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Just a man carrying a ladder...

Yeah, I hear that often, like "if you ave to crop, you weren't close enough" or "you're photo wasn't good enough"... This is, IMO, a statement from another time, that doesn't apply anymore today. Point a camera to someone 50 years ago, and you obtain a nice Magnum-like candid street portrait. Point a camera at someone today, and most likely you'll have a macro shot of his hand and a "Go away, you creep" thrown at you. I have the feeling that only the poorest countries of this world still have the curiosity of the camera. Most of street candids I see on the Internet are from poor countries in Asia or Africa, often children. Here in Germany, I think people would call the police if you try to take their portrait...
 
Anyway, I noticed this statement about cropping often comes from photographers who mainly do street photography in a very orthodox way. When you do macro or landscape, you can't always get closer or reframe the way you want, because the insect would be gone, or because a tree is blocking the view, or because there's a cliff. Even when you do street, sometimes you take what you see, and then you analyse your picture and wish that car wasn't here. 
 
Cropping isn't a bad thing to me, just like increasing the contrast or switching to black and white. It's just reframing the picture afterwards, because you change your mind, notice something else that wasn't worth being shown in the frame, or because the cropped scene just looks better to you. Who cares if it's cropped? The photo itself is a crop from the real world. Would it be a better photo to frame in 35mm, change your mind, put a 50mm on your camera, and take the picture?
 
That's an advantage of 24mpix cameras over 16 or 12. If you crop, you'll have enough room for printing. I personally don't print anything bigger than a paper sheet, but some people might need it.
 
I agree with what you said about better cameras. I saw a lot of people with expansive gear, producing not so great pictures. That's why I do more and more film: the cameras are certainly not the latest, so you need to move your butt and get a nice picture by yourself. Technology won't save you!

At the market
 

 
X-PRO1 + 35mm f1.4

Just a man carrying a ladder...

X-E2S

At the market
 

 
X-PRO1 + 35mm f1.4

I took my X-T2 out during my lunch break for some canids in Spitalfields Market, London. I shot in ACROS film simulation mode.
 

 
http://www.mostly.photos/blog/2017/12/2/fuji-x-t2-acros-spitalfields-market
 

X-PRO1 with 35mm f1.4
 

If you change it to 5 minutes again, does it work again too?

Don't know why either. Works now.

X-PRO1 with 35mm f1.4
 

Perhaps you would have better luck selling them separately. More people might be interested in particular lens, or body only.

X-T2, 60mm

It Can't Rain All the Time 
 
It Can't Rain All the Time by David Wong, on Flickr

"An astronaut in the city"   equipment: Fujifilm XT-1 + Fuji XF35mm f1.4  email: info@josecarpin.com website: www.josecarpin.com instagram: jose_carpin_photographer Copyright © All Rights Reserved   Night city lights by Jose  Carpin, en Flickr  

X-PRO1 with 35mm f1.4
 

X-PRO1 with 35mm f1.4
 

Fuji has X-T20 and X-T2 to compete with the others. The E-series is more specialized/cater to more specific group of people.

Perhaps you would have better luck selling them separately. More people might be interested in particular lens, or body only.

Perhaps you would have better luck selling them separately. More people might be interested in particular lens, or body only.

I saw her standing there, alone, at the end of the tunnel. She was unreachable, far away from me. She was traveling in the Circular train of Yangon to nowhere.
 
Equipment: Fujifilm XT-2 + Fuji XF16mm f1.4 
 
Email: info@josecarpin.com
website: www.josecarpin.com/portfolio
Instagram: jose_carpin_photographer
 
Train to the edge of the world by Jose  Carpin, en Flickr

If you're a follower of my website, you may want to know why I've been quiet lately.... be warned very little in here about cameras/photography this week though!
 
 
http://adambonn.com/my-love-affair-with-the-fujifilm-x-pro1/xp2-eighty-six/

X-PRO1 with 35mm f1.4