Contemplating the unthinkable for me

Thanks for that Blake. My memory was not that good.

Yes, just the body Joe. Thank you too!
 
glad to be of service --- frank, seriously, film and digital aren't that different ---- i used to be die hard film, now that even our last local shop is closing their doors, it just doesn't make sense to be an old stick in the mud --- you'll do fine
 
The black xe2 is in my hands. Charging the battery. Going to read the manual. (eek!)

God help me when I check for and do firmware update! ;)
 
Hi Frank

Skip the manual. It's almost better to just use the camera functions that are obvious and come naturally.
Especially with Fuji where most all functions are at your fingertips.
Formatting cards may be the one exception. It must be done after each time you download a card to the computer.
Everything else is just everything else :p

Congrats! It's a nice image making tool!
 
Frank, you're gonna love the XE-2. Fuji's optics are superb. They've been making outstanding optics, large format, enlarging lenses, etc., for decades. I hate jpegs, but the jpegs from the Fujis can't be beat. RAW is icing on the cake.

Enjoy it!
 
Thanks all.

I'm such a noob at this digital game, so if you don't have the patience of Job, just look away! :)

With a brand new card, it has to be formatted by the camera, right? So once the battery is charged, I insert battery and new card into camera and turn it on. Hopefully a message will appear on the screen prompting me to press OK to format card. Right?

Then with a formatted card, I use a computer to download latest firmware onto card (inserted in the computer)? Right?
 
Download the firmware to your desktop and just drag it onto the card, then insert it in your camera.
 
FrankS said:
Onto the brand new unformatted card?

(Thanks Keith!)
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Formatted card Frank. Make sure the card is formatted in the camera first.

Also, never delete. Once you download your images to your computer, re-format the card in-camera. It will erase all the images that were downloaded and keeps the card fresh. It will prevent any read/write glitches to the card in the future.
 
kbg32 said:
Formatted card Frank. Make sure the card is formatted in the camera first. Also, never delete. Once you download your images to your computer, re-format the card in-camera. It keeps it fresh and hopefully will prevent any read/write glitches to the card.
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Especially important with Fuji cameras.
Format each time you transfer images to your computer.
It's very easy to do. Consider it tightening up the re-wind lever after loading in a fresh film :)
 
I re-format each time and never just delete.
Its eight presses of the menu button on my Merrills and five on the GR V.

Like Andy says ...just like tightening up the film in my M film cameras.
 
nikonosguy said:
glad to be of service --- frank, seriously, film and digital aren't that different ---- i used to be die hard film, now that even our last local shop is closing their doors, it just doesn't make sense to be an old stick in the mud --- you'll do fine
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When I go to my local pro lab, I'm the oldest guy there. It's filled with twenty-somethings . It's digital users that tend to be the oldsters these days. Young people are either into film or using their phone cams.

PS: as someone who worked with digital imaging for over a decade, and only discovered film 5 years ago - the OP made a big mistake. ;)
 
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