But the divorce would be rather costlyI've told you before to get a GFX, then you wouldn't have these long reach choices (as they don't exist), saves money and GAS in the long run.......................... so I keep telling myself
But the divorce would be rather costly
, my GFX and the 4 lens I have can be comfortably bought for less than £6.5K (s/h) - there are plenty of X series photographers who have more than that invested (and if I had a zoom instead of the 3 primes I have, you could lop £2K off that!)
Think the 100-400 depends on the copy you get there seems to be some sample varation about. Great advantage of the 70-300 isw the protability of it so when I've let the GAS subside thats no doubt the way I will go
Images 1, 2, 6, 7 and 8 that I've just posted were all shot wide open at 400mm. Mine is as sharp as I could want there so I can only think that the early lenses weren't that great, or there is significant copy variation and I got lucky with a good one.
Sure you not on comission DavidI think this is mis-information
Sure you not on comission David
No doubt is the most value for quality you can get on the market.
Thats the way it should be. Had a look of what I had the other day I have less gear than I have had for years (won't mention the 33mm I just brought off Dave and then I shall get rid of my 35mm I got now).
Agree with that out of the 2 100-400 I have had over the years the one was excellent at 400mm the other not quite as good.
Think the 100-400 depends on the copy you get there seems to be some sample varation about. Great advantage of the 70-300 isw the protability of it so when I've let the GAS subside thats no doubt the way I will go
Amazing work!I've posted these in the Motorsport forum but thought I would post them in this thread to. My first race meeting of the season at Donington Park yesterday. All shot with an X-T4 and the Fuji 100-40mm lens.
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Many layered Island by Nick Lowe, on Flickr
Crumbling Isle by Nick Lowe, on Flickr
Thank you. Very glad I chose Fuji over Canon or Sony despite reading loads of articles online about how Fuji cameras can't cope with fast action
You reckon that's generally nonsense then? Or are we talking about fractions of a second, diminishing returns etc etc
I've not shot with a Canon or Sony mirrorless so I can't comment. I think the tracking function is better on those brands but I don't shoot like that anyway so it's a moot point. I've tried the tracking AF and it keeps up with GT3 cars absolutely no problem and they're pretty quick. I just find that a weird way to shoot so I don't use it.
One of my copies was definatly not as good as the other. It was totally usable espically stopped down a bit just not as good as my first copy I had.
Do you just use a particular AF point?
Usually the largest of the Single AF point squares, unless I'm shooting through the fence where I make it smaller. I can use the joystick to move it wherever I need it in the frame really quickly. I have the AF mode set to All so I can just cycle through all the sizes with the rear dial. The camera is in Boost Mode, Frame Rate Priority as this also makes the AF system quicker. Back button focus, although I have my AEL button set to trigger AF as I find it more comfortable to put my thumb on that than the AF ON button for the X-T4.
XC 15-45 is very under-rated. Only thing I dont like in the PowerZoom.
My wife has this lens with her little X-T100. It's plenty sharp enough and you can get some great images from it but the PowerZoom does my head in.
If your budget allows the 18-55 kit lens is better in absolutely every way. It's a cracking little lens, calling it a kit lens does it a disservice really.
Its quite a bit bigger though. But it looks like most of the cameras I'm looking at come with this lens, the 15-45mm is harder to come by.
Bugger.
Is that XF23mm one of the Fuji pancakes? Dream setup that for a parttimer like me.
I've managed to bag an X-T20 and the 18-55mm for a decent price today!Bugger.
Does she want to sell them?
You sold me one of your 100-400's a few years ago and like you it's had very little use, so I'm thinking of getting a 70-300. Maybe we should talk! I'll have a proper think and dig out the box and take a couple of snaps.
I forgotten that. We met in the services near Newbury I think. It's that old dilmena of what we want and reality of what we would use
NiceWell... Trigger pulled.
X-T5 and 33mm F/1.4 now in my grubby mits to go alongside the X-T3, 2 and Instax
Waiting on the dual battery charger arriving in the post.
Has anyone used the Lexar 64GB V60 UHS2 cards in them? Or any other recommendations (most of my cards are UHS1 32GB V30, which will be fine, but with the larger file sizes I thought I might splash out on a couple of larger cards too.
