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Feb 24 2013 09:55am

Quote (lithfkn @ Feb 24 2013 04:50pm)

Fixed is pretty cool for the street, forces you to get close with every shot.

Quite a hefty pricetag for a camera with fixed length though.

I used the previous model for a day a year or so ago and I admit I was pretty disappointed with the focus system and the menus. Sounds like it's all fixed up now.

Yeah, but I can just get an X-E1 instead and have the option to pick between primes and zooms, which makes it a much more flexible system.

I've been reading about the AF issues they have, but most of these appear to have been resolved with the latest firmware update. I think I'm going to have to go try one out and see how it handles, and compare it to the X-Pro1 as well just to see if the viewfinder is worth the extra £300 on the X-Pro1.

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Feb 25 2013 03:36am

some days ago friend dropped her camera with 50 mm1.4 lens im currently using myself. lol
lucky all working but filter broke and kinda stuck now as you see on pic.
need to remove that but not sure how.

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Feb 25 2013 05:49am

Quote (DisconnectYourBrain @ 25 Feb 2013 13:36)

http://i50.tinypic.com/23r7jm0.jpg

some days ago friend dropped her camera with 50 mm1.4 lens im currently using myself. lol
lucky all working but filter broke and kinda stuck now as you see on pic.
need to remove that but not sure how.

you will just need to force it off, but it will damage the thread so u might struggle to get another filter on
alternatively u could get a fine jewelers saw almost all the way through and just break the last bit, this will need concentration and will take longer

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Feb 27 2013 10:48pm

Quote (lithfkn @ 28 Feb 2013 00:16)

That's exactly how I act mate, "silent but deadly"

Let's move this conversation here: http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=66294247&f=265&o=70

started off as a small suggestion, I certainly ended up highjacking my own thread

Quote (Xandriia @ 27 Feb 2013 22:34)

People here would probably look at me like I was nuts, lol. Do you just take their picture right where they stand or what?

look for someone going through their daily life/routine (a farmer for example), to me that makes an interresting shot

besides this is only one of the suggestions, and its good to be taken out of our comfort zones

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Feb 27 2013 10:57pm

Quote (jayandnix @ Feb 27 2013 10:48pm)

started off as a small suggestion, I certainly ended up highjacking my own thread

look for someone going through their daily life/routine (a farmer for example), to me that makes an interresting shot

besides this is only one of the suggestions, and its good to be taken out of our comfort zones

When I took those house photos the other day, I actually snapped a shot of a guy raking through one of the concrete barriers. I ended up deleting it though, I didnt think it was interesting.

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Feb 28 2013 06:13am

Quote (Xandriia @ Feb 27 2013 11:57pm)

When I took those house photos the other day, I actually snapped a shot of a guy raking through one of the concrete barriers. I ended up deleting it though, I didnt think it was interesting.

i mean, it depends so much on what story it might tell in that circumstance, and in part, it depends on the audience.

i think its really hard to do those type of photo-journalistic shots.

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Feb 28 2013 01:22pm

Ordered the X-E1 and the 35/1.4 today, will arrive tomo