Re: New to me - Fuji X-A1 mirrorless camera.

2014-04-14 Thread Bill
On 13/04/2014 8:13 PM, Tim Bray wrote: On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 3:25 PM, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: Oh, you can get ones that gateway the aperture through? I had no idea. But the basic cheapie is the way to start. In particular I want to try my 100m f2.8 macro.

Re: New to me - Fuji X-A1 mirrorless camera

2014-04-13 Thread Chris Mitchell
Welcome to the ever growing Fuji X club Bob! Chris On 12 April 2014 17:40, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Well, Tim Bray's offer to sell his Fuji X-E1 and Doug's fine portraits with his Fuji got me looking. Then Wens., BH was offering the Fujifilm X-A1 for $499 w/sd card. It came

Re: New to me - Fuji X-A1 mirrorless camera

2014-04-13 Thread Bob Sullivan
Thanks Chris, So far, so good. Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 2:20 AM, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: Welcome to the ever growing Fuji X club Bob! Chris On 12 April 2014 17:40, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Well, Tim Bray's offer to sell his Fuji X-E1

Re: New to me - Fuji X-A1 mirrorless camera.

2014-04-13 Thread Bill
On 12/04/2014 9:52 PM, Tim Bray wrote: Hey BIll, which K-mount adapter did you get for the Fujis? They all look more or less the same to me, is that a fair take? Mine says Pixoo on the side of it. I'm pretty sure there isn't much to say from one to the other until you hit the big time with

Re: New to me - Fuji X-A1 mirrorless camera.

2014-04-13 Thread Tim Bray
Oh, you can get ones that gateway the aperture through? I had no idea. But the basic cheapie is the way to start. In particular I want to try my 100m f2.8 macro. -T On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 2:42 PM, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 12/04/2014 9:52 PM, Tim Bray wrote: Hey BIll,

Re: New to me - Fuji X-A1 mirrorless camera.

2014-04-13 Thread Bill
On 13/04/2014 3:51 PM, Tim Bray wrote: Oh, you can get ones that gateway the aperture through? I had no idea. But the basic cheapie is the way to start. In particular I want to try my 100m f2.8 macro.

Re: New to me - Fuji X-A1 mirrorless camera.

2014-04-13 Thread Tim Bray
On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 3:25 PM, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: Oh, you can get ones that gateway the aperture through? I had no idea. But the basic cheapie is the way to start. In particular I want to try my 100m f2.8 macro.

Re: New to me - Fuji X-A1 mirrorless camera.

2014-04-13 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I can answer you that: consistent, precision manufacture of the best materials, along with the manual aperture control for DA series lenses, and no light leaks. I've used many different lens mount adapters since 2008, using various lenses on mFT, M-mount, and E-mount bodies. It is largely a

Re: New to me - Fuji X-A1 mirrorless camera.

2014-04-13 Thread Boris Liberman
I can attest to what Godfrey said. I've Novoflex adapter from Leica M to Pentax K - works like a charm. No problems of any kind whatsoever and like it has been said - the manual aperture control on the adapter so that any K-mount lens can be used if necessary. On 4/14/2014 6:07 AM, Godfrey

New to me - Fuji X-A1 mirrorless camera

2014-04-12 Thread Bob Sullivan
Well, Tim Bray's offer to sell his Fuji X-E1 and Doug's fine portraits with his Fuji got me looking. Then Wens., BH was offering the Fujifilm X-A1 for $499 w/sd card. It came with the consumer grade 16-50 zoom. I took the plunge and have had the camera now for 16 hours. It's small and light, plus

Re: New to me - Fuji X-A1 mirrorless camera

2014-04-12 Thread Paul
Looks like a pretty capable performer... -p On 4/12/2014 11:40 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Well, Tim Bray's offer to sell his Fuji X-E1 and Doug's fine portraits with his Fuji got me looking. Then Wens., BH was offering the Fujifilm X-A1 for $499 w/sd card. It came with the consumer grade 16-50

Re: New to me - Fuji X-A1 mirrorless camera

2014-04-12 Thread Tim Bray
I got my new X-T1 yesterday. First fruits: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2014/04/11/Vancouver-Camera-Spring Same image quality as X-E1, but faster and more convenient, and a mind-blowing EVF. It looked like it was going to take a long time to get an X-T1 so I yanked the X-E1 off the

Re: New to me - Fuji X-A1 mirrorless camera

2014-04-12 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 1:37 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Looks like a decent performner. and i love Dougs work Dave On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 12:40 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Well, Tim Bray's offer to sell his Fuji X-E1 and Doug's fine portraits with his

Re: New to me - Fuji X-A1 mirrorless camera

2014-04-12 Thread David J Brooks
Looks liek a decent performner. and i lobve On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 12:40 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Well, Tim Bray's offer to sell his Fuji X-E1 and Doug's fine portraits with his Fuji got me looking. Then Wens., BH was offering the Fujifilm X-A1 for $499 w/sd card. It

Re: New to me - Fuji X-A1 mirrorless camera.

2014-04-12 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
I got to look at the new Fuji line in a camera store today. That 56mm f/1.2 sure looks nice. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: New to me - Fuji X-A1 mirrorless camera.

2014-04-12 Thread Bob Sullivan
Pricey, or spendy as the Brits say... On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 3:12 PM, Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: I got to look at the new Fuji line in a camera store today. That 56mm f/1.2 sure looks nice. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: New to me - Fuji X-A1 mirrorless camera.

2014-04-12 Thread Tim Bray
The Fujis are IMHO overpriced. But at the moment that’s what you pay for quality as good as any APC-C camera in the world, only half the size/weight. In the mirrorless space right at the moment, the Fuji claim to fame is better ergonomics and wonderful lenses, especially the primes. Reminds me

Re: New to me - Fuji X-A1 mirrorless camera

2014-04-12 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 12/4/14, Tim Bray, discombobulated, unleashed: I got my new X-T1 yesterday. First fruits: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2014/04/11/Vancouver-Camera-Spring Grrr -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --

Re: New to me - Fuji X-A1 mirrorless camera.

2014-04-12 Thread Bill
On 12/04/2014 2:12 PM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: I got to look at the new Fuji line in a camera store today. That 56mm f/1.2 sure looks nice. It sure IS nice. I'm in enablement pig heaven right now. I bought the X-Pro1 and 35/1.4 last year so as to have a faster standard prime, but still a

Re: New to me - Fuji X-A1 mirrorless camera.

2014-04-12 Thread Bill
On 12/04/2014 2:43 PM, Tim Bray wrote: The Fujis are IMHO overpriced. But at the moment that’s what you pay for quality as good as any APC-C camera in the world, only half the size/weight. They put sales on quite often that put the stuff into OK territory. MY X-Pro1 came with a free 35/1.4,

Re: New to me - Fuji X-A1 mirrorless camera.

2014-04-12 Thread Tim Bray
Hey BIll, which K-mount adapter did you get for the Fujis? They all look more or less the same to me, is that a fair take? On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 3:03 PM, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 12/04/2014 2:12 PM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: I got to look at the new Fuji line in a camera