According to the manual, maximum charging time is 150 mins from flat. Just have to wait a bit longer.
How do I check what firmware is installed?
Sorry to be a pain, but do I do the body first, then the lens?
I dont get on with 35mm that well either, I blame GAS. The 23mm, 35mm and 56mm look to good to ignore.
It looks like the 56 will be released next month so I need to start rapidly saving for that. Will be selling my 18 asap and my 60 when I get it.
I was on a shoot when mine arrived today - the wife sent me a lovely text though: "Your new camera is here - you're not! Ha Ha!" Battery charging, then it'll be firmware update time and away we go!Hurrah! It's charged !
Gotta go now, new toy to play with.
No doubt I'll be back in a mo.
the wife sent me a lovely text though: "Your new camera is here - you're not! Ha Ha!"
Where can I find the PDF?I never bothered with the manual, thats half the fun, the PDF I posted for you has a lot of useful tips though for settings once its charged, start downloading your FW updates.
Where can I find the PDF?
I'd go back to WEX and ask to go onto the waiting list using your credit note as a deposit (no reason why they shouldn't do that). You've then got three weeks to see if they give you a definite time-scale, to see if your Nikon sells and to decide whether or not you want to pay everything up-front to get a paid invoice with the right date on it. If WEX can't get an estimated get a delivery date from Fuji within three weeks, or if that estimate is too late to qualify for the free lens offer - then WEX should be happy to let you do what you want with the deposit (switch it to another purchase). And you're no worse off than you are now holding a credit note that limits you to a purchase from WEX.
I did see that WEX had three X Pro1 bodies in the used camera display case last week. No good if you want the free lens deal though.
Thanks Alastair, I have taken your advise and reserved a X-Pro 1 with the credit note I have. They are hoping to have deliveries next week.
MPB & Wex have also given me a fair price on my D7000 & lens so I am covered for the purchase if they don't sell on here.
Next, lens decisions: I will have the 18mm lens with the body and I was thinking of getting the 60mm Macro, but I am also listening to what people have to say about the 35mm lens. I have no experience of using primes and I was wondering would the 18mm be good enough for a general walkabout lens or is the 35mm more suited. I like the idea of the 60mm for the Macro.
My main use for the camera and lens would be taking pics of my puppy, some seascape, and using the camera at the football (Swans) I need a prime to keep size down. I was thinking of using the Macro as we back onto woods and we get a lot of wildlife in the garden.
I could look to purchase the 16-50 lens for general use, one went on the bay last night for £100.00.
The reason I am changing to this system is, I have nerve damage to hands and left shoulder and I cant use a P&S for the football and general walkabout as I find them to small. My credit note is for the X20 I sent back last week (to small) and I am looking to combine the XP1 instead of the DSLR and small camera, for ease of use for myself.
Any advice on the above will be greatly appreciated. And I look forward to contributing further to this thread when camera arrives, I have bookmarked the links on previous pages to help to understand the camera and settings.
You have used the Nikon so should know more or less the differences between 18mm and 35mm in terms of focal length? Do you shoot wide when walking around or do you shoot standard length more. The lenses arent really going to cope with football, they are to short, the only zoom lens is the 55-200.
If I were you Id set my current Nikon gear to the focal lengths of the Fuji lenses then decide which lenses to buy. You sound like you want to cover all your bases, only way to do that well is to buy lots of primes OR buy the 18-55mm and the 55-200mm. (Around £750 for both used). Your 18mm will fetch £220-250 and your 60mm will fetch £300, add a bit and youll have enough for both zooms.
Thanks Twist for the reply.
I have only used a 28-85 & 28-75 (short lenses) on my body, so I am un-sure how the 18mm would work out. As for the football, I was thinking of using the prime (18 or 35) and possibly cropping???, they won't let you in or use zooms on professional equipment (thats what they said for my D7000 with 28-85) at Premier League grounds. I would presume it would be the same with XP1 ??????
Your probably right, I am trying to cover as many bases as possible, but with a limited budget for the time being. As I am disabled I want to try and make the right decision now, as if the XP1 doesn't work out this will be probably my last go at trying photography. I probably need to try the primes first as it will help with keeping the weight down for me, but my concern is that there is no VR in primes. Decisions, decisions!!!
The Fuji would not be considered a pro so I should b ok there.
Did you use the zooms mostly at 28mm and wish they were wider when walking around?
You are going to be making some MASSIVE crops with those lenses, may as well have bought a cheap small bridge camera as quality is going to be very poor. Im not familiar with football ground rules with regards camera size.
The zooms arent huge or heavy and have IS, imo your best bet. You mentioned keeping the 18 and 35 and getting a 16-50, no point as your overlapping with a poorer quality lens and paying for it. By the time youve done that youre £100 short of a 18-55 and 55-200 and far better off.
It may have been a good idea to also look at a Canon G1X. Decent size, decent sensor, okay zoom for walkabout. Only mid size camera I can think of at the moment with a large sensor.
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/ca...ras/compact-cameras/canon-g1-x-1063587/review
For info, I am ambulant disabled ( I can walk small distances ). And I have had Subacromial Decompression operations to both shoulders and I have nerve damage to both index fingers along with nerve damage to left shoulder from mentioned operations. These problems give issues holding and stabilising cameras, thats why I am looking to change to a lighter system. I also tried a XE-1 last year and I found that small to hold.
The Fuji would not be considered a pro so I should b ok there.
Next, lens decisions: I will have the 18mm lens with the body and I was thinking of getting the 60mm Macro, but I am also listening to what people have to say about the 35mm lens. I have no experience of using primes and I was wondering would the 18mm be good enough for a general walkabout lens or is the 35mm more suited. I like the idea of the 60mm for the Macro.
I'll have to make do with a converters and manual lenses for now. I have a basic one on order, maybe I'll pick-up a t/s or speed booster adapter later. I have a couple of very good Zeiss 135mm lenses I'd like to try on the Fuji - the usual CZJ 135/3.5 Sonnar in m42, and also the even better CZ 135/4 HFT Teletessar in a QBM fitting.