Photography
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When you say glass, I assume you mean lenses? Pretentious photography speak, drives me mad!
Yeah lenses : )
I've got the XF 23mm F1.4 & the 18-55 F2.8. Very impressed with both.
Bluemanc100
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Had a few of the Fuji lenses but currently only have two, the 60mm Macro which is an amazing lens for portraits (newer 56mm better I've heard) and the 18-135mm which is the do anything lens for me, it's weatherproof too (as are the XT's)
Bewar3them00n
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What's your budget? A Full Frame digital will cost you a serious amount of wedge, and unless you are a "pro" why do you need pro level gear?
I've got probably 10-15 or so cameras, from original 60's Polaroids, Medium format film cameras, full frame film cameras, and a Micro Four Thirds Olympus OMD, and a Ricoh GR APS-C ( cropped) I've even made my own cameras, and stripped down and repaired film cameras, so believe me when I say, unless you are a professional photographer, or intending to be one, you don't need a full frame DSLR, if you buy a Pro level camera, you will need to start shelling out Pro lens prices for said camera, which are not cheap! What if you lose interest 6 months down the line?
http://www.thephoblographer.com/2015/07/05/why-no-one-needs-a-full-frame-camera/
There are plenty of cropped sensor cameras MFT ( micro four thirds ) APS-C, which are very, very good, the Sony cropped sensor A6300 is award winning, the Olympus MFT range ( OMD, and PEN) are also very good, and lightning fast, and take up a fraction of the size of a massive "full frame" DSLR.
Have you tried walking round all day with one of those hanging from your neck? Believe me, it's not fun!
It's not the camera, it's the person holding the camera, so my advice to you, would be go into a decent camera store and get some advice, hold the cameras, feel the weight, see how much they cost, you will be very surprised at the quality of some of the smaller sensor cameras, and even some pros are switching to mirrorless full frame Sony.
I Downsized from a big DSLR to MFT, and compact APS-C camera ( Ricoh GR) which fits in my jeans pocket if needed, and I never missed the DSLR, and I can carry 3 cameras, with 3 lenses, in less space than I did with one DSLR, but then again, I'm not a pro, the decision, as they say, is yours!
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Bill Walker
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We do quite a few cruises mate so basically things that don't move
Landscapes, ancient monuments, views of cities, so maybe some wide angle, I might want to take some of space as well
Bill Walker
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How many rolls of film you gonna chuck in ?
bakerdave76
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Great photos , could you recommend a preloved(secondhand) digital camera for a wedding, have been looking at one of these Nikon d3100 but don't know much about them , will be taking a Pentax me super with a few rolls of Ilford xp400 thanks , sorry to hijack thread !Mirrorless..... Fuji XT-1 or XT-2
Or take my X-Pro-1 off my hands and I'll buy one of the above
Had a few very good Nikon DSLRs and the Fuji X Range blow them away in terms of picture quality... even on the jpeg setting they are awesome
Here are a few taken in Cuba recently with the X-Pro-1.. the XT range are better still
