge in camera now. I'm thinking that a solid battery charger, like something from Anker, might be worth the extra cost to be able to charge on the go, rather than getting the dual chargers etc. In my experience, original batteries last about 25% longer than third-party versions, but that might be worth the trade-off if you can run around with 4 batteries...
In terms of memory cards, I'm probably going to pick up the CF Express cards (£120 for 128gb although this varies hugely depending on the speed you need) just because of the video capabilities. I've just moved from using a Sony A7R IV which has massive file sizes (hence the move) for images and UHS-II SD cards worked fine (£70 for 128gb) so I can't see them being an issue on an APS-C sensor
 
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jimmyjamjojo said:
I'm yet to find a bad Fuji lens, they're all excellent optically. There are 3 tiers for fuji lenses - XC, XF, and XF "Red badge". XC are the cheaper of the three, typically being plastic construction etc (though some are optically identical to their XF counterparts).

XF are the bread and butter. Typically metal construction and optically very good, some are weather sealed. All of the primes are XF, and there are subsets of f2 primes and f1.4 primes.

The red badge lenses are the "professional" models. I know of 3 - the 16-50, 50-140, and 100-400. The first two have a constant f2.8 aperture but no image stabilisation. All are weather sealed as far as I know.

There's also some outliers, like the 200mm f2, and the new 150-600, I'm not really sure where they fit in - too pricey for me so I haven't even looked at specs!

Basically, with fuji you buy for the features, because quality will always be good. So if you need a certain focal length or a certain aperture, that's what you pay for.

There are some third party options, but not many with autofocus. The main ones are Viltrox and Sigma, who each do a set of 23, 35, and 56mm f1.4 primes (or there abouts). Again, you get what you pay for. Viltrox are the cheapest, Fuji are typically better optically but you pay a lot more for it. Sigma sit somewhere between the two.

If you don't mind manual focus there are a LOT of options out there, from adapted vintage lenses to cheap-but-pretty-good Chinese lenses like the 7artisans range.

Personally, I have a 12mm Samyang for an ultrawide, an 18-55mm (it's not a kit lens!), and a 70-300mm. That covers pretty much all of my needs, while fitting in a small shoulder bag that I can take anywhere. I tend not to need the faster apertures and the two zooms have IS, so that bunch suits me fine. If I had a body with IBIS, I would probably look at the 16-50 instead of the 18-55.

Hope that helps!
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Super detailed reply! Thanks! I've had some experience with the 200mm F2 and it's really really gorgeous. Especially with the 1.4x converter, you're looking at the ability to get nearly 500mm full frame equivalent. I will say though, it struggles with any light shake on a tripod with the converter on so you have to be super careful if you're using it for video. Oh, and I would definitely not recommend strapping the separate 2x converter to it. I tried and and it's just overly compressed, which might be why they released the 150-600.
I like the variety of the 150-600 but I think both of them are too pricey and too bulky to make it into anything but specialist (nature, sports, maybe some lunar) kits. Amazing to rent for use cases though!
 
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dougturner said:
Super detailed reply! Thanks! I've had some experience with the 200mm F2 and it's really really gorgeous. Especially with the 1.4x converter, you're looking at the ability to get nearly 500mm full frame equivalent. I will say though, it struggles with any light shake on a tripod with the converter on so you have to be super careful if you're using it for video. Oh, and I would definitely not recommend strapping the separate 2x converter to it. I tried and and it's just overly compressed, which might be why they released the 150-600.
I like the variety of the 150-600 but I think both of them are too pricey and too bulky to make it into anything but specialist (nature, sports, maybe some lunar) kits. Amazing to rent for use cases though!
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jimmyjamjojo said:
I'm yet to find a bad Fuji lens, they're all excellent optically. There are 3 tiers for fuji lenses - XC, XF, and XF "Red badge". XC are the cheaper of the three, typically being plastic construction etc (though some are optically identical to their XF counterparts).

XF are the bread and butter. Typically metal construction and optically very good, some are weather sealed. All of the primes are XF, and there are subsets of f2 primes and f1.4 primes.

The red badge lenses are the "professional" models. I know of 3 - the 16-50, 50-140, and 100-400. The first two have a constant f2.8 aperture but no image stabilisation. All are weather sealed as far as I know.

There's also some outliers, like the 200mm f2, and the new 150-600, I'm not really sure where they fit in - too pricey for me so I haven't even looked at specs!

Basically, with fuji you buy for the features, because quality will always be good. So if you need a certain focal length or a certain aperture, that's what you pay for.

There are some third party options, but not many with autofocus. The main ones are Viltrox and Sigma, who each do a set of 23, 35, and 56mm f1.4 primes (or there abouts). Again, you get what you pay for. Viltrox are the cheapest, Fuji are typically better optically but you pay a lot more for it. Sigma sit somewhere between the two.

If you don't mind manual focus there are a LOT of options out there, from adapted vintage lenses to cheap-but-pretty-good Chinese lenses like the 7artisans range.

Personally, I have a 12mm Samyang for an ultrawide, an 18-55mm (it's not a kit lens!), and a 70-300mm. That covers pretty much all of my needs, while fitting in a small shoulder bag that I can take anywhere. I tend not to need the faster apertures and the two zooms have IS, so that bunch suits me fine. If I had a body with IBIS, I would probably look at the 16-50 instead of the 18-55.

Hope that helps!
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Great reply but worth just correcting one thing in case it causes any confusion. The 2.8 standard zoom is the 16-55 rather than the 16-50. Their isn't much wrong with the 16-50 but it a cheaper, varaible aperture kit lens. There is also a 8-16 2.8 to add to the red badge list. Lovely thing, if a little pricey.
 
gad-westy said:
A lightroom user question here. I have an X100F and an X-T4. If I shoot RAW only on both, the behaviour on import into Lightroom Classic is slightly different between each camera. On the X-T4, it will maintain whatever film simulation was selected at point of shooting. So if I shoot in Acros+R, that is what the developement settings and image preview show. On the X100F, the film simulations are maintained up until the point that LR gets around to creating a smart preview for it. So you can see images in black and white on the grid (if they have been shot that way) but one by one they slowly turn into generic colour images with adobe standard profile applied. Is this a setting somewhere?

I quite like shooting raw only as it makes work flow easier but I do also like to play around with the film simulations at point of shooting and for them to carry through as a starting point.
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Have solved this though not really answered why. If I change the import settings to 'camera settings', I get the film sim for both cameras. I hadn't realised this initially because firstly, this setting is very buried in a myriad of other settings and also this behaviour was happening on X-T4 imports without having to select that option. Strange behaviour but if it works, I'm happy again :)
 
Craikeybaby said:
I tend to go for a wide zoom, a fast prime and a telephoto zoom - I mainly shoot sport/travel so have got 18-55, 35f1.4 and 55-200, although that will likely be replaced with the 50-140.
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The old Fuji 35mm f1.4 does not AF as fast as the new 35mm f2.0 (apparently), or as fast as the new 33mm f1.4 which seems to be a much more modern lens.
I love the results from my 'old' 35mm f1.4 so I have not upgraded to the newer and faster focusing 33mm f1.4
The 16-55mm f2.8 is a fine lens to get as is the 50-140mm. I used to use my 55-200 as my travel lens but I have just got the 70-300 and that is almost the same size but is even sharper than the 55-200mm so this will be put on the shelf for the time being.
 
dougturner said:
The 56mm is a gorgeous-looking lens, but maybe you'll be convinced in about a month's time?
www.fujirumors.com

Fujifilm Releases New Roadmap with XF 56mm F1.2II, XF 8mm F3.5 and XF 30mm F2.8 R Macro - Fuji Rumors

Fujifilm unveils the latest development roadmap for interchangeable lenses for the X Series of mirrorless digital cameras Fujifilm X-H2S: BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama / Moment / Focuscamera Fujinon XF150-600mm f/5.6-8: BHphoto / AmazonUS / Adorama / Moment Fujinon XF18-120mm f/4: BHphoto /...
www.fujirumors.com www.fujirumors.com
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To be honest for how little I'd use the lens I'd just go for the Viltrox 56mm f/1.4 and save myself several hundred quid. It's definitely a want rather than a need lens.
 
gad-westy said:
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Great reply but worth just correcting one thing in case it causes any confusion. The 2.8 standard zoom is the 16-55 rather than the 16-50. Their isn't much wrong with the 16-50 but it a cheaper, varaible aperture kit lens. There is also a 8-16 2.8 to add to the red badge list. Lovely thing, if a little pricey.
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My bad, I always get those two mixed up!
 
dougturner said:
Hey guys, pretty new to the forum and new(ish) to Fuji. I'm trading in from a Sony A7RIV to an XH2S. Just wondering what everyone's opinion on lens choices is and why.

Let me know what type of photography (or videography) you use it for :)
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Welcome to the Fuji mad House ;)

I have as follows :-

35mm 1.4 slow but renders really nice, and fucuses close.

16-55mm for general every day stuff

56mm for the odd use, but doesn't get used as much as I'd like.

80mm for erm, macro stuff, and the odd portrait.

100-400mm just because I had an itch.

Camera is H1
 
Gotta light.

Bradford today.
I was visiting Bradford and had a wander on my lunch break. I’m out of practise doing street, and
was not getting in close enough. So I saw these two gents and asked them if I could take there pic.
I managed to convince them I wasn’t a fed.

X-T3 - 18-55







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One from yesterday near Castelluccio di Norcia in central Italy. A five(?) shot pano with my 35mm f1.4 and X-T2. The plain to the left is Pian Grande where they grow the best lentils and have a fabulous wildflower display in late spring that I have not yet managed to see. The plain to the right is Pian Piccolo. The mountain in the distance with its own cloud is Monte Vettore. At 2476m it is the highest in the Sibillini Massif and is part of the Apenine range down the middle of the country. The plain is at about 1300m so Vettore towers over it.

Castelluccio III by Ian, on Flickr
 
ianmarsh said:
One from yesterday near Castelluccio di Norcia in central Italy. A five(?) shot pano with my 35mm f1.4 and X-T2. The plain to the left is Pian Grande where they grow the best lentils and have a fabulous wildflower display in late spring that I have not yet managed to see. The plain to the right is Pian Piccolo. The mountain in the distance with its own cloud is Monte Vettore. At 2476m it is the highest in the Sibillini Massif and is part of the Apenine range down the middle of the country. The plain is at about 1300m so Vettore towers over it.

Castelluccio III by Ian, on Flickr
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Fantastic Ian
 
ianmarsh said:
One from yesterday near Castelluccio di Norcia in central Italy. A five(?) shot pano with my 35mm f1.4 and X-T2. The plain to the left is Pian Grande where they grow the best lentils and have a fabulous wildflower display in late spring that I have not yet managed to see. The plain to the right is Pian Piccolo. The mountain in the distance with its own cloud is Monte Vettore. At 2476m it is the highest in the Sibillini Massif and is part of the Apenine range down the middle of the country. The plain is at about 1300m so Vettore towers over it.

Castelluccio III by Ian, on Flickr
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Beautiful shot Ian
 
Real cars this time haha... Popped down to a "Patina" car show this morning. Sadly not much going on, as it was a smallish venue, and all tightly packed in. Managed to snag these bad boys though ...

H1 35mm

Trucks by Paulie-W, on Flickr
 
weebleswobble said:
I have been adamant I don’t need another lens as very happy with my set… until last night when I couldn’t zoom in enough for the moon, I know want bigger than my 70-300 (although probably unjustifiable!)
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Those are lovely! If you want a bit of extra reach then the 1.4TC is superb on the 70-300mm.
 
Thanks very much. I have looked at the 1.4 before briefly, but will investigate more.
 
weebleswobble said:
Thanks very much. I have looked at the 1.4 before briefly, but will investigate more.
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If its just for occassional use and you are not likely to print above A3, I'd just crop the image to suit, a 1.4TC isn't going to make a huge difference in this type of shot, and you lose light. You are still going to get a 12MP image (from 24MP) with a software (post process) 1.4TC!!!!

If you want the reach available for other types of shooting, then thats a different matter :)
 
dougturner said:
Hey guys, pretty new to the forum and new(ish) to Fuji. I'm trading in from a Sony A7RIV to an XH2S. Just wondering what everyone's opinion on lens choices is and why.

Let me know what type of photography (or videography) you use it for :)
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I use zooms for their versatility and have kept to the "consumer" level XF range, covering 10mm to 560 (with the 1.4x teleconverter) in 3 lenses. Can't justify any upgrades to the faster ones and am happy with what I have! I shoot pretty much anything, although what some might call street is for me urban landscapes, with people being incidental rather than the point of the shot!

stevewestern said:
X-H2S owners - have you bought a second battery and or charger and if so what brand? Are originals worth the cost?
What about memory cards - I can't imagine needing 40 fps nor do I do video so just trying to work out what the extra costs would be if I get one....
Thanks for any help!
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I have Ex-Pro batteries as spares for my X-T and X-Pro bodies and to me, they're good enough. They don't last as long as the originals I have but I've always kept an eye on their charge level and swapped out before they actually die. I usually use a Hahnel UniPal+ universal charger on holiday - it charges (almost) all LiIon batteries as well as AA(A)s and has a USB port for charging phones and other USB charged devices.

weebleswobble said:
Thanks very much. I have looked at the 1.4 before briefly, but will investigate more.
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My 1.4 lives semi permanently behind the 100-400. It came bundled with the 100-400 a few years back so only cost me £50.
 
gad-westy said:
A lightroom user question here. I have an X100F and an X-T4. If I shoot RAW only on both, the behaviour on import into Lightroom Classic is slightly different between each camera. On the X-T4, it will maintain whatever film simulation was selected at point of shooting. So if I shoot in Acros+R, that is what the developement settings and image preview show. On the X100F, the film simulations are maintained up until the point that LR gets around to creating a smart preview for it. So you can see images in black and white on the grid (if they have been shot that way) but one by one they slowly turn into generic colour images with adobe standard profile applied. Is this a setting somewhere?

I quite like shooting raw only as it makes work flow easier but I do also like to play around with the film simulations at point of shooting and for them to carry through as a starting point.
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I'll give it a try on my X100V, I think I've just set it to Provia, but I also apply the Provia profile at import, so haven't noticed the change. I also have an X-T2, so that should behave like your X100F.
jknights said:
The old Fuji 35mm f1.4 does not AF as fast as the new 35mm f2.0 (apparently), or as fast as the new 33mm f1.4 which seems to be a much more modern lens.
I love the results from my 'old' 35mm f1.4 so I have not upgraded to the newer and faster focusing 33mm f1.4
The 16-55mm f2.8 is a fine lens to get as is the 50-140mm. I used to use my 55-200 as my travel lens but I have just got the 70-300 and that is almost the same size but is even sharper than the 55-200mm so this will be put on the shelf for the time being.
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Yeah, I also had a 23f2 and it was faster to focus, but I prefer the look of the files with the older lens. I have considered the 70-300, but I mostly use the 55-200 at the wide end and still kind of miss the 70-200 f2.8 I had in my Canon days. Ideally, I would have both 70-300 and 50-140 and take whichever one suits what I'll be shooting that day.
 
Anyone know if it’s possible and how to do it to apply a Q saved ‘recipe’ directly from the RAW conversion option, rather than go through each option on the menu to create a JPG.

Never seen it before and wondering if possible to do on the X100V.
 
AAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! :headbang:

OK, got that out of my system now!!! :P

Why is it so hard to find the menu option to shoot without a lens? Not too bad on the X-T1 but after finding it on the T2 and H1, I spent a few minutes looking for it in the same place...

All sorted now and looking forward to a proper play with the Meike 6.5mm Fisheye that gives a 190° FoV (apparently) and a complete circular image on the Fujis.
 
macvisual said:
Anyone shooting/using the Fuji 200mm f/2 lens here?
Would love to hear your views/thoughts on it….


Cheers;
Pete
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I've had a quick play with one, and I think @Damian Brown has roadtested one, but its a very spendy piece of glass. Impressive as it is, I wouldn't be able to get past the fact that I can buy a Canon R6, RF-EF adapater and EF135mm F2 for considerably less money (that gives me a real F2, as opposed to F2.8 equivalent!)
 
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