Shrinking/lightening my camera kit - Fuji X series?

[DibblyDobbler]

Slight word of caution to throw in to the mix - I have the XT-20 and for me it's just a wee bit too small at times and I will be swapping for an X-T3 at some point to go up a size

[Craikeybaby]

chandrew said:

I have the X-T20 after selling my 5D mk III and L lenses last year. Couldn't be happier with the switch.

I have 4 lenses:

The 16mm f1.4 - an amazing lens which for the landscape photos that I take is near perfect. It also has a really short focal distance so is surprisingly useful for sub-macro shots
The 27mm pancake. Makes the camera not much bigger than a point and shoot, is cheap and produces decent shots
The 35mm f2 - with the 27mm the lens I'm most likely to take out if I'm just taking one lens
The 90mm - quite new (to me) and used mostly for landscape detail shots.

All together they fit in a Billingham Hadley Small. with a few filters, batteries, cards etc. I think I'd have had the 5d plus one lens (not the 70-200) in the Hadley.

Images are of similar quality to the canon, at least for the size of prints I do.

A couple of sample shots taken near home

Great photos! Exactly the sort I’d like to take! Glad to hear the switch went well.

DibblyDobbler said:

Slight word of caution to throw in to the mix - I have the XT-20 and for me it's just a wee bit too small at times and I will be swapping for an X-T3 at some point to go up a size

I must admit I’m leaning more towards the X-T2, more for the robustness and ergonomics. When I initially looked, it was just that wee bit too expensive, but now there’s an extra £180 off and extra £100 rebate for trading in, which just about brings it to what I can justify. An X-T3 is just that step too far.

[DibblyDobbler]

Sounds like a plan

PS - MBP have a 'like new' XT2 for £784... here

[Craikeybaby]

DibblyDobbler said:

Sounds like a plan

PS - MBP have a 'like new' XT2 for £784... here

I image there will be a lot of used X-T2s about soon! My local LCE have got one in, I’ll likely use them, as it is good to have a local bricks and mortar camera shop and I feel like I should support them. Plus it means that I’d have a camera for my trip to Wales at the weekend.

[DibblyDobbler]

Look forward to seeing some pics

[TimmyWimmyWoo]

I've had my X-T2 for 20 months now and still love using it – so I deployed my finest man-maths and pre-ordered the X-T3 yesterday morning. I went for black because I'm not sure how the silver finish will hold over time, even though it looks nicer.

I should probably have spent the cash on more lenses really, I'm still using just the 10-24…

[RobDickinson]

xt3 is mostly an evolution rather than revolution, very similar sensor, better video, all round tweak on performance, its certainly the better camera but it wont really change anything

[TimmyWimmyWoo]

RobDickinson said:

xt3 is mostly an evolution rather than revolution, very similar sensor, better video, all round tweak on performance, its certainly the better camera but it wont really change anything

Agreed - I'm starting to do more and more video for work which is the main reason I'm getting it. Plus the reduction in price means the cost to change isn't too outrageous.

[DibblyDobbler]

Well done Tim - how much was it if you don’t mind me asking? £1500ish?

[TimmyWimmyWoo]

£1349 at Wex. And I'll get about £30 back through Quidco.

[DibblyDobbler]

TimmyWimmyWoo said:

£1349 at Wex. And I'll get about £30 back through Quidco.

Thanks- that’s not bad actually.... off to shake the piggy bank!

[noell35]

DibblyDobbler said:

Thanks- that’s not bad actually.... off to shake the piggy bank!

There's a £200 trade in bonus if you're trading in your xt20

[DibblyDobbler]

noell35 said:

DibblyDobbler said:

Thanks- that’s not bad actually.... off to shake the piggy bank!

There's a £200 trade in bonus if you're trading in your xt20

Thanks

[Craikeybaby]

TimmyWimmyWoo said:

I've had my X-T2 for 20 months now and still love using it – so I deployed my finest man-maths and pre-ordered the X-T3 yesterday morning. I went for black because I'm not sure how the silver finish will hold over time, even though it looks nicer.

I should probably have spent the cash on more lenses really, I'm still using just the 10-24…

Nice! I’m sure that if I got the XT-20 I’d be wanting to upgrade to the X-T3 soon. Or maybe I should get a used X-T2, then upgrade to an X-T3 when the initial rush has died down?

I actually prefer the look of the black bodies.

[Craikeybaby]

I got the X-T2!

Haven't had a chance to use it properly yet, but doing some new starter headshots at work this afternoon - it was so much nice throwing a tiny camera in my normal workbag than lugging my full camera bag in to work!

[DibblyDobbler]

[TimmyWimmyWoo]

Nice one!

I did a bunch of shooting with my X-T2 at the Revival at the weekend. I'm still stunned by how good the shots look on my 5k iMac. So good, in fact that I… erm, cancelled my X-T3 order. I'm starting to think for my uses it's a bit overkill and I should probably buy more lenses instead…

[Craikeybaby]

Cool. Glass is more important than body (says the guy with only the kit lens at the moment).

Portraits came out well, despite me not being as fluid with the controls as I would have been shooting Canon. The playback seemed to take an age too, maybe time to buy a new SD card, the 8GB one I’m using has done 2 cameras!

Wow! I’ve just looked at the price of the UHS-II SD cards - £70!!! I’m sure that my first digital camera cost about that AND came with a free CF card - 8MB iirc!

[GetCarter]

TimmyWimmyWoo said:

I'm still stunned by how good the shots look on my 5k iMac.

Yea, but 5k iMac makes everything look stunning!

[Andy M]

TimmyWimmyWoo said:

Nice one!

I did a bunch of shooting with my X-T2 at the Revival at the weekend. I'm still stunned by how good the shots look on my 5k iMac. So good, in fact that I… erm, cancelled my X-T3 order. I'm starting to think for my uses it's a bit overkill and I should probably buy more lenses instead…

I recently rescued a pile of RAW photos from two corrupted disks dating back to mid-2014. At the time I was shooting with a Nikon D800e and Fuji X-T1 which I later sold as I was frustrated at it 'only' having 16mp.

Looking back at those photos - shot with the best Nikon and Fuji glass - the Fuji's photos are a lot more pleasing than anything the Nikon produced. I think I was blinded by megapixels at the time.

Fuji's still aren't great in extremely low light, and battery performance is only just acceptable, but I'd recommend them to anybody.