Going to europe for the first time. Need advice kindly..

[sashbar]

Is that using a fuji camera? which one? ISO 6400? really?? that looks like ISO 1600!

I see.. Yea, I guess the 18-55 is good enough because I often forgot that the aperture is 2.8-4. As a pair, which one will you suggest, 14mm f2.8 (21mm equiv) or 23 f1.4 (35mm, maybe overlapping) or 35mm f1.4 (50mm equiv)? I can only afford those lenses.

Was thinking about the 18-135mm so that it can be do it all lens, but the aperture is standard even though it got IOS.

For your budget I suggest the Zeiss lenses:

1) 12mm and
2) Zeiss 32mm or the Fujinon 35mm.

That will cover your wide to normal stuff.

Gary

Zeiss one is quite expensive, I just checked.. wow.. Is it really worth it? I know that the range is good, I think 12mm is more than enough, but not sure about the price at the moment.

Is the fujinon 35mm sharp enough to be used wide open at night?

thank you!

Yes, it was X-T1 with 18-55, first shot ISO 6400, second shot ISO 3200. The good thing about 18-55 - it's AF is really fast. And, as Gary said, it has IS - I have checked the metadata again - the first one was shot at 1/17s with no support. And if you want to take some photos of your girlfriend, the lense is good enough for a casual portrait.
It is sharp. This one was shot ISO 1250, at 32 mm f/4 1/250

As for your choice between wide lenses, 14 mm is crazy good. If I wanted a 23 mm lense, I would just bought X-100s instead as a second camera. Not much price difference. With 35mm there is a rumor ( I am not sure if there is anything behind it) that FUJI is going to update it to speed up the AF.

 

[torakun]

Is that using a fuji camera? which one? ISO 6400? really?? that looks like ISO 1600!

I see.. Yea, I guess the 18-55 is good enough because I often forgot that the aperture is 2.8-4. As a pair, which one will you suggest, 14mm f2.8 (21mm equiv) or 23 f1.4 (35mm, maybe overlapping) or 35mm f1.4 (50mm equiv)? I can only afford those lenses.

Was thinking about the 18-135mm so that it can be do it all lens, but the aperture is standard even though it got IOS.

For your budget I suggest the Zeiss lenses:

1) 12mm and
2) Zeiss 32mm or the Fujinon 35mm.

That will cover your wide to normal stuff.

Gary

Zeiss one is quite expensive, I just checked.. wow.. Is it really worth it? I know that the range is good, I think 12mm is more than enough, but not sure about the price at the moment.

Is the fujinon 35mm sharp enough to be used wide open at night?

thank you!

Yes, it was X-T1 with 18-55, first shot ISO 6400, second shot ISO 3200. The good thing about 18-55 - it's AF is really fast. And, as Gary said, it has IS - I have checked the metadata again - the first one was shot at 1/17s with no support. And if you want to take some photos of your girlfriend, the lense is good enough for a casual portrait.
It is sharp. This one was shot ISO 1250, at 32 mm f/4 1/250

View attachment 88642

As for your choice between wide lenses, 14 mm is crazy good. If I wanted a 23 mm lense, I would just bought X-100s instead as a second camera. Not much price difference. With 35mm there is a rumor ( I am not sure if there is anything behind it) that FUJI is going to update it to speed up the AF.

Wow! Any idea for 18-135mm? I'd imagine 14mm is amazing! I agree on the 23mm.

 

[sashbar]

No ideas about 18-135 to be honest, apart from the fact that it is big and heavy.

 

[Gary A.]

Sashbar may have the best solution. The 18-55 is very sharp and it has IS. Fuji has very clean high ISO:

Fuji X-Pro1 w/55-200 @ 200mm, 1/125, f/4.8, ISO 3200

Fuji XT1 w/55-200 @ 200mm, 1/250, f/8, ISO 6400

Woooww.. you got to be kidding.. that first pic is sharp! too sharp even! ISO 3200, I can even see her pores.. wow..

Probably more lighting than anything else ... (big pores probably helps. lol). The 55-200 is sharp across the entire range.

 

[Gary A.]

Is that using a fuji camera? which one? ISO 6400? really?? that looks like ISO 1600!

I see.. Yea, I guess the 18-55 is good enough because I often forgot that the aperture is 2.8-4. As a pair, which one will you suggest, 14mm f2.8 (21mm equiv) or 23 f1.4 (35mm, maybe overlapping) or 35mm f1.4 (50mm equiv)? I can only afford those lenses.

Was thinking about the 18-135mm so that it can be do it all lens, but the aperture is standard even though it got IOS.

For your budget I suggest the Zeiss lenses:

1) 12mm and
2) Zeiss 32mm or the Fujinon 35mm.

That will cover your wide to normal stuff.

Gary

Zeiss one is quite expensive, I just checked.. wow.. Is it really worth it? I know that the range is good, I think 12mm is more than enough, but not sure about the price at the moment.

Is the fujinon 35mm sharp enough to be used wide open at night?

thank you!

Yes, it was X-T1 with 18-55, first shot ISO 6400, second shot ISO 3200. The good thing about 18-55 - it's AF is really fast. And, as Gary said, it has IS - I have checked the metadata again - the first one was shot at 1/17s with no support. And if you want to take some photos of your girlfriend, the lense is good enough for a casual portrait.
It is sharp. This one was shot ISO 1250, at 32 mm f/4 1/250

View attachment 88642

As for your choice between wide lenses, 14 mm is crazy good. If I wanted a 23 mm lense, I would just bought X-100s instead as a second camera. Not much price difference. With 35mm there is a rumor ( I am not sure if there is anything behind it) that FUJI is going to update it to speed up the AF.

Wow! Any idea for 18-135mm? I'd imagine 14mm is amazing! I agree on the 23mm.

The 14mm is great. The 18-135 is too slow for my tastes but it is weather sealed. (The only weather sealed X camera is the XT1.)