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[Eranthius]

Hey guys, good morning from Chesapeake Va.  

 

So I think this year could be the year that I shift out of Nikon to Fuji.  I have had several friends recommend it, but I don't even know where to begin.  I am a reeeeeeeeeeeeeeally junior level photog and am seeking your sage council on where to begin.  

 

I have a Nikon D90 and find myself shooting a lot of lower light activity such as ballets, concerts, etc. 

 

I appreciate any/all help; from what I can tell you guys have a great community!

 

-The New Guy

[George_P]

Hey guys, good morning from Chesapeake Va.

 

So I think this year could be the year that I shift out of Nikon to Fuji. I have had several friends recommend it, but I don't even know where to begin. I am a reeeeeeeeeeeeeeally junior level photog and am seeking your sage council on where to begin.

 

I have a Nikon D90 and find myself shooting a lot of lower light activity such as ballets, concerts, etc.

 

I appreciate any/all help; from what I can tell you guys have a great community!

 

-The New Guy

It seems everyone is busy before Christmas and you have been left waiting for an answer, so I will try to help. I have had good experience with the 90mm f2 at concerts, at ISO 3200-6400 I was able to use shutter speed 250-500 to freeze the movements of the performers and the focal length was good for me as I was taking pictures from my place - not walking close to the stage and getting in the way of professional photographers which I am not. Camerawise I have the X-T10 and I use zone focusing or manual focus which is very easy on Fuji, so I can do without the faster focusing speeds that are present on the X-T2, X-T20 or x-E3. So if your budget is tight, you can get an X-T10, they are very cheap now. Image quality is practically the same on all of these cameras (i.e. excellent). The newer ones have a 24Mpix sensor as opposed to the 16 MPix sensor on the older ones, but this is mostly irrelevant unless you want to print your pictures in really big sizes. What is best for you depends on many factors, there are tons of information on this blog and elsewhere. Lots of reviews on lenses and cameras. Have a good read and then ask some more questions.

 

If you look at the concert ph. thread, you can see for instance milaber22 using the 8mm fisheye for a totally different approach. Depends. Welcome to the forum and let us know how you are getting on.

Edited December 18, 2017 by George_P