Second thoughts on XE1 Kit

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dnercesian
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Re: Second thoughts on XE1 Kit
In reply to Balthazar B, 6 months ago

Balthazar B wrote:

@dnercesian: Just to clarify, the 23mm would be on my camera most of time when I'm based at home. It's a little too large and heavy for how I like to travel, and for that the 27mm mounted would be the only lens I'd take (and it makes the camera pocketable, too).

Well, that makes sense to me then. Personally, I love 35mm (FF) POV, so the X100 i still my choice for pocketable single lens, but I totally get what you are saying as far as traveling with only that lens.

I have mixed feelings about zooms vs. primes. The former are more versatile, in a sense, but at the cost of weight and brightness. On the short end, it's tough to make a zoom without a lot of chromatic aberration and other defects/compromises, so I'll be curious to see how Fuji pulls it off. If they exceed my expectations, that could bump up the 10-24 on my list a bit. We'll see.

I am hoping they zooms end out stellar also as I really love the convenience in certain situations. I always loved my 17-35 and 70-200 permanently mounted on my 2 D3 bodies because I could be prepared for pretty much anything. It was just a little back breaking. I actually prefer primes, but I'd have wanted to carry a 14mm f/2.8, 35mm f/1.4, 85mm f/1.4, 135 f/2 DC, and a 200mm f/4 macro, and well, that would have been harder to carry than the zooms. Too bad though. I really like those Nikon primes.

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