Rediscovering the joys of photography

[traveller (Bo)]

As a dedicated SLR/DSLR user, I recently decided to move into the mirrorless compact world and bought a second hand Fuji XE-1 (with helpful info from Greg Bradley and Zane aka Astroboy ).
I took the camera and its 18-55 "kit" lens (f2.8-4 is not your average kit lens) for a few test photos. I was pleasantly surprised at how well the camera balanced the light and how sharp the lens is. I did a lot of read up of the camera and the lens and every photo I took just confirmed them. The controls were well laid out and logical to understand.
Here are some sample of photos taken in bright daylight, inside Royal Arcade in Melbourne and poorly lit laneway in Melbourne.
This camera is a keeper.
Plus, it has really low ISO noise (something I will try later when the skies clear up a bit).
Cheers,
Bo

[Intergage (Matt)]

Need to get a 50mm!

[Regulus (Trevor)]

These are excellent cameras and I would love to have one myself.
Fuji make exceptional lenses and have done for decades. Even my old 5mp 10x zoom compact takes a nice sharp picture with good colour rendition so I am not surprised to hear you declare it a keeper.
Nice pics btw.

Trevor

[traveller (Bo)]

Thanks Trevor and Matt,
I have a Nikon and a Canon 50mm 1.8, Nikon 85mm 1.8 and Tokina 11-16 2.8 (Canon) mount.
Currently researching suitable adapters for these so I can mount them on the camera and use it for nightscape work with my Sky Tracker.
I am particularly looking forward to my Nikon 85 on the XE1 and it's a really nice piece of glass with excellent sharpness and colour reproduction.
cheers,
Bo