The Official Fuji X10/X20/X30/XF1/XQ1 Thread

souldeep said:
Lovely shot. Let me guess - due to the clarity of the water that wasn't shot around Essex ;)
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It's not too bad round here :) but that was porthleven over easter
 
Not sure if this is appropriate, but later this month we're going on a trip to Israel with a group, and I'll be taking my little X10 along. It'll be a highly organised tour, little opportunity to wander off the itinerary, and I'm going to have to just grab what I can, I guess.

I'm assuming it will be harsh day-time lighting, plus a range of interesting interiors, and maybe a few landscape shots (Masada, Dead Sea, that sort of thing).

So, any advice on (minimal) gear to take, technique etc?

I've got a Marumi 40mm UV filter on, and have not bought the step-up adapter or the hood. I've got the original strap, which I suspect will be a pain. Thinking about a wrist strap, but it seems to me that leaves the camera dangling and quite exposed with the slightly protruding lens. I'm using a £5 shoulder bag, mainly so it doesn't shout "camera in here", but it's a bit of a pain to get the camera out so I may step up, maybe the Apex 100?

Anyway, any advice would be welcome...
 
ChrisR said:
Not sure if this is appropriate, but later this month we're going on a trip to Israel with a group, and I'll be taking my little X10 along. It'll be a highly organised tour, little opportunity to wander off the itinerary, and I'm going to have to just grab what I can, I guess.

I'm assuming it will be harsh day-time lighting, plus a range of interesting interiors, and maybe a few landscape shots (Masada, Dead Sea, that sort of thing).

So, any advice on (minimal) gear to take, technique etc?

I've got a Marumi 40mm UV filter on, and have not bought the step-up adapter or the hood. I've got the original strap, which I suspect will be a pain. Thinking about a wrist strap, but it seems to me that leaves the camera dangling and quite exposed with the slightly protruding lens. I'm using a £5 shoulder bag, mainly so it doesn't shout "camera in here", but it's a bit of a pain to get the camera out so I may step up, maybe the Apex 100?

Anyway, any advice would be welcome...
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I've visited myself. From the mountains in the north, the sea in the west, the green of the east and the desert of the south - it's a diverse place to shoot!

It’s good you have a UV protecting the lens as it sure was a dusty sandy experience in the southern parts.

I would suggest an ND filter for north and east if you want to get arty with the great waterfalls and bubbling stream scenes.

Maybe a polarizer as Galilee, Dead Sea, Med at Ceseria etc would benefit.

Bag wise I have the following that I picked up for £15. It fits the X10 with hood attached, spare batteries, charger and filters but is still small and I personally think quite cool looking http://www.amazon.co.uk/National-Geographic-Small-Shoulder-Bag/dp/B000LY5CUS. This doesn’t shout camera!
 
Joined the X10 club yesterday...........now to figure out how to use it:D Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this great thread and helped me to make up my mind :)
 
allanm said:
Lindsay, it was your Weald and Downland museum set that aroused my interest
Allan
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Thank you Allan, and to the others as well for such kind words. The thing about the X10, which you will all agree with I think, is that it is fun to own. It makes you want to go places and take pictures, which you probably wouldn't bother to do if you had to lug a DSLR about.

I too was inspired to buy one after reading this thread, so many great images by excellent photographers, and I have certainly been impressed by Duncan's images - just gorgeous. No doubt this thread will continue to grow and motivate me to get out more.
 
I thought I'd better add a couple of shots that I took this evening. First time out with minimal reading of the manual (such as it is). Just put it in P mode and black and white. Lots more to learn methinks!


Havant Railway Station by Keith Burton, on Flickr


Door by Keith Burton, on Flickr
 
souldeep said:
And to add - get a couple more spare batteries :)
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:agree: You'll be lost without a couple of spares and they're certainly cheap enough!

Here's one from me from a session on Borth beach this evening... I was out to shoot some long exposures with the 5DMKII but put the X10 in the bag as well. While the 5DMKII was busy chewing over a 2 minute exposure, I managed to get a few shots of this beautiful Akita (called Nikita) who came to say hello and made herself comfortable on the slipway. :)

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Spiritflier said:
:agree: You'll be lost without a couple of spares and they're certainly cheap enough!

Here's one from me from a session on Borth beach this evening... I was out to shoot some long exposures with the 5DMKII but put the X10 in the bag as well. While the 5DMKII was busy chewing over a 2 minute exposure, I managed to get a few shots of this beautiful Akita (called Nikita) who came to say hello and made herself comfortable on the slipway. :)

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Thats a cracker mate!!! X10 looks an incredible camera I have to say, very impressed with the quality of the shots!
 
Spiritflier said:
:agree: You'll be lost without a couple of spares and they're certainly cheap enough!

Here's one from me from a session on Borth beach this evening... I was out to shoot some long exposures with the 5DMKII but put the X10 in the bag as well. While the 5DMKII was busy chewing over a 2 minute exposure, I managed to get a few shots of this beautiful Akita (called Nikita) who came to say hello and made herself comfortable on the slipway. :)

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Cracking shot, I just got an X10 yesterday, haven't had a chance to use it yet. What settings did you use for that shot ? The IQ is amazing.
I was reluctant to buy one in case it meant I'd use my 5D mkii less, but after seeing what the x10 is capable of I had to get one.
 
After seeing so many great photos on this forum taken with the X10 I thought I had better throw in some my photos. I have had the camera since last December and are very impressed with the results.
All photos are jpeg and in A mode.
Thankyou for a great forum.

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TiggyWink said:
Thanks for that! And so quickly Jonothan.

I bought a Gordy's strap in black leather with a red flash. It looks good. And the leather has softened in use. It co-ordinates very well with the ladybird soft button on top.
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Had a look at the Gordy's strap, looks nice, :thinking: where did you buy it from?
 
jimgallaher said:
...What settings did you use for that shot ? The IQ is amazing.
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Thanks Jim,
It was shot on Aperture Priority in RAW and processed in CS5 and Nik Silver Efex for the mono processing. :)

jimgallaher said:
...I was reluctant to buy one in case it meant I'd used my 5D mkii less, but after seeing what the x10 is capable of I had to get one.
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If you're anything like me, you'll find that you'll use the X10 as a supplement to the X10 rather than a replacement for it so I wouldn't worry too much about the 5DMKII becoming redundant. ;)
 
Took this earlier. I'm not wondering whether I made it a touch too dark. Oh well, I'm using an uncalibrated monitor anyway!

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allanm said:
I have a couple of Gordy's straps. They are nice.
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Allan, I'm seriously thinking of one of these. However, I've just tried my X10 with an old Sony wrist strap, and it spins as it dangles! I suspect the Gordy strap will be less prone to spinning, but I wondered if you could comment!
 
Jon,

I found it cheaper to buy directly from Gordy. He makes them to order (carrying little stock). I think from point of ordering to receiving, it was about 3 weeks. But I had full colour choice with him. The UK supplier had limited choices (and more expensive).

http://www.gordyscamerastraps.com/

UK supplier:

http://www.tripman.co.uk/www.tripman.co.uk/info.php?p=3&cat=292779

Both communicated very well. Gordy, once he'd made my strap emailed to tell me of despatch. He has a wonderful gallery of his straps on various cameras.

Good luck!

Oh and I got my Gariz lens cap today in black leather that you flagged up and I LOVE it! Thank you so much.
 
Spinning not at all a problem. And though the leather is a bit stiff at first, I've "worked" it gently so that it's now more pliable. I bought a cheap wriststrap at first just to get me secure since I do not like neck straps. But in my book, the Gordy's is a winner.
 
I've ordered a Gordy strap from Tripman... was hoping I'd get it next week, but obviously that's looking unlikely!
 
TiggyWink said:
Spinning not at all a problem. And though the leather is a bit stiff at first, I've "worked" it gently so that it's now more pliable. I bought a cheap wriststrap at first just to get me secure since I do not like neck straps. But in my book, the Gordy's is a winner.
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A little tip I learned with stiff leather products is to soak them in water for a few days, it supples them up abit.
 
Just picked up my X10.

Couple of questions for those with experience;

1) where is the info in the viewfinder
2) where is the focal point in the view finder
3) in A mode, where is the shutter speed shown?

Looks nice, trying hard to love it.
 
BarryG said:
Just picked up my X10.

Couple of questions for those with experience;

1) where is the info in the viewfinder
2) where is the focal point in the view finder
3) in A mode, where is the shutter speed shown?

Looks nice, trying hard to love it.
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I'll do my best to help...

1) Nowhere! :)
2) Nowhere! :)
3) Nowhere in the viewfinder (but on the bottom of the screen if you've got the display enabled). ;)
 
BarryG said:
Just picked up my X10.

Couple of questions for those with experience;

1) where is the info in the viewfinder
2) where is the focal point in the view finder
3) in A mode, where is the shutter speed shown?

Looks nice, trying hard to love it.
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The viewfinder is purely optical - no information is shown of any kind - so that answers your first two questions.

In A mode, you need to have the ISO and the Dynamic Range set manually to show your shutter speed which will show up next to your aperture. It won't show up if you are using Auto ISO or Auto Dynamic Range. This is the same for P and S modes.
 
Jesus Christ.

I can cope with nothing in the viewfinder re ISO, shutter speed etc - but no focal point?? Really?

Thanks for the tip on the shutter speed Asa, I usually use auto ISO, but not any more I guess!

Looks nice in the hand though!
 
Think I've just had a revelation.

It's a point and shoot isn't it.

Doh!
 
Total activations in exif? Nothing came up on myshuttercount.
 
I took my day old x10 out today for a try out. When I turned it on the LCD screen came on, but nothing would work. Couldn't focus ,change mode, take any pics, nada. Tried to turn it off, but it wouldn't turn off, I removed the battery and re-inserted it, but that made no difference ! I felt like trowing the bloody thing in the river as I'd driven some distance to a local beauty spot to get some nice pics.
When I got home I tried ringing Calumet (where I bought it) but they close at 4 on Saturday, so I googled it and some people said they had similar problems, and could only resolve it by formatting the memory card.
I am using a 7dayshop professional 16gb. And lo and behold when I removed the memory card the camera worked fine using the built in memory. After I formatted the sd card (fat 32) it seems to work fine. Has anyone else experienced this problem ?
I know the manual has some blurb about memory compatibilty but this is the first time I've had a camera throw such a hissy fit over a memory card. To be honest it hasn't given me a good feeling about the camera.
 
AESamuel said:
In A mode, you need to have the ISO and the Dynamic Range set manually to show your shutter speed which will show up next to your aperture. It won't show up if you are using Auto ISO or Auto Dynamic Range. This is the same for P and S modes.
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Although it obviously does show up when you half press the shutter button. Wouldn't expect it to show before that due to the variables of ISO and DR which are also not set until half press so the shutter speed is 'not known' before that as it is part of the calculation with ISO and DR to get what the camera thinks is best at that specific point in time.
 
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BarryG said:
Think I've just had a revelation.

It's a point and shoot isn't it.

Doh!
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Have to ask why you couldn't try an X10 for 10 seconds in a shop (they are in most high street shops)
Your finding on optical viewfinder would have been immediately apparent?

If the viewfinder had focus, aperture, shutter speed and ISO it would clearly be far better but would also cost £200 more as that seems to be the norm with these things. I shoot through the viewfinder 90% of the time and don't get any issues because I know what the camera will do now, but would love to have the extra info (but not £200 love it)
 
BarryG said:
It's a point and shoot isn't it.
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Yes. Which is why one minute I love it, then hate it the next, and why I've gone from using it all the time to only taking it out when I don't want to take a proper camera out.

The X10 can make great pictures but it's limitations started to annoy me too much. One thing it is really, really good for is low level close ups.
 
The X10 is a compact camera - I don't really think of it as a 'point and shoot' since it's very sophisticated and is not really aimed at beginners - it's very much a photographer's camera. I find it odd when the X10 is compared to a DSLR - it's a totally different kind of tool. If you want to avoid the limitations of a small system then there is no alternative but to lug the big stuff around!

My X10 and I got a bit wet at a vintage motorcycle rally this morning: http://lindsaydobsonphotography.com/blog/?p=6291
 
Yet another depressingly good set of photos from you Lindsay - you have a good idea for a photo, I am jealous!!!!

You seem to be using the X10 an awful lot, are you mainly using the screen or the viewfinder to compose (and this question to all users really)

Reason I ask is my eyesight is such that I have to put glasses on to see the screen but can adjust the viewfinder to compensate, ie how usable is the viewfinder on the X10?
 
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