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There were some great dragonflies (and I was pleased with one shot finally)Glad you made it down there Donna. We went in the autumn and were being bombed by conkers!
If I remember, the XJ600 was a bit of a "boring commuter" type bike, but that one looks mint!
I've been after this image for a while.
As you drive north on the coast road -the A92 - in Aberdeenshire between Johnshaven and Gourdon you pass this lovely line of trees that border a road leading up to a farm.
May 2018 was the last time I was here when the rapeseed was in bloom and I was all set to take this picture, but alas some tourists decided to stop and park on the road between the trees.........followed by another carload, and another.
I waited and waited and eventually gave up.
This time, I succeeded.
Fuji X-Pro2 and XF 55-200mm
Benholm - Early Summer by Aimless Alliterations, on Flickr
wOw wOw that’s a belter of a capture - superb photography….!!My pic of the damselfly (or please correct me if I’m wrong and it’s a dragonfly), once again the 16-80 is proving so versatile
The damselfly by Donna White, on Flickr
Great image!
Bad day today. I went to Blandford with the Mrs, and while she was shopping I took a walk along the Stour. I was lining up a shot and my right wrist & hand gave way, and the T3 with 10-24 dropped into the river..... :banghead: :banghead:. I've had a problem with my right hand/wrist for a while and have ignoring it, but I think today may have been costly
It was in the water for about a second, luckily, it was turned off, and I took the battery out straight away. The battery compartment seems dry, and the cards are OK. I'm going to leave it overnight and try it in the morning. I'm off to Chester zoo next week so I hope it's OK.....
Anyway, here's one that I shop before I dropped it (with the 100-400 on)......
Black Headed Gull by Steve Jelly, on Flickr
Oh no, really hope all will be ok (and your wrist)!Bad day today. I went to Blandford with the Mrs, and while she was shopping I took a walk along the Stour. I was lining up a shot and my right wrist & hand gave way, and the T3 with 10-24 dropped into the river..... :banghead: :banghead:. I've had a problem with my right hand/wrist for a while and have been ignoring it, but I think today may have been costly
It was in the water for about a second, luckily, it was turned off, and I took the battery out straight away. The battery compartment seems dry, and the cards are OK. I'm going to leave it overnight and try it in the morning. I'm off to Chester zoo next week so I hope it's OK.....
Anyway, here's one that I shop before I dropped it (with the 100-400 on)......
Black Headed Gull by Steve Jelly, on Flickr
Bad day today. I went to Blandford with the Mrs, and while she was shopping I took a walk along the Stour. I was lining up a shot and my right wrist & hand gave way, and the T3 with 10-24 dropped into the river..... :banghead: :banghead:. I've had a problem with my right hand/wrist for a while and have been ignoring it, but I think today may have been costly
It was in the water for about a second, luckily, it was turned off, and I took the battery out straight away. The battery compartment seems dry, and the cards are OK. I'm going to leave it overnight and try it in the morning. I'm off to Chester zoo next week so I hope it's OK.....
Steve, bad luck, there are people on teh Fuji-X forum who have immersed their cameras (sometimes in salt water ), most of the time they seem to dry out. The airing cupboard in a bag of rice or with some silica gel seems to be a favourite. Lenses seem to survive unless they take on water in which case its back to Fujifilm for an overhaul. Hope it works out for you and take care of your wrist.
Well good news. It looks like the L bracket took most of the impact, and I've put the battery in and everything seems to work OK. No misting in the lens either, so that "weatherproofing" is certainly working!!
Phew.... I have a trip booked to Chester Zoo next week, I was worried that I'd be left with only the X-T2, but now I'll have both
I keep them somewhere warm for a few days to make sure they ae dried out. You just on a quick trip to Chester Zoo or up here for a longer time?
Well good news. It looks like the L bracket took most of the impact, and I've put the battery in and everything seems to work OK. No misting in the lens either, so that "weatherproofing" is certainly working!!
Phew.... I have a trip booked to Chester Zoo next week, I was worried that I'd be left with only the X-T2, but now I'll have both
Nice, and Phew indeed! Never dropped a camera in water but I remember when I had just got a brand new Samsung S6 phone [not long after it came out] , and took it for a swim in the pool on hol's .... who puts pockets in swim shorts!!!??? Needless to say I didn't get any good out of Vodafone, they sent it away and of course, the water damage strip gave me away - I did however manage to still sell it as non working [wouldn't even switch on/charge] for €90! and that kick started my venture into cheap Chinese phones
Anyway, glad it turned out ok for you
The only casualty has been my Lee "Big Stopper" which now has a crack in it. I managed to fix the filter holder.
Does anyone here use the XC15-45 along with xf16 or 18? How do they compare? My first fuji came with the 15-45 but once I bought xc35 i never used the zoom and ended up selling it. I'm now looking at something wider and stuck between 16,18 and 23. My preference is leaning towards the 16 or 18 but I thought I could grab another 15-45 to test which focal length I'd prefer, then I thought why not just keep the 15-45? What differences are there other than the lower f stop on the primes? Cheers.
Apologies should have stated with my budget it'd be the f2 and f2.8 variants of the primes.Quality of the optics, the 16mm F1.4 and 23mm F1.4 are stunning lenses, super sharp with beautiful colour rendering. The 16mm F1.4 will also focus super close, so can be used as a pseudo-macro lens. The 18mm XF1.4 also has some superb reviews.
Also the 16mm F1.4 is built like a tank, and is weather sealed.
The xc lenses seem to be reasonably well thought of optics wise, probably punch above their price in that respect
they are plastic though and the lack of an aperture ring is a bit of a downer for me
I bought one after having used both the 60mm and the 80mm Fuji macro lenses. (I have X-T3)Does anyone here have experience with the Laowa 65mm 2:1 macro for Fuji mount? I'm interested in it, watching one local, but the seller needs to play a little footsie I can take or leave it, but I think it's what I might actually really want atm
I bought one after having used both the 60mm and the 80mm Fuji macro lenses. (I have X-T3)
It took me a while to get used to it being manual - but that is just me. From 1:1 through to 2:1 the dof is minimal (as expected) and my experience is that it works best in conjunction with focus peaking. The results are absolutely nothing to complain about, they are as good as I got with the 80mm from Fuji, at a fraction of the cost. (I traded in the 80mm to finance another, non-macro, lens which I get far more use out of)
I only photograph static objects, so cannot comment on how it is hand-held or for taking living things like insects, et al.
I would recommend it, but as said, cannot comment on its use off-tripod or on living subjects.
The size and weight will make it easy to use hand-held, no doubt about that. I have no knowledge of the NIkon lens, but used a Canon 100mm before switching to Fuji, and looking back and comparing, then the results are as good, I'd say...hope that helps.Cheers, just what I needed I only ever manual focus for macro so no issues in that regard, and I only ever shoot macro hand held, I actually find using a tripod trickier. It's more the optical quality of it I wondered, and sounds just what I expected. If it's as good as the 100mm Nikon version I'll be more than satisfied. I think it'll be a lot easier use than that, it's half the size and half the weight and no need for any adapter.
The size and weight will make it easy to use hand-held, no doubt about that. I have no knowledge of the NIkon lens, but used a Canon 100mm before switching to Fuji, and looking back and comparing, then the results are as good, I'd say...hope that helps.
Look forward to hearing what you think of it and seeing your images...Well I've commited to it now, payment sent to the seller - wasn't a bad price [£320] for what appears at least in the images to be boxed in excellent condition, looking forward to that.
Look forward to hearing what you think of it and seeing your images...