Jump to content

Moving on from Canon

wben25

By wben25
in Newbie / Self Introduction

 Share

Recommended Posts

wben25 Rookie

wben25

Posted
Posted

Hey All, 

 

I am from Newfoundland, Canada The furthest point east in North America!!

 

I have left my old love of Canon for a new love of Fuji. I don't think I switched for any particular reason more so just for a change. After doing some research I settle on Fuji because of the constant firmware updates, lenses and the look and size of the bodies. I have ordered an X-e2 and the 18-55mm and waiting for it to arrive :) If anyone has saw any good tutorial videos to get started that would be great. I have a feeling I am going to have to get nice and acquainted with my new baby. 

 

I only want to start off with 2-3 lenses and eventually get the 50-150mm 2.8. Does anyone have any suggestions on 1-2 good lenses to get started with on a budget? I was thinking the 35mm F2 and something else. Nothing crazy expensive like the 56mm 1.2 ($1000 CDN)

 

Cheers, I look forward to hearing from you all!!

 

 

Link to post
Share on other sites
Merde Explorer

Merde

Posted
Posted

 

 

Does anyone have any suggestions on 1-2 good lenses to get started with on a budget? I was thinking the 35mm F2 and something else.

Try XF 35/1.4 (1 stop makes a difference in low light and I don't mean DoF) and XF 27/2.8.

Both lenses rather cheap second hand.

Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Similar Content

  • Posts

    • thelostkiwi
      Looking for Full Frame lenses to adapt to GFX

      By thelostkiwi · Posted

      I also use a Nikon to GFX Fringer and it works very well.  24mm f/1.8 vignettes so best used on 35mm mode.  50mm f/1.8 covers the entire frame very well with no issues and is a superb little lens. 105mm Sigma vignettes slightly but is perfectly usable. 300 f/4 likewise the 105.  I have a 70-200 f/20+.8 incoming to test so will report back but I'm expecting a little vignetting.  Even in 35mm mode the image is still 60MP and if you're prepared to manually crop and correct you can get 80-90 MP images.  I also have a C/Y to GFX adapter.  The 24mm Sigma Superwide vignettes strongly. Ditto 28-80 Zeiss Sonnar. 80-200 f/4 Sonnar is perfectly usable. All work fine as 35mm mode lenses.  I also have an M42 adapter which I tried with the Carl Zeiss Jena 135mm f/3.5 with good results. 
    • Trevor R
      Image correction with GF20-35

      By Trevor R · Posted

      Thank you. I will research it.
    • jerryy
      Image correction with GF20-35

      By jerryy · Posted

      Ahh, the infamous brick wall photos… 😀 According to internet lore, if the dng converter does not properly apply the corrections, you can have it apply custom profiles that should work for you. How to do that is waaaaaay outside of this comment’s scope, but there are plenty of sites listed in the search engines that step you through the processes. Best wishes.
    • Trevor R
      Image correction with GF20-35

      By Trevor R · Posted

      Jerry Thank you very much. That is extremely helpful. It seems that the camera and the lens have the latest firmware update, so it appears that the corrections should be applied automatically. The lens arrived this afternoon and I took some quick test shots, in which the correct lens information appeared in the EXIF files, so that sounds good. I used Adobe DNG converter to convert the Raw (RAF) files, and then opened the DNG files and saved them in PSD format. However, with a beautiful, clear, cloudless blue sky, there were no lines near the edges to check if distortion had been corrected. Another day I plan to photograph a brick wall. Thank you for your help.
    • jerryy
      Image correction with GF20-35

      By jerryy · Posted

      Typically you need to make sure the lens is compatible with the camera, i.e. check the lens compatibility charts for your camera, then make sure the respective firmwares are updated so older issues are resolved. After that, each lens has a manufacturer’s profile which will be embedded into the raw file meta data for the images captured using that lens. From there, it is up to the raw conversion software to apply the lens correction to the image. Different converters do that differently, some automatically, some only if a setting is turned on. For in-camera jpegs, the on-board converter does the corrections automatically, assuming the camera recognizes the lens, it applies a generic profile otherwise. I do not know if that can be turned off or not.
×
×
  • Create New...