andymcd

Hopefully these Flickr links will work:
 
1)

Woodland by Andy McDonald, on Flickr
Checking what the sunstars look like, f16 (possible f22) I think
 
2)

Moss by Andy McDonald, on Flickr
Closer in, wide open @ f1.4
 
3)

Evening Dog Walk by Andy McDonald, on Flickr
Wide open @1.4 to help in very dark conditions - 1/30, ISO 6400
 
4)

Knitting by Andy McDonald, on Flickr
Wide open again
 
Andy

My love affair with this lens continues...
 

Bark by Andy McDonald, on Flickr

Hopefully these Flickr links will work:
 
1)

Woodland by Andy McDonald, on Flickr
Checking what the sunstars look like, f16 (possible f22) I think
 
2)

Moss by Andy McDonald, on Flickr
Closer in, wide open @ f1.4
 
3)

Evening Dog Walk by Andy McDonald, on Flickr
Wide open @1.4 to help in very dark conditions - 1/30, ISO 6400
 
4)

Knitting by Andy McDonald, on Flickr
Wide open again
 
Andy

Hopefully these Flickr links will work:
 
1)

Woodland by Andy McDonald, on Flickr
Checking what the sunstars look like, f16 (possible f22) I think
 
2)

Moss by Andy McDonald, on Flickr
Closer in, wide open @ f1.4
 
3)

Evening Dog Walk by Andy McDonald, on Flickr
Wide open @1.4 to help in very dark conditions - 1/30, ISO 6400
 
4)

Knitting by Andy McDonald, on Flickr
Wide open again
 
Andy

LOL!!!
 
Thanks Again...

Had the Star Wars Luke Skywalker Force FX Lightsaber for awhile and decided to do a quick photo with it...

News from Fujifilm
 
Firmware Ver.4.00 available on February 4, 2016
 
 
http://www.fujifilm.com/support/digital_cameras/software/firmware/x/xe2/index.html

I really like the lighting on this one, and great title. But I can't help noticing the untied shoelace and worrying that they'll be no Jedis left at all when he trips with his light sabre
 
Andy

"Then I am alone...  I am the last of the Jedi..." by David Wong, on Flickr

Feb 4th
 
Electronic shutter

I absolutely agree and did similarly. My intention is to soon replace both my X-T1's in favor of the E2-series, primarily for their simplicity and ease of use and by extension, their *lack* of features. I find little of the T-1's additional abilities over X-E2 to be very useful in most daily useage and in certain ways, even annoying (ex.- the friggin' locking buttons on the shutterspeed and iso dials). Many of the tricks that the newer cameras have added are only accessible relatively deeply, inconveniently or just added complexity to the menu. In regards to ES (imo,a not yet fully mature feature), a ND filter in the pocket works just fine.
anywhoo...
...if Fuji generously provides me with an X-T1-like focus system and perhaps frees up the R&L D-pad buttons to FN use, the T-1's are outta here and I'm an enormously happy camper.

I bought an X-E2 as an upgrade from the X-E1 in the summer because of the extra features that it already had, but knowing that an X-E2 firmware update was coming soon(ish). I am looking forward to seeing what improvements the X-E2 gets, but it will still be the camera that I chose to purchase back in the summer.
 
Ultimately, the X-E2 is already doing everything that I want it to do but any extras that I pick up through this firmware update will be a bonus and will be much better than anything that was ever improved in any of my Nikon DLSRs through a firmware update.
 
I am sure that everyone is correct and that there will be a backlash from disgruntled X-E2 owners when the X-E2s is announced and has more features than the updated X-E2 but it is important to see this from Fuji's perspective - they have to make money to survive and (to my eyes) they are trying to look after as many of their existing users as they can within that.
 
To try to put this in perspective, I am also a member of one of the Nikon forums, where the announcement of the D500 has left many feeling very unhappy because they have recently paid out for D7200's believing that Nikon were never going to produce a true D300s replacement - having only just lost money on D7100's which had inadequate buffering for the required frame rate.
 
Andy

Eiffel tower

Samyang 12mm. XE-1.
 

Wall watching. by Begi Nabara, on Flickr

Frankly speaking, I got my X-E2 because it's an awesome camera that already does everything I want. I bought it based on its initial specs and capabilities, for me the later improvements are nothing more than a cherry on top of an already tasty cake.

X-T1 with XF 35mm
Raw file processed though Iridient Developer and converted to black and white with Silver Efex Pro
 
I guess since it's low tide it's a landscape as opposed to a seascape ;-)

I think this fits perfect… 
 

The game is over by sgt.floydpepper.hh, auf Flickr

X-E1 + XF 27mm
 

Drift-sand by Licht Sluw, on Flickr

x-t1 zeiss touit 12/2.8
 

X-T1, 18-55mm

Flickr

X-Pro 1, 35mm 1.4

Near Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (XP-1 + XF 18-55mm + Jupiter 37A 135 mm)

Fuji X is great for landscape. Don't let all the megapixels guys fool you. I get very acceptable 20x30 prints from my XT-1 - such as this... with 18-55mm @ ISO 200.

Buongiorno Umbria

looking out on the landscape by Jörg Staudt, auf Flickr
 
X-E1 with 8mm Samyang

... and here's another one with the 56mm @F2,0