– FR-reader Sabino just started his travel to Morocco. He will try to update his blog daily. Check out his first post, “Morocco on the road, with my Fuji X-E1, here’s what I carry…” here. You can see images of other travels here.
And here is his travel equipment:
[shoplink 12881]Fuji X-E1[/shoplink]
[shoplink 12887]XF 18-55mm[/shoplink]
[shoplink 12889]XF 35mm[/shoplink]
[shoplink 13677 ebay]Asahi Super-Takumar 135mm/3.5 M42-lens[/shoplink]
[shoplink 13678 ebay]M42 to Fuji X adapter Kiwi[/shoplink]
[shoplink 13679 ebay]Small and light Manfrotto Tripod[/shoplink]
[shoplink 13680 ebay]3 Fuji X-E1 batteries[/shoplink]
[shoplink 13681]Lots of SD cards…[/shoplink]
[shoplink 13682 ebay]iPhone 5[/shoplink]
image courtesy: Sabino Parente
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“All pictures taken with Fujifilm X-E1 and 35mm f/1.4 lens. This set proved to be a very handy travel companion. Lightweight, simple, yet powerful. Having only one prime lens allowed me to pay attention to what I was seeing instead of what I was carrying with me. I could embrace the rich and colorful Balinese Hindu culture without getting distracted.” Check out jakubpuchalski’s shots in Bali here.
image courtesy: jakubpuchalski
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“[X100S] I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed this camera on this trip. Here in America, everyone thinks bigger is better. Everyone and their mothers have that mentality. They think big black DSLR’s are the only things that produce great images. It was cool being in Japan surrounded by people using a variety of cameras. I saw a lot of mirror-less users while i was there and for some reason, I liked that. Not saying there’s anything wrong with DSLR’s, I love my nikon camera, but when it comes to traveling, I don’t want my equipment slowing me down. With such great mirror-less options now, I don’t see how anyone travels with big heavy cameras anymore. But that’s just me.“
image courtesy: daniellevitarbophotography
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“I left my job as an advertising Creative Director in August 2012 to travel Africa and South America for a year with my wife, documenting these beautiful places with my Fuji X-Pro1.” Follow this blog here.
image courtesy: handcarryonly
8 Responses
Nice selection of blogs. It’s great to see that Fuji X cameras are increasingly falling into the hands of travelling photographers!
Speaking of traveling light – there’s one more aspect, often overlooked. It’s a customs value of the whole system. An average Leica system easily prohibits the traveler from entering through a “green” customs corridor. But Fuji is so cheap (in comparison, of course) – you can pack the whole system, add a latest and greatest Macbook Pro to your carry-on, wear your favorite Swiss-made watch – and still be legal for “green corridor”.
2 bad there’s no proper macro lens, the 60mm is good for portrait and flower, but it’s 1:2 magnification + internal reflection make it much less appealing.
Wen, why won’t you pickup just about any real 1:1 macro lens from any SLR system. You don’t really need autofocus for macro work. If anything native lens would be worse than adapted lens because you won’t be able to use extension tubes.
I’m looking into M42 manual lenses=)
Is there any reverse mount adapters yet?
I haven’t seen any reverse adapters for Fuji X mount but it’s easy to find something if you first use a regular adapter to some SLR mount and than reverse mount adapter for that SLR mount. It should work just fine.
Hey guys,
I run my blog Handcarry Only, featured above and would like to add my 2 cents. I just came back from my 10 month travel around Africa and South America, shooting only with my X-Pro1 and the 3 original primes. Its a fantastic combo for travel, I have the whole lot in my Billingham Hadley Pro and there’s still space for a water bottle, maps, batteries, a notebook, and numerous other bits and bobs. Walking around with it all day doesn’t kill my shoulders either. I find people generally less suspicious and more friendly towards this ‘oldie school’ looking camera than tourists toting their huge DSLRs and 70-200 lenses, as a result, I can often get closer to the action without putting people off. I originally thought the NEX series from Sony was going to be my DSLR replacement but sold off my NEX 5N due to me not being satisfied with the lenses on offer then. The Fuji combo produces fantastic results in such a small package. Of course I wish that AF could be a little more ‘DSLR like’ but all things considered, the weight trade-off is more than worth it.
Adrian