It's time to make a change.

Light Guru · Feb 27, 2018

nerwin said:
The number one concern is battery life.

Extra batteries are cheep.

nerwin · Feb 27, 2018

Light Guru said:
nerwin said:

The number one concern is battery life.

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Extra batteries are cheep.

True.

However a lot of people say they are not chipped so they continue to drain without veing used.

Not sure if that's true or not. But that would suck.

Derrel · Feb 27, 2018

nerwin said:
Oh, my biggest concern is battery life. That's what worries me the most.

Buy three or four batteries. Carry two with you at ALL times, three most of the time, four when you need to shoot all day or all weekend. And have the charger somewhere close at hand. Mirrorless camera battery problem solved.

nerwin · Feb 27, 2018

Derrel said:
nerwin said:

Oh, my biggest concern is battery life. That's what worries me the most.

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Buy three or four batteries. Carry two with you at ALL times, three most of the time, four when you need to shoot all day or all weekend. And have the charger somewhere close at hand. Mirrorless camera battery problem solved.

I guess the only way I will know how much I battery life I use is if I get the camera and use it.

Dave442 · Feb 27, 2018

The XT2 sounds like a great option. Your going to have a terrible time deciding between all those great lenses.

Derrel · Feb 27, 2018

nerwin said:
Derrel said:

nerwin said:

Oh, my biggest concern is battery life. That's what worries me the most.

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Buy three or four batteries. Carry two with you at ALL times, three most of the time, four when you need to shoot all day or all weekend. And have the charger somewhere close at hand. Mirrorless camera battery problem solved.

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I guess the only way I will know how much I battery life I use is if I get the camera and use it.

Check reviews of the camera, and see. Or poke around the dPreview forums and see what others are getting. Officially, Fuji lists some numbers here:
FUJIFILM X-T2

"NP-W126S Li-ion battery (included)
Battery life for still images*5
Approx. 340 frames (NORMAL MODE) When XF35mmF1.4 R is set.
Actual battery life of movie capture*5

*Face detection is set to OFF

4K: approx. 40 min., FULL HD: approx. 50 min.
Continuance battery life of movie capture*5

*Face detection is set to OFF

4K: approx. 50 min., FULL HD: approx. 80 min."
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Footnote 5:Approximate number of frames that can be taken with a fully-charged battery based on CIPA standard.
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The CIPA standard uses any in-body flash for every-other-frame in the testing methodology. If there _is no flash_, then of course, no flash is fired.

nerwin · Feb 28, 2018

So for lenses I think I might like the 18-55 (general purpose), 10-24 f/4, the 23 f/2 and 50 f/2. I am unsure whether or not to get a telephoto or a macro. But I don't think I can get both.

Though, I'd prefer to get the 10-24 f/4 over the 18-55 if money becomes tight. I would rather have primes anyways.

chuasam · Feb 28, 2018

Do what I did.
Take up another hobby. Use a point and shoot instead.

nerwin · Feb 28, 2018

chuasam said:
Do what I did.
Take up another hobby. Use a point and shoot instead.

I never said I wanted to give up.

chuasam · Feb 28, 2018

nerwin said:
chuasam said:

Do what I did.
Take up another hobby. Use a point and shoot instead.

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I never said I wanted to give up.

it's okay to only shoot for work.
Irving Penn didn't shoot outside of his studio.

SquarePeg · Feb 28, 2018

nerwin said:
So for lenses I think I might like the 18-55 (general purpose), the 23 f/2 and 50 f/2. I am unsure whether or not to get a telephoto or a macro. But I don't think I can get both.

I really like the 60mm macro and use it all the time but it does struggle to find focus in low light/low contrast. Still I get tons of macro photos with it that I am very happy with and the bokeh is nice. I love the 35 f/2 which I just got in December. I returned the 23 f/2 but I'm not much for wide shooting and I know you are so you will enjoy it I think. If you can find a used copy of the 50-230, give it a try as a very reasonable alternative to the 55-200. I use it for softball photos. It's a "cheap" plastic lens but amazing AF with the XT2 for the price and no bigger than a can of soda. Perfect for hiking or traveling when you want to keep things easy. I know everyone loves the 50-140 and I'm sure it's a great lens and super sharp but I looked at it at my local camera store and it looks and feels like a tank compared to the 50-230...

nerwin · Feb 28, 2018

chuasam said:
nerwin said:

chuasam said:

Do what I did.
Take up another hobby. Use a point and shoot instead.

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I never said I wanted to give up.

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it's okay to only shoot for work.
Irving Penn didn't shoot outside of his studio.

I don't do photography professionally. Just for fun.

nerwin · Feb 28, 2018

SquarePeg said:
nerwin said:

So for lenses I think I might like the 18-55 (general purpose), the 23 f/2 and 50 f/2. I am unsure whether or not to get a telephoto or a macro. But I don't think I can get both.

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I really like the 60mm macro and use it all the time but it does struggle to find focus in low light/low contrast. Still I get tons of macro photos with it that I am very happy with and the bokeh is nice. I love the 35 f/2 which I just got in December. I returned the 23 f/2 but I'm not much for wide shooting and I know you are so you will enjoy it I think. If you can find a used copy of the 50-230, give it a try as a very reasonable alternative to the 55-200. I use it for softball photos. It's a "cheap" plastic lens but amazing AF with the XT2 for the price and no bigger than a can of soda. Perfect for hiking or traveling when you want to keep things easy. I know everyone loves the 50-140 and I'm sure it's a great lens and super sharp but I looked at it at my local camera store and it looks and feels like a tank compared to the 50-230...

Oh I don't mind big telephotos, that isn't the problem. I just want to be able to have something a little bit more smaller to bring around with me everywhere more easily. I wouldn't bring a huge telephoto, most of the time would probably be the 23 f/2 or 18-55/10-24 or even the 50 f/2. I guess it depends what I'm going to be shooting. But just walking around, probably the 23 f/2.

I had a X100 which has the 23 f/2 and I loved it. Brought it everywhere.

I don't know, I'm probably making a big mistake. But I swear it would allow me to take more photos and I really enjoy the colors these cameras render, I can't lie. It's quite pleasing to me.

Dave442 · Feb 28, 2018

For walk around, I like the 23mm f/2 or the 35mm. For packing the camera into the backcountry I prefer the pancake lens and for Fuji that is the 27mm f/2.8 - I wish Nikon had something similar.

However the pancake is a bit more of a specialty lens that is for those times that you would leave the camera behind for lack of space or the extra weight (something that won't be an issue for the first year or so that you have a new camera in hand).

waday · Feb 28, 2018

nerwin said:
I don't know, I'm probably making a big mistake. But I swear it would allow me to take more photos and I really enjoy the colors these cameras render, I can't lie. It's quite pleasing to me.

Do you currently shoot in raw, or JPG? Do you process your photos?

If you shoot raw, are you looking to only shoot JPG to reduce your PP time?