Buying, selling, trading: my crazy Fuji roadmap

FrankS

FrankS

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My Fuji roadmap

Sold gear for a friend, earned commission of $800
Bought a new XE-2 body only, and 32gb SD card, paid $950 total
Sold Fuji GW670, $400
Bought a used Kijiji XE-1 with 27mm, paid $200 plus Nikon F3 with 50f1.8E
Bought a used Kijiji MX-1 with 16-50, paid $225
Sold XE-1 body, $250
Bought Chinese eBay grip and thumbs up, $30
Traded MX-1 with 27mm for Rolleiflex 6003src
Bought a used Kijiji MX-1 body, paid $170 (today)
All Cdn $

Currently have XE-2 and XM-1 bodies with 16-50 lens (loving the wide end)
Looking for 27mm lens again ;) (would love to trade or partial trade for film gear)
Waiting for 35f2
 
Woah.... Did you get a blood transfusion from Joe?

:p

I like fuji gear also.
Got an XA1 that will likely go to Mom or the Miss.
It's all wonderfully inexpensive, excellent IQ, and fun to use.
My favorite.... The GF670.
I use it the least in terms of frames taken but... It delivers tee best of my keepers :) (on ilford or kodak though :D)
 
Considering how fast he made the trades.. Less than 4 weeks..he has Joe beat by a country mile, Andy :D

Gary
 
f16sunshine said:
Woah.... Did you get a blood transfusion from Joe?

:p

I like fuji gear also.
Got an XA1 that will likely go to Mom or the Miss.
It's all wonderfully inexpensive, excellent IQ, and fun to use.
My favorite.... The GF670.
I use it the least in terms of frames taken but... It delivers tee best of my keepers :) (on ilford or kodak though :D)
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no fair!
i have been shooting with the same fuji kit for ages now!
i added the eos.m kit but that all cost less than a lens from fuji!
hope to buy the 16 next week and maybe sell the 16-50 zoom...likely not getting an xe2 anytime soon.
 
FrankS said:
My Fuji roadmap

Sold gear for a friend, earned commission of $800
Bought a new XE-2 body only, and 32gb SD card, paid $950 total
Sold Fuji GW670, $400
Bought a used Kijiji XE-1 with 27mm, paid $200 plus Nikon F3 with 50f1.8E
Bought a used Kijiji MX-1 with 16-50, paid $225
Sold XE-1 body, $250
Bought Chinese eBay grip and thumbs up, $30
Traded MX-1 with 27mm for Rolleiflex 6003src
Bought a used Kijiji MX-1 body, paid $170 (today)
All Cdn $

Currently have XE-2 and XM-1 bodies with 16-50 lens (loving the wide end)
Looking for 27mm lens again ;) (would love to trade or partial trade for film gear)
Waiting for 35f2
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That's not following a roadmap, Frank, that's doing donuts in a parking lot ;)

Sooooo much more fun !
 
I would have been happy with my first XE-2/16-50 and XM-1/27 setup, but the Rolleiflex has been on my desired list for a while and the trade opportunity fell into my lap. The guy was trying to sell the Rollei on Kijiji for a while. He lost his local source for 120 film and developing, so for him, film was dead. Plus he was about to go on holiday and was looking for a compact digital camera.
 
No, no. I'm quite focused and consistent. This was the same kit I assembled first. It needed to be partially sacrificed for me to acquire the Rolleiflex. Now I've put it back the way it was. I'm happy.
 
BillBingham2 said:
Calling this a roadmap is proof positive that at your last job you were a beta tester for the first generation Apple Maps!

Generous at best, very generous.

It does look like a lot of fun.

B2
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I've got to admit, the searching, buying, selling, and trading has been fun.

I would have missed out on all of that if I were a one camera and one lens/ less is more type.
 
FrankS said:
I've got to admit, the searching, buying, selling, and trading has been fun.

I would have missed out on all of that if I were a one camera and one lens/ less is more type.
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I agree: there's enjoyment and knowledge to be gained by experimenting, looking at and trying different things. And the buying, selling, trading stuff can be fun all by itself.

Sometimes I take on the "1C-1L" position and explore it for a while, find where my head's at in that milieu for a while ... It's useful, but I want to do more things with my photography than that approach permits to do it 100% of the time. I mostly use only a small circle of equipment, but there are times when I need a very wide or very long lens, and the right body to use them on.

G
 
I see the experimentation aspect of photography as a helpful addition to the creative aspect. I play with a lot of different gear. When the time comes to produce results for a project or commission, I know which gear will get me the results I want. I do not suffer from the paralysis of choice syndrome. (POCS)
 
So here's my first share-worthy MX-1 with 27 combo:

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