I have no idea too, I didn't know he isn't selling anymore until I saw someone posted on Fuji Malaysia FB group. The last purchase I got from him was the X-T3. Nice fellow.

he simply disappear
wish him all the best tho

my last purchase from him was 18mm f2

Anyone considered Canon 50mm f1.2L with Viltrox speedbooster AF?

Indeed. I bought 3 bodies and 5 lens from him before for past years. The best dude ever. Hope he is fine and good.

I also got myself a pre-loved XT-20 and I love it! Got it from a seller, looks pretty new to me.
Definitely more better for my budget than my original choice.
Aiming for a better lens later on

hi guys, is x100f still relevant in 2020? mainly for travel and family outing.

I still use my X100S for that! The single focal length is the real question.

How do you live with single focal length?

You'll get used to it and eventually love it. i takes out one more variable (lens change/focal length) so somehow adds more simplicity. i miss my x100f, shouldnt have sold

I ever purchased the viltrox speedbooster AF to combo the Canon 85mm f1.8 so I can skipped the Fuji XF56. The AF is quite decent, but the sharpness is unacceptable at wide opened. The combo cost around half (got the canon 85 used at RM900) of Fuji 56 f1.2 despite giving similar DOF and light gathering capability. I only had the combo for 1 week then sold it to top up for the real deal (XF56 f1.2).

p/s: oh yeah, the viltrox speedbooster will give u the swirley bokeh at wide opened. So, if you don't worry too much about sharpness at 100% view, I think it is not a bad investment. Hope this help.

This post has been edited by Loseeker: Oct 7 2020, 07:53 PM

hi all, I've screen through the chat room for information related to Viltrox 23mm f/1.4 aside the CA, is the overall image sharpness ok? from a user point of view, i don't use it for job or anything, just a casual shooter, looking at using it for super Dim environment such as shooting in candle lit condition.

gotcha thanks for that. I think i'll be passing on the 50mm f1.2L set up then lol

Had no problems with the sharpness. Sharpness was very good. Keep in mind besides CA, vignetting is very strong. It can be corrected, but when you do, you of course lose some detail there at the extreme corners

Hi, I'll like to get some flashes, with some lightbox, to shoot my family portraits (baby, wife n me). Can someone recommend me a set up that wont cost me a fortune? Just casual shooter. Btw im only using x100F

Is this set up ok: two Godox TT350F with a X1T(f) trigger? 2 lightbox/ or umbrella?

Master tolong share some advice. Thanks!

erm, thats a lot of equipment for personal family portraits. Why not utilise natural light? use appropriate location? I am a strong advocate of natural light and never use flash. No matter how well you diffuse and bounce, you're gonna get that "editorial" look

"A fortune" is relative, eh? your setup already sounds like quite a fortune to many. hehehehe

If you already do intend to purchase those items, they can most definitely assist you in creating great photos. You don't have to always use them, but they are available to help you when you need more control over your light. I'll never not recommend people to try flash photography for portraits cause you can control the look you want a lot better with flash. The great thing about this is, it's your own family and baby so you can take your time to photograph and don't have to worry about being too quick (newborns generally are still and not moving) and don't have to use super fast SS or high ISOs to improve your IQ.

Just have to research a bit more about some things i.e.

1. how much power do you need? Indoors? outdoors against the sun? (newborn go outside? if your own baby, then you decide la, no harm there to me)

2. If the baby is newborn and you plan to do closeups, is the 23mm X100f gonna create too much distortion? Better to have a longer lens for portraits? even better, macro abilities for details of like the newborn's hands, feet, or face closeups? Cause babies are really small and you might have to go too near with the 23mm lens which might create distortion.

3. individual portraits vs group portraits have very different 'flash lighting setups'. I learned that the hard way. hehehehe

4. natural light and flash photography can go hand in hand to ease your photo taking experience. Doesn't have to be mutually exclusive.

5. Softboxes vs umbrellas. For me, this has to do more with spill light, and can be fixed quite easily with softboxes by using grids. Umbrellas don't have that though and they do tend to spill light quite a bit.... not a bad thing, just something to take note.

Just my 2 cents. Cheers

just jumpship from Fuji from Sony

not sure what is "editorial' look about, flash/led is useful in many ways when natural lights can't satisfy the situation

Ah, thanks for the information. I'm just a casual shooter, so don't really mind on the vignette, will try to avoid the CA.