The Fabulous Fuji X owners thread

stevewestern said:
Thank you too Mr P.
Obviously f8 is a potential worry, but my current 70-300 is (I think) also f8 with the tc..
Does the 150-600 feel much heavier than the 100-400 in use? Is it OK handheld?
I'm so tempted to try one, especially if I can trade in a couple of other under used lenses..
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The 150-600 didn't feel any heavier than teh 100-400 when in hand, though it is!! I did try the 150-600 on an X-H2S though, so that has a reasonable grip on it. I understand your remark about f8, its just if you put the TC on the 150-600 you'd be at f11

I normally use the 100-400 on a gripped (ex @Jelster) T3, had no weight issues even when using it for several hours handheld in a day (motorsport) - I do have a monopod but I must admit I've hardly used it this year and I used the gripped T3+100-400 for 3 days at the Donington Historic Festival (taking over 12,000 images!! - most of which I've deleted, poor paning, but moments of brilliance :ROFLMAO: )

@Jelster 's comment on the ISO is very valid, decent denoising software would probably be useful.
 
SimonH said:
I’ve just had the same experience. Previously sent gear for repair and got a box from Fuji to send it in. My XF 16-80 somehow acquired a couple of nasty scratches on the front element (not entirely sure when or how it happened). Had to find a box to send it off in and find a post office. £137 to repair - receipt info says they “replaced the lens group”. Took about 2 weeks all in. To be fair, it also came back with a new lens hood (it didn’t go with one). Happy all in all. Much cheaper than a new lens. Must take more care.
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Yea mine is just with them now, I sent it over in the original box and plenty of bubble wrap. It's been delivered on friday last week but they've only updated the tracking page on Monday, let's see how long it will take from now. I'm hoping I won't have to pay as the lens is still under warranty but let's see.
 
Jelster said:
I have found that the 100-400 plus 1.4TC does give you a decent focal length (560mm) but even with my T5 I find it must be either on a tripod, or leaned against something to stop any camera shake (mind you, my hands aren't the best these days). However, nothing beats getting closer. At my local reserve we are lucky enough to see Kingfishers quite regularly, and normally I can shoot them at 400mm.

You will need to be shooting at 3200 ISO if you use the 400 & 1.4TC.
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Thanks for your help - 3200 is no problem, I've been a lot higher over the last few days...
Getting closer just isn't likely - I've spent hours by the river bank only to see it flash past, but sitting 10m back in some bushes and it was posing like I used to in just the right places, but so very small that I'm cropping massively and it's not easy to be accurate focusing..
 
stevewestern said:
Really long X fit zooms......
I've got a 70-300 witha 1.4tc.
It's just not long enough for the kingfisher in chasing (OK, not literally)
I had a 100-400 which is the obvious next step up, or there is the 150-600 which is rather expensive.
Are there any alternatives?
Any user knowledge - I seem to remember that @trevorbray had a 150-600 a while back, and his input has always been very helpful..
Thanks in advance!
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Steve Yep loved it on my X-H2S. Don't undervalue the internal zoom. I found it balanced very well on that body.
F8, so what...honestly with todays software its not a problem. I found it plenty sharp enough. Quick to focus.
This at ISO 12800 processed in DXO PureRaw.

Edit. Forgot to mention I used subject detection on these. Found it pretty reliable on the X-H2s

I'm watching you by Trevor, on Flickr

And this is quite a large crop ISO 4000
Same processing.
Both at f8

Young Dunnock i think. by Trevor, on Flickr
 
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stevewestern said:
Really long X fit zooms......
I've got a 70-300 witha 1.4tc.
It's just not long enough for the kingfisher in chasing (OK, not literally)
I had a 100-400 which is the obvious next step up, or there is the 150-600 which is rather expensive.
Are there any alternatives?
Any user knowledge - I seem to remember that @trevorbray had a 150-600 a while back, and his input has always been very helpful..
Thanks in advance!
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There's also a Tamron 150-500 available in X-mount. I remember it getting good reviews when it came out, but I think that it's heavier than the 100-400.

I have the 100-400 and I really love it; the image quality is fantastic and I've never not had enough reach. Like David, I've used it handheld for the day and not struggled. Which camera are you using? If it's one of the 40MP sensors that gives you quite a bit of cropping leeway as well, would that be enough to not need the teleconverter?
 
trevorbray said:
Steve Yep loved it on my X-H2S. Don't undervalue the internal zoom. I found it balanced very well on that body.
F8, so what...honestly with todays software its not a problem. I found it plenty sharp enough. Quick to focus.
This at ISO 12800 processed in DXO PureRaw.

Edit. Forgot to mention I used subject detection on these. Found it pretty reliable on the X-H2s

I'm watching you by Trevor, on Flickr

And this is quite a large crop ISO 4000
Same processing.
Both at f8

Young Dunnock i think. by Trevor, on Flickr
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Brilliant, thank you for taking the time, very helpful!
skullfunkerry said:
There's also a Tamron 150-500 available in X-mount. I remember it getting good reviews when it came out, but I think that it's heavier than the 100-400.

I have the 100-400 and I really love it; the image quality is fantastic and I've never not had enough reach. Like David, I've used it handheld for the day and not struggled. Which camera are you using? If it's one of the 40MP sensors that gives you quite a bit of cropping leeway as well, would that be enough to not need the teleconverter?
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I didn't know there was a Tamron, I'll look into it..
I'm using an X-T5 and yes, may not need a tc with a new and longer lens, but with my 70-300 I really do and am still cropping most of the frame.
Again, thanks for your input!
 
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Paulie-W said:
Playing with ICM just for a bit of fun. Two images blended, it kinda reminded me of a city for some reason :thinking:

T5 27mm
Vertical Abstract by Paulie-W, on Flickr
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A large abstract wall print that - superb talents and thinking outside the usual box !!

Awesomeness !

Regards;
Peter
 
colourofsound said:
The X100F is between 50 and 25% cheaper than the X100V second hand…is the V worth that extra premium? Asking for a friend…
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Funny thing, cameras. I had the X100f. Quite liked it. Bought the X100v. Silver. Added a grip, thumb rest. Couldn’t gel with it. Now have X100vi. Black. Added a silver LensMate thumb rest. Absolutely love it.
 
trevorbray said:
Funny thing, cameras. I had the X100f. Quite liked it. Bought the X100v. Silver. Added a grip, thumb rest. Couldn’t gel with it. Now have X100vi. Black. Added a silver LensMate thumb rest. Absolutely love it.
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Maybe I’ve just gone off silver! My X-T20 was silver and I loved it; the X-T50 is also silver but I don’t love it. There’s probably no sense in any of it
 
I was a Nikon shooter for years before switching to Fuji and always found Nikons to be built like tanks, they could take some abuse, I've always been a little more delicate since switching to Fuji because I've never had the same faith in them, being smaller etc...

Anyway, yesterday, I had a day in London that started out pretty crap, first train cancelled, second sardine can busy so not a great start to the day, then the rain started, stopped, started again etc, I went to put my X-T20 on my tripod and it slipped out of my hand, landing lens first onto the ground, my heart sank, surprisingly, the only damage was to the lens hood, despite quite a fall, it's fine, it's actually given me a little more confidence in my Fuji's build quality!

I'm now ordering a few more sacrificial lens hoods off ebay!

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nx4737 said:
I was a Nikon shooter for years before switching to Fuji and always found Nikons to be built like tanks, they could take some abuse, I've always been a little more delicate since switching to Fuji because I've never had the same faith in them, being smaller etc...

Anyway, yesterday, I had a day in London that started out pretty crap, first train cancelled, second sardine can busy so not a great start to the day, then the rain started, stopped, started again etc, I went to put my X-T20 on my tripod and it slipped out of my hand, landing lens first onto the ground, my heart sank, surprisingly, the only damage was to the lens hood, despite quite a fall, it's fine, it's actually given me a little more confidence in my Fuji's build quality!

I'm now ordering a few more sacrificial lens hoods off ebay!

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Reassuring. Glad it was just the hood, and why I always connect mine :)
 
Question for you...
Next summer I'll be visiting my nephew in (just outside) Vegas, but will be going to watch England play in Dallas. So I'm kinda thinking about a small pocketable camera for said Dallas trip.
I'll be taking the T5 for the main holiday.

Any recommendations for something cheap?
 
Paulie-W said:
Question for you...
Next summer I'll be visiting my nephew in (just outside) Vegas, but will be going to watch England play in Dallas. So I'm kinda thinking about a small pocketable camera for said Dallas trip.
I'll be taking the T5 for the main holiday.

Any recommendations for something cheap?
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Viltrox 28mm F/4.5 for the T5?
 
Paulie-W said:
Reassuring. Glad it was just the hood, and why I always connect mine :)
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Surprised me to be honest, I was expecting to find all sorts of issues when I picked it up!

It was one of those days where anything that could go wrong, did go wrong, I also forgot to tap out on the tube so got max fared, though TFL have resolved that one for me.

I hope when I plug the SD card in, some of the photos were worth it!
 
Paulie-W said:
Question for you...
Next summer I'll be visiting my nephew in (just outside) Vegas, but will be going to watch England play in Dallas. So I'm kinda thinking about a small pocketable camera for said Dallas trip.
I'll be taking the T5 for the main holiday.

Any recommendations for something cheap?
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Define cheap…
 
Hi folks, I hope all is well.

Contemplating a Fuji X100VI as a street / travel camera.

I know they are hard to source here in the UK but they are available grey.

Any downsides to buying grey (other than warranty) rather than being added to some list at wex?

Anyone here have one of these and a Ricoh type camera (these are so expensive on the face of it).

Many thanks
Adam
 
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Adamcski said:
Hi folks, I hope all is well.

Contemplating a Fuji X100VI as a street / travel camera.

I know they are hard to source here in the UK but they are available grey.

Any downsides to buying grey (other than warranty) rather than being added to some list at wex?

Anyone here have one of these and a Ricoh type camera (these are so expensive on the face of it).

Many thanks
Adam
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In stock at LCE.
 
Also worth taking a look at an X-E5, same sensor, similar shooting experience minus the hybrid EVF but has the advantage of having interchangeable lenses.
Also a bit cheaper and readily available.
X-E5
 
Hello All..
Picking your brains again.
I have a 1.4 teleconverter that I have a
continually mounted on a 400 lens.
When I decided to put it on another lens today, it looks like the button that I press to release it has come off/broken. There’s no sign of any exterior button lever.
I wonder if this is common. I can’t see any thing that looks like it left as debris on my bag so assume it’s come off somewhere else.
Just asking if it is a spare that can be bought or if anything can be done.
Seems a bad design if this is the case.
Many thanks
 
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Sorry posted in wrong thread by mistake. :headbang:
 
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I've been really getting into low light and night photography over the last 12 months and keep toying with the idea of picking up a second Fuji body with IBIS, I don't want to spend too much so I'm looking at something older.

I'm looking at the X-S10 or X-H1, but here is my question, why is there so little love for the X-H1? It's almost forgotten about and surprisingly it's pretty cheap to pick up used at the likes of MPB... Just curious.
 
nx4737 said:
I've been really getting into low light and night photography over the last 12 months and keep toying with the idea of picking up a second Fuji body with IBIS, I don't want to spend too much so I'm looking at something older.

I'm looking at the X-S10 or X-H1, but here is my question, why is there so little love for the X-H1? It's almost forgotten about and surprisingly it's pretty cheap to pick up used at the likes of MPB... Just curious.
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The X-H1 is very well built - possibly the best build quality on an X series camera. Its IBIS is good but not outstanding compared with more modern cameras.

Its a little bit battery hungry compared with the X-T2 (not surpreising because of the IBIS) and its certainly not lightweight for an X-series camera, feels balanced in the hand.

Focus speed will be slower than an X-S10 or current generation camera. Overall its a good solid piece of kit (though I prefered the handling of the X-T2 that I sold to buy an X-H1 !!)
 
I went for a little trip to Wilkinson Cameras in Chester today, and by chance they had literally every body I was interested in trying. I'm sure the patient young shop clerk was secretly wishing I'd drop dead when I had £6k worth of camera bodies out of the cabinet :ROFLMAO:

Anyway, in my quest to figure out what it is about the X-T50 I don't like, I tried the following:

X100F - Such a cool little camera. And the UI and screen was snappy; indistinguishable in comparison to a modern camera. I was very impressed. Obviously tough for me to make any assessments as to whether the softness of the lens would be an issue for me; but seeing as I have one lined up for less than £600 I am very tempted to go in that direction...

X-E4/X-E5 - I was surprised how similar in size these were. Given that theres IBIS in the X-E5 theres really no distinguishable difference between them. I was shocked at how bad the view finder on the X-E4 is. The X-E5 was marginally better. The real star of the show though was the 23mm WR pancake. Thats a really nice bit of kit. And reports of it being 'as noisy and as slow' as the 28mm pancake are unfounded in my very limited experience. If I stick with an interchangeable lens body I will be very tempted to pick one up. As for the X-E bodies though; after experiencing the OVF on the X100 it will be very tough to settle for one of those!

X-T5 - unfortunately the battery was dead on this one but I really like the handling.

Nikon Z5II - This is a direction I am considering. I was again pretty pleased with the handling of this. Versus the X-T5 there's not a huge amount in it; obviously the grip is superior but both bodies feel similar in size even though they're not. Unfortunately they didn't have the 24-200mm kit lens option in stock, but I was interested to learn that the Nikon Z mount lenses work across both FF and APS-C bodies; and so I tried a DX APS-C lens on the Z5II which was very light and pretty nice. I'm not sure if using an APS-C crop on a FF completely negates any FF benefits; but knowing that the option is available is interesting. I've read the Z mount has the smallest flange distance too; so adapting vintage lenses should be pretty good.

I've come away feeling a bit boggled of mind; but fairly certain of one thing: The X-T50 feels like the ugly duckling of the modern Fuji line up. Stripped of one its useful dials, its added weight and girth over the previous X-Tx0 bodies plus the deteriorating build quality (some of the silver finish is coming off the viewfinder 'prism' already) mean it feels awkward to handle and not particularly nice to use. It feels like a toy; where the others felt like either professional cameras, or stylish and serious street/P&S options.

I'm not entirely sure where to go now. Its either try and straight swap for an X-E5 kit, go for the cheap X100F and save for an X-T5 or Z5II; or possibly look for a reasonably priced X100V and commit a bit harder to fixed lens and see if I miss it.

Decisions, decisions. Any thoughts?
 
Just be aware using a Nikon Dx lens on a FF body reduces the image size. On a Z5 ii the 24MP is reduced to 10MP.
On the 45 MP cameras (Z9, Z8 and Z7 i and ii) it is reduced to 20MP.
All MP numbers are approx.
 
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@colourofsound

Having used an X100F for several years, the lens softness is only really apparent wide open (F2), and more so on close focus.

These are wide open on the X100F (F2)


170819 Museum - Ford Escort by David Yeoman, on Flickr


Leatherworker 2000px by David Yeoman, on Flickr

Stopped down to F2.8 and beyond I never had any issues with 'softness'

The X100V is definitely sharper at F2

The OVF is very cool on the X100 series, and the fact that you can overlay a histogram on it means that you can dial in suitable exposure compensation. They really are fun cameras to use, and encourage use.

3 of your existing lens won't be making the best out of the 40MP sensor in the X-T50. Personally I'd get the X100F and save for your main replacement body, perhaps getting the XF70-300 to replace the 50-230 (no good if you go Nikon though!!)

Of course if you get smitten with the fixed lens compact solution, then once you've exhausted the Fuji offerings, you will have to switch to Leica :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:
 
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Mr Perceptive said:
Having used an X100F for several years, the lens softness is only really apparent wide open (F2), and more so on close focus.

These are wide open on the X100F (F2)
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I mean, there isn't exactly an issue with those images is there?! I'd be perfectly happy with those. I am really tempted as the price is very good given the market. I guess my reservations will be QoL ones; the driving factor of upgrading the X-T20. Being able to rename custom presets, using the new version of the app and so on. Not exactly a deal breaker of course but it must've grated on me a little bit otherwise I may not have been driven to upgrade.

Mr Perceptive said:
3 of your existing lens won't be making the best out of the 40MP sensor in the X-T50. Personally I'd get the X100F and save for your main replacement body, perhaps getting the XF70-300 to replace the 50-230 (no good if you go Nikon though!!)
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I've only got 3 Fuji lenses at the moment - the 50-230, the 16-50 kit that came with the X-T50 and the Viltrox 28mm f4.5. Only the kit lens is going to be able to confidently resolve that 40MP; but to be honest I've taken some decent shots with the 50-230 with it and you'd really need to be pixel peeping to see an issue. The other lenses I've used with it have been Pentax K lenses via an adapter - all of which work very nicely.

Image quality isn't an issue - I don't love the way the 40MP sensor deals with blues as much as the older X-Trans II but its not a deal breaker. Being able to crop and retain detail is very nice though. That being said - I think anything over 24MP is perfectly fine for almost all shooting. If I moved to Nikon for my 'big' camera, it'd be 24MP FF, so.

Of course, the other way to go is to an X-E3. You can pick those bodies up for £400. Aside from the lack of OVF, its basically the same camera. I've not had a chance to handle one of those for a few years though. An X-E3 with the new 23mm pancake would be almost the same size as an X100F and about the same price in total. Handling with an XF70-300 might be tough though!

Mr Perceptive said:
Of course if you get smitten with the fixed lens compact solution, then once you've exhausted the Fuji offerings, you will have to switch to Leica :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:
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There is a limit to my financial excess when it comes to photography :ROFLMAO:
 
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