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Very strange I have used that feature with the X-T1 with no issues. The only thing I can imagine is that the Remote is changing the video to a strange iso or ss and that you need to reset the values in the app manually each time you connect (annoying bug) but its a possible workaround. G

Hi I had a spare LArmor X-T1 protector as I bought 2 in a deal and only used one on my X-T1 it fits the X-T2 perfectly, job done. So buy Larmour X-T1 protector with confidence

OKay had an afternoon in the playground with my daughter the CAF and Low burst rate (5FPS) is a revelation. Using the 56mm F1.2 at F2 I was getting every shot in the burst a keeper. The EVF lag is much better, there are blackouts but fewer and shorter in duration so with a running child at least you do not lose them and can track them very well while shooting a burst. This will only improve with the battery grip I am sure. However the AF in single shot is ridiculous. The shutter sound on the X-T2 is much more refined and quieter and this combined with the AF speed actually made me uncomforable. It is so quick to take a shot now that i was worried that I had not pressed the button or that it would be out of focus, then I zoom in and its super sharp. I have to say colour me impressed. I still have to test it with the 50-140mm but so far lenses used are 35mm 56mm and 90mm and on all of them the AF has been outstanding. Its just a super slick camera. oh and Acros is addictive as hell. I often have buyers remorse when I buy things especially if I buy them brand new and they are as expensive as this camera. I have ZERO buyers remorse as I can totally see where my money has gone. I don't think I would have got a better camera than this for the money I think that £3500 and I would still be struggling. G

Its just how Fuji work they give you certain things hard wired on the X-T2 the things that they think you will use the most SS, Aperture, ISO, Metering and Drive modes. They then give you 8? assignable function buttons to customize yourself. Personally I have found the metering collar to be in a sensible location as I can switch modes with my shutter finger before taking the shot, very very quickly. Experiment and you will find that with use the camera becomes very intuitive and fast to use. G

Might not be able to as its hard wired to the collar underneath the SS dial. G

I picked up my X-T2 2 hours ago from local shop. Win for the Local shop So far I am blown away. As i read someone say somewhere it makes X-T1 look like a Beta model and I loved that camera. So far only tried it with 35mm F1.4 as that is my favorite lens and the one I know the best. AF improvement in High Perf mode (no grip) is absolutely fantastic real improvement especially given that is an old lens. Its now lightening fast. Continous is good for stills, but its very very hunty in video mode, however I was useing the general CAF setting I have not played with the custom ones yet so this may improve. Also the 35mm will generally be used in Manual focus mode when I shoot video, I was just testing it for interest. So many nice little touches, the layout feels more open without the video button, the joystick is cough a joy, the d-pad is so much more confident and firm and easy to find with your fingers. IN video mode when you drop shutter speed from 30 to 15 on the dial it automatically goes to 1/24 or 1/25 of a second if you are in a 24FPS or 25FPS video mode, this small detail is huge on the X-T1 if you were in those modes you had to fiddle about and could not get 1/24th if memory serves me right. Structurally the side doors for SD card and interfaces are so so much better. THe battery door satch switch feels less robust than on X-T1 but that might be becuase its so smooth there is no resistance and it feels weird. Time will tell, to be honest I am splitting hairs here but I thought I should put something in to balance the gushing. The images so far have been very very good, but not had time to process or get them on a PC so this is based on the back of the camera, but resolution improvement is very good. I will post more thoughts in the coming days, but its a solid upgrade giving me a lot of the ergonomic AF and video improvements I have been waiting for. Further use of the AF in more varied settings and with better lens is needed.I am very interested to see how the 50-140mm does as apparently that is my fastest focusing lens G

I picked up my X-T2 2 hours ago from local shop. Win for the Local shop So far I am blown away. As i read someone say somewhere it makes X-T1 look like a Beta model and I loved that camera. So far only tried it with 35mm F1.4 as that is my favorite lens and the one I know the best. AF improvement in High Perf mode (no grip) is absolutely fantastic real improvement especially given that is an old lens. Its now lightening fast. Continous is good for stills, but its very very hunty in video mode, however I was useing the general CAF setting I have not played with the custom ones yet so this may improve. Also the 35mm will generally be used in Manual focus mode when I shoot video, I was just testing it for interest. So many nice little touches, the layout feels more open without the video button, the joystick is cough a joy, the d-pad is so much more confident and firm and easy to find with your fingers. IN video mode when you drop shutter speed from 30 to 15 on the dial it automatically goes to 1/24 or 1/25 of a second if you are in a 24FPS or 25FPS video mode, this small detail is huge on the X-T1 if you were in those modes you had to fiddle about and could not get 1/24th if memory serves me right. Structurally the side doors for SD card and interfaces are so so much better. THe battery door satch switch feels less robust than on X-T1 but that might be becuase its so smooth there is no resistance and it feels weird. Time will tell, to be honest I am splitting hairs here but I thought I should put something in to balance the gushing. The images so far have been very very good, but not had time to process or get them on a PC so this is based on the back of the camera, but resolution improvement is very good. I will post more thoughts in the coming days, but its a solid upgrade giving me a lot of the ergonomic AF and video improvements I have been waiting for. Further use of the AF in more varied settings and with better lens is needed.I am very interested to see how the 50-140mm does as apparently that is my fastest focusing lens G

HI all I am very pleased. I put my order in on the 7/8th July with my local camera shop Chiswick Camera Centre who I bought my X-E2 and some lenses through as I like to support local shops that let you get hand on. I was at first hesitant as I thought the WEX's and Amazons of this world would probably get there shipments first and I would be sat waiting around for the second batch. I got a call today saying my X-T2 had arrived this morning and that I can come and collect it first thing tomorrow (not today due to embargo). So very pleased that not only have I managed to support a local shop but I have been able to do so without any penalty in terms of delivery okay its not being delivered I have to pick it up, but its a 5 minute walk so I will live G

Little tip to reduce stress of changing lenses. I bought a peak design wrist strap that I attach somewhere to my camera bag or rucksack. I find this useful both in term of having the camera anchored to my body if i am shooting somewhere where dropping it would potentially mean losing the camera a boat or cliff top for example. The added advantage is when it comes to lens change, I can remove lens, leave body hanging swap rear caps from new lens, put old lens away and then fix new lens to camera. Ideally not done in a dusty environment. The advantage of this method is that you only have to worry about the lenses, and not juggle the body as well as its anchored. G

One other thing has occured to me, when i had this lens the sharpness issue with OIS improved massively post a Lens firmware upgrade that specifically addressed OIS performance in this lens and the 555-200 and possibly the 18-135mm. It might be worth checking your lens is on the latest version of its firmware. G

The other option now would be the 90mm which is one of the fastest AF lens in the lineup has amazing close focus which combined with its focal length makes it pseudo macro and if you pair it with an extension tube even better. It would complement the 18-55mm and 35mm better and its IQ is second to none in the system.

I wander if the gotcha is the charging in camera and in battery grip as in you can only charge in camera or in grip with the new batteries? Only thing I can think off where they may be a compatability issues as charging will cause heat to a battery as well. G

Not going to buy grip immediately as the main interest in it to me is the extension of 4k recording time, but its still falling between 2 stalls. The vanilla 10 mins without grip is fine for most of my shooting which is short takes that will later be edited together. The only other usage which would be to record an entire gig when i am engaging in my other passion and 30 mins is not enough. Ie if I am going to have to remember to start and stop it once or twice during a gig, I might as well do it every song and give myself the piece of mind that each song is safe. (I currently start and stop recording like this via the Remote App and its not a major bother, I have the phone on my amp and I just pop back hit stop and hit start again) What I am interested in is whether the new ergonomics mean I won't need the additional arca swiss extension grip anymore. If i don't need that then the battery grip might have a future as a useful bit of gear, but if I have had to buy the Arca I won't bother forking out for the battery grip as Fuji will have had enough of my money. I imagine the performance hike from X-T1 to 2 will be enough to keep me happy for a while. But bottom line even if I own it, the majority of the time it won't be on the camera, I hate big cameras, I shoot mainly street and travel and I don't need it and it will just get in the way. For the odd occasion I might need it for sports or video it would come out, but I think its more something i might purchase down the line with a price drop as an occasional item that lived in the bag. ON that front I wish they had not included the grip extension on it, as it will just make it more awkward to lug around I think they had it right with the original X-T1 battery grip. Hopefully its screwed on and can be removed. G

Basically I would say wait until the 50mm not becuase its better, I have no idea what that lens will be like. But because you cannot possibly know at this point so whats the point in trying to second guess. Wait and then if you don't like the 50 you will probably be able to pick up a 60mm sh very very cheaply as there will be a glut of them when everyone sells them to buy the latest and greatest. G

But why do you need the specs. Just because a picture has more resolution does not mean its better. i don't think we are there yet, but there will come a time when the resolution will make things too clinical. Actually in some ways we are already seeing that a little bit with HDR. A lot of non-photgraphers I know instinctively don't like HDR, they look at it an go woah that's fake how much photoshop did that guy use. I want people to react to my pictures based on content, composition, the technicalities of the image are important but they should not be visible. Best advice I ever got on mixing was "add an effect till you can just about hear what its doing, then pull it back a few notches from that point, if you can hear it its too much" I think we are getting to the same place, if you can see how technically perfect a photo is, its too much. Of course I realize this is a subjective opinion

Turn it off under 1/60th used to be the charm for me with the 18-55mm I based that on Fuji little orange yellow vibration alert. You will notice in your view (depending on what display option you have configured) a little wobbly hand icon appears when you go under the FUji recomended SS for the lens you are using. That was when I would usually consider either upping ISO or turning on stabilization depending on the nature of the shot. an 18-55mm does not need to be stablized in good light. Something like the 55-200 or 50-140mm different story.

The 90mm is the closest in rendering to the 35mm imo. In my experience of the primes the lens fall into groupings where the rendering seems to match up. Group 1 - 16/23/35 F2/56mm All seem to have similar rendering Group 2 - 27/60 seems to be very similar in rendering. Group 3 - 18/35/90 very similar (some may be surprised to see the 18 in there, but while is has sharpness issues corner to corner, those very issues give is a character and rendering that means in character I find it closest to the 35mm F1.4, the 90mm bokeh is very creamy and has that cinematic feel like the 35mm. All 3 of these lens seem to do nice things at high iso as well where the grain inherent with high ISO's looks filmic rather than noisy. 14mm is a little out on its own, its sort of halfway between group 1 and 3 in my opinion. Full disclosure take comments on the 14/16/35 F2 with a pinch of salt as i have not owned those lenses only played in a shop and studied assiduously on Flickr. G

But using an extension ring does that not mess with the focusing. Ie is this only good for macro work or can you use it with the 90mm to get a 180mm prime. This is something I would be interested in. G

Its what people are used to, and I think it makes sense. Let say you start in photography and you buy a crop camera and the manufacturer labels there lens in the 35mm equivalents, so your 23mm lens is actually labelled a 35mm. Then you read a thread saying that vintage glass is a great way to experiment and get different looks. SO you buy a legacy manual lens and a adapter. However you really like the 35mm focal length so you buy a 35mm manual lens, and then you are left wandering why the hell it looks so different from your existing 35mm lens (because on your crop camera its a 52 mm lens) The reality is that the current system is not ideal, but there are so many lens out there in circulation that you can't change them and changing the standard now would cause a lot of people a big head ache. G

I am astounded by the negativity for C1 here. For me it has been an amazing program, I trialed it 1.5 years ago when all the talk about how LR was not working well with X-Trans was going on and I moved as I just prefered the interface and how it handled the RAW's from my X-T1. I think its really very good for Fuji. Granted some features are disabled due to Fuji not using Bayer like auto mask and focus masking etc. But that is true in LR. Lens correction it should also be pointed out is only an issue for some Fuji lenses. A lot of the primes natively have no aberation or in fact so little that in most cases it is a non issue. So really in the grand scheme of things I love Capture1, but everyone is different. I think the general consensus is that the best RAW converters are Iridient, C1 and Photo Ninja Iridient is currently MAC only although I think it is coming to PC eventually, and along with photo ninja has no catalgue features. So for me C1 is the best compromize giving me a single workflow solution (for my needs) and very good RAW conversion. Everyone is different, but have a look at my gallery with the 90mm on this forum all those photo's were processed in C1

ON the touchscreen debate. I don't care if it has one as long as it can be turned off. But as to why I care if it has one and that can't be turned off. I use my camera by feel in a lot of circumstances. I know where hte SS dial is and can change it without looking or moving camera I could not do that on a touch screen. Equally I am so stoked about th ejoystick becuase i will be able to move focus point. A touchscreen that means every inadvertant touch moved the focus point would be my idea of a nightmare. By the way the X Cameras do have touch focus if you own a smartphone. Just pair the camera and you can touch focus on the phones screen great for stealth or different POV on the street. YOu can hold the camera down at your side, or leave it hanging round your neck while you look at your phone. What is more natural than someone looking down at their phone and pressig its screen.

Just for people information. I did once put the wrong firmware for the lens I was updating on the card ( I was doing them one at a time, but I got mixed up) and when I tried to install that firmware on the wrong lens the camera came up with a message saying. Firmware not found or firmware incorrect. It would not let me use the wrong one. Maybe some comfort to those planning on the do it all at once approach. Me personally I am with Milandro, its probably not neccessary but any step I can take to stop me from bricking my camera I will take, its not that much work. I upgraded the camera and 4 lens just now and it took me 15 minutes. G

Was just thinking today that many mirroless systems have a powered pancake zoom in the 24-85mm range. Pany and Olympus have the 14-42mm powered pancake Sony the 16-50mm semi pancake Samsung had something along those lines. I am sure i have seen other but I am too lazy to research further than my brain. Fuji has nothing. This is not a complaint, I think its a masterstroke. As a rule these lens are terribly soft and generally a horrid lens. And Sony uses it as the kit lens. You walk into a camera shop you pick up the A6300 with the kit lens and you go hmmm okay, you pick up the X-E2 with the 18-55mm and game over really until some sales guys starts lying to you/repeating stuff he heard on a forum. I was in Parks the other day and overheard a sales guy telling a customer that the X-T10 was for beginners because it has full AUTO mode switch and that the image quality from the X-T1 was superior. All this because it has one switch on it saying AUTO, f me. Anyway I digress. The point I am trying to make is I am really glad that Fuji is not a 'me too' company, they make stuff they have a level of quality they are not prepared to drop below and they stick to it. I mean even the XC lens, the IQ is not the thing sacrificed, the AF may be a bit slower and the build quality is not amazing, but the IQ is very very good. Have to say that long term I think this will serve Fuji well, it also comes across when you look at Flickr/500px etc. Most image in a Fuji group look great, you look at other manufacturers pools and there are some insanely good shots on there, don't get me wrong I am not fan-boying. Some of the landscape stuff I have seen from the A7Rii is truly amazing. But then equally you will see some truly terrible stuff on there from some of their mediocre lens. Not great advertising for the system. Fuji is consistently putting out quality gear in a well balanced system that speaks to photographers needs not to fads and fashion and spec whores, and I think that more and more that is getting recognized, and hopefully rewarded with market share. G

The TC design has an element that is considerably proud of the mount about 1.5cm. You physically cannot mount it to any other lens than the 50-140mm and 100-400mm currently. In the case of your 60mm if you tried to mount it it would scratch the rear element of the 60mm lens and still not fit.

HOw about by the 6th August?