pfm Picture A Week (PAW) 2017 Part III

[Gromit]

Thanks Amar - was a tad unsteady on my feet after this! The perils of taking our youngest to the village playing field.

 

[Milan]

Lefty, the 35mm f2 is a really good lens. It will be interesting to see how often you use each camera (D800E and X-T2) and for what. The two most used lenses at present on my X-T2 are the 35mm f2 and the 16mm f1.4. That will change, when I travel, to a 3 zoom set.

 

[Jono_13]

Afternoon walk

P1050280 by Jonathan Roberts, on Flickr

 

[Mr Perceptive]

A couple from Chester


171229 Chester 01 by David Yeoman, on Flickr


171231 Storyhouse by David Yeoman, on Flickr

 

[eternumviti]

Afternoon walk

P1050280 by Jonathan Roberts, on Flickr

There's a whole little world on the top of that post!

Rather lovely.

 

[Bananahead]

A portrait

 

[Lefty]

Thanks Amar - was a tad unsteady on my feet after this! The perils of taking our youngest to the village playing field.

I can imagine! My youngest is the same when let loose in a park

Lefty, the 35mm f2 is a really good lens. It will be interesting to see how often you use each camera (D800E and X-T2) and for what. The two most used lenses at present on my X-T2 are the 35mm f2 and the 16mm f1.4. That will change, when I travel, to a 3 zoom set.

It certainly is! I'm somewhat conflicted on what to do. On pure IQ terms, the D800E is the clear winner. However, it is heavy, slow to focus and not as good as the X-T2 for long exposures and ICM (the X-T2 can easily focus through a 10 stop ND where the D800E can't). My plan for the moment is to use small, light primes on the X-T2 (18/2, 23/2, 35/2 and 50/2) whilst keeping the big zooms for the D800E and landscape work. We'll see if this is what actually happens!

Out of interest, what Fuji lenses are your favourite? I LOVED the 16-55/2.8 last time I had the X-T2.

Lefty

 

[Jono_13]

There's a whole little world on the top of that post!

Rather lovely.

Thanks, it's amazing what a bit of age and neglect can produce.

Also spotted these seed pods...

P1050277 by Jonathan Roberts, on Flickr

 

[Milan]

Out of interest, what Fuji lenses are your favourite? I LOVED the 16-55/2.8 last time I had the X-T2.

I have tended to use the 16mm a lot for landscapes. This is probably my favourite at the moment. I really like the mechanics, aperture ring, clutch focus (using the flim setting for manual focus) and the exxcellent image quality. It complements the design ethos of the X-T2 very well. Over the last 2 years the mainstay of my images with the Fuji has been the 10-24 which is a great lens.

 

[Mr Perceptive]

I can imagine! My youngest is the same when let loose in a park



It certainly is! I'm somewhat conflicted on what to do. On pure IQ terms, the D800E is the clear winner. However, it is heavy, slow to focus and not as good as the X-T2 for long exposures and ICM (the X-T2 can easily focus through a 10 stop ND where the D800E can't). My plan for the moment is to use small, light primes on the X-T2 (18/2, 23/2, 35/2 and 50/2) whilst keeping the big zooms for the D800E and landscape work. We'll see if this is what actually happens!

Out of interest, what Fuji lenses are your favourite? I LOVED the 16-55/2.8 last time I had the X-T2.

Lefty

The F2 WR primes are a great solution for lightweight (23/35/50), personally I wouldn't go down the 18 route, though it is lightweight, I don't think that it's 'sharpness' will meet your standards!!!! I would add 16mm to that set, as it's a great quality lens, F1.4 and has WR, then if the inclination desires add the 90mm