darknj

Just as Milandro said, I would be super surprised to not have any lens flare at the angle you took the shot. It is good that Fuji isn't violating some laws of physics ;] I assume you mean Samyang, right ?

I am not certain Fuji actually need to pay anyone for a good review, their marketing campaign isn't as heavy as Canikon or Sony. If something is good, people will know it. The X100 is a very good example, it wasn't really a known camera but suddenly it drew a lot of attention to it and part of the photohraphy world started paying attention to Fuji again. The rest is history.

Funky, I got one from Rita33 I think.

I think it should work, not 100% certain, you check for yourself on the Google Play store if the Fuji app does appear in it for your device.

Going XC line for the longer range zoom is a wise thing to do if you don't need the extra stops of lights. The F2.8 zooms are great lenses, but as you said, it comes with a weight/size cost and the money cost is relatively high too. As Larry said, I would wait a bit for that 100-400mm lens next year, it might be the single lens to cover up all your range needs and that frees up 4 slots for your primes. All in all, I wouldn't ditch the 18-55 F2.4-4 that easily, it is still a very good and very versatile zoom, it would help you out from your 18 to 35 range. I would still get one of the F1.4 prime, just you have something to go for if the light drops down too much. From your current line up and with the known previsions I would say something akin to: 27, 35, 18-55, 100-400 and one last free for whatever you want. The good thing about the 35mm is that you can do a bit of everything with it. It can serve as a perfectly fine portrait lens.

Depends on what you shoot honestly. I would advise you either the 35mm F1.4 or the F2 version that is supposed to arrive later this year, it "should" be smaller than the F1.4 version. But if you want to go small, nothing currently beats the 27mm. Albeit it's a bit weird focal length a first but once you get used to it, I find it rather pleasant and kind of refreshing to use. Not as tight at the 35mm but not as wide as the 23mm either and still packing while being a large body cap. I have been considering macro shots too lately, but instead of the Fuji, I wanted to test out the Super Takumar 50mm F4 from Pentax with a mount converter.

I can understand the dislike for the look of them, but I have had my 335 for almost a decade now, and while I do take care of it, it is still the most pratical camera bag, there a lot of small details that are done just right, like it won't turn on itself if you move gear around, the waterproofing is nice and trustworthy too. Got caught under a tropical downpoor in Thailand a few years ago and the bag kept all the things inside pretty dry considering the amount of water we got. With the Fuji gear, I can pack my gear and still have enough room for my ultrabook and 3 days of clothings easily. Still my favorite bag if I have to travel for long distance for a short time. Last resort I have for you, is t steal over some inserts and use a smaller man bag and slightly convert it toward your everyday camera bag, akin to what I did with that Fossil bag.

The Nikon version works if you mount it directly on the hotshoe but if you want to trigger it wirelessly, you will need something with a Canon socket. At least from my personal experience.

I rather like the Peak Design style, at least is uncommon enough to not be targeted as a camera bag at first glance. But have you taken a look at Vanguard ? Their Up Rise series is rather nice, I have an older version of the Up Rise 33 and I lost the shoulder strap during a trip to Asia, contacted their support to find out where I could buy a new one again and to my surprise they offered me it to me free of everything and shipped it to my home. I know it doesn't cost them much, but they have earned my respect with that move. Also, there is also the old and venerable Billingham, the Hadley Pro or Hadley Large should both fit your needs.

Had a look yet at the newest from Peak Design ? Yes it's a Kickstarter but it's not the company's first one and they have always delivered so far. So kinda good on that side. Plus the bag does look nice, I like the tan version, and does a few things right to me.

Looks interesting but years of those kind of batteries with higher nominal values than the originals taught me to be more careful than those with same or lower values.

I would rather judge on your personal preferences for either the 23 or 35. The 18-135 is really nice as it can do a bit of everything, for interiors, if your subject is static you can easily use the 5 stops OIS and just shoot at lower speed like half a second @18mm. As for the choice between the 23 and 35. Well I am fully biased toward the 35. If I need to shoot something wide with it, I would just make multiple shots and make it panoramic. It is like the brenizer method, just not as strict. Worst case scenario I still have my android phone and I could shoot a photosphere with it. So I usually find way to work around my issues than fix it with a new lens. Also, since I never used the 23mm I really can not say much about it.

Thank you for the details, it is much appreciated. As for the camera itself, I do not think I will be getting any of the X100 series for myself, I am way too deep into practicability with my gear. It's not the prime lens that blocks me, heck if I could I would be shooting primes for everything, but it's the fact that even if I wanted to do something else, I wouldn't be able to with that body. On my X-T1, I can get the same effect but at a compromise of size and weight, which is acceptable since the body is already lighter than most DSLR to begin with. Thank you also for the reviews of the converters, I have been curious about them and was always wondering if they were of actual uses or just gimmicks that fake some possibilities.

I am a believer that you need to hold something in your hands to know if you would like it or not. I wasn't certain if the X-T1 would be something I would like to use before I held it. The same applies for a lot things I use on daily basis. Since I can only give you advices based on my personal experience, that advice does sounds like the best thing to do, specially if you are still uncertain yourself. Fuji make great bodies and superbe lenses, but I will not hesitate to advice other brands if the other party is doing something that you consider important in a better way.

Side question about those conversion lenses, I know they are made by Fuji, so quality is assured but is there any kind of drawback to them ? Like the final picture getting a tad bit of softness like when you use a lens filter ? Or Fuji is indeed delvering something amazing the keeps the same sharpness while having more glass in between ? If you want a solid piece of advice, try to find a rental shop where you live or one that don't mind shipping to your area and get it for the week-end, it could cost around 100$ but at least you would have it for a small amount of time and play enough with it to take a good decision as if it seems to be like what you are expecting it or not at all.

This is exactly my main gripe with the XF 18mm, by itself it is really not a bad lens, it's small, compact, deliver great pictures. But then came the XF 18-55 F2.8-4 and at 18mm F2.8 the zoom kit is just a tad bit sharper from edge to edge compared to the prime, the XF 18mm lose a bit on the corners but things gets a bit closer at around F4-5.6. I don't know about you, but primes are supposed to be better than zooms at their native focal length, if that's not the case, something is wrong with the prime lens. Agreed the differences are really small and you really need to be nitpicky about it to really see it, but I can see it and it super annoys me that I can... I will repeat again, the 18mm is a good lens, I do not know if it is the 18-55 F2.8-4 that's insane at 18 but this is causing me to wait for the next iteration of the 18mm, and if it can get WR, that would be great for me as I travel on regular basis to quite humid/tropical countries where at least some form of WR is much appreciated.

If it is still there on my trip to the UK in early september, I could be snatching it up for myself or my wife.

The Sony A6000 might something you would want to look at then. Sepcially if you have young child that don't stay static for much. 24 MP also on APS-C sensor size, really fast AF and reliable too, it was considered by many as the ultimate all rounder of 2014 at its release and it's still one of the most sold body of that year. It offers a nice balance of full control and laid back settings should you just want to use it as a point and shoot, cost around 800$ with basic lens kit. If it's so good, why didn't I picked it up ? Well first of all, I wanted something where I would have full control, if the pictures sucks it would be because I messed up, and really great quality on lenses. That stirred me toward Olympus OM-D EM-5 Mk II at first and then I discovered the X-T1 and that's where I am currently. The drawbacks I, personally, would have with the Sony A6000 are: - I don't really like Sony lenses, no specific reasons but they just don't work with me. - The JPEGs out of the camera are rather bland and kinda tasteless when compared to those of Fuji, even with 8 PM in differences the Fuji Jpegs always look more eye pleasing then Sony's. - I got super spoiled by the X-T1 super large EVF and its quality, it would be pretty much impossible for me to go back to something of lesser size and quality. Last thing, any camera can last 5 years nowadays, it's just a matter of not having GAS. My X-T1 does have some short comings, would I replace it when the X-T2 gets released ? Unlikely, the camera does everything I want it to do and with bravo. Even several month after acquisition I still marvel at the quality of the Jpegs, I am still impressed at what it is capable of doing on a whole range of situations, in overall, I get the feeling that I could use my Fuji until the day it breaks down before thinking of replacing it. Quick note, the replacement of the Sony A6000 (Sonya A7000 or A6100) should be released around end of year, we got a small thread about it on the forum as it could delay the release of the Fuji X-Pro2 camera since they are going to use the same sensor.

Very had to say, there hasn't been any announcement for things that I would follow or be interested, summer time is a bad moment in the year, nothing really earth shattering gets released as most companies are preparing for the end of year period or some event like Photokina, also what are you actually looking as a camera ? ie. What are you shooting ? Or plan to shoot ? Different people will give you different advice based off their personal knowledge/experience. Fuji is rather good in a sense, they usually let some information be leaked to the general market and their release plan is well updated with months in advance, giving us the time and anticipation for that lens or camera body. There is currently a plethora of cameras for all tastes and all kind of needs, most of those released within the last 2-3 years will be producing pleasant enough picture for the general public. Now if you start getting picky about things, that's where the hunting start, sort out your priorities (weight/size, lenses availability, IBIS or OIS, EVF or OVF,...) pick the top 3 features you want and seek around about which brand can offer you something akin to what you want. Sensor size is also something you have to keep in mind when picking a new camera Do keep in mind that the perfect camera doesn't exist. What's perfect for one, wouldn't be for the other. The Fuji X-T1 is a very good example, the camera got plenty of critically good reviews and a fair number of "Not for me" reviews, this was mostly due to the handling. If you were a Canikon user, the X-T1 feels completely alien in your hands, you have to fight quite hard against your muscle memory to get into the new camera. The X100T which can be considered as the grand daddy of the X-T1 is also the same, but since the camera was already so alien to begin with, the bunch that got it already knew that they would need some working before getting to a decent usage degree. You might want to take a look here for some rumored releases but it is to be taken with some heavy grains of salt.

Oh don't get me wrong Patrick, I know that large DSLR and those smaller mirrorless don't use the same battery. But still, it kinda makes me wish we could have something akin the number of those high end DSLR, if I remember correctly, even the Sony A7 doesn't really go much beyond the 350ish shots. So I guess I should be happier with what I get out of mine... I take usually 3 batteries with me, along a power bank and the Patona Traveler's charger, essentially that gives me around 5 batteries if given enough time to charge them, otherwise, I am at 4ish.

True words. It really takes a lot of silly gymnastic to get just a bit more out of those mirrorless cameras. A D800 can hold up to 2k pictures with a single battery and I know a friend who does concert events, he can get up to 3k if needed. Suddenly, those 350ish shots I am so proud to get out of a single battery look ridiculous...

With the current rumors going, we haven't got anything to chew on with the successor of the X100T, there might be something smaller with a new lens called the X70. But even that one is rather murky on details. I think a lot of things will be put in place around end of this year. Lots of things are supposed to be happening at that moment. - Fuji with the X-Pro2 and the X-T2 to follow up a quarter afterward. - Nikon D5 and maybe the small Nikon V4 which I am personally curious about. - Sony with Alpha7000, successor of the 6000 version, could be another kick in the anthill from Sony. So yeah, plenty of things to get released and excited about for the end of this year or early next year.

You forgot the coffee making feature !

Patona if you are in europe are fine, I can get close of 400 shots with one and I have heard that Wasabi is also very good.

Oh ? So you do confirm that DR setting are affecting the RAW files ? I mean more than just bumping the ISO up obviously.