The Fujirumors-Travel Trinity: FR will travel with the 18-55, 35 and 55-200… and two good friends too
image taken with iPhone 5 and quickly processed with SnapSeed (great App!)
X-E2 price drop in USA expires tomorrow: save up to $200 at BHphoto, AmazonUS, Adorama and Pictureline
_ _ _
Finally, it’s done, the dice have been cast! It’s time to be on the road for Fujirumors, along with 2 good friends, a Nikon and an Olympus shooter. Two weeks of holidays (starting from tomorrow) with Fujirumors should be enough to convert them to the X-world. ;-)
Now, I’ve listened to your feedback, and the travel-lens poll (see bottom of this post) was pretty clear. The first three positions went to the 18-55mm (1st), the 35mm (2nd) and the 23mm (3rd). Thanks to all for your suggestions and your help. If I get some decent shots, I’ll share them at the FR-facebook photostream.
I therefore opted for the flexibility of the 18-55 as you recommended (and as Trenton said, if drinking is involved, better to take the 18-55, as it has OIS :-D ), and for the 35mm. And, as I already have the fast 35 prime in my camslinger, I will not take also the 23 as my third lens.
So the decision was between the XF 10-24 and the XF 55-200 (4th and 5th in the ranking). I decided to take the 55-200 because: 1) I still don’t own the 10-24 – 2) I need the 55-200 to photograph wildlife. But it hurts a bit to leave the 14mm at home for that extra wide dramatic landscape photography. However, the 18-55, 35, and 55-200 trinity covers pretty much everything.
And do not worry. I have all I need to run Fujirumors also during this trip. I have the 11″ MacBook Air with (claimed) 9 hours of battery and my iPhone5 is equipped with the Mophie Juice 100% Battery-Cover. That should give me enough battery power to keep you posted in any moment of the day (I’ve just to find a WiFi somewhere).
Therefore, stay tuned on Fujirumors
Oh, and I’ll store my X-E2 (which is $200 off until tomorrow in USA) with the 35 and 18-55 in my Camslinger bag. It’s an amazing bag, and I can’t think of any other bag that gives me faster access to my safely stored camera than this one. I adjusted a bit the size of the bag, and, as you can see, the X-E2 with 35mm and 18-55 fits perfectly in the Camslinger 160 (sorry, I noticed that in the first image I didn’t push the X-E2 all the way down into the camslinger 160, therefore it looks a bit out of the bag… just my fault. So I shared another image at the bottom where you can see that it really fits perfectly). The 55-200 will remain in my rucksack.
I wish you all a great weekend,
facebook, google+, RSS-feed and twitter
Cosyspeed’s camslinger at BHphoto / Cosyspeed website
Loading ...Iridient Developer 2.4.3 update released
The Iridient Developer 2.4.3 update has just been released and makes some improvements to the camera black level handling for the Fujifilm X100, X-A1 and other Bayer sensor based Fujifilm models. This should help with some cases of “crushed” blacks particularly from the X100. A few other bug fixes and improvements in this release for Fuji users as well. The new version can be downloaded here:
http://iridientdigital.com/
Full release notes on this update:
http://iridientdigital.com/
Travel-X: “Think carefully before making a shot!” or how to explore Iceland with just the 35 + X-T1 (by Kamenev Dmitry)
guest post by Kamenev Dmitry
I’m a lucky owner of [shoplink 21553]X-T1[/shoplink] from Russia and several days ago I’d been traveling in Iceland with friends. It is a country where every photographer (even the worst one with an old mobile phone camera) can feel like a superprofi.
Only two years ago I owned [shoplink 16850]5Dmk2[/shoplink] with EF 24-70/2.8 and a full kit of accessories for wedding photography – it was my little hobby (I’m far from profi). But suddenly I’d got a lack of free time for my hobby and decided to sell everything, because my DSLR was gathering dust on the shelf due to its size and weight.. But I couldn’t stop taking photos and bought [shoplink 15293 ebay]Fuji X100[/shoplink], which I think is really a great camera. I’ve owned X100 for 2 years and everything was good but I felt a great lack of lens change ability… So when I heard rumors about X-T1 I already knew what I would buy next.
And here it is Iceland! Real challenge for new Fuji… with only [shoplink 12889]XF35/1.4[/shoplink]. I was ready to chew my hands off because several weeks ago I’ve sold my [shoplink 12887]XF18-55 lens[/shoplink]. No, XF35 is an excellent lens but it’s about crime to go to Iceland without wide and zoom lenses. It was my first and the most serious mistake. Next time I hope I’ll have XF 16-55 f/2.8.
But 35mm is better than no lenses and such fix is very strict lens and makes you think very carefully before you make a shot.
The second mistake – I took only one battery. I charged it every night but its 250-300 frames capacity was extremely insufficient for me during the all day. So it made me think twice before making a shot. Next time I’ll take at least 2 batteries.
And the final mistake – memory card. I thought that 32GB card would be enough for me. No, it would not! I had to delete several photos to shoot some more. So it made me think thrice before shooting.
And now I can say that it was challenge not only for my camera but for me. As for X-T1 – now I like it much more: its weather sealed body helped me to shoot near waterfalls and during heavy rain; its lightweight allowed me to climb over hills and mountains and so on.
As a result of my trip here are some of my most favorite shots. By the way, some of them were taken out of the car while moving!
PUSH THE “READ MORE” BUTTON TO SEE MORE IMAGES
“Does anyone else have experience with the Aquapack 451 or other underwater solutions with a Fuji X camera?”
IMAGE: Fuji X-M1, Fuji 14mm f/2.8, and the Aquapac 451 in the local river of my neighborhood here in Nuuk, Greenland after a couple of days of heavy rain. 1/1250sec, f/7.1, ISO 800.
shared at the FR-facebook photostream (feel free to keep up sharing and voting the images)
_ _ _
FR-reader Mads Pihl asked for an advice (via FR-facebook), and I hope the X-shooter community here on Fujirumors can help. Here is his question:
I got the Aquapac after hearing about Czech photographer Paul Schlemmer’s experience with this cheap underwater soft “house” [admin: read the article here)], and I picked up a cheap X-M1 as it seems a lot easier to get into the aquapac than the X-E2 and X-T1.
The goal is to put it to more serious use on a field assignment in North Greenland this summer, but for now I am just playing around in the water around my house.
Does anyone else have experience with this or other underwater solutions with a Fuji X camera?
Cheers,
Mads
Northbound Photo (website – 500px)
