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Nothing goes un-noticed! \u00a0I mentioned on the blog, several days ago, that I was looking for a used Fujifilm X-Pro 2. \u00a0I found one and it was essentially new, very little use and I got it at a good price! \u00a0The emails started rolling in and I thought I might share the answers with all of you!<\/p>\n
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From David W. \u00a0“I’m curious why you didn’t go for the new X-Pro 3?”<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fair question David.<\/p>\n The newer model, the X-Pro 3, is a fantastic camera and in most respects it is, as you would expect, an improvement over the X-Pro 2. \u00a0However the newer model had two features that I did not like as much and as it turns out they were deal breakers for me. First the newer optical viewfinder does not have a seperate lens that slides into place to magnify the view when using longer lenses. \u00a0I love shooting the 50mm f 2 and 56mm f 1.2, and that extra enlargement in the viewfinder makes it much better for my aging eyes! \u00a0Also the LCD panel on the newer X-Pro 3 folds down which I never got used to, it just was a pain to fold it down everytime I wanted to look at a resulting image. \u00a0I know those are small things, but they were big things in relationsnhip to how I work!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From Debbie S. \u00a0 “Did you not want to take advatage of the new 26 mega pixel X Trans Sensor?<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I have that sensor in my Fujifilm X100V and the new X-S10 and I like them a lot, but the small amount of added resolution did not offset the other two things I wanted in the previous answer. \u00a0To make a big difference in the final image you need to increase the mega pixels by at least one half or 50% more, even better to double them.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From Mike T. \u00a0“What are the current bodies in your systems?”<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I have a pair of Fujifilm X-H1 bodies one with the battery grip and one without as my main nature\/landscape bodies. \u00a0For travel, Americana and people I use the X100V and the new X-Pro 2 the most. \u00a0The X-S10 is fast becoming one of my favorite everything bodies, it is a steal for the cost, and very capable! \u00a0I still have the X10 and X30, but rarely use them now.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From Jessica W. \u00a0“Youtube is filled with videos about what different photographers consider their favorite Fujifilm lenses, would you share your 5 favorites?”<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I’ll try, it’s hard because Fujifilm makes a lot of outstanding lenses, in fact I can’t think of a one I own that isn’t spectacular! \u00a0So here goes; My favorite wide angle lens is the 16mm f 1.4 (24mm eqjuiv.) second choice in that focal length is the 16mm f 2.8. \u00a0My “normal” lens is the 23mm f 1.4 (35mm equiv.) \u00a0I think t he 35mm \u00a0focal length is the most verstile for any use. \u00a0For longer telephoto work I love the 100-400 (150-600 equiv.) \u00a0For close-up or Macro work the 80mm f 2.8 Macro is the best Macro lens I’ve ever shot! \u00a0Picking the last lens is a tough order, but the lens I use a great deal on the X-Pro 2 for people and a slightly longer reach is the 50mm f 2 (75mm equiv.) \u00a0That leaves out a lot of lenses that I love, but if I had to live with only 5 these would be my picks! \u00a0Hope that helps!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n P.S. \u00a0I love all the Fujicrons and use them a lot on the X-Pro 2 \u00a0(16mm f 2.8 – 23mm<\/p>\n f 2 – 35mm f 2 and the 50mm f 2)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Blessings,<\/p>\n <\/p>\n the pilgrim<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nothing goes un-noticed! \u00a0I mentioned on the blog, several days ago, that I was looking for a used Fujifilm X-Pro 2. \u00a0I found one and it was essentially new, very little use and I got it at a good price! \u00a0The emails started rolling in and I thought I might share the answers with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24719"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24728,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24719\/revisions\/24728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}