milandro

The 12mm will give him a lens with pretty much the same angle as an 18mm of a FF, it is cheap and one of the best quality lens on the market. I really don’t see the point of tilt and shift on a Fujifilm camera.

a 24mm samyang will be a normal focal lens on a aps-c hardly of any use for interiors

There are many ways to skin a cat. But, I really don’t think that most estate photography needs the extra complication of any tilt shift ( adapters or lens) unless you are talking architectural reproduction of tall buildings and even then the perspective might be correct but your viewpoint will always be the low one where you are shooting a Unless the estate in question is the size of Buckingham Palace, most good wideangles, used knowingly, will do just fine. Besides, tilt shift for full frame just simply don’t cut the mustard because they aren’t nearly wide enough and cost a fortune. Another point is that, unlike on film photography, when you use a tilt shift lens on a digital camera you enhance proecisely what the sensors deal badly with, rays not coming as straight as possible onto the sensor, which deals with this in a completely different way. On focal length, I disagree on the 24mm equivalent and personally prefer larger lenses, indeed I used 17 or 15 mm in my 35mm film days ( 58mm with 4” x 5” on my Cambowide) and now I am more than happy with 12mm Samyang, but again horses for courses.

Both lenses will work well. I had the Fuji 10-24 and replaced it with the 12mm Samyang because I used the 10 at arounnd 12 for interiors, which is just as good as the Fuji lens. You really don’t need an autofocus lens for interior photography. Set the aperture just past f8 and hyperfocal distance and you are good to go. Tilting the LCD upward ( effectively transforms the camera into a waist level viewfinder) will greatly help to compose and shoot when your camera is set too low to comfortably look through the OVF. Customers will appreciate peeking on it too and you don’t risk altering your composition by bumping the camera. The only slight drawback with the X-T1 is the need for an electric shutter release but you can do very well with the remote app for phones too or the self-timer.

As said above, shooting raw together with jpeg is always the best option. Raw gives you more options. Yet, some folks want to have a jpeg ready to use, in this day and age, you do this when you get back to your hotel room, send the image to your phone and then send it on the internet. It all takes moments. For more serious things, indeed, proces once you are at home.

hopefully more than one

I just came back from Varadero in Cuba which, I guess, isn’t too different from where you’ll be. The sun is fierce right now there so, I’ve shot Raw+jpeg ( which I recommend anyway because you can always do anything you want once you are at home) I shot the jpeg in Astia simulation and my advise to you is to do that too. Other corrections depend on your taste and what you do with the pictures.

if you bang it on the floor a couple of times you will get the most beautiful soft focus around. Have you read my thread? Obviously not. http://www.fuji-x-forum.com/topic/2619-would-you-make-a-“-relic”-version-of-your-camera-and-why/

When the first copies of the X-pro-2 started circulating among the beta testers, I asked the same question to those among the testers who might have been testing the camera on prints. I thought that would have been the exact first thing that I would have tested if I were one of these testers. I got no factual answers but got flamed instead. Nobody was able to say, and more importantly to show us, whether there was any print that could be done with the X-pro-2 that couldn’t be made with the X-T1. Since then, several comparative tests have been published. They appear to show that the X-pro-2 has minimal edge, but is that so on real world prints? Personally, although I like the joy stick, I will be holding on to my X-T1 and X-E2, and wait for generation 3. I doubt that I would be printing anything larger than my camera can actually manage.

My pleasure

No, it is not in the genes it is in the personal ethos of each individual. I am Italian born and I always make a point (unless I am on holiday and my company is closed) to answer within 24 hours any email, both personal or business. One of the reasons I was always on line it was because my business demanded to be on line all the time and I was on call from 8:00 to 24:00 I am always on time ( I was taught to be , my all family is) because I consider utter disrespect to not be and I am more often than not early to appointments. I have dealt with companies, all over the world, which weren’t able to meet MY standards. Having said this, just to clarify that being late or irresponsive to emails or making excuses for failing to provide the proper service, is NOT an Italian thing, the Angelo Pelle behavior described here doesn’t meet MY standards although I might share one of the passports that I hold with this gentleman.

it’s the material and the squeeze system which makes them slippery, besides, one person’s finger top abilities aren’t the other so what might work for one won’t for another. I have replaced the awkwardly humongous lens hood of the 60mm and that solved the problem of the lens cap too ( it’s a complicated fix but worth every penny or second that you spend in doing it, requires a filter used as spacer, a step up ring and the lens hood of your choice).

as long as the flash is physically connected with a wire or hot shoe there is always potential for problems. But if you use any non physical connection there is no possible discharge.

I like the feeling and looks of leather and the fact that just a little bee’s wax on a brush brings back the the soft feel and protects your bag indefinitely. Even if you were to handle this bag heavily you could treat it with other more protective oils ( Mink, Neatsfoot oil) and use it almost indefinitely, after all leather is a durable and sustainable. There are many bags which are way more expensive than this both in the canvas or leather category. At the time when I bought this, I researched the market well ( or so I thought) and came to the conclusion that for my requirements this was the best possible solution at a reasonable price ( which is sensibly risen in the meantime) and I also understand that the former Dutch importer is no longer importing this brand and perhaps they were also looking at different products since the sent me recently what looked like a closing special offer for their products. But there are as many bags as there are photographers. To each his one.

good reputations are difficult to gain and easy to lose. He would have been just better advised to send another item. Very unwise choice to antagonize a dissatisfied customer especially in an injurious way. Paypal specifically requires a registered and trackable shipment and he should not offer any other form if he doesn’t agree to that or not use paypal.

I too have problems with them, enhanced by the fact that, since my carpal tunnel surgery on both hands, I have problems with picking up things and I drop things easily. But replacing caps and the very awkward lens hoods is cheap and the market offers endless variations for any manner of prices and quality.

I know that in the Netherlands we have all the rights that I’ve mentioned. On top of this, in reality we also have a theoretical guarantee against fabrication defect which extends throughout the “useful” life of every object, way beyhond the minimum EU two years guarantee ( which has some exceptions like for example in the UK). Anyway this is getting a tedious exercise and after all our fellow members aren’t stupid and can read the material which I’ve provided and convince themselves of whatever they read in there. If you want to navigate through the legal terms on the Netherlands, please be my guest http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/NL/TXT/?qid=1444920189744&uri=CELEX:31999L0044

We are going around in circles. Like I said I have done this many times and Dutch shops are most certainly obliged to replace an item and or return the money within one or two weeks for physical shops and at least 30 days for on line purchase. I am goin on holiday in a few hours and you will forgive me If I don’t spend time trying to make my point. Feel free to convince your self though you can look up things here. http://www.europe-consommateurs.eu/fileadmin/user_upload/eu-consommateurs/PDFs/PDF_EN/REPORT-_GUARANTEE/tableau_EN_Legal_commercial.pdf If we are not in agreement, so be it. I am not trying to prove you wrong I am trying to inform fellow members.

I belive I’ve provided enough information

not this is not correct. In the Netherlands we normally have one to two weeks to return any purchase made in a physical shop and up to one month for on line buys. It always says on the proof of purchase. If you buy with paypal you have 180 days now. Similar conditions apply for credit card purchases too. I have bought a hoover wasn’t happy after using it ( could show that suction was not good), brought it back to the shop (a major supermarket), got cash. Brought back my 10-24mm lens to a shop, on the invoice I had one week time to recede my purchase and they gave me another one, they would have given me the money back if I had wanted to. They have to do that, unless it is broken. If it is broken you don’t send the faulty item to the distributor or manufacturer, you have to send it or bring it to the shop where you made your purchase (later identified as TRADER) Also in recent times the guarantee, in the EU, has ceased being mainly a contract between manufacturer and client but it is directly a contract with the shop (or trader) and the customer. In other words this brings the guarantor closer to the guaranteed. This is the spirit of the new legislation. Because, should the shop fail you then go to the distributor, should that fail to THEN you take it to the factory. In this way the chain of responsibility is always closest to the customer. From the FAQ of the EU own site ( applies to phones OR cameras). http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/shopping/guarantees-returns/faq/index_en.htm My new phone doesn't work. Who do I contact, the trader or the manufacturer? That depends on which of the two types of product guarantee you want to invoke: the legal guarantee or the commercial guarantee. The legal guarantee is binding on the trader. It is valid for two years and covers products bought in the EU. The trader or manufacturer may also provide you with a commercial guarantee, whose terms and conditions are explained in your contract; the terms of the manufacturer's commercial guarantee could present more advantages for you than the legal guarantee. The commercial guarantee does not replace the two-year legal guarantee. If you are given a one-year commercial guarantee when you buy a product, you can still use the two-year legal guarantee to claim redress from the trader after more than one year, but still within two years of purchase, on the basis of your legal guarantee. I bought a phone a little over a year ago, and it has stopped working. The trader refuses to fix it for free. Don't I have a two-year legal guarantee? The legal guarantee is valid for a period of two years throughout the EU. But there are certain conditions. The legal guarantee covers any defects presumed to have existed at the time of delivery and which become apparent within a period of two years. However, the crucial time period here is the six months following purchase: Any fault that appears within six months will be presumed to have existed at the time of delivery. The seller must then repair or replace your phone free of charge - or reimburse you if repairs or replacement are impossible. After six months, you can still hold the seller responsible for any defects during the full two-year guarantee period. However, if the seller contests this, you must be able to prove that the defect existed at the time of delivery. This is often difficult, and you will probably have to involve a technical expert.

takes all sorts. Never heard of a lens or a camera which was too sharp for me You can easily use softer “ classic” lenses or lens adapters which allow you to tilt the focal plane.

some are cheap as inexpensive fried potatoes, a basic K&F cOncept M42 -Fuji XF set me back a whole €10!

sure, I have one, yet, there is a world of difference with the X-T1 ( which I also own) and you would have discovered that only by owning one. The X-E2 is very nice, tonight I am living for a nice holiday and I am taking that camera, but I am very happy to own both. Besides, soon the X-T1 will be cheap too.

I have adapters and autofocus lenses also showing a slight wiggle on two different bodies.

you are definitelty not the “ average” camera user, nor you are the average saxophone buyer. Certainly dedicated to a certain “ feel” with vintage or retro and so am I in many ways.