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X-T10, 35/1.4
 

 

t1 + 23
 
SOKL5086 by Kirill Sokolov, on Flickr

My grandmother, 89 this year and still going strong.
 
Fuji X-T1, 56 1.2 APD

Padi worker at Malang, Indonesia.
Xt-1+56f1.2

Fujifilm X-E1 
Fujinon 35/1.4
Fujinon 56/1.2
 
Leyla
 
0001 by Kirill Sokolov, on Flickr
 
0002 by Kirill Sokolov, on Flickr
 
0004 by Kirill Sokolov, on Flickr
 
0010 by Kirill Sokolov, on Flickr
 
0012 by Kirill Sokolov, on Flickr
 
0011 by Kirill Sokolov, on Flickr
 
0014 by Kirill Sokolov, on Flickr

T2 + 56/1.2
 
DSCF3500 by Kirill Sokolov, on Flickr

XT10+35/1.4
 

 

X-pro2, XF56mm

Oh, my... why is it that every time this subject (and several similar ones) come up posters manage to turn a simple concept into something that appears to be baffling and complex.
 
First a 23mm lens is a 23mm lens is a 23mm lens. When you buy a 23mm lens from Fujifilm (on Canon or Nikon or Hasselblad or Olympus or whoever — yeah, some don't sell 23mm) it has a focal length that is 23mm. 
 
The angle of view of the image from a 23mm lens is different on every different format, not just cropped sensor cameras. A smaller sensor captures a smaller area of the image projected by a 23mm lens, so you get a narrower angle of view from this focal length on a small sensor camera. If you could put a 23mm lens on a medium format camera, with its much larger sensor of film, the projected image would extend over a larger area, and your photograph would capture a larger angle of view.
 
What photographers are usually trying to figure out is, more or less, "I like 35mm on my full frame or 35mm film camera. What focal length will give me the same angle of view on a Fujifilm camera?" Typically starting with a full frame sensor or 35mm camera as your starting point, you can figure this out using your camera's crop factor. It is easy.
 
1. If you like a 35mm lens on your full frame or 35mm film camera and you would like the same angle of view on your Fujifilm 1.5x cropped sensor system, just divide the full frame focal length (35mm) by the crop factor (1.5) to get 23mm. (35mm/1.5=23.33mm)
 
2. It works the other way, too. If you wonder how your 14mm Fujifilm sensor's angle of view compares to full frame cameras, you just multiply the crop sensor camera's focal length by the crop factor: 14mm x 1.5=21mm. Yes, your 14mm Fujinon lens gives you the same angle of view that you would get from a 21mm lens on full frame. 
 
I understand the desire to not have to do the (simple) calculation, but a few ideas. First, you only have to do it once when you select your lens for purchase. After that, it is what it is. Second, the math is actually pretty easy once you understand it and do it a few times. Third, there is a common way of describing this: "Effective focal length" or "focal length equivalent." You'll even see it on some vendors' websites. (From one I just looked up: "The "FUJINON XF35mmF2 R WR" offers a focal length equivalent to 53mm...")
 
Finally, if nothing else convinces you... accept that fact that this is how the world of photography refers to lenses. For decades, where referring to large format, medium format, 35mm, or whatever (each of which provides a different angle of view with a given focal length) we have simply referred to the actual focal length of the lens and photographers have learned (the relatively simple skills needed) to make sense of it.
 
Good luck!
 
Dan

Busy Market by Henry Sudarman, on Flickr

Chef by Henry Sudarman, on Flickr

Sunset by Henry Sudarman, on Flickr

Mushroom Picker...
... in Monti Sibillini/Italy
 

i hope you like it ...
 

IR-Linde by Enzio Harpaintner, auf Flickr

X-E1 + 10-24/4 10mm f9 240sec. iso200
 

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

so many great photos. go on!
 
another one of mine.

 

Snowdonia ,North Wales  UK 2014 
 
#x100s #captureone #matuskicka

Hey everybody!
 
Today, I’d like to share a brief story about a photograph I took two days ago, the joy of having a small, lightweight but high-quality camera equipment and knowing how to use your (limited) resources. It's the same that I already published on my blog.
The story started a few days ago when I walked past this spot:
 

 
It’s the Marienberg Fortress in my current home town, Wuerzburg. I hadn’t realized how good this spot was before, but as you can see, the time of the day and the weather conditions were not too great. So I just kept it in mind.
I’m currently pretty damn busy at work, so I don’t really have time to go out and shoot, let alone actually PLAN anything. Nevertheless, I take my “go-to” equipment with me every day, which comprises of:
 

The Fujifilm X100T A Haida 49mm ND 3.0 filter A tiny table tripod (Cullman 50007 digipod short) A cable release  
I’ve got no dedicated bag for this. I sometimes use a ThinkTank Retro 5, but normally I throw it into whichever bag I have with me (keeping everything organized with the power of the almighty zip-lock-bag… which also serves as a nice protection in case it rains). The whole thing weighs less than your average DSLR body, gives me full control over all relevant settings and yields images of great quality… moreover, I actually TAKE it with me.
Anyway, back to yesterday: So I sat in the office, prepared a talk I will give next week and saw that the weather was behaving more or less in the same chaotic way as the days before – promising some nice clouds at sunset. So I just grabbed my bag, rushed out to the spot and set everything up, which more or less looked like that:
 

 
The combination of the built-in ND filter, my screw-in filter and the great image quality at several apertures and most ISOs allows for a decent amount of freedom in exposure time, so I chose something one-minute-ish (although in the end I chose a 30s picture as the “keeper” thanks to a boat driving through) to nicely blur out the water but keep the clouds visible (they moved in the wrong direction for nice cloud-trails). Of course the whole thing wasn’t too stable on the tiny tripod and the surprisingly shaky bridge, but it sufficed to get a sharp picture. Thanks to the built-in WiFi, doing a rough edit on my smartphone was a breeze. So there you go:
 

 
The point here is: It’s not about the equipment you have with you – it’s about knowing what you want, what you need, how to get it out of the things you have with you and how to work around the limitations. Whatever this means for you depends tremendously on your style of shooting, your own expectations and which compromises you’re willing to make. And you will have to make them.
But this is something that you have to figure out for yourself, so don’t believe anybody who tells you about “that prefect camera” or whatnot. However, for ME, my current “small” setup is pretty close in terms of a daily companion and a whole lot of fun!
To conclude, here’s the final Lightroom edit and another one I took later in a moody b&w edit:
 

Wonder when the X100t will receive this.

Good News: Fujifilm confirms the X-E2 firmware for the end of this year More here: http://www.fujirumors.com/fujifilm-confirms-new-af-system-also-for-fuji-x-e2-at-the-end-of-this-year/

booq bags are nice. expensive but super well made and attention to detail is awesome. check this one out.
 
http://www.booqbags.com/us/backpacks/PSP-GRR

Thanks to this thread, now we know that most of the X-T1 users have at least one eye and some hair 

Hi Fuji-X buddies,
 
When I got my X-E2, the charger came with a monstrous power cable that was way too long and way too annoying to travel with. Enter this cool adapter from Amazon: amzn.com/B004OGXY72
 
It's shown in action below. Now I can carry something really useful instead of the power cord. Tequila, for example.
 
Best to all,
 
Peter
 

 
(my first post, pls. forgive if it's all wrong )
 
 
 
 
 

I think its an APS-C DSLR for sports and event photography. It can yse existing lens so for people that need the benefits of a true DSLR camera... then can have one alongside the mirrorless ones.