Who else is shooting Fujifilm ?

[Teo]

I think I am close to move to Fuji XE2 . Are here more Fuji shooters?

[cooltouch]

I shoot Fuji film -- I really like Provia and Velvia -- but that isn't what you meant, was it? The only Fujufilm camera I own is an ancient 3mp DLSR looking thing. Tell you what, though -- for a 3mp camera, it does a surprisingly good job. I chalk it up to Fuji's excellent optics.

[visualopsins]

Second velvia, provia, & superia. When I rarely photographed until after digital I always used Fujifilm. I'm about to break some open soon, in fact, to run through the Spots...

That Fuji digital is appealing crop-sensor camera, even to full frame dedicatee!

[Sjak]

[Teo]

[Sjak]

I agree, Fuji got a lot of things right, both in interface and in output. Others may have varying opinions of course, but those can be catered by other manufacturers

Re. the 16-50: Fuji has 3 zooms in this range.

The 16-50 is indeed a pretty sweet & small zoom; the aperture might a limiting factor (and this lens has no aperture ring). But combined with e.g. a fast prime (whether native or adapted) it can be very useful.

The 18-55 seems to be a very good lens for a "kit"-lens.

The 16-55 with constant f/2.8 is large, heavy and expensive, but of very high quality.

Fuji has quite some really good lenses actually, both primes and zooms. Personally, I use the 18 2.0 in my walkaround-kit. On friends&family-occasions, I often take the 23 1.4 with me (expensive but amazing); other than these, I use mostly vintage lenses, but of course your preferences may vary.

I do consider a native lens with a longer FL for outdoors longer distance shots which I consider difficult with MF-lenses; maybe I'll get the XC 50-230 (cheap and light)

[Teo]

Thanks for your oppinions !
I am looking for a compromise between good image , light and small . The much applauded 18-55 seems to me already too big and heavy for what I need. How do you like the 18/2 ? I saw negative reviews about its performance ....as about the 16-50sony wich is not so bad after all ,especially when considering price ,bulk and weight ...

[Teemō]

Only Fuji Superia, because Kodak has and had nothing like it. I'd have bought into their Fuji-X system before buying Panasonic but the Fuji-X AF was slow and noisy at the time, and obviously the Fuji was quite a bit more expensive and larger and overall I felt like their menu UI left a lot to be desired. I think things are better now? Anyway, they're gradually killing Superia and the rest of their traditional film production, so... I really hate those Instax executives right now.

I'm still yet to be convinced by their X-Trans sensor. From every review I've read, it doesn't seem to make an appreciable difference to anything and actually seems to be worse in many areas. I'm thinking their claims are only justified in the lab - in theory...
I'm interested to hear from real users. Do you notice any advantage or disadvantages of X-trans, or are you just more interested in the whole package - being fairly unique in the market - and simply not care to critically analyse the sensor?

[Sjak]

[Sjak]

[Teo]

Well put about the ergonomics .For one that was used with the old mf cameras rf or slr the feel of these cameras is very close , at least my little x20 .It is , it feels like a little rangefinder with soul and style . Silent ,small ,old style ,astounding images in low light for such a small sensor . Don't know if the IQ is mainly because the x-trans or because the optimisation with the fast lens /stabilisation allowing keeping the ISO reasonably low . the images are quite useable . Wich other small cameras deliver (sony rx100 for example ,as compact small sensor,or the a5000-APS-C) but the pleasure of using it doesn't compare . Fuji is an inspiring little cam .

Thanks about the 18/2 info . Have you tried to shoot with it in low light indoor or by night ? the lack of OIS bothers you somehow ? Probably the fast aperture allows shutter speeds around 1/25 s ,on the other hand , using f2 comes with a shallower depth of field on APS-C ,wich can be less useful for landscape/cityscape/indoor architecture shooting.

[chuck luck]

I use the X20, X-Pro1, and X-T1. Overall the X-T1 is my favorite, but all of them are wonderful.
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[Teo]