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Fuji XE-1 and what lens...?

Started May 13, 2016 | Discussions thread
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DominikT
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Fuji XE-1 and what lens...?

Hi guys. I've been thinking about getting a used Fuji XE-1 and one good lens for street and portrait photography. I love the compactness of the XE1 and that I could finally get back to using an aperture ring, shutter dial and manual focus lenses.  My question is, what lenses do you guys use and/or recommend?  I am tempted by either the Fuji 35 f2 or 35 f1.4. Both look like stellar lenses. however I've read that if I want to go full manual focus (which I do) I should avoid the 'focus my wire' lenses. I want to end up with a field of view equivalent to about 50mm (in full frame) so a 35mm lens makes sense. However older MF lenses like Nikkor, Canon FD and Zuiko OM will require a large X mount adaptor, which starts to become a bit bulky. I'd like to get other's opinions on this please.

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Canon 5D mark3
EF 35 f2 IS
EF 24-70 f2.8L II
EF 70-200 f4L IS
EF 100 f2.8L Macro
EF17-40 f4L

Canon EOS 5D Mark III Fujifilm X-E1 Fujifilm XF 35mm F2 R WR Nikon 24-70mm F2.8E ED VR Sony FE 50mm F1.8
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