You should had gone for the XT3 instead. Speaking on my own experience, when I first started with fuji (jumped ship from Sony) I went with the XT20 favoring it smaller size as opposed to XT2. But later the same year, i had the chances to touch the XT2 as well as the newly launched XT3 (back then) during my trip in Japan at one of the BIC camera store. The buttons and dials really felt much more premium than the XT20. Things got worse after I've acquired the XT1. Despite it's age, the flagship premium feel of the XT1 out shined the much younger XT20 by a great margin, which made the XT20 feel like a toy camera. Sold the XT20 later and use the money to buy an XT2. Never again would I go for the XT20/30 series. I think that experience made me understand why people willing to spend more money to buy continental car as opposed to Asian made car just for the much better handling experiences.

XT2 can be had for slightly over 2K. It is still a very very capable camera.

Tell me about it. I've already knew about it, but didn't know it would bother me that much. Incidentally, when I was deciding the Fuji 23 vs Viltrox 23, I made the decision to get the viltrox 23 because for the price of one fuji 23, I can get the viltrox 23 as well as the viltrox 85 (which I did at a later time) like you did. Even with the price of 2 viltrox lenses, it was still cheaper than the fuji 23. But recently, has been entertaining the thought of selling the viltrox 23, top up 1K++ to get the Fuji XF 23 f1.4....but since I don't use 23 so much as the 35 and the 56, I still find it hard to convince myself for that....

I love off camera flashes system from Godox. You can do more online research about this. Very affordable yet feature rich. For starter, you can get Godox X2T-F trigger and Godox TT685F. Both the F, meant they are for fuji mount. Below is one of my fav short lately.
DSCF0170 by Apa Macam

For architecture/interior photography, you don't need fast AF. Heck, you can even do it with Manual focus. So, as for the camera body, all those you've mentioned are perfectly capable of your intended purposes. If you want to save money, I would suggest you to get an XT2 instead, else get the Xt3.As for lens, I don't personally like the XF10-24, firstly because I'm a prime shooter, and secondly, I had enough of F4 lens. I would recommend you the Samyang 12mm f2, either the MF or AF version, Viltrox 13mm f1.4 or wait for Tamron to port their 11-20mm f2.8 zoom to Fuji X mount.

This post has been edited by Loseeker: May 31 2022, 03:19 PM

XH1 also good if you don't mind the size (which is the major put off for me). The tamron first made 18-300 for Fuji X mount and they recently announced porting the tamron 17-70 f2.8 over to X mount, so I guess the 11-20mm f2.8 is very likely to come end of the year if not sooner.

You've used that 15 years ago ? Are you sure bro? If my memory served me right, the only company that made a lens within that range was Tokina, the 11-16mm f2.8. It has multiple version now, yet the earliest version was released in 2013. But I could be wrong, perhaps you can share the link or photo of this tamron lens you've used 15 years ago.

ok, fair enough. My advise to you, never hold an XT3 again, then u will never know what you're missing and you'll never regret.

Yeah, the vignetting is too much. I bought this lens to shoot at f1.4. For a wide angle lens, the background blur is harder to achieve, so every stops counts. If I want to shoot at f4, I can just use the trusty old 18-55. Good thing is that I haven't had much chances to shoot environmental portrait (genre for the 23mm) yet but mostly studio style portrait (which the 35 and 56 shine in this regards). If I did, I may already been annoyed enough by the viltrox 23 and sold it already.

Nice. the V860II is the best bang for your buck. I regret from time to time that I should had gone for the V860II instead of the TT685. If you're using it for off camera flash, the size of V860 is small. If you want it for ON camera flash, I would have recommended tt350/V350, but the power output really. . By the way, I have the TT350F, TT685F and Ad200. If I can find another Ad200 used, I would buy it in a heart beat.

This post has been edited by Loseeker: Jun 3 2022, 12:13 AM

If you think Ad200 is huge, you should've see the Ad400 and Ad600. But yeah, I do notice that for most people, the V860/tt685 series flash are more than enough for their casual shooting with flash. But in the future, if you do venture more into the studio style portrait, you will find that, playing with flashes is much more fun than adding new lenses or camera bodies.

which bill you're talking about? If you don't provide your budget, it's hard to suggest. To be honest, for still only, I strongly suggest the X-T2. If you want the size to be around the same as your X-S10, then get the X-T20.

This post has been edited by Loseeker: Jun 22 2022, 05:01 PM

Trust me on this, if you go for XT100, you will regret it. Get the XT10 if you really tight with budget.

Xt100 AF is really bad. The XE3 has the same sensor and processor as the XT2 and the XT20. It would be a much better option compare to the XT100. Also, I think the XT100 series are ugly, which is very subjective.

The AF was really bad, trust me. A few years back, I wanted to sell a lens to a female buyer, and she already told me she was using XT100. Knowing that the XT100 has bad reputation AF, I decided to bring along my XT20. And true enough, the lens focus very slowly on the XT100, so I immediately performed the same AF test using the same lens on my XT20. The faster AF speed of the XT20 was so significant that, the female buyer cannot and did not argue with me. Of course, she ends up buying the lens and posted her XT100 up on FB for sale.

I agreed with what nyamuk said. Seems quite a few around on shopee. Usually I will check at the date they joined as well as the rating they have received. That generally has been a good guideline for me to trust the seller or not.

Welcome to Fuji. Which Fuji camera you got ? And from which Nikon camera ? I used to be a Nikon user myself. From how you sound, I think you were using Nikon dslr? Let me guess, D5600 ?

I bought my XT1 used, it has MCMC sticker. OTOH, I bought my XT3 brand new, but it was import set, so no MCMC sticker. So, my guess is, if no mcmc sticker on the body, very high chances that it's an import set.

This post has been edited by Loseeker: Aug 24 2022, 05:12 PM

I see. Since you are given the option to register your camera on fuji website, then I think it should be fuji malaysia set. Instead of wondering e warranty website always got problems, why don't you go ahead and register it and see if that's true or not? Unless you want to deliberately put that on hold to extend your warranty period.....

I've sent two lenses to them last year around January. Their services was relatively fast (2 months both ways), but now I heard it's getting worse.

If the price is the same, of course I go for Fuji MY set, because you get free service for manufacturing defects. But since the price of import sets are usually much cheaper, I never hesitate to go for import set if the options are available. So far, I almost never get manufacturing defects with the cameras and lenses I've purchased since 2016 from my sony days. But then again, even if I do, I can go always back to the seller, because even import set has warranty, just that you need to go back to the seller instead of fuji malaysia.

Woh, from FF to Apsc. I was once a 4/3 user (olympus e-300). Ever since I came to apsc I don't think I can ever go back to the smaller sensor. What makes u want to "downgrade" to apsc ?

This post has been edited by Loseeker: Aug 25 2022, 12:31 AM

Yeah, I agree. For me, I think apsc is the best compromise between price, size and DOF. Like many I always wanted more shallower DOF, but sometimes even fuji apsc lenses gave me too much DOF. So yeah, apsc is the best bang for buck.

DSCF2284 by Apa Macam, on Flickr

So quiet on photography forum these days....

What's your dilemma? Care to elaborate a bit so we can give u suggestion?

No disrespect, but for you to ask this question, I'm just wondering how long has you been out of the photography world? Tamron and Sigma are the name brand now and their lenses are highly sort after. It was such an huge stir to the Fuji photographer community when Tamron announced that they are making lenses for X mount, as well as the Sigma.

How leisure is your outdoor photography session ? Do you mean street photography? Or outdoor portrait session? Ever since my Japan trip, i've realized that, if you're venturing into unknown territory(situation) a zoom is still better than prime. The 2 options you've listed (tamron 17-70/sigma 18-50) are both fine for what you intend to shoot. These 2 third party company are very well known for their high optic quality lenses. I think it will be hard to find them making lousy lenses at least for the last few years.

As regard the fuji 16-55, it's big, heavy and expensive. The copy I got back in 2020 was actually worse than my kit 18-55 at both 23mm and 55mm (I even stopped down the 16-55 aperture to match the max aperture of the 1855 at those 2 respective focal length). It is only better than my kit lens at 16mm vs 18mm.

The way I look at it for you to concern is the price and size. For me, the extra reach of the Tamron from 51mm-70mm is not so useful. I'd much prefer the smaller size of the Sigma 18-50. Just my 2 cents. Either one you get, I don't think you will go wrong.

This post has been edited by Loseeker: Sep 11 2022, 09:28 AM

I was using Sony E 18-105 F4.......after that lens, I told myself, never will I ever get another F4 lens. In many indoor situation, even F2.8 just barely made it, let alone a F4 lens...

This post has been edited by Loseeker: Sep 13 2022, 01:24 AM

Yes, of couse. Viltrox 33mm f1.4 and Sigma 30mm f1.4. Both comes with Autofocus. There are also viltrox 56 as well as Sigma 56.



Yes, I've sent 2 lenses (both import set) to fujifilm malaysia to be cleaned before. To fujifilm, import set gears are just like Fuji malaysia set with expired warranty, they will charge you full service fee.

If you sent lenses/camera body to be serviced by Fuji malaysia, they will still charge you for services such as fungus cleaning, they will charge you cheaper if your gear is under warranty. For manufacturing defect of course is a different story la.

This post has been edited by Loseeker: Nov 9 2022, 10:40 PM

I came from Sony apsc system and one of my main lenses was the Sony PZ 18-105 F4 zoom. Ever since then, I've told myself, NEVER another F4 lens. Of course your usecase is different from mine, but having a F2.8 zoom can always close down to F4 but the reverse is not true. While I've never tried both lenses, my vote still goes to the Tamron 17-70 purely because it has f2.8 max aperture.

Just so you know, I used to own the Fuji XF 16-55 f2.8. It could be that I got a bad copy, because at 23mm and 55mm, it is actually worse than my 18-55. It only beats my 18-55 at the widest focal length (16mm vs 18mm). I'm a prime guy now, so I don't really bother to spend so much on zoom, hence I'm happy to keep 18-55 as a backup when I do need a zoom (which is only during travel).

Don't feel bad la. At least you got a reason to get a new zoom lens. I would suggest you get the tamron 17-70 f2.8 or the soon to be released Sigma 18-50 f2.8. But since you said you're needing in for Architecture jobs, I would suggest you to go for the wider option, which is the tamron.

By the way, why did you jump ship from Sony to fuji ? I've jumped because I don't like the Sony jpeg colors...