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Hey Guys -- Is This a Good Fuji X Forum?


Greg7579

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Hi Guys, I'm a travel photographger from San Antonio, Texas and have been shooting at a passionate level since I was 15.  I am 60 now.  I switched from a lifetime with Canon and Nikon (at various stages) to Fuji almost 4 years ago, or the day the XT-1 came out, whenever that was.  I own almost all of the Fuji X lenses except for the Brick (which I admit is a good bag of primes and a fine lens, but I have decided not to like it because it reminds of my many Canon Ls), and I spend some spare time on the DPR Fuji Forum helping newbies and irritating the other pros.  :)

Well, I guess I'm not a pro because I don't charge money for my work.  I only spend money on it.  Lots....

 

I think I am going to look around this forum a bit and see if I like it.  I honestly didn't know about it.  

 

I don't hide my images and they are free for the taking.  There are a few thousand XT-1 and XT-2 images posted here on my Flickr page using any one of about 12 XF lenses.  You can have a peek if you are bored.  They are organized into Trip Albums.  I travel a lot and shoot.

 

I have strong opinions founded on decades of experience and a love for the awesome Fuji.  I am not supported by or compensated by Fuji in any way.  Same user name as on the DPR Fuji X Forum.  

 

I don't really like this forum being broken down into each camera type because there is a lot to be leaned from the XT-2 / XP-2 crowd and the reverse is also true.  In fact, the best (and most famous) pro portrait photographer I know uses the XT-10 on travel and borrows lenses from me.  

 

Anyway, I might start posting here.  I don't troll Canon and Nikon forums.  I don't venture over there and tell them why I switched and why they should.   Although it is tempting at times....  So much I could tell them.  

 

Greg Johnson

San Antonio, Texas

https://www.flickr.com/photos/139148982@N02/albums

 

 

 

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Some interesting points Greg. I am even older then you (67) and moved from Canon to Fuji and haven't looked back since I did. I worked in the photo business for 38 years and yes in those days it was really "photo" as opposed to "imaging". Although this also included working for Fuji for 18 years I was a strong supporter of Canon SLRs and then DSLRs and only when the X-series cameras emerged did i move to Fuji equipment. I was fortunate to be involved in the very early digital cameras with Fuji - the DS-7 in 1996 with its 0.35MP sensor and SmartMedia cards. In 21 years we've gone from 0.35MP to 24MP with the Fuji brand alone! In image quality terms the DS-7 (and the Casio QV-10 which I still have in my collection) were rubbish and nobody in their right mind would have used digital in preference to analogue photography. But now .....

 

I think your point about the separation of the forums is an interesting one as I have both X-T2 and X-T1 and I find myself switching back and forth between the sub-forums. But I am signed up to receive notifications from both and quite frankly there are not a huge amount of posts so it isn't too much of a hassle. And many (but not all) are model specific issues - this or that doesn't work, menu issues etc and separating them is IMO probably the most efficient way to go. And there is a General Discussion section under Fuji X News & Rumours for such general issues. 

 

But welcome to the Forum Greg and we hope you will participate on here as you've obviously got a lot of experience and sounds like some strong opinions! By the way what is the Brick? 

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I have two X100 series cameras and look at lot of the other sections, partly because there is a lot of overlap in features.

 

And after you have caught up, just click "View new content" each day and it only takes a minute or two to see if there is something interesting to you.

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