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| Posted: Thu Dec 15th, 2016 08:20 |
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jk
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I have completed my purchase of all my Fuji lenses except for a macro lens but I can use my Nikon macro lens for that. My Nikon system remains for the time being. I have some duplication in cover as I wanted a travel lens as well but I now have 8mm - 560mm range covered (FX equivalent 12mm to 800mm). I would now like to get another XT2 and sell my XT1. I will keep my old XPro1 as I like using it in the studio and its second hand value is less than £200.
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| Posted: Thu Dec 15th, 2016 13:46 |
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jk
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For anyone vaguely interested this is my lens list. 8mm f2.8 14mm f2.8 16mm f1.4 18mm f2.0 18-55mm f2.8-f4 18-135mm f3.5-5.6 35mm f1.4 50-140mm f2.8 56mm f1.2 60mm f2.5 55-200mm f4.5-5.6 100-400mm f5.6 Fuji Teleconverter x1.4 (only works on 50-140 and 100-400)
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| Posted: Thu Dec 15th, 2016 13:54 |
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Eric
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jk wrote:For anyone vaguely interested this is my lens list. I will be intrigued to learn which selection gets most use and which delivers best results. It's tempting to suggest that the 8, 14, 18-135 and 100-400 would be all you need.  I've yet to get my hands on an XT2, so am still unsure if it will be my next purchase or whether the D500 and the 80-400 will tempt me back.
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| Posted: Thu Dec 15th, 2016 15:32 |
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jk
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For portrait work the 18-135 is in my opinion no where near the 56mm 1.2 or the 60mm f2.5 macro for great results wide open. The primes 14, 16, 18, 35, 56 are there mainly so my fashion and beauty shots can be shot wide open with huge OOF background with fine bokeh. The 18-135 and 50-140 will become my workhorse lenses as I frequently find the 18-55 too short for what I want. In my recent asian trip I was swapping the 18-55 and 55-200 all the time. This is where the 18-135 will be my standard travel lens with the 16mm for landscapes and the 55-200 for longer stuff. That will be my three lens travel pack with XT2 and XE2 or another XT2 if I get rid of the XT1. The 14mm is my IR lens. The 100-400 is my birding lens. My 8mm is just a fun lens. Remember I always use two cameras. 
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| Posted: Fri Dec 16th, 2016 15:03 |
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Eric
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I think we might regard Fuji gear differently. I don't see it as a Nikon replacement for all situations. It's primarily its lighter weight portability, at which it excels, that attracts me. I still prefer the Nikon for situations where weight isn't my first concern. I won't be procuring a complete Fuji lens a**enal for critical photographic situations ...rather a group of lenses to cover general photography when out and about.
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| Posted: Fri Dec 16th, 2016 22:54 |
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Robert
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So you feel that running two systems with a specific group of lenses for each is the preferred option, a bit like having a Land Rover and a Mini. Both have their benefits for particular situations. Makes sense, if you minimise overlap, as you propose. I suppose I achieve that with the D3 and the D3300 but I also retain lens and accessory compatibility for all my bodies, across the focal length range, interesting. I still can't see a smaller sensor replacing an FX sensor for all situations. I still see the DX (and similar formats) as a temporary expedient until the manufacturers found a way of making a full frame sensor. It seems having created the temporary expedient, they can't put the genie back in the bottle because in fact the DX sensor does have some uses and benefits in some situations and some users actually prefer it, if occasionally only on cost grounds.
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| Posted: Sat Dec 17th, 2016 01:51 |
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jk
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Yes exactly so Robert. There is some duplication and obviously money tied up in gear but I now feel completely at rase to chose which system to use. Re the sensor size issue, I have spun the arguments in this debate and whilst some are valid there is always a caveat. My friend in Norway has a 4/3 sensor camera and he carries that all the time when he isnt using the D3s.
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| Posted: Sat Dec 17th, 2016 03:15 |
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Robert
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jk wrote:Re the sensor size issue, I have spun the arguments in this debate and whilst some are valid there is always a caveat. I think it boils down to two aspects re. the sensor size, firstly the undebatable physics of the optics and resolution characteristics; then there are the aims, needs and expectations of the photographer, which in many cases are also not open to debate given many of us are artists and artists frequently don't care to consider varying their aims and expectations! That is what makes each artist individual, it's wired in (or not!) to the artists being how they want to portray a given scene. How they achieve that is to some extent governed by the equipment and sensor size they use. Of course cost is a major factor too.
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| Posted: Sat Dec 17th, 2016 13:44 |
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jk
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I agree. Cost pahh. I would be a millionaire but for wives and photography! But I'd also be more of a boring old fart as well.   
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| Posted: Sat Dec 17th, 2016 15:06 |
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Robert
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