Hello You Sexy Thing

[Black Pearl]

Sat in all morning fretting whether I would get my delivery today - I tracked it from WEX to the depot in Newcastle then to the van so knew it should but still couldn't settle.

Batteries are charged, strap is on, all sounds are turned off (hate things beeping) lens hoods are on, I've had a fiddle a few settings, programmed two of the 6 function buttons and I've taken loads of shots - in the house because its tipping down and freezing cold. 

Glad to find it all fits in my Billingham Hadly Pro so when it stops raining I will go out and try all the lenses. The 35mm f1.4 is gorgeous so will become my main go-out-and-shoot lens the same as the Pentax-F 50mm f1.7 was on the K30. Ordered a Fuji X to Pentax K lens adapter so I can still use it in manual focus mode, won't get full metering but it will operate in aperture priority mode and indicate the correct exposure on the screen in manual mode.

Its gorgeous and I think we'll have many happy years together - pleased I paid the extra for the X-T1 over the X-T10 as it just feels right in the hand.

[Black Pearl]

Best I could manage while there was still a bit of light in the conservatory.
I get a feeling I am going to have a full blown love affair with the 35mm, its razor sharp, the DoF is nice and narrow even for a wide (ish) 1.5 crop combination, the out of focus looks good and it focuses quickly.

These are in camera JPEG's down sampled in PS CC for posting but otherwise as the camera recorded them.
All shot at f1.4 - aperture priority - auto ISO - auto WB - standard/Provia colour mode.

[CanonChrissy]

Oooooooooooood I love new toys

[Kobione]

Looks pretty good for what you do BP - enjoy!!

[Phil]

2 Conservatories? Posh git!

Oh, the camera, it'll do I reckon 

[FUJI]

Great new toy BP...........ENJOY!!!

FUJI

[Paul]

Hahah, Hahnel battery.... Jessops stock in trade of old...

 

Seriously though, nice kit!

Enjoy.

Paul.

[Phil]

Oh yeah, remember to buy loads of spare batteries, you'll need 'em 

[Black Pearl]

59 minutes ago, Ron said:

Looks great BP, Christmas came early this year then...lol...you should have some fun with it I,m sure.

It gets some great reviews but I,m sure you have read them all, I remember reading in a couple of reviews a while back that it produces stunning quality JPEG,s. In fact one reviewer remarked that they were probably some of the finest images he had seen from a digital camera.

I see you can get an add on grip which holds a battery, are you considering that BP or keeping things compact.

Looking forward to seeing some images from it BP (if the weather picks up).

Ron 

The jpeg output is meant to be so good many don't even bother with raw files - best advice I've found is shoot both as it doesn't affect the performance then you have all boxes ticked.

There is a cash-back and free battery grip promotion which I qualify for. Thing is I've done this partially to get a smaller lighter system so I'm thinking of flogging the grip when I get it, I really want to keep things as neat as possible.