pniev
Student for life
After going back and forth (the Nikon Df sensor was sooooo appealing and, no sorry, the Sony A7r did not work for me) I decided to stick to the APS-C based Fuji X…. for now. I am very happy with the X-T1 and will keep the x-pro1 for wide-angle-2-normal shooting in bright sunlight. Well, I made an exception for the Sigma DP3 Merrill (en perhaps the DP1 and 2 ;-) ).
The next challenge is the lens lineup. I want to borchestrate a lineup that serves various purposes and trips.
I now have the 14, 23, and 35mm Fuji lenses (21, 35, 50mm FFeq). The 27mm, 55-200 zoom and the Zeis 135mm f2 lens are on their way. That covers the FF focal length range from 21 to 300mm. The 27mm seems to be overkill but it's cheap now and it's great for travel. The 135mm is my "special purpose" lens.
That gives me the following options:
- 1-camera-1-lens (city) trips: X-T1 with 23mm or 27mm lens or 35mm lens.
- travel kit consisting of X-T1, x-pro1, and 14mm, 23mm, and 55-200 lenses.
- “isolation”/bokeh shooting (portraiture, flowers, etc): X-T1 with 135mm Zeiss lens
- filmsy/huge dynamic range shots: Sigma DP3
Besides adding a super tele for nature/wildlife later, I do wonder if I should add a 50mm Zeiss Touit Makro or the Fuji 56mm lens. I sold the Nikon 105mm macro, so a 1:1 macro might be more useful than (another) portrait lens. But then again, the 1.2 aperture of the Fuji lens is very appealing too.
What would you do? Any recommendations?
What is your lens lineup?
Peter
The next challenge is the lens lineup. I want to borchestrate a lineup that serves various purposes and trips.
I now have the 14, 23, and 35mm Fuji lenses (21, 35, 50mm FFeq). The 27mm, 55-200 zoom and the Zeis 135mm f2 lens are on their way. That covers the FF focal length range from 21 to 300mm. The 27mm seems to be overkill but it's cheap now and it's great for travel. The 135mm is my "special purpose" lens.
That gives me the following options:
- 1-camera-1-lens (city) trips: X-T1 with 23mm or 27mm lens or 35mm lens.
- travel kit consisting of X-T1, x-pro1, and 14mm, 23mm, and 55-200 lenses.
- “isolation”/bokeh shooting (portraiture, flowers, etc): X-T1 with 135mm Zeiss lens
- filmsy/huge dynamic range shots: Sigma DP3
Besides adding a super tele for nature/wildlife later, I do wonder if I should add a 50mm Zeiss Touit Makro or the Fuji 56mm lens. I sold the Nikon 105mm macro, so a 1:1 macro might be more useful than (another) portrait lens. But then again, the 1.2 aperture of the Fuji lens is very appealing too.
What would you do? Any recommendations?
What is your lens lineup?
Peter