What camera do I buy? / general gear talk

I see.
Would suggest you have a look / hands on different compacts then - you can basically shoot all of these in manual modes, it is a different experience compared to a DSLR though (focusing etc.)

My Fuji 56mm 1.2 lens/X-Pro1 combination is having intermittent auto-focus issues, which I don't have with the 35mm 1.4 lens.

Is this likely to be a lens fault, or a combination of lens and body?

Is all the firmware up to date?

A compact just won't cut it for my studies a'd as far as I know compacts don't have interchangeable lenses.

On the body, yes. I assumed the lens was "dumb", is that not true?

Ah yes, just checked their site - no available firmware for that lens.

Latest xpro 1 update was on June 9.

Could be a hardware problem tho.

If you would describe what you need and what your budget is one could give you concrete suggestions..

I sold my XPro1, regretted it and bought the Xpro2. Which IMHO is amazing. The colour rendition is even better, and the high-ISO smearing that affects the X100T and similar-vintage Fujis with interchangeable lenses isn't there because of the higher sensor resolution. The autofocus isn't DSLR-fast but it's fast enough for street use, especially with the new weather-resistant f/2 lenses where the motor doesn't seem to have to push as much glass around. I've also been using mine with the 16mm a lot and it's been immensely satisfying.

This thread should be renamed What camera should I buy? A Fuji

Those new Nikons look fresh though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVuagqYTypU

Regards the size thing ... if it doesn't fit in a bag or jacket pocket (neither an fuji xpro nor a dslr will) then what matters to most is how easy it is to carry rather than size. Buy a new strap?

If you buy fuji you'll need to budget a fair bit for lenses or set about adapting old ones.

There is something to be said for buying Nikon, Canon or Pentax when there are so many good mf lenses out there. A decent old macro on a aps-c body is killer for photographing printed matter (stationery, books etc) and cheap. You might want something that can shoot tethered.

Panasonic GM5 is quite tiny, has a viewfinder and micro 4/3 so lenses are plenty and cheap!

I don't think investing in lenses for that camera is worth it unless I have a wrong idea about it all.

EF mount is a pretty safe place to put your money I'd have thought.

Get a Sony nex6, A6000, A6300.
I have a nex6 paired with a 20mm f2.8 pancake for snapshots and love it. (also fits nice in jersey pocket)

I have a Nex 3N that I got from someone on here, very impressed by it. Although I have an ebay alert for a cheap pancake lens that has found me nothing so far.

Thanks for the info. Right, I think, maybe I'll take the plunge in upgrading to the XPro2 from my XPro1. But first, need to sell one before I buy one.

Just as a little update from my camera search in case anyone else is in the same boat (wanted a good camera for travel & general non professional use for around £500 https://www.lfgss.com/comments/13214257/):

We managed to borrow a Nikon D3200 before committing to a big spend (for us) which was really useful as we realised that despite saying size wasn't really an issue, it actually was. The Nikon took the quality of pictures we wanted but did at times seem a little bit too complicated for our very limited knowledge and quite a few times we found ourselves just not bothering to take it due the its bulk.

So having spent some more time in the shops fiddling with smaller cameras we decided the compacts we just too small & not quite up there for what we wanted in the images, DSLR's were too big so we decided mirrorless/compact-system would be best - eventually we bought a Fujifilm X-T10 with the [cheaper/considered less good by some but lighter/smaller/actually affordable for us] 16-50mm kit lense.

It's still early days yet as we've only taken it out a few times but we're pretty damn happy with it. Just the right size for us & is quite easy to take some really nice pictures with it.

Still learning about how all the settings work once you take it off auto but we're slowly getting there, it also has some film simulators & some fun filtery things it can add over the top which is nice. Another good feature I like about it is being able to connect the camera to my phone & upload photos to either storage or social media, this is probably standard on a lot of cameras around this price but I hadn't seen it before & the Nikon didn't have it.

On the subject of smaller cameras, my Fujifilm XF1 seems to have packed up. It's showing Lens Control Error which, from a bit of googling, seems to be pretty common and generally terminal.

As such I'm looking for a replacement. Budget I guess is under £150. Main requirements are pocketable (so probably no detachable lens), preferably able to shoot in RAW (not essential), able to set shutter/aperture, decent low light performance.

Basically something pocketable that takes significantly better pictures than a phone. I already have a DSLR, this is for times when I can't be bothered carrying it. Something like a Sony RX100 would be ideal but is out of budget. Cheers

Looking at getting the Mrs a DSLR for Xmas. Budget only stretches to something second hand, so advice on what's right/wrong with the following please...

Canon EOS 350D (around £50-£55)
Canon EOS 20D (around £60)
Canon EOS 400D (around £60-£65)
Canon EOS 30D/40D (£100-£130)

I know I'll need to pick up a lens as well- are Nikon's any better/cheaper?

mine did exactly this, and similarly searching for a replacement. let me know where you fall

So im going to vietnam for a while in January and really want to get the most out of it photos wise

Im thinking of getting, then probably selling on after, a lens to compliment, or maybe even a zoom to replace my 35 1.4 on my x pro 1

Any opinions? I do have an rx100m3 also

IMHO You might as well use the RX100 for the zoom and stick with primes on the Fuji, given that's what it kinda does best. The 16mm f/1.4 is pretty amazing - combined with the 35 F1.4 you'd have a longish normal and a generous wideangle, both with excellent IQ, with the pocket camera for anything that they won't handle (they'd handle most things, i think). But, that's me.

FWIW, the classic Leica lens groups were generally something like 24/35/50 or 35/50/90 depending how close you liked to work.

The Fuji 35 is an effective 50mm when the sensor size is taken into account, just as the 23mm on the X100t is an effective 35mm, which is why I got those plus the 56mm 1.2 lens for the Fuji to give me an effective 85mm - your 35/50/90 group handled by two cameras and two lenses.

Now all I need is some talent, where can I buy that?

With the 18 being so much cheaper id pribably go with that, easy then

@Dammit - I've done a similar thing, just with the 24/35/50 group.

@rogan - the 18 is a pretty good lens too, and yes, it's much much cheaper than the 16.

Nikon and Canon are arguably the same. It comes down to preference. A lot of people love Nikon but they can be tricky to get the hang of, I find canon more intuitive with all your settings easily laid out in a grid on screen. No question about it, whichever camera you get, buy the 50mm f1.8 lens to go with it, it's cheap but gives great results and that soft background look many people want