The Fabulous Fuji X owners thread

Mr Perceptive said:
Weight and size are probably key factors here along with 'need' for F2.8 throughout the range
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I need to see a good size comparison - or more likely borrow both the new kit lens and new 16-55 and see how I get on with them. Realistically I mainly use the wide lens for landscape, so stopped down, but I could see the odd situation where I would want to use it at f2.8 when zoomed in.
Cuchulainn said:
Not sure what your current lens is, but I've been loving the tamron 17-70 as a standard lens. Sharp enough, light, nice range and f2.8
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I am currently using the 18-55 "kit" lens, the main thing I don't like about it is that it isn't quite wide enough. I'm only considering lenses with an aperture ring though.
skullfunkerry said:
It gets a bit of a bad rap, but I've been very happy with the 16-80mm F/4 since I bought it last year. That extra bit of reach is very handy sometimes.
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Before the recent lens releases that was my first choice, but I think f2.8, even if only at the wide end, is more useful to me than the extra reach. If Fuji had done an X-H2S/16-80 kit, as they did with the X-H2, I would likely have got that.
 
camerasize.com don't mess about - they have the new 16-55 in their database already:
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Bit rough around the edges with this one, but had to grab it. It was around 5am and we were on our way to Tokyo Haneda airport when this pair came blasting past, undertaking on the striped area.

As someone who grew up playing "Tokyo Highway Racer", it was amazing just to be driving on the network. It was so strange knowing my way around so much of it! Seeing these guys doing their thing was the icing on the cake.
I'm pretty certain that's an old Supra up front, and I'm not sure but think the red one is an old Civic - Likely not a real race as the Supra would be long gone, probably a couple of guys just messing around after a long night. Either way, it woke me up and cheered me up during my very early start to a sad journey home.


Tokyo by Jamie Moulton, on Flickr
 
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Hadron said:
With the recent weather I didn’t think I’d get a shot at this. Fortunately last night the skies cleared and I had a one hour window in between dropping off/ picking up my lad from Cub Scouts :)

Tsuchinshan-ATLAS by Jcw Photographic, on Flickr
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Love this! I've been trying to see it all week but the clouds haven't been playing ball.

I got a few shots of the moon the other night though...

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Here's my effort. Nothing but clouds for the last week, and forecast clouds for the next week. Lastnight was the only chance, with only partial cloud... I've been back to this tree so many times and I'm yet to create an image I like with it. I figured it's worth another go.
It's about a 20 minute walk from the car park to get there, and it's not a particularly popular walk, so I was surprised to find another photographer there when I arrived. He was there setting up a home made "barn door tracker". I've seen plenty of threads on astro forums about making one. I'll leave that to people far smarter than me.

I wish I had set the camera up lower to get more of the trunk above the horizon. Yet another of many lessons learned around that tree. This is the first time I've shot it in the dark.

I was expecting the comet to be far more visible, from the images I had seen prior. I was expecting to rock up around 6:45pm, stay for 20 mins or so and head back before it got really dark...

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As such, I was woefully unprepared for the much longer wait. The comet wasn't even visible in camera until around 7:30pm, and didn't really get good until around 8pm. I had no coat, and no torch... It was a looooong walk back through a dark forest, with nothing but the sound of stags calling and the occasional rustle in the bushes. Another lesson learned.

Still, I walked away with at least one somewhat decent image, which I really needed because since coming back from Japan, I've kind of lost my mojo - As I imported these images I realised this is the first real set I've shot in 2024!

C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas by Jamie Moulton, on Flickr
 
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jimmyjamjojo said:
Here's my effort. Nothing but clouds for the last week, and forecast clouds for the next week. Lastnight was the only chance, with only partial cloud... I've been back to this tree so many times and I'm yet to create an image I like with it. I figured it's worth another go.
It's about a 20 minute walk from the car park to get there, and it's not a particularly popular walk, so I was surprised to find another photographer there when I arrived. He was there setting up a home made "barn door tracker". I've seen plenty of threads on astro forums about making one. I'll leave that to people far smarter than me.

I wish I had set the camera up lower to get more of the trunk above the horizon. Yet another of many lessons learned around that tree. This is the first time I've shot it in the dark.

I was expecting the comet to be far more visible, from the images I had seen prior. I was expecting to rock up around 6:45pm, stay for 20 mins or so and head back before it got really dark...

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As such, I was woefully unprepared for the much longer wait. The comet wasn't even visible in camera until around 7:30pm, and didn't really get good until around 8pm. I had no coat, and no torch... It was a looooong walk back through a dark forest, with nothing but the sound of stags calling and the occasional rustle in the bushes. Another lesson learned.

Still, I walked away with at least one somewhat decent image, which I really needed because since coming back from Japan, I've kind of lost my mojo - As I imported these images I realised this is the first real set I've shot in 2024!

C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas by Jamie Moulton, on Flickr
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Well worth it in my opinion.
 
jimmyjamjojo said:
Here's my effort. Nothing but clouds for the last week, and forecast clouds for the next week. Lastnight was the only chance, with only partial cloud... I've been back to this tree so many times and I'm yet to create an image I like with it. I figured it's worth another go.
It's about a 20 minute walk from the car park to get there, and it's not a particularly popular walk, so I was surprised to find another photographer there when I arrived. He was there setting up a home made "barn door tracker". I've seen plenty of threads on astro forums about making one. I'll leave that to people far smarter than me.

I wish I had set the camera up lower to get more of the trunk above the horizon. Yet another of many lessons learned around that tree. This is the first time I've shot it in the dark.

I was expecting the comet to be far more visible, from the images I had seen prior. I was expecting to rock up around 6:45pm, stay for 20 mins or so and head back before it got really dark...

View attachment 436584

As such, I was woefully unprepared for the much longer wait. The comet wasn't even visible in camera until around 7:30pm, and didn't really get good until around 8pm. I had no coat, and no torch... It was a looooong walk back through a dark forest, with nothing but the sound of stags calling and the occasional rustle in the bushes. Another lesson learned.

Still, I walked away with at least one somewhat decent image, which I really needed because since coming back from Japan, I've kind of lost my mojo - As I imported these images I realised this is the first real set I've shot in 2024!

C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas by Jamie Moulton, on Flickr
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That's what these might adventures are all about :) I've had some awesome nights out :)

And yes, shot it Saturday from about 7:20. Let night was better for cloud and obviously a darker sky. Cloud did come in by about 8:30 though.

Anyway, great image here. I really like the simplicity of it too.
 
jimmyjamjojo said:
Here's my effort. Nothing but clouds for the last week, and forecast clouds for the next week. Lastnight was the only chance, with only partial cloud... I've been back to this tree so many times and I'm yet to create an image I like with it. I figured it's worth another go.
It's about a 20 minute walk from the car park to get there, and it's not a particularly popular walk, so I was surprised to find another photographer there when I arrived. He was there setting up a home made "barn door tracker". I've seen plenty of threads on astro forums about making one. I'll leave that to people far smarter than me.

I wish I had set the camera up lower to get more of the trunk above the horizon. Yet another of many lessons learned around that tree. This is the first time I've shot it in the dark.

I was expecting the comet to be far more visible, from the images I had seen prior. I was expecting to rock up around 6:45pm, stay for 20 mins or so and head back before it got really dark...

View attachment 436584

As such, I was woefully unprepared for the much longer wait. The comet wasn't even visible in camera until around 7:30pm, and didn't really get good until around 8pm. I had no coat, and no torch... It was a looooong walk back through a dark forest, with nothing but the sound of stags calling and the occasional rustle in the bushes. Another lesson learned.

Still, I walked away with at least one somewhat decent image, which I really needed because since coming back from Japan, I've kind of lost my mojo - As I imported these images I realised this is the first real set I've shot in 2024!

C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas by Jamie Moulton, on Flickr
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Well I would be very happy with that shot. Well done!
Unfortunately I live in a valley in Cornwall and I need to travel to the coast to get good westward views, and I am too lazy to go out as it has been so rainy recently that it would likely be 10/10 cloud.
 
Craikeybaby said:
Looking at https://petapixel.com/2024/05/21/fujifilm-xf-16-50mm-f-2-8-4-8-review-a-lot-to-live-up-to/, I think the front element will also move on the 16-50, and it will need a filter over the front to be fully sealed.
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In that article it says "There is no further extension of the lens while zooming and it weighs less than the 18-55mm at only 8.46 ounces (246 grams). It has the same 58mm filter diameter and also carries the WR badge to signify its full weather-sealed build."
 
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skullfunkerry said:
In that article it says "There is no further extension of the lens while zooming and it weighs less than the 18-55mm at only 8.46 ounces (246 grams). It has the same 58mm filter diameter and also carries the WR badge to signify its full weather-sealed build."
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It looks like the outer portion of the lens is fixed, but the middle moves in, maybe not extending, but it is not like the 50-140mm, for example, where the front element is fixed, but the zooming/focussing happens inside of that.
 
Does anyone know where I can get a 16-55 replacement lens hood? My one is slowly disintegrating due to years of use and I can't find one anywhere sadly.
Many thanks
 
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