lens line up change...

[back alley]

right now, i'm using the 18/27/35/60 combination of lenses.
i recently added an x100 to my kit and find that i'm using the 27 much less than before. if i want small i grab the x100 where before i was using the X-E1 with the 27.

a 35mm fov has always been preferred to a 50mm pov (by me that is)…so it would make sense to use the 23 more than the 35.
i have played with the 23 and the size does not bother me all that much…yes, it's on the large side but is a comfortable handful...

so…i'm thinking of selling the 27 and the 35 and getting the 23…a nice 3 lens kit…and keeping the x100 of course for travelling light/small.

any thoughts?
anyone else making this move or thinking about it?

if money were no concern then i would just add the 23 and be done with it.

 

[kbg32]

You're never done... 😛!!

 

[jsrockit]

I was thinking of selling my X100s and getting the X-E2 and using the 27mm (I hate the X100s little buttons). However, I prefer the X-Pro1 over the X-E2 and probably won't use the X-E2 as much.

It's probably better to use what you have until you come up with a reason why you need this or that. I've been trying to do that more lately. The 23mm is redundant vs. the X100.

 

[back alley]

the x100 is for when i want to travel really light/small.

eventually, i'd also like to sell the 18, get the 14 again and have a 14/23/60 kit.
light & compact and would capture most of what i normally shoot.

 

[back alley]

You're never done... 😛!!

very true!!

 

[back alley]

john, you should give the xe-2 a shot…the xe-1 is a great camera and with the 27 fairly compact…not as much as the x100 but...

 

[jsrockit]

Joe, I might, but I'm playing it safe for now. It's a lot harder to sell things in the used market these days than 2 years ago. Plus, nothing I own is getting in my way, so it's probably better to use what I have for now.

 

[oftheherd]

You're never done... 😛!!

I laughed when I read that. Thanks for the laugh. 🙂

But as soon as I did, I realized that describes me too much. 😱

Get what you like Joe. I don't own that type of camera, and can just never like 35mm lenses. No advice I can give.

 

[agoglanian]

I'm weird, I have the 18/35 right now and I am going to add the 23mm for my favorite 28/35/50mm kit.

 

[noimmunity]

Is it true that the new 23/1.4 focuses more accurately/faster than the 35/1.4 ?

I still only have one native lens for the XP1, and even though I prefer 50s, I might be tempted by the 23 if it is a better choice for available darkness. (Plus the thought of one picking up that 14, which I think is a marvel, and the forthcoming 56).

 

[gavinlg]

The 23 focusses about the same as the 35.

I really like the 23 - its my favorite lens for this system so far. Feels perfect for xp1 body. Optically wonderful too.

 

[back alley]

bottom line for me is i have always preferred a 35 to a 50…i feel bad selling the 27 but money is tighter than normal at the moment.
and if i wanted to stay with a 3 lens kit then 14/23/60 is as good as it gets for me.

 

[keytarjunkie]

Money is tight but you just bought a Canon 7 and another Fuji X100?

You prefer a 35 to a 50, then why don't you just use the X100 you already own? Is f/2 really not fast enough, you need a slightly faster and much larger and heavier lens?

You want to sell a lens you aren't using so much, in order to buy another lens at a focal length you'd just be duplicating?

It seems like your end game in this is just to go through as much equipment and savings as possible, with no regard to making better photographs. Here's a suggestion you are free to value as much or little as you want: stop trying to get better equipment. What you have is already far beyond what almost all of the world's greatest photographers had access to, and even ONE of your cameras is plenty good enough for a talented photographer. Stop worrying about it. Get your head out of the battery compartment and focus on making better images. Take the money you'd be wasting on this crap and open a savings account.

I'm writing with only the best intentions, and I don't know you in the least bit, but that's my recommendation.

 

[back alley]

Money is tight but you just bought a Canon 7 and another Fuji X100?

You prefer a 35 to a 50, then why don't you just use the X100 you already own? Is f/2 really not fast enough, you need a slightly faster and much larger and heavier lens?

You want to sell a lens you aren't using so much, in order to buy another lens at a focal length you'd just be duplicating?

It seems like your end game in this is just to go through as much equipment and savings as possible, with no regard to making better photographs. Here's a suggestion you are free to value as much or little as you want: stop trying to get better equipment. What you have is already far beyond what almost all of the world's greatest photographers had access to, and even ONE of your cameras is plenty good enough for a talented photographer. Stop worrying about it. Get your head out of the battery compartment and focus on making better images. Take the money you'd be wasting on this crap and open a savings account.

I'm writing with only the best intentions, and I don't know you in the least bit, but that's my recommendation.

wow...you seem very upset considering we don't know each other.

 

[keytarjunkie]

I have nothing to be upset about!

 

[thegman]

wow...you seem very upset considering we don't know each other.

To be fair Joe, you asked for thoughts, you got thoughts.

Just sell the gear you don't want, put the money in the bank and don't rush into any purchases.

 

[back alley]

I have nothing to be upset about!

that's what I'm thinking...maybe I've read emotion into your words where there was none...

 

[back alley]

To be fair Joe, you asked for thoughts, you got thoughts.

Just sell the gear you don't want, put the money in the bank and don't rush into any purchases.

it's not that I don't want it or think that the 23 is better...it's just a change in focal length.

 

[Jamie Pillers]

Joe,
As you know, I've been through a lot of thinking about lens kit configuration with the Fuji bodies as well. Here's what's going on in my brain at the moment. I see the X100S as my 'comfort camera'. That is, the focal length is what I'm used to, and the camera is light and small… perfectly comfortable. The XPro1 on the other hand is what I think of as the "get me out of my comfort zone" camera. I use it when I want to shake things up a bit… get myself out of photographic ruts. So… the lenses that make me 'reach' as a photographer are the 14, 35, and 60. The 14 (21mm equiv.) is wider than I normally use, the 35 (53mm equiv) is longer than the 'normal' focal length I'm comfortable with, and the 60 (90mm equiv.) is a focal length I have almost no experience with.

For me, its important to change things up from time to time. But I'm tired of changing gear all the time. So I've created a very competent kit with 'good enough' bodies and lenses that force me to look at the world in new ways. Hoping this sticks. :-o
Jamie

 

[noimmunity]

The 23 focusses about the same as the 35.

I really like the 23 - its my favorite lens for this system so far. Feels perfect for xp1 body. Optically wonderful too.

Thanks, Gavin!