I'm selling mine if you are interested. There is an ad up on another forum but I can put it up here as well...Still undecided about a flash for this - keen on the EF-X20.
Amazon are also doing it for £899 with the Fuji lens offer, but they throw in a £50 voucher as well - so if you've any other purchases that's cheaper than either.
That £50 voucher plus the £100 Fuji cash-back on certain lenses make a 3 lens package very sweet, but the extra lens needs to be ordered separately after leaving a few days for the £50 to be credited to your Amazon account. The WEX Hadley is still a bargain, but a £100 bargain rather than a £50 bargain
.. mine's just been dispatched today, should be here in the morning to be wrapped and put away until my birthday
now THAT is a result! Is there a time limit on the voucher?
I'm selling mine if you are interested. There is an ad up on another forum but I can put it up here as well...
now THAT is a result! Is there a time limit on the voucher?
That would be good. What are your thoughts on the flash, good points & bad etc...
haha . a very common man math problem !You've counted the voucher twice, I think.
If you're considering the X-Pro1 / 18 / 35 / 60 combo via the deal you can essentially get an obscenely cheap X-M1 out of it if you do things in the right order...
X-M1 + 16-50mm = £429 (+ £100 cashback + £100 credit)
Use £100 credit against X-Pro1 + 18mm + 60mm (via rebate) = £799 (+ £50 credit)
Use £50 credit against 35mm = £359 (+ £100 cashback)
Sell 16-50mm (£130)
Total outlay once cashback is received is £1257, take the X-M1 out and it would have been £1158 anyway. So the X-M1 ends up adding about £100 to the cost of the X-Pro1 and 3 primes combo (or sell the X-M1 as well and you should comfortably make a bit of money from it)
Actually, just thought of something, please correct me if I am wrong.
X-M1 (£100 cash back, £100 amazon voucher), so the camera with the 16-50mm = £350.
With the £100 Amazon Voucher buy the Fuji 35mm 1.4, claim another £100 cashback. so the lens is £300.
So that's £650. Is that right?
Initial outlay would be £450 + £309 = £859, then £200 cashback = £659, so yes, that's right
Unsurprisingly the X-M1 is the best selling camera on Amazon! I've not actually used my X-Pro1 since it arrived.
I am going to buy one of these, with a 35mm. Which is a "better" camera?
I know the sensor is the same, which AF is better? Which is better to use in the hand? I saw DR's review that the top right dial can be knocked with the index finger while shooting?
What is the built quality like on the X-M1? Is it plastic?
The main considerations by far would be the lack of a viewfinder and the loss of the shutter speed dial. If you can live with those then it's an amazing, tiny camera. The body is magnesium alloy, it's very, very nicely put together. AF is to me not noticeably different from the XP1. Personally the loss of dials doesn't bother me, Aperture is still controlled directly on XF lenses, as I shoot 99.9% of the time in Aperture Priority away from motorsport this means for me it's no different to controlling the XP1. I haven't knocked the Exposure Comp dial yet, it's pretty stiff and I can't quite figure out how I would accidentally nudge it.
For me the fact it uses the same battery as the XP1 made it a no-brainer, but for motorsport/telephoto stuff I couldn't live without the XP1 due to the significantly larger size and the Shutter Speed dial.
Initial outlay would be £450 + £309 = £859, then £200 cashback = £659, so yes, that's right
Unsurprisingly the X-M1 is the best selling camera on Amazon! I've not actually used my X-Pro1 since it arrived.
Actually, I think it is £550.
£450 outlay.
£100 cash back on the body, £100 Amazon voucher.
So body is now £350.
£400 lens -£100 voucher = £300
Claim another £100 cash back ?
So £550.
Xpro1 in my opinion is much nice to hold and balances better with all the lenses. Ray, you need to go and hold one and see what you think!
Oooh, let me know how you get on with the Rokkor - I've been thinking about one of these for a while. I bought a few Russian 50mm lenses over the summer while waiting for the 58mm Fuji to come out and they are fine but the Minolta's get a good write-up (I presume you have seen Jonas Rask's webpage?)
I've ordered it now, for the price I am willing to forgive its handling quirks. It's only for fun anyway. I know it can't compare to my DSLR so I won't judge it against it.
To my knowledge all the Xmas codes have now expired. I have put a wanted thread in the classifieds if anyone wants to sell either a 14mm and/or a 60mm.What codes did you try? I know some are body only but there was a Christmas special around that worked on lenses too. Might have expired I guess.
Have you got a link because I can't find it?Both are for sale on a fujix-forum advert, though the 14 might be gone
well apart from hyper fast af I think the IQ is up there with the best up to 35mm dslr's . and is way lighter and nicer to carry then a dslr with a fast zoom . with my optech strap I barely notice it .
Thanks I was stupidly looking at the adverts on this forum?
I'm selling mine if you are interested. There is an ad up on another forum but I can put it up here as well...