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Grand Union Canal 28.10.19

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todders said:
Broadstairs 26.10.19

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”Excellent” seascape Fujigraph, and very nicely presented in mono with a full range of tones giving good detail in the shadows & highlights.

George.
 
macvisual said:
Love this Pete, where was your (shallow f/1.4) focus point? Did you use 'CLASSIC CHROME' film simulation for this capture? Excellent work.

Regards;
Peter
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Thanks very much Peter.

Zone focus as they were moving around, centred on the glove f/1.8. Classic Chrome then further editing in Analog Efex Pro 2
 
Looks like my xt-10 died at the weekend, took a few snaps in the garden, went inside and the screen started flickering, finally managed to get some sense out of it and it was reporting lens error, so swapped over to my 3 week old xc50-230 and exactly same response, or lack of.
Battery out for a bit, cleaned contacts, lens and body, latest firmware, managed to do a factory reset, nothing worked. Left if for 20 minutes, no change.
Back to Wex, who to be fair were brilliant on the phone, arranged collection for today and it just been collected.
So, if it's dead and looking on the net it probably is, seems a few suffered this and because of it's age/value my guess is Wex will offer refund/swap or trade-up it looks like I may be going x-t20 :-)
Very impressed with Wex so far, fingers crossed we can come to an agreement once they get it back.
Shame it's died it was in super condition and I have now invested in battery, grip and lenses so I need another XT but not a range finder body.
 
NickTB said:
Not sure if I gave ups too soon, more like I realised I want both!
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Both is the way, but if I only had one it’d be the H1
 
My new VR set up using my XE2
and Samyang 7.5 MFT lens converted to Fuji mount APS with incorporated lens ring and foot.
Both the lens and camera are supported individually by the Combined new mount and foot, supplied as a kit by Nodal Ninja.
The camera puts no weight on the lens at all.

The leveller is not really necessary at all, 360x180 pans are stitched on a sphere so the vertical can always be set later, with no loss of quality.



see https://www.talkphotography.co.uk/threads/my-360-x180-venture-so-far.702902/ for more detail.TA3X5502.jpg
 
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Right, need some input here.

I went out "birding" with the Mrs on Sunday and I'm really unhappy with the resulting pictures. I've attached some JPG's which I haven't done anything to, just converted them straight from LR.

Noise & missed focus on what were all stationary targets. To get anything anywhere near right, I'm having to add at least one stop of exposure, sometimes almost two. It was my first birding trip with the T3 and I'm sure something isn't right in the set up.

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Any feedback would be helpful. I'm sure these would have been fine on the T2....
 
Jelster said:
Right, need some input here.

I went out "birding" with the Mrs on Sunday and I'm really unhappy with the resulting pictures. I've attached some JPG's which I haven't done anything to, just converted them straight from LR.

Noise & missed focus on what were all stationary targets. To get anything anywhere near right, I'm having to add at least one stop of exposure, sometimes almost two. It was my first birding trip with the T3 and I'm sure something isn't right in the set up.

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Any feedback would be helpful. I'm sure these would have been fine on the T2....
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What exposure and AF settings are you using?
 
rick448 said:
What exposure and AF settings are you using?
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Always shoot aperture priority, auto shutter speed, manual ISO. Spot metering (as I'm sure the "spot" follows the focus point).

Edit: What gets me is that they are so under exposed, even the Kingfisher. Looking back through some other birding shots I've take with the T3, most are pretty poor, the T2 on the other hand was fine.
 
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G.K.Jnr. said:
Just a simple tourist type snap taken from the Millennium Bridge in London UK looking towards Blackfriars Bridge.

X-H1, 18-55mm Lens, 1/200th @ F5.6, ISO-200, Polarising Filter, Handheld
London Scene (2) (M)-03339 by G.K.Jnr., on Flickr

:ty: for looking., (y):fuji:

George.
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Great Image and mood geroge, thanks for sharing.
 
todders said:
Great Image and mood geroge, thanks for sharing.
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Thank you kindly fellow snapper, I sure do appreciate your reply.

George.
 
Dave70D said:
I see adobe cc have made yet another mistake, if you Google adobe cc hacked 2019 you can read that 7.5 million people are not happy.
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I've been receiving quite a few emails over the past few weeks saying "Courtesy reminder", my Adobe CC subscription is due soon for renewal and make payment etc....

I've done nothing about it and haven't reacted or gave any details.

Peter
 
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macvisual said:
I've been receiving quite a few emails over the past few weeks saying "Courtesy reminder", my Adobe CC subscription is due soon for renewal and make payment etc....I've done nothing about it and haven't reacted or gave any details.

Peter
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Once I saw it, I thought I`d share it in here for Fuji members who might have adobe cc. Bet they feel right fools to leave a server open.
 
Jelster said:
Always shoot aperture priority, auto shutter speed, manual ISO. Spot metering (as I'm sure the "spot" follows the focus point).

Edit: What gets me is that they are so under exposed, even the Kingfisher. Looking back through some other birding shots I've take with the T3, most are pretty poor, the T2 on the other hand was fine.
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I guess spot metering on the white bird would underexpose as it would be trying to make it 18% grey, much like shooting snow, but that doesn't explain the kingfisher, although if the spot was on the water at all that could have underexposed due to the relative brightness against the subject. I had missed the bit in the post saying these were not tweaked, the white bird looks fine to me, the kingfisher is slightly under, but maybe the reflection in the water fooled the camera, and I think the spot metering / focus point was not on the bird as it is clearly not in focus.

Are you using single spot and single shot focus then?
 
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Jelster said:
Right, need some input here.

I went out "birding" with the Mrs on Sunday and I'm really unhappy with the resulting pictures. I've attached some JPG's which I haven't done anything to, just converted them straight from LR.

Noise & missed focus on what were all stationary targets. To get anything anywhere near right, I'm having to add at least one stop of exposure, sometimes almost two. It was my first birding trip with the T3 and I'm sure something isn't right in the set up.

View attachment 258928View attachment 258924View attachment 258925

Any feedback would be helpful. I'm sure these would have been fine on the T2....
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May be I am missing something on my phone but the egret shots the subject i.e. the egret itself looks well exposed. Looks like the spot metering has done the right thing.

The kingfisher shot is underexposed, which I couldn't explain unless your had you exposure compensation dial turned by mistake?
 
nandbytes said:
May be I am missing something on my phone but the egret shots the subject i.e. the egret itself looks well exposed. Looks like the spot metering has done the right thing.

The kingfisher shot is underexposed, which I couldn't explain unless your had you exposure compensation dial turned by mistake?
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I was assuming he had tweaked the exposure in post, but having re read the post I see he hasn't, I agree they look fine to me exposure wise.
 
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Neil P said:
New convert to the Fuji X system here! I was up at the Cameraworld show yesterday and picked up an X-T3 and the 18-55. It was a good deal and included a free battery grip. There is also £90 cashback and a £100 trade-in bonus to come from Fuji as I traded in a Nikon D40X that has been sitting on the shelf at home for a few years.

First impressions? I love the build quality and the way it feels in the hand, but I can see it is going to take a while getting used to it after 12 years of Nikon.
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I changed from Nikon in May this year to XT3. Very pleased I did it, have found that fitting the battery grip helps me with keeping camera steady, I have fairly large hands. I am glad now I took the plunge.
 
rick448 said:
I guess spot metering on the white bird would underexpose as it would be trying to make it 18% grey, much like shooting snow, but that doesn't explain the kingfisher, although if the spot was on the water at all that could have underexposed due to the relative brightness against the subject. I had missed the bit in the post saying these were not tweaked, the white bird looks fine to me, the kingfisher is slightly under, but maybe the reflection in the water fooled the camera, and I think the spot metering / focus point was not on the bird as it is clearly not in focus.

Are you using single spot and single shot focus then?
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nandbytes said:
May be I am missing something on my phone but the egret shots the subject i.e. the egret itself looks well exposed. Looks like the spot metering has done the right thing.

The kingfisher shot is underexposed, which I couldn't explain unless your had you exposure compensation dial turned by mistake?
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I'm using AF-C with back button focus with a single AF point. The Kingfisher shots are a complete mystery to me, shot at 400ISO while resting on the ledge of the hide, focus point is on the birds head, but nothing is in focus and it's noisy for 400ISO.

Here's a 100% crop, taken from the original in LR, using the "Edit In" function & PS, so there are minimal changes to the original. kingfisher_crop.jpg

Like I say, I have used the T2 with the 100-400 & 1.4TC extensively with very good results, so I'm convinced I must have something else in the set up wrong. However, my landscapes & portraits seem fine.
 
Jelster said:
I'm using AF-C with back button focus with a single AF point. The Kingfisher shots are a complete mystery to me, shot at 400ISO while resting on the ledge of the hide, focus point is on the birds head, but nothing is in focus and it's noisy for 400ISO.

Here's a 100% crop, taken from the original in LR, using the "Edit In" function & PS, so there are minimal changes to the original. View attachment 258969

Like I say, I have used the T2 with the 100-400 & 1.4TC extensively with very good results, so I'm convinced I must have something else in the set up wrong. However, my landscapes & portraits seem fine.
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Can you check the focus mask in LR to see what it was focussing on? Forgive me, but I don't know if this i possible, but I use that in ON1 Raw. Could it be the OIS in the lens has caused an issue as it was resting like being on a tripod?
 
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