The Fabulous Fuji X owners thread

Some nice shots taken with the much maligned 18mm recently on here. I honestly can't find fault with this little lens, cheap as chips, decent performer, fairly snappy focus. OK it's not the last word of eye sharpness, but for a small walk around lens it's fantastic imho.
 
Barrysprout said:
Great to see people getting new arrivals today, I'm not even slightly jealous.

Now can anyone spot what's wrong with this picture?

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Yes. that's right my screen protector hasn't arrived yet!
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You obviously read the amateur photographer article on tips for the X-T2 as you've managed to successfully get the batteries out of the grip !
 
jimgallaher said:
You obviously read the amateur photographer article on tips for the X-T2 as you've managed to successfully get the batteries out of the grip !
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But don't believe their tip about back button focusing. Yes, you can bbf, but as soon as you touch the shutter button it refocuses. Unless you can disable shutter button focus at the same time.
 
I wouldn't bother with bbf on the X-T2 as I find the AE-L, AF-L buttons too small/recessed to be easily used, I've got big fingers :eek:
 
I've not heard anything from jessops since Monday so it doesn't look as if I'll be worrying about which focus method to use anytime soon.
Haven't used back button focus on any of my fuji's, last time I did was on the Canon 5DII.
 
One from a walk out with the X-T2 and 16mm f1.4

Really need to change my processing style or software as i dont feel that Photoshop or Lightroom play very well with Fuji RAW's or i may just need to change years of SLR habits when carrying out PP.

Seems a bit limited at the moment for Windows alternatives that support the X-T2.

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Barrysprout said:
I've not heard anything from jessops since Monday so it doesn't look as if I'll be worrying about which focus method to use anytime soon.
Haven't used back button focus on any of my fuji's, last time I did was on the Canon 5DII.
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If it was me Colin, I'd be on the phone everyday at least once a day until they were so sick of me they'd move heaven earth to get me a camera, and to get rid of me. It does work (sometimes) :dummy:
 
Gadget-Guy said:
One from a walk out with the X-T2 and 16mm f1.4

Really need to change my processing style or software as i dont feel that Photoshop or Lightroom play very well with Fuji RAW's or i may just need to change years of SLR habits when carrying out PP.

Seems a bit limited at the moment for Windows alternatives that support the X-T2.

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Whats that on the path ? A pheasant ?
 
jimgallaher said:
If it was me Colin, I'd be on the phone everyday at least once a day until they were so sick of me they'd move heaven earth to get me a camera, and to get rid of me. It does work (sometimes) :dummy:
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I'm not really in a great rush, this side of Christmas will be fine. Not as if I'm cameraless, the X70 and X-pro2 should tide me over. [emoji1]
 
Barrysprout said:
I'm not really in a great rush, this side of Christmas will be fine. Not as if I'm cameraless, the X70 and X-pro2 should tide me over. [emoji1]
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A man after my own heart, X-Pro 2, X70 and X-T2, to be honest I'm using the X70 more than the other two, X-Pro 2 a close second, and the X-T2 quite a bit less in third place. I think if I ever get round to selling some gear and getting a 100-400mm the X-T2 may get more use. Oh yeah and an X100T which hasn't seen the light of day since I bought the X70.
 
mickledore said:
OK guys. Thanks for the interest. @Mr Perceptive and I hang around a bit together and we have been talking about these so I think it's only right to let him have first refusal. He may have one of his own by now. He's probably in work so I'll just give him time to get off site and catch upon things. Then I'll get back to you. The bracket is still in it's box, it's that new!
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chrism_scotland said:
Oh I'd be interested if Mr Perceptive isn't
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I've actually got one on order, should be here this week, so @mickledore you can sell to highest bidder, but thanks for the first refusal.
 
Stephen L said:
But don't believe their tip about back button focusing. Yes, you can bbf, but as soon as you touch the shutter button it refocuses. Unless you can disable shutter button focus at the same time.
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You can certainly do it on the X-T10 (I do). So I'd be very surprised and disappointed if you can't do it on the X-T2!
 
Gadget-Guy said:
One from a walk out with the X-T2 and 16mm f1.4

Really need to change my processing style or software as i dont feel that Photoshop or Lightroom play very well with Fuji RAW's or i may just need to change years of SLR habits when carrying out PP.

Seems a bit limited at the moment for Windows alternatives that support the X-T2.

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Looks good to me!
 
Gadget-Guy said:
One from a walk out with the X-T2 and 16mm f1.4

Really need to change my processing style or software as i dont feel that Photoshop or Lightroom play very well with Fuji RAW's or i may just need to change years of SLR habits when carrying out PP.

Seems a bit limited at the moment for Windows alternatives that support the X-T2.

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I'm not seeing a lot wrong with this shot bar some chromatic aberration in the branches maybe (edit: and viewed small, the light/dark issue in the sky is more obvious). But if you have a fiver to spare, this might be worth a look. http://blog.thomasfitzgeraldphotogr...ed-fuji-x-trans-lightroom-guide-now-available You probably won't learn a great deal, but how many photos do you have to improve to make it worth a fiver?
 
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Gadget-Guy said:
One from a walk out with the X-T2 and 16mm f1.4

Really need to change my processing style or software as i dont feel that Photoshop or Lightroom play very well with Fuji RAW's or i may just need to change years of SLR habits when carrying out PP.

Seems a bit limited at the moment for Windows alternatives that support the X-T2.

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i know what you mean, im not sure what it is but yes there is something different that that of the Cannikons , i like this though mostly little bit of chrome for the sky but i dont dislike it
 
Gadget-Guy said:
One from a walk out with the X-T2 and 16mm f1.4

Really need to change my processing style or software as i dont feel that Photoshop or Lightroom play very well with Fuji RAW's or i may just need to change years of SLR habits when carrying out PP.

Seems a bit limited at the moment for Windows alternatives that support the X-T2.

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Been discussed recently regarding how poor adobe is at handling Fuji files sometimes. Also coming from Nikon FF highlight recovery is poor in comparison imo. However, Fuji files do have a little bit of magic.
 
Just cant get to grips with how much the RAW files seem to loose detail plus gain noise and a few different actions i have especially when using luminosity masks seem to just effect highlight detail in a massive way as in the sky.

Just reworked it manually in Lightroom but still cant seem to get the detail i can see in the jpeg files or as good as i can get from Canon RAW's.

Will have to hang on for Iridient Developer to be released on PC i guess as it seems to have the best support for Fuji RAW's but is Mac only at the mo.

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snerkler said:
Been discussed recently regarding how poor adobe is at handling Fuji files sometimes. Also coming from Nikon FF highlight recovery is poor in comparison imo. However, Fuji files do have a little bit of magic.
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I have never shot a Nikon in my life, but is this relevant to that point?
"the D800E has a very linear tonal response, with low shadow noise, and highlights that clip fairly abruptly. This means you want to expose to the right just to the precise point of clipping; your dynamic range maximization comes from bringing up the shadows – since there is minimal penalty in color accuracy or noise. The D810 is the opposite: it is nonlinear and all of the extended dynamic range appears to rest in the highlights. What appears to be clipped even on the flattest picture control setting (the histogram is read off the preview jpeg embedded in the raw file) often still has a stop or more of highlight recoverability in ACR 8x, process 2012*. So you effectively need to have quite a bit of the frame blinking to make the most of the D810’s extraordinary highlight latitude".
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https://blog.mingthein.com/2015/03/22/long-term-review-the-nikon-d810/
 
Gadget-Guy said:
Just cant get to grips with how much the RAW files seem to loose detail plus gain noise and a few different actions i have especially when using luminosity masks seem to just effect highlight detail in a massive way as in the sky.

Just reworked it manually in Lightroom but still cant seem to get the detail i can see in the jpeg files or as good as i can get from Canon RAW's.

Will have to hang on for Iridient Developer to be released on PC i guess as it seems to have the best support for Fuji RAW's but is Mac only at the mo.

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I didn't like irident TBH. I use aperture when LR doesn't cut it, but that's Mac only too.
 
Gadget-Guy said:
Just cant get to grips with how much the RAW files seem to loose detail plus gain noise and a few different actions i have especially when using luminosity masks seem to just effect highlight detail in a massive way as in the sky.

Just reworked it manually in Lightroom but still cant seem to get the detail i can see in the jpeg files or as good as i can get from Canon RAW's.

Will have to hang on for Iridient Developer to be released on PC i guess as it seems to have the best support for Fuji RAW's but is Mac only at the mo.

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I push the detail slider to 100 and amount to 30, masking 10 and radius 1 for decent sharpening in LR. .
 
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manualfocus-g said:
I push the detail slider to 100 and amount to 30 10 s 1 10 .
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Yeah with sharpening Fuji files in LR it is best to have detail high and actual sharpening low.
 
snerkler said:
I didn't like irident TBH. I use aperture when LR doesn't cut it, but that's Mac only too.
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Was looking at DXO optics Pro as could also use it for my Canon stuff i will also be keeping in limited quantity as in a couple of zooms but it doesnt support the X-T2 files.

Would still like to be able to add the Fuji film presets in post like you can with Lightroom and Photoshop which doesnt seem to be supported by many of the others.
 
manualfocus-g said:
I push the detail slider to 100 and amount to 30 10 s 1 10 .
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I also push detail to 100, amount probably around 25, but I mask quite generously and then fiddle with radius if not happy. Can always add more later.

Or if that doesn't work I take out all sharpening and noise reduction, export to PS and try Nik Raw Sharpener (now free) or good old High Pass sharpening.
 
snerkler said:
Yeah with sharpening Fuji files in LR it is best to have detail high and actual sharpening low.
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Spot on. Half my original message didn't come out above so I've re-typed it. Something weird going on with the phone!
 
I worked at home today so couldn't go far at lunch. Living on a modern estate wouldn't normally give much scope for autumnal shots, but thankfully we have some nice green areas :)

Pentacon 135/2.8 electric (M42 mount)

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Miranda 24/2.8 macro

Autumn on the Boat Estate

XF 18-55mm

Autumn on the Boat Estate II

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manualfocus-g said:
I worked at home today so couldn't go far at lunch. Living on a modern estate wouldn't normally give much scope for autumnal shots, but thankfully we have some nice green areas :)

Pentacon 135/2.8 electric (M42 mount)

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Miranda 24/2.8 macro

Autumn on the Boat Estate

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Autumn on the Boat Estate II

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Lovely set of images Graham, with some good comp' and beautiful colours, #1 would be my fav'.(y)

George.
 
G.K.Jnr. said:
Two very nice shots Toby, both well composed, good colour, with some really nice water movement.(y)

George.
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Thanks George :)

Thinking a mono conversion might suit the first one.
 
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macvisual said:
wOw first class photography, when I see this I initially thought "taken with a X-T2", how wrong was I.
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Thanks, too kind. I'm not sure why it would look any different shot with the X-T2 rather than the X-T1 though?
 
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