milandro

too bad in the NL they keep asking a lot of money for this Used in a shop http://www.kamera-express.nl/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/org-ke_nl-Site/nl_NL/-/EUR/ViewParametricSearch-SimpleOfferSearch?SearchParameter=%26%40QueryTerm%3Dfujifilm%2Bx%2Bpro%2B1%26CategoryUUIDLevelX%3DnoYKAygz2lAAAAEszAlLW4ix&ShowAllFilters= New in the same shop ( probably one of the largest in the NL) http://www.kamera-express.nl/product/12177651/fujifilm-x-pro1-body/ they are CRAZY!

...well, at the very least a “ Mede-lander” . In the Netherlands and in Europe guarantees are 24 months minimum “.Traders selling consumer goods in the European Union (EU) are obliged to remedy defects which existed at the time of delivery and which become apparent within 2 years. EU rules guarantee consumers a minimum level of protection, especially if the goods do not meet the standards promised..." http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=URISERV:l32022 So, if you bought this anywhere in the EU you should have 24 months guarantee. If you on the other hand have bought this OUTSIDE the EU you have then right to the 12 months international guarantee. However this is possibly a factory defect because it recurs and therefore you could argue that ( in the Netherlands this is i VERY strong argument) this is not within the normal defects that one can expect from a camera. https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/bescherming-van-consumenten/vraag-en-antwoord/welke-garanties-heb-ik-op-een-product https://www.consuwijzer.nl/vervoer/garantie-op-vervoermiddel/europese-garantie-en-nederlands-recht-op-deugdelijk-product “...Er is geen wettelijke garantietermijn in Nederland. Dit is omdat het ene product langer mee gaat dan het andere. Is het probleem met het product uw schuld? Dan heeft u geen recht op gratis reparatie, een nieuw product of teruggave van uw geld. Heeft u het product normaal gebruikt maar is het gewoon versleten? Ook dan heeft u geen recht op gratis reparatie...." In short a product guarantee is NOT limited to the compulsory minimum 2 years and it has to do with what is reasonably to expect from a certain product and that is, MORE than 2 years!

€339 secondhand is cheaper yes, but €399 is NEW

actually in my the NL the secondhand x pro 1 bodies are more expensive that the price of new in Belgium! http://www.grobet.be/nl/systeemcamera/fujifilm/fujifilm-finepix-x-pro1-body-gratis-tas-131292.html

It has happened a couple of times only but I am not aware of how it has happened. Possibly, indeed, when changing the ISO but more probably when holding the camera vertically. It seems to be, indeed in a protected area but I would prefer if, in order to operate its function, one would not only need to turn it but turn and depress it or turn and pull it.

as said elsewhere, most people don’t really need any upgrade to a better model with enhanced performance. If one is one of these people one can buy this camera at a bargain price new, for €399!

From a philosophical point of view a lock, any lock, whether consisting of software or hardware, for anything (so as well a bicycle lock or a password for your computer), has always one problem. To be failproof (or foolproof) it has to be complex, but if it is complex ( bulky, heavy or complicated) it becomes difficult to operate. It is possible to have a better locking system for the electronic functions of the camera and there will be the possibility to change this with firmware updates. I am not familiar with Nikon’s but I guess it can easily be replicated. The hardware is not as easy to change and easily operate. Again, I’d like to lock the dioptric correction knob which one turns all to easily making the sharpness of the electronic viewfinder just a little off ( so you don’t even quickly notice that has been altered) as it stands the only thing would be to cover it with some sticker as show above, but I’d rather not. Maybe someone can come up with an handy solution.

@Sator-Photography I think the last Fuji sales report tells us ( the way I read it, it is written in a rather cryptical way) that they are not going to invest in developing anything of a minority interest on the photographic market.

I don’t think that there is any such adapter to use a Fuji lens on a Sony A7RII. There are multiple reasons why there isn’t one and there will never be one... 1) The flange distance of Fuji is smaller than the one of Sony. 2) The aperture of fuji lenses is not working on the lens without it being attached to the camera, only lenses such as ones without any electrical contacts ( e.g. Samyang) have operating apertures furthermore, the focusing of many lenses of the system is also electric and won’t work without electric contacts. Sell the Sony !

A friend of mine asked me if I knew of how this program would perform correcting the perspective of the 10-24. Of course there are many ways to perform perspective corrections but the majority imply loosing part of the frame. Does anyone have direct experience with using this software ( or Photoshop or Aperture) with this specific lens? Could someone share before after versions of the pictures made this way?

I had the 10-24 for a bit longer than a year. It was the lens that I used the most BUT mostly on 10-12mm and only occasionally on anywhere near 24mm. I decided to sell it ( still got a good price for it) and buy the 12mm Samyang. I did buy the 18-55 for all the intermediate focal needs. I also own a 8mm fish-eye Samyang which is a specialty lens but still nice to have even owning the 12mm. The image quality of the 12mm Samyang is very high indeed. Measuring it against the 10-24 or the 12mm Zeiss there wouldn’t be too much that you would want this lens to do for you that it couldn’t deliver, but it is not autofocus ( not that you would need to focus it most of the times) nor is it automatic or has an electronic chip.

yes and no need to buy the right angle adapter, you probably have one already! (other folk’s images but that’s what I’ve done too)

this is the X10, close enough to the x30...

Welcome to FR forum Kenneth. Well, since you have Leica lenses why not let the Leica dark side tempt you and buy a Leica SL? You can use M lenses on that system too, but even then...with an adapter of course. You need a lot of cash though. Perhaps this will be a deterrent and the reason why you are looking for a Japanese alternative. X-T1 and the X-Pro-1 are both mirrorless ( you say the rangefinder ...and the mirrorless...) but the X-Pro-1 has also an Optical Viewfinder (OVF) as well as an Electronic Viewfinder ( EVF). The EVF of the X-Pro-1 is not of the same quality as that one of the X-T1 or X-T10. Anyway the X-Pro-1 is certainly on the way out, being the oldest camera in the system and having seen how everybody talks of the new X-Pro whatever it will be called. The X-T1 is still, and for the time being unchallenged, pinnacle of the system. Not using native to this camera lenses ( the so called “ legacy” lenses, a neologism referring to: lenses made for analog cameras used on a digital camera by means of adapters) on a Fuji camera is certainly possible, many do, but you will have all the “ problems” of not benefiting of the many functions which the lenses and the camera have. Besides because the way film and sensors capture light is different, making, in the case of the sensor, not such a good use of light coming at an angle at it , compared to film, all “ legacy” lenses used on a digital camera will always perform at a lesser resolution than they originally had on film and their counterparts especially made for digital photography. Read this test of someone testing a Leica lens on a X-Pro-1 http://photomadd.com/using-a-leica-summicron-50mm-with-the-fujifilm-x-pro1/ “.....To my eyes, and my surprise, the Fujinon is the sharper of the two. At f/2.8-f/4 they are pretty evenly matched, but by f/8 the Fujinon is way ahead and by f/11 there is really quite a difference. That isn’t missed focus on the Summicron – I was very particular and I’ve had a good look over the whole frame at 100% and it’s consistent across the frame......" This is consistent with the phenomenon that many have observed that evern the best adapted lenses perform (certainly in resolution terms) not as well as native digital lenses on digital cameras. Therefore, despite your lenses being Leicas , they won’t perform as well as a Fuji lens on a Fuji camera will do. In addition to this, the Fuji camera “ recognizes" Fuji lenses and automatically performs corrections ( even on the raw files) to compensate, for example, for light loss at the border of the format, this won’t happen with any adapted lens or any third party lens (aside from the Zeiss lenses, specially made for Fuji which are possibly an alternative to you, seen they are German and not Japanese whatever that means. Unless you use special focal reducers ( which cannot be used with all type of lenses!) because the APS-C ( unlike the LEICA SL) sensor being smaller, every lens you use will be performing as a longer focal length than it did on the 35mm camera. A 35mm would be the “ normal” focal for APS-C instead of the 50mm on your analog camera and so on. The benefits of the current OVF are very limited and even more so if you adapt lenses because, for example, to focus manually you always need the EVF. You can use the various focus aids of the EVF but it won’t be easy to follow objects moving rapidly and focus accordingly and you will quickly find ( I think) that you will use your autofocus lenses ( Japanese or German) rather than your Leica’s. Of course we don’t know yet what the future will bring, Who knows, maybe the X-Pro to come will have many features that this doesn’t have. This forum is particularly prone to speculations ( it is called Fuji Rumors after all) but the reality is that the new X-Pro is still very far away and nobody really knows what its features will be. As for the camera that you would need if you like to enter the system now and not in a year or so when the X-Pro will come out. The X-T1 is certainly a great camera ( I own that one) but If I were to enter the system as you seem to want to do, and you don’t need the Weather resistance then I would certainly save a lot of money and buy the X-T10 which is a lot cheaper and performs at least 95% as well as the X-T1 if not even better. Good luck.

The way things change.... When I started taking pictures with my first 35mm camera ( my own first camera, would you believe it, was the now re-born 6 x 6 cm Diana Flash) a Zenith E bought as a teen-ager, with my own savings, then, for the great majority of photo aficionados having an affordable kit meant having three lenses. Mine was a 29mm ( 29!?) Pentacon 2.8, the “ standard” Helios 58mm f2, and an Avanar 135 f 2.8. Zooms were too expensive.

Have you bought a lens Coffee mug? I have but use it for pens and pencils. Maybe you haven’t because it is not a Fuji after all! Bt all manners of “ lenses” are used for more or less useless gadgets Like this calendar How about this alarm clock? And these very useful bracelets made of recycled lens bodies?

It is possible that some of us find their Fuji cameras in need of some ornamentations. If you can’t find solace in the normal accessories and have cash to spend you may want to contact am artist who specilizes in offering useless ornaments for all manners of hobbies. Meet Jay Tsujimura Goldsmith, decadent? You bet!

There are many sites or blogs with a plethora of so called tests but frankly speaking nobody seems to follow a “ system” that I can understand. It would be nice if the Polish site lenstip http://www.lenstip.com test them. Their tests I can certainly understand and have been a good base to compare lenses for me. I think I will end up buying something based on availability and affordability. Most probably the Mitakon which seems to tick all the boxes. I am afraid that especially the second criterium will exclude the Metabones, for me.

The world of the many Chinese alternative makers of accessories is a jungle and amongst the many unknown makers one can at least trust the ones that are better known such as Mitakon. They have been making lenses for a long time after all. I am not big with adaptive photography, for me is and stays mostly a fun exercise but for most photographic applications I’d prefer autofocus lenses with the exception of the two Samyang 8mm and 12mm which I own. Having said this, I wouldn’t mind using, albeit just in some situations, the older M42 lenses ( 28, 58, 100, 135) that I have bought mostly to be used with another gizmo, the kipon tilt adapter. The point of using one of these adapters would be to have a better performance in terms of light efficiency and resolution and actually have a lens element to protect the sensor from the elements while playing around with the lenses. I see this as a bonus in adaptive photography. You protect your sensor and at the same time you improve the performance of your lens, the downside is adding weight to lenses that are already rather heavy.

You can clearly see that your Sony adapter is very different from the Fuji version, clearly there are no rings in that version which need locking and there are many reviews of this product an no one has reported this problem.

No, this is not the configuration of this adapter for Fuji cameras, quite the opposite! There is no locking mechanism and it is a straight bayonet fitting like all their lenses for Fuji

One often overlooked accessory for any camera is the pistol grip. When I had my Rolleiflex cameras ( I used a 2.8 planar and a 3.5 tessar for several years) I also owned a prism in order to use the cameras at eye level rather than the more customary 6 x 6 cm waist level shooting. When using the camera that way it becomes almost mandatory to have a pistol grip, mine had also a quick release which allowed the camera to be quickly fitted to a tripod also fitted with a quick-release. Since practically all modern cameras can be used for filming this accessory which wasn’t all that useful for the majority of 35mm cameras ( and which almost disappeared) has made a come back. There are tons of these around. Some are simple grips screwed on at the bottom of the camera others integrate various other functions, the most useful of which is probably an electric cable release of course this is an area where the creativity could go really wild ( especially by getting inspiration from the past!)

these grips have been around for a while already, at least one year, but I am not sure whether they are really available

Have you used the Metabone speed Booster or any other metabone adapters? Was the lens turbo type I or II? This of the over-tight fit seems to be a problem more common on Canon Nikon than it is specifically on Fuji, besides, Mitakom makes lots of ( not cheap ) lenses for Fuji which seem to fit just fine.

they’ll be soon out of business then