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but unfortunately , all of us residing within the EU or UK pay VAT and “ handling through customs” ( charged by postal service or couriers for anything above €25) when receiving things from outside Europe. Plus some local Fuji are very difficult when handling a international guarantee, despite the fact that they shouldn’t be.

yes, as I said, nobody can please everybody. This is as true of me as it is of Fuji.

True, despite my sincere trying, I am having a tough time to understand your posts, perhaps some concepts are lost in translation both ways. Of course you may have different needs, we all have different needs from each other, but unfortunately there aren't bespoke Fuji cameras that I am aware of, only Fuji serial made ones. Anything made in large numbers will always only ever fulfill the needs of a more or less large number of people but cannot possibly fill the needs of all. It comes dow to choices. Fuji chose to produce small cameras made, serially, for a large public. The entire philosophy of the Fuji mirrorless camera is built around compactness and lightweight. Producing a camera wit a standard larger grip is like producing a spider limousine, a contradiction in terms and , as such, is not going to happen, despite a minority wanting or even needing this. You may very well wish for a different accessory grip, and they may very well fulfill that wish, but , another larger X-T2 camera comprising an integrated grip as a standard body ain’t going to happen. Nor they are making a “ special” model for such a limited market. But wish as much as you want, who am I to stop you doing that!

life is tough. Not only, I have bad news, nobody would or could ever design a camera to please all.

I don’t understand what the problem is with the grip already on the market? That adds more grip and more battery power. You cannot have those without increasing the size of the camera which is for most people and undesirable feature as a standard. For those who want more battery and camera grip to hold on to when using large lenses the provided grip should offer all of that. That is an addition, an accessory, but rightly not a standard feature of a camera which ( together with other cameras) revolutionized the marketplace by making mirrorless cameras smaller of the cameras already present on the marketplace. You can’t save bulk and weight everywhere else and then add it on as a standard feature for those who want it. It is counterintuitive. Mirrorless = small. I understood that the original question was how to have all of that without adding an external grip, but that, unless one resorts to sorcery, looks like it is impossible to realize. You cannot add things within the shape of the camera we have now, it is just too small ( which is what the camera designer set out to do in the first place, if they had had another briefing they would have produced a camera like the many others already on the market, but they were told to make a small camera with advanced features and dials and buttons instead of on screen menus). This is a bit like those who ask for a Fuji without buttons. That camera is called Leica, or Sony but not Fuji.

In just a few days the camera will hit the market and the reviews will flock to the internet. Differences with the previous model are minimal. They are summarized here (or many other other places) @https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9yrc4_voGQ Once the 4.0 firmware will be uploaded the Electronisc shutter and the refresh rate of the new model will probably be the most important of the difference (at least that’s what I think). I have just bought a secondhand X-E2 as a second body and I won’t miss the electronic shutter because if I need that I have it on that camera.

There have been comparison made already http://www.fujivsfuji.com/16-55mm-f2pt8-vs-18-55mm-f2pt8-4-vs-18-135mm-f3pt5-5pt6/ If one is not absolutely in need of the minor advantages of the more expensive and heavier zoom one shouldn’t discard the humble 18-55mm. This lens is offered at a pittance in kit form with many X cameras and can be even cheaper if bought secondhand because there are tons of them out there for sale.

A mechanical shutter is not closed forming a barrier in front of the sensor of a mirrorless camera with interchangeable sensor. That’s how you see the image, BECAUSE nothing is shut in front of the sensor. If you wish to clean the sensor, in fact all you have to do is operate directly on it because there is not “ protection” which would otherwise need to be opened. Anyway, I am not sure of what kind of “ protection” the shutter would offer since damaging the shutter isn’t going to be much less expensive to replace than damaging the sensor.

Any addition to the cameras as they are can only ever be causing an increase of both size and weight. You can’t have more batteries and an extra shutter button without doing precisely that. Next to my X-T1 , I’ve just bought a X-E2 and the compactness of the camera brought me back to why I ever decided to buy my first X camera, the X-E1.

There will never be the camera custom made to fit every need. Some things will please certain people and displease others. One will always have to face a choice. You can have some of all the things that you want but you can’t have it all. One of the main Fuji selling points is size and weight , change that and you have another camera, a Canon or a Nikon for example, they will cater for those people. X cameras, don’t.

they are sold in kits indeed but they are apparently kept by most kit buyers while there are way more 18mm being offered on line.

Yes, that is what I understand. Lens, wide or tele adapter, any other thing comes in front.

yet, I wouldn’t despair. @owkehi , change the title (edit your original post and use the advanced editor) into " Looking for an X-T1 tutor in Singapore” , that will be clearer about what you look for. Meanwhile there are many Youtube films which will help you. Also see if Fuji organizes something over there, they might! Don’t be discouraged! If at first you don’t succeed

I am not so sure of what you mean nor am I sure of what to do If I do get what you mean. Let me summarize my interpretation of your question. If you intend to leave the UV filter on the 23mm lens and on top of that screw the wideangle adapter ... if this is at all possible... you would have a small but extra distance between lens and adapter which wasn’t, I think, the way the lens+ adapter was meant to be assembled. Assembling the two lenses this way might be impossible and, if possible might not be advisable for all sorts of reasons among which the fact that you will be using a small thread of the filter to put an heavy lens on it. That’s why the adapter, itself, has a filter thread. So probably, when going from lens to adapted lens it would be better to not have anything in front of your 23mm otherwise, I am afraid that you would be better advised to remove it every time. Once you get to terms with the opportunity of not using a UV filter, it would be probably better for you to seriously consider whether one REALLY needs an UV or protection filter altogether. In my opinion this is superfluous and only provides a false sense of “ security” while almost certainly opening the possibility to create more problems that it possibly solves.

the wideangle adapter has a 49mm filter thread, so you can use filters. As for protecting your adapter with a filter... many are against any” protection” because it only adds another glass surface onto an already critical set up.

Repairs and Guarantees issues are not dealt with by Fuji uniformly all over the world. They are local issues. We have seen this in the debate around the camera skins coming off or the bulging doors. Different members reported different ways to deal with the issues from different Fuji distributors. Some were charged for the repairs , others weren’t. The policy on repairs has shown time and time again to be all over the place. More often than not, involving the Tokyo office has resulted in a positive attitude towards problem solving from Fuji’s head office. Local distributors weren’t always all that forthcoming. A physical shop will generally take care of its customers but, as far as I know, no “on line” shop will. This is one of the most important reasons for me to buy from a physical shop in the NL where I live as opposed to buy “ on line” and from an on line vendor. As I very often said, this is probably the only area where shops in the NL can actually compete with each other since they DON’T do that on price. Shops over here have a remarkable synchronicity in changing the price ( all...the same price ) at the same time and there isn’t even the chance that one shop will add a filter, a battery, a card, for “ free”. So why should anyone prefer to buy form shop A rather than shop B? Service is one of the areas where one shop can do better than the other.

Maybe I am just lucky but my L bracket with grip is attached permanently en doesn’t need tightening up. There are however special screws which need no tools

I too think that increasing the size and weight of the camera would be an undesirable contradiction. A large amount of the people who chose to prefer using mirrorless cameras over digital single lens reflex cameras do that on account of the smaller dimensions and lighter weight. So it would be counterproductive to increase, by default, both dimensions and weight for all. This doesn’t mean that some, who prefer a larger camera with more “ grip” or more batteries shouldn’t be able to buy an accessory but this should certainly not please the majority of buyers. I have no need for extra batteries ( I carry 3 in the bag ) with the body and for extra grip I’ve bought a cheap L bracket with grip and arca slide system.

I am not sure that there will ever be a kit with any of these two lenses but anything can happen. In case there is I will certainly report it here. The chain of shops where I buy most of the things has brought back the price to €599, in synchronicity with all the other shops in the NL. So that brief moment must have been a typing mistake because all shops have always this remarkable harmony of price all over the country. Anyway, a second body will be certainly advisable, whether buying a new one or a secondhand one is a matter for you to ponder. I have, in the meantime, been pulling the trigger on a secondhand X-E2

silent rumors

this might depend on how you have set up your LCD screen preferences. You can adjust for brightness and color, maybe that set up is off? http://fujifilm-dsc.com/en/manual/x100t/menu_setup/screen_set-up/#lcd_brightness

Not this katana... The analogy was precisely used because the normaL Japanese katana cuts one way, but this one has shown to cut two ways...they expected a Japanese one way cut, they got in return a western reaction , the second cut. The X-E2 is an outstanding camera, the way its “ kaizen “ was handled wasn’t all that wise leading to many negative reactions and the weird introduction of this halfway model. I am still trying to ascertain whether the X-pro 2 has anything other than fancy dressing to it compared to the X-T1. I have for example, asked in another thread, if anyone, next to chanting hosannas, has made print comparison of the two cameras. I don’t own a X-Pro 2 if I did I would print one the same picture shot with both cameras and see if there is any REAL advantage from the 24 Mp. The rest might very well be, as you say, window dressing. Only time ~( or a generous reviewer) will tell.

very interesting development. After lowering the price twice this month on the X-E2 body ( until yesterday it was €539) , the shop where I always go first ( the others follow suit rapidly we have an amazing synchronized action of all the shops selling Fujifilm cameras in the NL). This shop has, form this morning, NO new X-E2 for sale ( only demo or secondhand ones) alongside the X-E2S... Something is happening or going to happen soon. I wonder what that will be. I am playing the waiting game on this camera, maybe it will pay off. Ideally I would buy a body with a 35mm f2 or a less appealing but still interesting kit with a 27mm. We shall see.

there are comparisons of the 18-55 to the 35 f1.4 http://www.fujivsfuji.com/18-55mm-vs-35mm-f1pt4/ then the same site compares the two 35mm http://www.fujivsfuji.com/35mm-f1pt4-vs-35mm-f2-wr/ I have’t found a DIRECT comparison of the 18-55 to the 35 f2.

The success of any marketing strategy often depends upon how well the marketing team connects with the market they are marketing their product to and in this time and age of global trade it is very difficult to connect with the many people in the world. So, when Fuji came to the market telling the world that they were different, and their message might have been coming across differently in different part of the world creating different expectations. One thing is for sure, although it is true that you cannot please everybody all the time, creating expectations which are then destined to be unattended leaves a negative mark greater than the positive impression left by the fulfillment of the expectations. In other words: be careful with what you promise because if you don’t deliver on that promise you might find yourself in a pickle. The pickle hier has now found a solution at very long last, afte months and months, the X-E2 owners will receive the Kaizen. At the same time now there is a newer and more expensive camera on the market the X-E2S. A camera which, apparently now, contains almost the same things which the X-E2 will contain when the firmware will be updated. So, why having two cameras? Well, it might be just possible that future firmware upgrades will not involve the X-E2 but will only include the X-E2S? Anyway, the whole charade of the X-E2 firmware upgrade, or rather the lack of it until now, has done a lot damage and revealed that Kaizen is just another word used in marketing, the meaning of which might be subject to interpretation. Expect the worst, hope for the best and in the end take all you can get.