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This.Fuji looks so sexy
I'm sat here fondling mine!
Anything that makes you want to hold it and take it out and take photos must be worth the money surely.
This.Fuji looks so sexy
After being personally out of action from anything too strenuous for most of last year because of two major life saving surgery procedures I’ve been anxious over the past year or so to personally break away from Motor Sports photography and free up some much needed time to pursue my other business commitments.
So at the end of last year I decided to restructure the way we work and go back to the way we used to operate and just use local freelance photographers that were well known to us from each country for our F1 and other foreign Motor Sports photography so therefore I didn't renew any of my front line togs contracts.
Unbeknown to me at the time it was a blessing in disguise, for as you can imagine Motor Sports photography has virtually been non existent this year meaning I have not had to pay their high earnings while they have nothing to do. The demand for snaps from the agency part of our setup though has been huge. As I insisted that all our togs used company gear I now have a shed load of Fuji equipment that is now surplus to requirements and that I have not as yet decided just what to do with.
Some of the gear I will keep within the company for our existing staff to use at events in the UK but the rest of it will have to be moved on and of course show some financial return. All of the X-T2 units will go but I shall retain some of the X-H1 units together with some of the lenses. I should be interested to know your thoughts on what to do with the equipment. Some of the gear that will be outed I have listed below.
X-T2 & Power Packs x 21
X-H1 & Power Packs x 12
10-24mm x 4
16-55mm x 4
50-140mm x 4
100-400mm x 4
200mm F2 x 2
Any realistic suggestions would be much appreciated.
George.
If you traded it all in, would you have enough for a GFX-100 and some glass???
Seriously though getting rid of a lot of it at once might flood the market and drive your return prices down - X-T2's are not worth a lot at the moment and 21 of them available in one hit would cause a small blip in prices, that said they make an ideal webcam with new Fujifilm Webcam Plug-In. I would trickle them out, or use multiple sales channels to get your best return. If you are VAT registered then you could obviously offer a VAT receipt with the equipment making potentially more attractive than other second hand kit (eg WEX/other camera shops) to people/organisations that are VAT registered, as most secondhand kit (WEX,etc)is on the margin scheme and non-VAT reclaimable
Oh stop it please I've still got a day or so to cancel my GX9 order (not due til the 05/06) and change it to the V instead.
I suppose the only saving grace for the GX9 is that I can fit additional lenses should I want/need to. BUt hey I am in a Fuji fan club thread so am not expecting anything less
If you can produce images like this why would you need a V. Love it!!Still trying to convince myself I need a V
This with original X100
DSCF8472-Edit.jpg by Trevor, on Flickr
Perfect!
Many thanks for that David, that's very much appreciated.
The GFX-100 idea I had already thought of as I already have one and all the glass I need for that sized system. I could also easily funnel the returns back into the business from the X gear as the larger format units that I have are my own personal possessions so anything more could be put back into the company for use as studio units etc. And at the moment that's the strongest contender of ideas that I have.
We are of course VAT registered so that idea is certainly one well worth looking into.
George.
As Dave suggests, that's a lot of gear to shift in one go. Have you considered starting a small hire business? Or maybe LFH would be interested in some of it (especially the 200mm & 100-400 lenses).
Would be nice to see the kit stay in the TP ecosystem.
The trade against a GFX system is a nice idea too.
George you could always try a 'Bullet Time' sequence before they all go !!!
If you can produce images like this why would you need a V. Love it!!
Perfect!
Excellent capture Trevor, wOw. I've never owned a X100, but someday I will.
Regards;
Peter
It is tempting to go overboard with the saturation at times I agree, do you have the styles pack too?More playing around with the C1 wizzy bits... Probably over cooked it, but it`s a learning curve
H1 55-200 f8 iso200
Kent Countryside by Paulie-W, on Flickr
It is tempting to go overboard with the saturation at times I agree, do you have the styles pack too?
my ring is nice and smoothHow is your manual focus ring @bumper ? is it grindy at all?
Lovely colours in this one.
This.
I'm sat here fondling mine!
Anything that makes you want to hold it and take it out and take photos must be worth the money surely.
Have been using C1 for about a year now. Started with the free Fuji version then upgraded to the Fuji pro. Still have my adobe sub but have opened LR less than a handful of times since the swap. C1 does everything I need and does most things better than C1.Capture 1 express for Fuji looks like a bargain.I wouldnt benefit from the pro version.
Who's using it and how are you getting on with it,I seem to recall I liked the results a few years back with the Sony version.
thanks Nick, i assume you mean better than LR?Have been using C1 for about a year now. Started with the free Fuji version then upgraded to the Fuji pro. Still have my adobe sub but have opened LR less than a handful of times since the swap. C1 does everything I need and does most things better than C1.
where's everyone ,in bed? lol
Anyone find they needed to upgrade the XT1 eyecup ,ive not tried the original yet but I hear some do?
i need to buy a couple of xtra batteries for XT1. what are the go to non fuji ones these days please?
what you got coming David?
good idea about the stickers ,i have some big ones you can have