ScruffyNerfherder

It seems to be mostly all fuji endorsed photographers that say the battery life isn't an issue for them lol I've worked with lots of brands, but I can't remember lying to any lol I did find those AM bat grips, but I thought the same, that they looked iffy at best. Thanks, I really love it, I've spent time with pretty much every platform I can think of and really enjoy using this. The wasabi ones I was looking at, so I'm glad to hear that cause someone said they only hit around 150-200 and my jaw dropped. - XTC I've tried 4-5 they were all pretty so/so IMO, they all just got in my way lol

I bought a Kiwi adaptor for mine, since I have a huge collection of old Nikor, Kiron, and other random F-Mount lenses and it's fantastic really. I've even been playing with macro recently and using Ex Tubes and 2x teleconverters with it has worked out really well. This is a sloppy ex tube test shot

Hey gang, just bought my first Fuji X series, an X-E2. I went with the X-E2 mostly because it was replacing my Nikon DX rig, and I wanted a (sorta) rangefinder feeling setup to replace a SLR setup since I also have an FX setup. First before diving in, let me say I'm new and this is my first post so it's nice to meet everyone and thanks for your feedback... Now... I'm loving the camera and very much enjoy using it, I grabbed the X-E2 over the X-Pro 1 simply because I liked the feel, weight, and size of it better. It's my EDC camera and I haven't had my FX bag out since buying the X-E2. BUT now I'm noticing some things I don't like, mostly..... Battery life. I have the camera set up to save as much power as you can, focus light off, AF-S 9/10 times, EVF only, etc etc etc, anything that will save power, I have done. But I'm still only hitting the 350+ shots range on a good day, I have a new battery (from Fuji) as I thought that may help, and I've talked to many other Fuji X-E2 shooters that seem to think 300-400 is perfectly fine.... Which it's not lol I had a head injury awhile back which effects my process and sometimes my eyes so I tend to over shoot now, but even if I didn't I'd want to do more then a couple hours work on a charge. I've never used a camera that sucked down so much power. And I've used many many many cameras lol It also seems like once it starts to go it's gone. I dropped from 3 bars to the camera was dead in 10 photographs at it's first gig. I was done with my work, so it wasn't a killer, but still, that's something I want to avoid. I didn't worry much about battery life at first because I figured I'd be getting a battery grip for the camera and that would solve any issue I might have. . . Only it doesn't look like there is a battery grip for the X-E2. I plan on maybe getting a X-T2 or X-Pro 2 (though I'm not sure about the sensor rumors I read on the Pro 2, I like the E2 sensors special kinda magic) in the future, but I really love the X-E2's feel and size. Working with it has been a real joy. So I'd like to get the set up working for me as best as it can. So, battery grips, are there any options? Fuji or after market... Batteries, what's your take of non Fuji batteries, Promaster and others have identical specs and output ratings but I've read they only get 200- shots, which is awful. add ons, anything you guys would consider necessary items to gear up the camera? I have screw on metal lens hoods, a beautiful soft release, I DID NOT like how much of the controls were obscured with the hot shoe thump rest. And I'm not crazy about the grip. But I may have missed something... Thanks for welcoming me!