Hello from Pleasant Valley, California!
My name is Harold. I have been photographing since elementary school in the 60's. My first SLR was a Nikon and I loved it and stayed with them for 30 + years. Then I bought the Nikon D600 complete with oil and dust. I hated that they knew about it and sold them anyway until China forced them to stop selling them. Then how they dealt with their customers who were trying to get the issue resolved was absurd. Praise God that after 18 months I went back to Costco and they gave me my money back. I was totally elated. I didn't think for a millisecond that they would take it back. Thank God they did. With 3500 + in my pocket, I went looking for another camera. A friend who is the VP of a Camera, Lens Rental, etc. company recommended the Fuji X-T1. This guy takes awesome images. So, I bought it. At first, I didn't like the learning curve. It has a lot of feautures but not all the ones that Nikon has. I missed the HDR the most. I stuck with it and continued studying the manual. I was getting some of the best images I had ever taken right on my own property. The Fuji images were much clearer and the colors much more saturated than the Nikon. So, I am not buying the D610 and have a brand new book for learning the D600 and a brand new battery for the Nikon D600, D610, D750 and I don't know what else it fits to sell.
My favorite things to photograph are landscapes but I am an Equal Opportunity Photographer. If something looks interesting to me or I think someone else would appreciate it, I capture it. With the Fuji, the lenses feel so much better. I don't know if they are better than Nikon lenses scientifically speaking but they just feel like a precision instrument. I worked on cars for a living until my back gave out. It is like using a Snap-On wrench versus something bought from an auto parts store for a buck. With the Snap-On, I could get out a bolt or nut that someone had rounded off the edges and with the Auto Parts one, I busted my knuckles.
Anyways, I bought the 60mm macro Fuji Lens and have a new found love in shooting flowers. My Sister has Cancer for the second time. She lives far away and refuses to allow me to go there to help her. So, I decided I was going to take a picture of a flower every day and send it to her with hopefully some kind of encouraging note. The Auto Focus isn't that great to put it nicely so I manual focus. The bokeh is awesome out of this lens. I know a lot of people I talked to sold their 60mm and bought the 56 mm because of the Auto Focus problem and the noise it makes. Unfortunately for me, it's not in my budget anytime soon. I have a horror story of my own I won't bore you with but I was forced to take an early retirement because of medical issues.
I am looking forward to the next firmware update 4. I have heard it is going to give us a new Auto Focus system. I hope it helps the 60mm. I love this little camera. It reminds me of shooting film camera's a while ago with all the dials. Its great to have all that control over your shots though. I only use Manual, so I had to study all about them as some are stacked on others. I am getting more familiar with it but still have a lot to learn. I saved my Cokin Filters from my Nikon so I'm going to try some of those soon and see how things work out. It's just like life. You have to try things and some your going to fail at others you will succeed at. If you don't try new things, I don't think that you can ever become great at anything. So, I am not afraid to try new things with this camera. Heck, is all you do is delete the picture and start again. It is much cheaper than the film days and you don't have to take a second trip to that location. You know right then it didn't come out like you want.
I hope I can help people on this Forum and I also hope others can help me. I wish you all great health and joy! Happy Shooting!