Back into photography

I have been out of photography for a few years now. There may be something on the story behind that later but suffice it to say that I am back. So, in the spirit of this very fact this Post is a bit of a “first impressions”-piece of getting started with digital photography. Back when I was doing more photography I almost only used analogue cameras, for once I did not have the money to buy the digital once I liked and they just felt too much like computers with imaging sensors with all their menus. I recently got started into the Fujifilm X system with an X-T10. I chose the X-T10 over say an X-Pro 2 because I wanted to get into this spending less on my first camera body and rather buy a few good lenses.

First impressions: the camera

I can only say I am really stunned by how great this system is. There are lots of people who can tell you about the technical ins and outs, so I’ll let that aside. What really struck me as great is that these are cameras that have all the dials and knobs I like and don’t force me to go into the menu all the time. In fact, with turning the view-mode to “EVF only” I guess I’m close to my ideal of having a classical camera with a sensor instead of film. Also, in the past whenever I borrowed a DSLR from somebody those (at least the affordable once) felt somewhat plasticky to me, not so Fujis mirrorless cameras.

The lenses: 23mm f2 WR and 50mm f2 WR

As an initial setup I got two the so-called Fujicrons and they are amazing. Are there faster lenses about there? Sure. Do these have a great balance between size, price and speed? I certainly think so. One criterium for me in choosing a system was that it had to be one with aperture rings on the lenses (at least most of them) as I really don’t like to set that on the camera, and in this respect the Fuji lenses just feel like classical lenses. The only minor complaint is that you can freely turn the focus ring without end as I think it is focus by wire – I’d have liked it to work the old-fashioned way. But hey, that’s where my complaints stop.
Words in closing

As you can tell I’m still in the honeymoon period with this system and we’ll see how it and my feelings towards develop. For now I’ll just leave you with the promise of future photography related content.