The Fabulous Fuji X owners thread

Here's a question for those of you who use flash with the X-T1 (or any camera with EVF for that matter). Using the X-T1 with the Yongnuo flash and TX unit indoors and finding it difficult to frame the subject as it's too dark on the screen. The only way seems to be to take a photo then adjust after viewing. A bit of a pain, especially when using the phone app to trigger the camera.

I'm guessing there's no way around this?
 
fabs said:
Here's a question for those of you who use flash with the X-T1 (or any camera with EVF for that matter). Using the X-T1 with the Yongnuo flash and TX unit indoors and finding it difficult to frame the subject as it's too dark on the screen. The only way seems to be to take a photo then adjust after viewing. A bit of a pain, especially when using the phone app to trigger the camera.

I'm guessing there's no way around this?
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I may be slightly misunderstanding your question but if not, could you not manually adjust the f-stop whilst you frame then return it to where you want it once done? That's how I have to use the all manual Laowa lens a lot of the time.
 
WingTsun said:
I may be slightly misunderstanding your question but if not, could you not manually adjust the f-stop whilst you frame then return it to where you want it once done? That's how I have to use the all manual Laowa lens a lot of the time.
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D'oh, good shout. Not the aperture because it's still very dark, but I can whack the ISO up to 6400. Just need to remember to put it back before I shoot.

Cheers Dunc.
 
Yes there is a way. Can't remember what it is but it's easy to do. Busy with the rugby at present. Will look it up after England have thrashed the boys from the valleys.
 
Found it. I'm assuming you are shooting in manual mode.
Menu>Blue settings#1>Screen set up>Preview Exp/Wb in Manual Mode.
Choose which option you want.
I have it set on one of my buttons.
 
Ordered a 27mm from Ffordes which came today and seems to be fine. Noticed yesterday that mpb had one for sale even though they told me they couldn't get a replacement and had quoted for some to buy on wednesday but the offers hadn't been accepted. I'm sure the boxed one at £159 is the one I returned.
 
No new lenses for me this year. I had a wager on the rugby. I took Wales and lost. My new gear fund has been wiped out in one.
How much did I loose? One whole English pound.
Do I care? No. Happy as Larry!
 
Thunderbird010 said:
Ordered a 27mm from Ffordes which came today and seems to be fine. Noticed yesterday that mpb had one for sale even though they told me they couldn't get a replacement and had quoted for some to buy on wednesday but the offers hadn't been accepted. I'm sure the boxed one at £159 is the one I returned.
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Ive emailed them asking if they are still selling your old one,but there is another one,which was yours the £159 or 169?if they are selling it its the last thing i buy from them i mean i won't lol
 
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SsSsSsSsSnake said:
Ive emailed them asking if they are still selling your old one,but there is another one,which was yours the £159 or 169?if they are selling it its the last thing i buy from them i mean i won't lol
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Lol The £159 one Seems strange as I told them I was prepared to wait a week to see if they get any in but they said they wouldn't be doing. Should have taken serial number then you could have bought it!!!
 
if I wanted to use the in camera raw convertor editing facility,is there a way to show the process on a larger screen?
 
When using the X-T1 with the Laowa 60m and various microscope and enlarger lenses, you need to put the camera into "Shoot without lens" mode. Quite often, in this mode, the camera will lock out the screen completely, meaning no live view, preview or even menus can be viewed on-screen, only through the VF. Anybody else find this? I have to do a camera setup reset in order to bring it back to normal. Am I missing something or setting something wrong?
 
WingTsun said:
When using the X-T1 with the Laowa 60m and various microscope and enlarger lenses, you need to put the camera into "Shoot without lens" mode. Quite often, in this mode, the camera will lock out the screen completely, meaning no live view, preview or even menus can be viewed on-screen, only through the VF. Anybody else find this? I have to do a camera setup reset in order to bring it back to normal. Am I missing something or setting something wrong?
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No don't have this, mine is setup in shoot without a lens all the time. The Fuji lenses still work just fine and still report the correct Exif data
 
SsSsSsSsSnake said:
if I wanted to use the in camera raw convertor editing facility,is there a way to show the process on a larger screen?
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IMHO you are getting too hung up on processing technicalities, go out and shoot some photos, then after you've looked at them, only worry about the processing if they don't look right!!
 
Mr Perceptive said:
No don't have this, mine is setup in shoot without a lens all the time. The Fuji lenses still work just fine and still report the correct Exif data
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Hmm.. strange. Yes, I've noticed that. I only have the one Fuji lens and rarely use it but whenever I've popped it on and forgotten to reset that setting it's still worked fine.
 
WingTsun said:
When using the X-T1 with the Laowa 60m and various microscope and enlarger lenses, you need to put the camera into "Shoot without lens" mode. Quite often, in this mode, the camera will lock out the screen completely, meaning no live view, preview or even menus can be viewed on-screen, only through the VF. Anybody else find this? I have to do a camera setup reset in order to bring it back to normal. Am I missing something or setting something wrong?
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Are you sure you're not accidentally triggering the eye sensor somehow, meaning display is switched to the viewfinder? I've used plenty of MF lenses and not noticed this behaviour. BTW I also leave 'Shoot without lens' on all the time :)
 
manualfocus-g said:
Are you sure you're not accidentally triggering the eye sensor somehow, meaning display is switched to the viewfinder? I've used plenty of MF lenses and not noticed this behaviour. BTW I also leave 'Shoot without lens' on all the time :)
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No. I always focus through the VF but will sometimes check the framing via LV. When it locks I can't even get the menus to come up on the screen and have to, instead, view them and do the reset via VF.
 
fabs said:
Noticed something odd from doing the product shots yesterday. I always have the camera set to shoot raw but most of yesterdays shots uploaded to Lightroom as JPG.

double checked the camera and it's definitely set to raw so I'm confused as to how it happened. :thinking:
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Were you shooting at ISO 100 by chance as the native output at 100 is JPEG even if your camera is set to RAW
 
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