Tony Seeley

Well I just added my favorite suggestion - not everyone's cup of tea but I REALLY want better Exposure Bracketing on my X-T1. It looks like they have this now on the X-Pro2, so this is very doable by Fuji, hopefully Fuji respond and do something here for older cameras.

So I've got an update on my last posting. I'd done a little digging and found out that the Phottix Odin transmitter doesn't work on the Fuji bodies :-( - I'm really upset by this as this what I really wanted. (I should say I haven't tested this myself - but found a posting stating that the transmitter doesn't work) My only alternative is to go Yongnuo, who have the Canon version of the YN560-TX that works with the fuji bodies. The downside is I've heard reports that the speed lights from Yongnuo aren't that reliable and don't last. Even Zak Arias has said this :-( This too is sad as these flashes are dirt cheap! I guess you could argue I could buy two Yongnuo flashes for one LumoPro (which is true), but there is something else on the LumoPro that I would miss. The LumoPro have the tripod thread on the side of the head. This is GREAT when you shoot through umbrella's as the camera flash is in line with the umbrella shaft and gives a more even spread! Oh well. Come on Fuji, how about a decent flash roadmap...

I shot with Nikon for a long time and they have an excellent flash story (albeit an expensive one). I find it interesting that everyone measures flash success by the availability of TTL. I know there are those out there who love it (Joe McNally for one) but for me I never managed to get reliable results. I can see TTL flash being desirable for wedding photographers who don't have time to play with flash exposure and it's all about capturing the moment but that's not me. For me I need a reliable, well built flash unit and a good triggering system (that doesn't fail) for me that's been the LumoPro LP180 (I have three of them) and pocket wizards. I get just fantastic results with this and don't feel I'm missing out. If I had a wish it would be that I could adjust the manual power from my camera (rather than have to walk up to the flash itself) but now LumoPro has the 180R that can be triggered by the Phottix Odin transmitter, so these are now on my wish list. I need to do some investigations but I'm assuming the manual support will work on Fuji if I get the Canon transmitter, obviously no TTL just yet but I'm cool with that. Then of course this week Metz announced their 44 AF-2 Flash for fuji which I *believe* supports TTL - I didn't read up on it as like I said above I'm not really interested. So for me I think there is a story for fuji today that works and the horizon looks good for easier control - who knows your TTL may be here too.

Like most I've got WAY too many bags (just ask my wife) but I think I've finally found "THE" bag to rule them all. The ONA Prince Street in antique cognac leather. This bad is perfect. The image below shows it holding my X-T1 and three lenses (10-24, 18-55, 55-200 my landscape kit). Over the weekend I took it out to a car show and it happily carried an X100T, and the X-T1 with a couple of lenses. I can get everything I need in here and it's light and looks great. VERY HAPPY.

So I have three LP180's and yes I do trigger them with PocketWizards - not what you want to hear. But I also have a Wein Pulsar Universal IR trigger (Amazon sells them for just over $60) and it works a treat in almost all conditions. The main reason I bought that was for my X100T which can sync at 1/1000s and the PW's can't keep up at that speed. But the Wein Pulsar trigger works great with the X-T1 too.