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I think it's more of a case of "what are you able do with it", vs. is the 27mm any good.
 
The '27' is easy to master and does not disappoint.
I wont say how "good" it is, or speak on the build, or the lens cap or the stinking box it came in, it's just an easy lens to get to know.  Like a cheap taco, it's just satisfying to use at a good price.
 
Those quick to poke at it with a stick maybe aren't patient with other Fuji lenses either. They may also be the crowd that thinks they need a full size sensor, and then find out those often have less pixel density than an M43 Olympus Pen.
"Mastering what you have" is typically a better initial practice then hopping around from lens to lens, blaming glass on one's ability, or "inability" to hit the metaphoric side of barn with 16 MP's of gamma...
 
Great conversation just the same. At least we all shoot Fuji, right?   You guys probably hate motorcycles,

my humble apologies......
 
Some stray pot shots with an XE-1 (does anyone even shoot with those anymore?) and the crappy 27mm.
 
Horrible, complete lack of color saturation
 

 
 
Nearly no contrast at all, a bit bland.... snooze...
 

 
 
 
Rotten, worthless bokeh. You can't get bokeh from a 27, forget it.  It's crap. Good luck!
 

 
 
The pics without any feeling at all, flat, boring, very run of the mill "snaps" at best.
 

 
 
Very prone to blowing out the whites, (whoops!) worthless!
 

 
 
 
It's not capable of finding focus with both hands and a flashlight. 
Especially running around with no flash at an indoor event. Forget it. Just stay home. Buy a Canon!
 

 
 
As a 'beater" lens, it's ok, but no better than an iPhone 4. 
Maybe good enough so you remember where some of the big parts go... but that's it. Not a good lens for anything "expressive",

everything pretty flat, bla-meh....
 

I think it's more of a case of "what are you able do with it", vs. is the 27mm any good.
 
The '27' is easy to master and does not disappoint.
I wont say how "good" it is, or speak on the build, or the lens cap or the stinking box it came in, it's just an easy lens to get to know.  Like a cheap taco, it's just satisfying to use at a good price.
 
Those quick to poke at it with a stick maybe aren't patient with other Fuji lenses either. They may also be the crowd that thinks they need a full size sensor, and then find out those often have less pixel density than an M43 Olympus Pen.
"Mastering what you have" is typically a better initial practice then hopping around from lens to lens, blaming glass on one's ability, or "inability" to hit the metaphoric side of barn with 16 MP's of gamma...
 
Great conversation just the same. At least we all shoot Fuji, right?   You guys probably hate motorcycles,

my humble apologies......
 
Some stray pot shots with an XE-1 (does anyone even shoot with those anymore?) and the crappy 27mm.
 
Horrible, complete lack of color saturation
 

 
 
Nearly no contrast at all, a bit bland.... snooze...
 

 
 
 
Rotten, worthless bokeh. You can't get bokeh from a 27, forget it.  It's crap. Good luck!
 

 
 
The pics without any feeling at all, flat, boring, very run of the mill "snaps" at best.
 

 
 
Very prone to blowing out the whites, (whoops!) worthless!
 

 
 
 
It's not capable of finding focus with both hands and a flashlight. 
Especially running around with no flash at an indoor event. Forget it. Just stay home. Buy a Canon!
 

 
 
As a 'beater" lens, it's ok, but no better than an iPhone 4. 
Maybe good enough so you remember where some of the big parts go... but that's it. Not a good lens for anything "expressive",

everything pretty flat, bla-meh....
 

I think it's more of a case of "what are you able do with it", vs. is the 27mm any good.
 
The '27' is easy to master and does not disappoint.
I wont say how "good" it is, or speak on the build, or the lens cap or the stinking box it came in, it's just an easy lens to get to know.  Like a cheap taco, it's just satisfying to use at a good price.
 
Those quick to poke at it with a stick maybe aren't patient with other Fuji lenses either. They may also be the crowd that thinks they need a full size sensor, and then find out those often have less pixel density than an M43 Olympus Pen.
"Mastering what you have" is typically a better initial practice then hopping around from lens to lens, blaming glass on one's ability, or "inability" to hit the metaphoric side of barn with 16 MP's of gamma...
 
Great conversation just the same. At least we all shoot Fuji, right?   You guys probably hate motorcycles,

my humble apologies......
 
Some stray pot shots with an XE-1 (does anyone even shoot with those anymore?) and the crappy 27mm.
 
Horrible, complete lack of color saturation
 

 
 
Nearly no contrast at all, a bit bland.... snooze...
 

 
 
 
Rotten, worthless bokeh. You can't get bokeh from a 27, forget it.  It's crap. Good luck!
 

 
 
The pics without any feeling at all, flat, boring, very run of the mill "snaps" at best.
 

 
 
Very prone to blowing out the whites, (whoops!) worthless!
 

 
 
 
It's not capable of finding focus with both hands and a flashlight. 
Especially running around with no flash at an indoor event. Forget it. Just stay home. Buy a Canon!
 

 
 
As a 'beater" lens, it's ok, but no better than an iPhone 4. 
Maybe good enough so you remember where some of the big parts go... but that's it. Not a good lens for anything "expressive",

everything pretty flat, bla-meh....
 

I think it's more of a case of "what are you able do with it", vs. is the 27mm any good.
 
The '27' is easy to master and does not disappoint.
I wont say how "good" it is, or speak on the build, or the lens cap or the stinking box it came in, it's just an easy lens to get to know.  Like a cheap taco, it's just satisfying to use at a good price.
 
Those quick to poke at it with a stick maybe aren't patient with other Fuji lenses either. They may also be the crowd that thinks they need a full size sensor, and then find out those often have less pixel density than an M43 Olympus Pen.
"Mastering what you have" is typically a better initial practice then hopping around from lens to lens, blaming glass on one's ability, or "inability" to hit the metaphoric side of barn with 16 MP's of gamma...
 
Great conversation just the same. At least we all shoot Fuji, right?   You guys probably hate motorcycles,

my humble apologies......
 
Some stray pot shots with an XE-1 (does anyone even shoot with those anymore?) and the crappy 27mm.
 
Horrible, complete lack of color saturation
 

 
 
Nearly no contrast at all, a bit bland.... snooze...
 

 
 
 
Rotten, worthless bokeh. You can't get bokeh from a 27, forget it.  It's crap. Good luck!
 

 
 
The pics without any feeling at all, flat, boring, very run of the mill "snaps" at best.
 

 
 
Very prone to blowing out the whites, (whoops!) worthless!
 

 
 
 
It's not capable of finding focus with both hands and a flashlight. 
Especially running around with no flash at an indoor event. Forget it. Just stay home. Buy a Canon!
 

 
 
As a 'beater" lens, it's ok, but no better than an iPhone 4. 
Maybe good enough so you remember where some of the big parts go... but that's it. Not a good lens for anything "expressive",

everything pretty flat, bla-meh....
 

I think it's more of a case of "what are you able do with it", vs. is the 27mm any good.
 
The '27' is easy to master and does not disappoint.
I wont say how "good" it is, or speak on the build, or the lens cap or the stinking box it came in, it's just an easy lens to get to know.  Like a cheap taco, it's just satisfying to use at a good price.
 
Those quick to poke at it with a stick maybe aren't patient with other Fuji lenses either. They may also be the crowd that thinks they need a full size sensor, and then find out those often have less pixel density than an M43 Olympus Pen.
"Mastering what you have" is typically a better initial practice then hopping around from lens to lens, blaming glass on one's ability, or "inability" to hit the metaphoric side of barn with 16 MP's of gamma...
 
Great conversation just the same. At least we all shoot Fuji, right?   You guys probably hate motorcycles,

my humble apologies......
 
Some stray pot shots with an XE-1 (does anyone even shoot with those anymore?) and the crappy 27mm.
 
Horrible, complete lack of color saturation
 

 
 
Nearly no contrast at all, a bit bland.... snooze...
 

 
 
 
Rotten, worthless bokeh. You can't get bokeh from a 27, forget it.  It's crap. Good luck!
 

 
 
The pics without any feeling at all, flat, boring, very run of the mill "snaps" at best.
 

 
 
Very prone to blowing out the whites, (whoops!) worthless!
 

 
 
 
It's not capable of finding focus with both hands and a flashlight. 
Especially running around with no flash at an indoor event. Forget it. Just stay home. Buy a Canon!
 

 
 
As a 'beater" lens, it's ok, but no better than an iPhone 4. 
Maybe good enough so you remember where some of the big parts go... but that's it. Not a good lens for anything "expressive",

everything pretty flat, bla-meh....
 

Certainly a consideration now that the NIK is free.
I downloaded it the other day and added it as a feature of PHOTO-SHOP. Have not played with it much.
 
Great pic of the Rover by the way.
 

This worked well for me,
 
Not my video, but it's perhaps the fastest way to explain it to you.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1ZuK_dDweg
 
 
I used lots of Canon lenses including L glass with a 20 dollar China made adapter on my Fuji Xe1 with great results,
 
but I set my aperture with the Canon lens while it was still ON THE CANON BODY.
 
Sounds / looks goofy, but works. I set some of mine at f/8 for landscape and just left them there, worked well.
 
Many Canon lenses that people will say are "soft" work extremely well on a FUJI SENSOR!
 
I since moved fully away from Canon and am just now in Fuji.
 
I will say an adapted Canon 17-40L can be magical.
 
http://i1166.photobucket.com/albums/q611/Unstable_rider/Can-17-40L_fuji%20XE-1_zpshhluruh0.jpg~original
 
http://i1166.photobucket.com/albums/q611/Unstable_rider/17-40_edited_zpsfwgkymbh.jpg~original
 
http://i1166.photobucket.com/albums/q611/Unstable_rider/fall001_April_zps1r6l2dqq.jpg~original

I'd also try setting the sharpness in the settings to a +1 value and see if that helps if it's just slightly soft.  I'm using the 50mm f1.8 on my x-e1 as well and that's what I ended up doing.  Here are some examples
 
Portland-15 by dacalac, on Flickr
 
Portland-50 by dacalac, on Flickr

Focus peaking is turned off by the half-press. Just shoot. Legacy glass designed for film cameras can be a disaster depending upon the design of the lens. I have two Canon Serenars of considerable age, both with flat rear elements. Film is matte, but sensors are shiny, so the light bounces back and forth between them, destroying contrast.
 
Many very fast vintage lenses are notoriously soft wide open. They were designed to help focus SLR film cameras in low-light and could be used wide-open in an emergency but at considerable cost in sharpness. Working for a morning paper, much of my work was in available darkness. The classic f/1.2 58mm Nikkor helped a lot, but I tried to keep it at a minimum of f/2.0-2.8 for the actual exposure. At the time, Nikon made the f/1.2 Noct-Nikkor, which was optimized for widest aperture shooting, but at the price I could not convince my boss that it would provide enough return on investment.

Hi Fuji-X buddies,
 
When I got my X-E2, the charger came with a monstrous power cable that was way too long and way too annoying to travel with. Enter this cool adapter from Amazon: amzn.com/B004OGXY72
 
It's shown in action below. Now I can carry something really useful instead of the power cord. Tequila, for example.
 
Best to all,
 
Peter
 

 
(my first post, pls. forgive if it's all wrong )
 
 
 
 
 

this seems to be the new official pencil at Reuters 
 

As I commented somewhere else, since I thought of using a smaller bag for things not requiring me to take the whole of the lens panoply I bought a very small insert from Aliexpress for about $10 shipping included.
 
Comes in many colours, mine is orange.
 
It fits my Crumpler Weenie ( which I had already) and transforms it into a bag for a body and two lenses, at a pinch, maybe 3 ( the picture with all the dividers in makes you think that this is huge and it isn’t!) 
 
 
 

I think it's more of a case of "what are you able do with it", vs. is the 27mm any good.
 
The '27' is easy to master and does not disappoint.
I wont say how "good" it is, or speak on the build, or the lens cap or the stinking box it came in, it's just an easy lens to get to know.  Like a cheap taco, it's just satisfying to use at a good price.
 
Those quick to poke at it with a stick maybe aren't patient with other Fuji lenses either. They may also be the crowd that thinks they need a full size sensor, and then find out those often have less pixel density than an M43 Olympus Pen.
"Mastering what you have" is typically a better initial practice then hopping around from lens to lens, blaming glass on one's ability, or "inability" to hit the metaphoric side of barn with 16 MP's of gamma...
 
Great conversation just the same. At least we all shoot Fuji, right?   You guys probably hate motorcycles,

my humble apologies......
 
Some stray pot shots with an XE-1 (does anyone even shoot with those anymore?) and the crappy 27mm.
 
Horrible, complete lack of color saturation
 

 
 
Nearly no contrast at all, a bit bland.... snooze...
 

 
 
 
Rotten, worthless bokeh. You can't get bokeh from a 27, forget it.  It's crap. Good luck!
 

 
 
The pics without any feeling at all, flat, boring, very run of the mill "snaps" at best.
 

 
 
Very prone to blowing out the whites, (whoops!) worthless!
 

 
 
 
It's not capable of finding focus with both hands and a flashlight. 
Especially running around with no flash at an indoor event. Forget it. Just stay home. Buy a Canon!
 

 
 
As a 'beater" lens, it's ok, but no better than an iPhone 4. 
Maybe good enough so you remember where some of the big parts go... but that's it. Not a good lens for anything "expressive",

everything pretty flat, bla-meh....
 

I think it's more of a case of "what are you able do with it", vs. is the 27mm any good.
 
The '27' is easy to master and does not disappoint.
I wont say how "good" it is, or speak on the build, or the lens cap or the stinking box it came in, it's just an easy lens to get to know.  Like a cheap taco, it's just satisfying to use at a good price.
 
Those quick to poke at it with a stick maybe aren't patient with other Fuji lenses either. They may also be the crowd that thinks they need a full size sensor, and then find out those often have less pixel density than an M43 Olympus Pen.
"Mastering what you have" is typically a better initial practice then hopping around from lens to lens, blaming glass on one's ability, or "inability" to hit the metaphoric side of barn with 16 MP's of gamma...
 
Great conversation just the same. At least we all shoot Fuji, right?   You guys probably hate motorcycles,

my humble apologies......
 
Some stray pot shots with an XE-1 (does anyone even shoot with those anymore?) and the crappy 27mm.
 
Horrible, complete lack of color saturation
 

 
 
Nearly no contrast at all, a bit bland.... snooze...
 

 
 
 
Rotten, worthless bokeh. You can't get bokeh from a 27, forget it.  It's crap. Good luck!
 

 
 
The pics without any feeling at all, flat, boring, very run of the mill "snaps" at best.
 

 
 
Very prone to blowing out the whites, (whoops!) worthless!
 

 
 
 
It's not capable of finding focus with both hands and a flashlight. 
Especially running around with no flash at an indoor event. Forget it. Just stay home. Buy a Canon!
 

 
 
As a 'beater" lens, it's ok, but no better than an iPhone 4. 
Maybe good enough so you remember where some of the big parts go... but that's it. Not a good lens for anything "expressive",

everything pretty flat, bla-meh....
 

Greetings from the Midwest. My name is J.P. & I'm a Fujiholic.
 
I am on my second XE-1, and see no reason to change.  I had an Xpro-1 as well, loved the build, etc.
 
 But it did not seem as "lucky" for me.
 
 
IMAGE BELOW:

This from a Canon 17-40L on an XE-1.  I wouldn't run it hand held, although it balanced great, I just prefer to futz with focus for what equated to a manual lens in this case, while parked squarely on a tripod for landscape stuff.
 
Wish I still had my Canon lenses-- but it meant keeping around a Canon body to change aperture before I docked the lenses on the Fuji.  FYI, the 17-40L from Canon actually is not all that well liked by the Canon crowd, I actually found it shot sharper on a FUJI.   What a hoot to shoot!
 
I had great success with a Canon nifty fifty and an 85mm prime too.
 
Adapted with a cheap Fotosay / Canon to Fuji X adapter. It was loose. It rattled. It was cheaply made.
 
And I loved it.
 
 
 
 

I think it's more of a case of "what are you able do with it", vs. is the 27mm any good.
 
The '27' is easy to master and does not disappoint.
I wont say how "good" it is, or speak on the build, or the lens cap or the stinking box it came in, it's just an easy lens to get to know.  Like a cheap taco, it's just satisfying to use at a good price.
 
Those quick to poke at it with a stick maybe aren't patient with other Fuji lenses either. They may also be the crowd that thinks they need a full size sensor, and then find out those often have less pixel density than an M43 Olympus Pen.
"Mastering what you have" is typically a better initial practice then hopping around from lens to lens, blaming glass on one's ability, or "inability" to hit the metaphoric side of barn with 16 MP's of gamma...
 
Great conversation just the same. At least we all shoot Fuji, right?   You guys probably hate motorcycles,

my humble apologies......
 
Some stray pot shots with an XE-1 (does anyone even shoot with those anymore?) and the crappy 27mm.
 
Horrible, complete lack of color saturation
 

 
 
Nearly no contrast at all, a bit bland.... snooze...
 

 
 
 
Rotten, worthless bokeh. You can't get bokeh from a 27, forget it.  It's crap. Good luck!
 

 
 
The pics without any feeling at all, flat, boring, very run of the mill "snaps" at best.
 

 
 
Very prone to blowing out the whites, (whoops!) worthless!
 

 
 
 
It's not capable of finding focus with both hands and a flashlight. 
Especially running around with no flash at an indoor event. Forget it. Just stay home. Buy a Canon!
 

 
 
As a 'beater" lens, it's ok, but no better than an iPhone 4. 
Maybe good enough so you remember where some of the big parts go... but that's it. Not a good lens for anything "expressive",

everything pretty flat, bla-meh....
 

I think it's more of a case of "what are you able do with it", vs. is the 27mm any good.
 
The '27' is easy to master and does not disappoint.
I wont say how "good" it is, or speak on the build, or the lens cap or the stinking box it came in, it's just an easy lens to get to know.  Like a cheap taco, it's just satisfying to use at a good price.
 
Those quick to poke at it with a stick maybe aren't patient with other Fuji lenses either. They may also be the crowd that thinks they need a full size sensor, and then find out those often have less pixel density than an M43 Olympus Pen.
"Mastering what you have" is typically a better initial practice then hopping around from lens to lens, blaming glass on one's ability, or "inability" to hit the metaphoric side of barn with 16 MP's of gamma...
 
Great conversation just the same. At least we all shoot Fuji, right?   You guys probably hate motorcycles,

my humble apologies......
 
Some stray pot shots with an XE-1 (does anyone even shoot with those anymore?) and the crappy 27mm.
 
Horrible, complete lack of color saturation
 

 
 
Nearly no contrast at all, a bit bland.... snooze...
 

 
 
 
Rotten, worthless bokeh. You can't get bokeh from a 27, forget it.  It's crap. Good luck!
 

 
 
The pics without any feeling at all, flat, boring, very run of the mill "snaps" at best.
 

 
 
Very prone to blowing out the whites, (whoops!) worthless!
 

 
 
 
It's not capable of finding focus with both hands and a flashlight. 
Especially running around with no flash at an indoor event. Forget it. Just stay home. Buy a Canon!
 

 
 
As a 'beater" lens, it's ok, but no better than an iPhone 4. 
Maybe good enough so you remember where some of the big parts go... but that's it. Not a good lens for anything "expressive",

everything pretty flat, bla-meh....
 

Hey Sean, I am new to the forum as well,           but not new to Fuji, and not new to photography.
 
Just a thought, if you can get permission to use a modest size tripod, and can stay near enough to keep it from getting knocked over, consider setting up in full manual, set your focus manually and "range it" and leave it alone. Put the camera on "bulb", and use a remote. You will come home with a collection of "blurry" shots of people moving, and get some lucky shots of static objects, and some people that were standing still.  Experiment with "time" and a remote, and don't feel you have to shoot wide open all the time either.
 
Everyone wants to "stop" motion.... hell I want it to "move".
 
Most of my glass set at F18 !
 
Not sure, but I think the X100t will take an electronic remote.  I have a cheap wireless transmitter-receiver rig I love.  I did not care for the "retro mechanical cable experience", and went from An Xpro-1 where I had no choice, to an EX-1 where I can use modern remotes. I do not use flash or strobes for anything, just me. My socks never match either.