The Fabulous Fuji X owners thread

Alan Clogwyn said:
It's just an extension of Auto ISO really, you need the ISO dial in A for it to work, plus of course it's limited by the iso range you still have left. (IE if you're at ISO 5000 already then you can only go +1/3ev on exposure compensation). The nice thing is though the indicator in the viewfinder will max out, so in the same situation though you could keep on turning the dial, the display will not go higher than the 1/3ev mark.

It's not a dealbreaker by any means but it does save going into the menu to adjust auto iso shutter speed since you can simply select the shutter speed on the dial now and it will stick to it. Aperture+Shutter priority mode perhaps rather than full manual.

Selecting a fixed ISO, aperture and shutter speed still locks out exposure compensation giving full manual control.
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Thanks for the info. Quite disappointing really. I use exposure comp quite a bit in aperture priority mode, was looking forward to this feature as I was under the misguided idea it was possible in manual mode.
 
nog said:
Thanks for that George, think you have just confirmed another sale for Fuji:):ty:
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You're very welcome Keith.:D

George.
 
simonblue said:
Just had a play with one really liked it,but only had silver body in,but it looked really nice in silver,so guest what I have got :rolleyes::whistle:
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Congrats on that Simon, looking forward to hearing all about it and maybe seeing a few shots.:)

George.
 
Also, I don't understand the need for exp comp in manual, just dial back your SS or Aperture to the required amount. Maybe someone can explain it to me?
 
T_J_G said:
Also, I don't understand the need for exp comp in manual, just dial back your SS or Aperture to the required amount. Maybe someone can explain it to me?
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To be it would only matter if I needed a specific,aperture and shutter speed for the shot :)
 
The silver suits the the X-T10 because they haven't plastered all the rear of the camera in it. A big improvement imo and would definately be the colour of choice for me if i were to have one. A bit like a X100/X-E series cam.

But the X-T1 belongs in black imo. Much better.

Also, agree with Tim about the exposure comp in manual mode...
 
minnnt said:
The silver suits the the X-T10 because they haven't plastered all the rear of the camera in it. A big improvement imo and would definately be the colour of choice for me if i were to have one. A bit like a X100/X-E series cam.

But the X-T1 belongs in black imo. Much better.

Also, agree with Tim about the exposure comp in manual mode...
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I agree really does look nice in silver :)
 
Which software are you guys using for PP, is Lightroom really so bad with Fuji RAW?
 
wibbly said:
Thanks for the info. Quite disappointing really. I use exposure comp quite a bit in aperture priority mode, was looking forward to this feature as I was under the misguided idea it was possible in manual mode.
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It is, but something has to give - there's only 3 things that can be altered to change exposure, so if you set all 3 to fixed values the camera can't adjust exposure compensation.

T_J_G said:
Also, I don't understand the need for exp comp in manual, just dial back your SS or Aperture to the required amount. Maybe someone can explain it to me?
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It's very useful, and most of the Sony A7 crew latched on to it including me! It's like having the set and forget benefit of auto mode but with full manual over ride. For example I'm out and about in the middle of some action, I know I want f8 and I know I want at least 1/500 shutter speed... I don't have to constantly be faffing about changing the ISO dial because I already set it to A and can now just twiddle the exposure compensation dial with my thumb without moving my eye from the viewfinder.
 
rodd1000 said:
Which software are you guys using for PP, is Lightroom really so bad with Fuji RAW?
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Depends what you want to do with it. At a pixel peeping level an ISO 200 Fuji JPEG will hold better fine details. Lightroom does not honour white balance tweaks made with the grid. You can't really get any more highlights or shadows back than you can in camera so shooting Raw holds very little benefit except IMO at higher ISO when the ability to fine tune noise and sharpening is a benefit.
 
Alan Clogwyn said:
Depends what you want to do with it. At a pixel peeping level an ISO 200 Fuji JPEG will hold better fine details. Lightroom does not honour white balance tweaks made with the grid. You can't really get any more highlights or shadows back than you can in camera so shooting Raw holds very little benefit except IMO at higher ISO when the ability to fine tune noise and sharpening is a benefit.
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So you're saying Fuji raw is useless? Is that the sentiment of most fuji users? I always shoot raw for the ability to recover shadows etc. How does it compare to a Sony a6000 raw?
 
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rodd1000 said:
So you're saying Fuji raw is useless? Is that the sentiment of most fuji users?
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I'm not saying it's useless no. I'm saying it's pointless in Lightroom most of the time, you'll struggle to beat the camera's own processing 90% of the time in my experience. I still shoot RAW+Jpeg though, for those 10% cases where I can't be arsed delving into the menu to adjust in camera and where I need to do precise noise reduction.
 
Three from today
All with the 18-55, but all at 18mm, maybe I should get the prime again? Last time I compared the two though my zoom was much sharper in the corners. I'll be parting with the 18-55 next week anyway as hopefully by then the X-T10 stock will be sorted and I'll have another on it's way :D

Brixham 2015 by barrysprout, on Flickr

Brixham 2015 by barrysprout, on Flickr

Brixham 2015 by barrysprout, on Flickr
 
Alan Clogwyn said:
I'm not saying it's useless no. I'm saying it's pointless in Lightroom most of the time, you'll struggle to beat the camera's own processing 90% of the time in my experience. I still shoot RAW+Jpeg though, for those 10% cases where I can't be arsed delving into the menu to adjust in camera and where I need to do precise noise reduction.
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I'm a little confused. So would you say Fuji raws are less adjustable than those from a a6000?
 
I've never owned an a6000 but compared to an A7R you get a little less shadow to play with and about the same on the highlights, I.E. very little that isn't in the JPEG anyway. The difference though is the Fuji has better highlight performance to start with, a very nice gentle blowing out rather than a sharp edge. I found Sony's Raw files to be horrible to work on.

rodd1000 said:
Poorer response when trying to recover highlights and shadows etc.
My old d5100 was terrible at recovering shadow information, it produced lots of noise with little detail.
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rodd1000 said:
So you're saying Fuji raw is useless? Is that the sentiment of most fuji users? I always shoot raw for the ability to recover shadows etc. How does it compare to a Sony a6000 raw?
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I shoot j-peg,mainly most of the sort photo i take j-peg is fine :)
 
I have some pretty crap jpegs on my computer from the so called GOD of jpegs... Hate hate hate them.

I use Lr6 and the only thing it can't do better is the film sims. The camera nails them were as Lr doesn't so it takes a little more work. I can sharpen better, NR better, recover shadows and highlights better...

Just my opinion though.
 
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Karen said:
Im waiting on eye cup as well
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I got an eyecup for my XT1 last week, big improvement, I wear glasses , but with the eyecup I can clearly see all the info on the EVF now, you'd think Fuji would bundle it withthe camera.
 
Anyone using the Fuji XF27mm pancake lens ? I got mine week before last, but only had an opportunity to try it out this weekend. It's very noisy for all the size of it, the IQ is great though. I only have zooms for my X cameras now (apart from the 27mm) but I don't remember my primes being as noisy as this. Anyone else experienced this ?
 
minnnt said:
I use Lr6 and the only thing it can't do better is the film sims. The camera nails them were as Lr doesn't so it takes a little more work. I can sharpen better, NR better, recover shadows and highlights better...

Just my opinion though.
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+1 for wot he said.
 
Alan Clogwyn said:
I've never owned an a6000 but compared to an A7R you get a little less shadow to play with and about the same on the highlights, I.E. very little that isn't in the JPEG anyway. The difference though is the Fuji has better highlight performance to start with, a very nice gentle blowing out rather than a sharp edge. I found Sony's Raw files to be horrible to work on.
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The problem with Jpeg is everytime you tweak a parameter you introduce more noise, Raw preserves the parameters like a profile. I thought that was the point? Or are fuji raws different? Thanks
 
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