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Getting some Fuji Kit Together.

Started May 22, 2016 | Discussions thread
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Getting some Fuji Kit Together.
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Hi

I  have just sold my Sigma gear due to lack of support from the Australian importer and I am looking to get a couple of new lenses for my replacement XT1.

I have a 18-50mm Kit lens that Is giving good results, here is one that I took on a bush property, great light just before a storm broke.

I am happy enough with that.

I have also got 50-230mm XC lens that produces OK images, here is one at full 230mm across the park at least 350 meters away.

It shows best when 100% cropped.

This is handheld and you can get even closer before the pixels show, this lens is easily picking up details that I cannot normally see so I am happy with that.

I got the 60mm as a macro and portrait lens, still to test the macro with a MCEX16 but I did a quick portrait of my better half yesterday.

Sharpness and bokeh back towards the earings are more than acceptable so happy with that glass. My questions now is I have a choice between the 35mm F2 and the 27mm F2.8 pancake, both are supposed to be fast focusing, they are not that different in FL, the 35mm is WR but the pancake is much smaller and cheaper, anybody got any more observations on these 2 ? also I do not normally go ultrawide but I am thinking of either the 10-24mm OIS or the 12mm Rokinon, the 10-24 is quite large and is F4 but has OIS, it is also expensive, money I could put away for a 100-400mm down the track. The Rokinon is F2 and although manual focus it has such DoF as to really not matter past 2 meters, it is also smaller and has good IQ, anybody any experience of these 4  lenses or pros & cons I may have overlooked ?

Regards

PT

 PT's gear list:PT's gear list
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ2 Fujifilm X100V Fujifilm X-T1 Fujifilm XF 18-55mm F2.8-4 R LM OIS Fujifilm XF 55-200mm F3.5-4.8 R LM OIS +6 more
Fujifilm XF 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 OIS WR Fujifilm XF 35mm F2 R WR Fujifilm X-T1 Nikon DL18-50
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