The Fabulous Fuji X owners thread

grotty said:
I've just ordered the samyang 50 1.2 on a whim, anyone had any experience with this lens? I've read a couple of mixed reviews. It's also my first proper manual lens, but the the Fuji's seem to make it fairly painless (I've practiced with MF with some degree of success).
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For anyone interested, it turned up today, and my first impressions are very good. Seems nicely built, a good weight and nice resistance on the focus and aperture rings (perhaps a bit too much resistance on the focus ring)

Had a quick play with the only available subject and had a relatively high keeper rate wide open (for a MF novice like myself).

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Mr Perceptive said:
OK, this might be a very small dust bunny, but more likely its an effect in Silver Efex Pro, if you push (increase) the structure slider too far to the right, it tends to highlight any slightly dark marks, very noticeable on sky and long exposure water. You have some choices here (IMO), and structure has been pushed as the sky has gone very grainy.

1) Don't push the structure slider so far!!
2) or clean up the spots afterwards in LR with the spot removal tool.
3) or learn how to use the control points in Silver Efex Pro and target where you want to push the structure

Hope that helps
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I've just had a look at the raw original at 200% (something I never do) and there's not a rabbit to be seen anywhere. So it must be an effect caused by Silver Efex Pro. I do recall pushing the structure to emphasise the harshness, but I didn't know it could do that! I've also had a look at the sensor with a loupe - and nothing. Though it could have been shaken off by the sensor shaker.
 
Stephen L said:
I've just had a look at the raw original at 200% (something I never do) and there's not a rabbit to be seen anywhere. So it must be an effect caused by Silver Efex Pro. I do recall pushing the structure to emphasise the harshness, but I didn't know it could do that! I've also had a look at the sensor with a loupe - and nothing. Though it could have been shaken off by the sensor shaker.
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I have had a similar phenomen in the past, I have a set of 'Northern Gritty' custom presets in Silver Efex, and often these cause a similar effect, moving the structure slider can increase/decrease size of the 'offending spot' (you can get a similar thing with clarity in LR) - sometime I just spot remove them afterwards when back in LR.

In my experience the trick is hardly touch the image first in LR, just straighten/crop/exposure compensate etc, then process in silver efex, if you add any clarity/contrast in LR first, you can get really weird effects in Silver Efex!!
 
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Mr Perceptive said:
OK, this might be a very small dust bunny, but more likely its an effect in Silver Efex Pro, if you push (increase) the structure slider too far to the right, it tends to highlight any slightly dark marks, very noticeable on sky and long exposure water. You have some choices here (IMO), and structure has been pushed as the sky has gone very grainy.

1) Don't push the structure slider so far!!
2) or clean up the spots afterwards in LR with the spot removal tool.
3) or learn how to use the control points in Silver Efex Pro and target where you want to push the structure

Hope that helps
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Mr Perceptive said:
I have had a similar phenomen in the past, I have a set of 'Northern Gritty' custom presets in Silver Efex, and often these cause a similar effect, moving the structure slider can increase/decrease size of the 'offending spot' (you can get a similar thing with clarity in LR) - sometime I just spot remove them afterwards when back in LR.

In my experience the trick is hardly touch the image first in LR, just straighten/crop/exposure compensate etc, then process in silver efex, if you add any clarity/contrast in LR first, you can get really weird effects in Silver Efex!!
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That's Interesting reading Sir.(y)

George.
 
jimmyjamjojo said:
Here's a few I had written off originally. Glad I went back to them with a more positive head on. They all suffered with hazy stripes across them (right across the faces etc), where I couldn't get close enough to the inner fence. I decided to have a crack at painting in some contrast with the adjustment brush, which did OK I guess, but colours suffered.

I converted to mono, and actually came to prefer those versions, and it was much easier to fix the hazy problem.
After exporting and uploading etc, I had a little epiphany and tried the dehaze tool (duh), which actually worked wonders, even on the colour versions! The result - 6 photos that I had thrown in the bin turned out to be some of my best! Can't believe these fell out of my camera!

Tiger 4 by jimmyjamjoejoe, on Flickr

Tiger 3 by jimmyjamjoejoe, on Flickr

Tiger 3 by jimmyjamjoejoe, on Flickr

Tiger 1 by jimmyjamjoejoe, on Flickr

Tiger 2 by jimmyjamjoejoe, on Flickr

Tiger 5 by jimmyjamjoejoe, on Flickr

Leopards by jimmyjamjoejoe, on Flickr
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Very nice set of Fujigraphs Sir, with some fine detail and lovely poses.(y)

George.
 
jimmyjamjojo said:
Here's a few I had written off originally. Glad I went back to them with a more positive head on. They all suffered with hazy stripes across them (right across the faces etc), where I couldn't get close enough to the inner fence. I decided to have a crack at painting in some contrast with the adjustment brush, which did OK I guess, but colours suffered.

I converted to mono, and actually came to prefer those versions, and it was much easier to fix the hazy problem.
After exporting and uploading etc, I had a little epiphany and tried the dehaze tool (duh), which actually worked wonders, even on the colour versions! The result - 6 photos that I had thrown in the bin turned out to be some of my best! Can't believe these fell out of my camera!
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Lovely shots, such good focus on the eyes.

That dehaze tool is handy isn't it (y)
 
Arrghhh so just found my x-t10 "play" button is borked. Stuck in and slightly rotated.

Quick googling shows its a common problem and requires fuji to fix it rather than being brave with a screwdriver...

Others seem to say about £130 for the repair! Can't afford that for a few months... :'(
 
Jelster said:
I haven't shot people for a while, but I was on a family holiday and wedding in Thailand recently.

This is my Great Niece Lucy, who has amazing eyes....

Shot on the T2 with the 80mm f2.8

Lucy by Steve Jelly, on Flickr
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Reminds me of a shot of my son on holiday, covered in yoghurt [emoji23]

Well captured, Steve. A little cool and contrasty for me but that's personal preference. Brilliant eyes as you say [emoji7]
 
jimmyjamjojo said:
Here's a few I had written off originally. Glad I went back to them with a more positive head on. They all suffered with hazy stripes across them (right across the faces etc), where I couldn't get close enough to the inner fence. I decided to have a crack at painting in some contrast with the adjustment brush, which did OK I guess, but colours suffered.

I converted to mono, and actually came to prefer those versions, and it was much easier to fix the hazy problem.
After exporting and uploading etc, I had a little epiphany and tried the dehaze tool (duh), which actually worked wonders, even on the colour versions! The result - 6 photos that I had thrown in the bin turned out to be some of my best! Can't believe these fell out of my camera!

Tiger 4 by jimmyjamjoejoe, on Flickr

Tiger 3 by jimmyjamjoejoe, on Flickr

Tiger 3 by jimmyjamjoejoe, on Flickr

Tiger 1 by jimmyjamjoejoe, on Flickr

Tiger 2 by jimmyjamjoejoe, on Flickr

Tiger 5 by jimmyjamjoejoe, on Flickr

Leopards by jimmyjamjoejoe, on Flickr
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Great set of shots, all of them are cracking.
 
Stephen L said:
I've just had a look at the raw original at 200% (something I never do) and there's not a rabbit to be seen anywhere. So it must be an effect caused by Silver Efex Pro. I do recall pushing the structure to emphasise the harshness, but I didn't know it could do that! I've also had a look at the sensor with a loupe - and nothing. Though it could have been shaken off by the sensor shaker.
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I never touch the Structure slider, can always add a bit of Clarity later. But if you want to check for a dust bunny, the easiest way is to find a bright wall or something similar, set the lens to f/22 and ISO to base, and focus past the wall so everything is blurry. Then take the picture handheld, keeping the camera moving during the exposure. Big blobs are mostly likely on the rear element, smaller denser ones will be sensor dust. Be warned that this method will detect stuff that would never show up in most pictures at f/8!
 
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dave.hallett said:
A previously overlooked Eigg shot I picked up and processed this evening. Probably too dark for some, but it's not often I manage to keep things this simple...


Essence by David Hallett, on Flickr
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Very nice Fujigraph Sir, works really well for me. “Simple” is good as is thinkin’ & working outside the box as they say if that makes any sense.(y)

George.
 
G.K.Jnr. said:
Very nice Fujigraph Sir, works really well for me. “Simple” is good as is thinkin’ & working outside the box as they say if that makes any sense.(y)

George.
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Cheers George, appreciate your thoughts, as always :-)
 
jimmyjamjojo said:
Here's a few I had written off originally. Glad I went back to them with a more positive head on. They all suffered with hazy stripes across them (right across the faces etc), where I couldn't get close enough to the inner fence. I decided to have a crack at painting in some contrast with the adjustment brush, which did OK I guess, but colours suffered.

I converted to mono, and actually came to prefer those versions, and it was much easier to fix the hazy problem.
After exporting and uploading etc, I had a little epiphany and tried the dehaze tool (duh), which actually worked wonders, even on the colour versions! The result - 6 photos that I had thrown in the bin turned out to be some of my best! Can't believe these fell out of my camera!

Tiger 4 by jimmyjamjoejoe, on Flickr

Tiger 3 by jimmyjamjoejoe, on Flickr

Tiger 3 by jimmyjamjoejoe, on Flickr

Tiger 1 by jimmyjamjoejoe, on Flickr

Tiger 2 by jimmyjamjoejoe, on Flickr

Tiger 5 by jimmyjamjoejoe, on Flickr

Leopards by jimmyjamjoejoe, on Flickr
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I love these mono versions. And I wouldn't have suspected a problem with the fence. But if it helps, I once got rid of a big telephone wire that was stretching across my landscape shot (about ten yards away) by taking two shots, one a bit higher than the other. Because parallax makes the near object move a lot more than the distant ones, I could then combine them in PS to get a view without the wire. Never tried that with a fence, but it seems like it could work...
 
I wonder what the quality of the recently anounced XC 15-45mm power zoom will be like. I see WEX have it available for pre order at £259. Anyone thinking of going for it ?
 
yamahatdm900 said:
From a last weeks Supermoon, My skills in photoshop and pp are sadly lacking and this is my attempt to blend 3 different exposures in photoshop

Sighs in Moonlight by Graham Norton, on Flickr

taken with the X-T2 and a 16-55
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I like it, especially the way you've managed to keep some detail in the the surface of the moon, while not losing the glow around it, very much the way it looked. My only suggestion might be that the rest of the shot could maybe use a bit more contrast, as the night just is very contrasty.
 
dave.hallett said:
I like it, especially the way you've managed to keep some detail in the the surface of the moon, while not losing the glow around it, very much the way it looked. My only suggestion might be that the rest of the shot could maybe use a bit more contrast, as the night just is very contrasty.
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Cheers David I give it another look.
 
Diamonddec said:
Cheers George. Note that I've got a strong "rule of thirds" thing going on there! :D
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I had noticed Sir, a man after my own heart as they say.(y)

George.
 
I've not been out with the X-T2 as much as I'd like recently. Weather seems to have been against me on the few occasions when I've had the free time to be out and about. This morning I took a punt and ventured out for sunrise to a new (to me) location to have a look. Forecast was heavy cloud cover but I did get a nice break through of sunshine for a fleeting minute or two. Other two images were me playing indoors with my new 50-140. Really like this lens. It's quite big and bulky but seems to do everything well.

Copt Hill, Sunrise by G.A.D, on Flickr

DSCF1640.jpg by G.A.D, on Flickr

DSCF2029.jpg by G.A.D, on Flickr
 
Dave70D said:
Nice to get out for the 1st time today for a while. X-T2 + XF35mm f2.


Middle Age Spread by Dave, on Flickr
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Liking this street style Fujigraph Sir, with a good exression on the guys face, he reminds me of the “Green Grass” character (from Heartbeat).(y)

George.
 
ianmarsh said:
Exactly what I thought, thought I knew the actor better as Selwyn Froggitt
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Great minds Sir, or even Bill Maynard (the actors real name):D

George.
 
Dave70D said:
Nice to get out for the 1st time today for a while. X-T2 + XF35mm f2.


Middle Age Spread by Dave, on Flickr



Grumpy and Middle Age Couple by Dave, on Flickr
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I love the expressions in the second one, Dave, they look very serious, but the first is even better - full of colour and he looks like a real character.

G.K.Jnr. said:
Liking this street style Fujigraph Sir, with a good exression on the guys face, he reminds me of the “Green Grass” character (from Heartbeat).(y)

George.
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Well remembered, George, that's who he reminds me of, too!
 
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