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  1. I already have a 2/135 for my Fuji, it's not that small but it's light and the IQ is outstanding, also looks great with it's little red ring detail near the front. Focus system is a little slow at times though.
  2. Love to see more of your design on this, great experimental idea to be able to sling a few thousand shots without loosing power. I lost a shot last weekend due to that big red flashing battery icon jumping out and punching me in the face. Even thought I had the battery changed faster then a politician changes the subject, that moment was gone. Not a big deal but it all helps. Good luck.
  3. Perhaps share the outcome to help anybody else?
  4. Fuji UK quoted £115 inc VAT and shipping home to get the EVF fixed on the X-E2
  5. ONA bags are mighty fine, the wax canvas is a bit of a dust agent but the leather ones are looooooveeelllyyyyy. The Bowery is perfect for a one/two camera set up and spares, I'd often have a two camera 23/56 combo with an i40 in there plus batteries, cloth, business cards etc... Today I took my X-PRO2 out with the 2/18 on it and the 1.4/35 in a Crumpler banana cube [small]. Room for the usual accessories too.
  6. Interesting idea stacking the lens adaptors, I tried it with my Sigma 50 Art with a 13mm tube on it, on my X-T1, didn't work out well. However putting my old Zeiss 2.4/35 directly adapted on the X-T1 worked out really good as it focuses so close anyway. fly by Kim Farrelly, on Flickr
  7. My 2/90 has two specks of dust, big specks [for dust] haven't noticed them in the images but it is a little bugging & on my mind if I ever sell it, not that I'd ever be doing that, probably, would be nice to have a clean one al the same.
  8. AS far as the tear down goes, I didn't set any pics so simply remove the rubber from the grip - it's just stuck on so peal it away carefully - then the tolex from the front left and right & then the tolex from the back. After that remove the screws from the base plate and both sides of the camera. Remember to map the screws out as you go tis there are a few different sizes. The back cover removes and their are two ribbon cables. One for the buttons and the other for the screen. The screen can be removed from the back cover. After that things are straight forward to strip the insides, just give your self the long afternoon to do it.
  9. Surgery want well, although nothing out of place unfortunately so email off the Fuji UK to get a cost on repairing the camera to see whether it is cost effective to repair. If not I'll use it with in LCD mode.
  10. For the settings, if it where me... Avoid electronic shutter with the fluorescent lights. Forget auto iso if you'll have constant light there will be little need for it as the lighting isn't changing much. Pick a fairly high shutter speed if you want to avoid movement blur Try using the full PDAF tracking with continuous AF [great o the X-PRO2] Turn off Face detection
  11. The lens is a lot faster to focus on the X-PRO2, so far, as are all the Fuji lenses I have.
  12. Well I might open the X-E2 up during the week and have a look-see, if it is a ribbon cable I'd be overly happy.
  13. This happened to my X-E2 but I presumed it was due to it tumbling down the steps of a church. Be interested to hear what others think also.
  14. Variable aperture and video, no so handy if you are zooming, not a problem if you are not. Or set it to f/4 I guess, man think before I type. Like you I've just sold all my EF gear, well just the 50Art and the 2/135L to go [sniff sniff ].
  15. Not had it out in the dark since but planning on a gig shoot shortly so will report back once that night goes by. That lens is replacing my Canon EF 135L f/2 on a 5D3 and that is my all time favourite lens, but now I think it might be the 1.2/56. So perhaps I was just caught up in the likeness. X-PRO2 arriving on Monday so be interesting to try it on all three cameras.
  16. For me, it's the 23/56/90 although the 2/18 and 1.4/35 have a special place in my heart. I am tempted by the 16 also - sharp, wide and close. All good elements for a lens.
  17. Used it to shoot today in daylight and all good. That thing is sharp! Will test again tonight once the light drops a little bit.
  18. I just received my 90mm today and appear to be having a similar issue. Getting AF confirmation when it is clearly not even close, it gets it on the third attempt and the image is great. The lens hunts a lot and then snaps into 'focus'. Going to give it more testing tomorrow. I was expecting this lens to be not sluggish judging by the reviews.
  19. Had the 16-55 for a while and added the 23 & 56. Loving the 56 for portraits, the fall off is really beautiful. The 16-55 is a very good all round lens that will cover most of your shooting needs. Now I carry two bodies and the 23 & 56, the other lenses come out as needed. those two are great for weddings, portraits and events, I'd then add in the 12mm for the wide thing.
  20. One deciding factor for me, that made me tip into getting the leather one, was the wax canvas bag is a dust magnet. I had one at home for one night and swapped it the next day for a leather one & very happy about it too. Just something to think about.
  21. That's it Larry - viewing distance is always a question very early on it the shoot meeting. I remember shooting with a Coolpix 990 mad twisting body if I remember, but good quality images. We are so spoilt these days.
  22. Thanks, A3 is a nice size for printing alright, this large one came from a conversation with an agent about concerns about print resolution and quality of 'that camera' so kind of proving a point in a way and making sure all are happy while I'm at it.
  23. Last year I got a call from a client asking me to replicate a large chunk of wood that they had hanging in a new office so they could hang it in print, life size, for different offices around the country. The Art was made up of reclaimed wooden railway sleepers from the area their new office building was built. The brief was to make it as hi-res as possible for print & it measured about 2 meters by 1.5 meters. I ended up stitching several shots and moving a few of the planks about in Photoshop later. The final file was just tipping the TIFF limit of 4Gb on output - that was a big hi-res print containing parts of about 20 images. Good days work that day. I know this is talked about a lot from time to time, 'how big can I print from a Fuji camera?' Well I don't know really, outside of the theory and working it out with a calculator, just how big you can print but it's probably very big. For most people I'd say they are asking how big can I print and still have it look good from a few feet away hanging on my wall? Probably quite big, no? OK so I'm not really taking things too seriously here just wanted to show a print I got today, single shot no 'pan-o-stitching' but printed it out at 20x30 inches and the detail in the print is great. I've plonked the camera and lens used to the it on the print for scale. I won't even bother mentioning the models as you'll all know no doubt. The print is a gift for a client. So 16Mpx can print 20x30 inches at great resolution no problem
  24. Shot my own house for sale with it, did really well. Get the right lens.
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