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

I should have an X10 with new sensor in my hands next week for a few days. However I never did have orbs (perhaps down to how I shoot) so I'm probably not the best person to test it. But I will at least be able to check out general IQ to see if I notice any differences.
 
Lindsay D said:
I should have an X10 with new sensor in my hands next week for a few days. However I never did have orbs (perhaps down to how I shoot) so I'm probably not the best person to test it. But I will at least be able to check out general IQ to see if I notice any differences.
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Yes, I don't think I'm brave enough to send mine off just yet. Will need to see some reports on these sensors before I actually ship it
 
I have never seen one orb, but as Lindsay my shooting is not prone to it. I have even tried to force some unsuccessfully. Are all X10 affected or is there a chance that with latest firmware the orb issue may not be there on all X10s?
The only reason for me getting it changed would be for when I come to sell the camera and whether I get questioned on which sensor it has and if that would devalue it (although many outside of forums may not even realise there is an orb issue...)
 
I think all X10's are affected by orbs, but they are not obvious in most situations.
You mainly get them if the scene you are shooting has very bright reflections, i.e, sun reflected off water, reflections off shiny surfaces ( sun on chrome trim etc)
I don't generally see them in the vast majority of my shots, but once I do, they are difficult to miss.

I can take exactly the same shot with the same settings on my X100 ( other cameras are available!) and there are no orbs.
Allan
 
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Thanks Allan. I will have to try harder (sounds like being back at school)
I have tried strong light reflections on chrome and so on and still not got them.
 
I might have to give Fuji a chase, in spite of registering a few couple of weeks ago and the promise of packing being sent out nothing has materialised yet.
 
Living in Germany at the moment and things seem to be slightly different here: no boxes sent, no P&P paid for (although they send it back free of charge), turn-over time is at least two weeks. Info is from an official Fuji representative whom I spoke to on the phone earlier this week. The woman also said that they would do a full check on the camera and replace the sensor when needed... She couldn't explain what the criteria were, though!
 
DuncanDisorderly said:
Congratulations to Lindsay D :thumbs:
A Gold and two Highly Commendeds in the SWPP and BPPA professional imaging competition.
http://lindsaydobsonphotography.com...12/06/Lindsay_Dobson_Landscape_UK_2012WEB.jpg

By any chance, is that landscape from your X10 set? :thinking:
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You are lovely!

I had the 550D and the X10 on me that day, but off the top of the head I'm not sure which camera took that one. From just looking at them I find it very difficult if not impossible to judge which shots came from which body - one of the reasons I like the X10 output so much. It was one of the earlier shots in the day (before I ditched the Canon in favour of the lightness of the X10) so was probably from the 550D. I've now got quite a few competition images stashed away which came out of the X10 - it's a handy little thing to have on me, that's for sure.
 
Lindsay D said:
I had the 550D and the X10 on me that day, but off the top of the head I'm not sure which camera took that one. From just looking at them I find it very difficult if not impossible to judge which shots came from which body - one of the reasons I like the X10 output so much. It was one of the earlier shots in the day (before I ditched the Canon in favour of the lightness of the X10) so was probably from the 550D. I've now got quite a few competition images stashed away which came out of the X10 - it's a handy little thing to have on me, that's for sure.
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Ha!
Not just me who has trouble then!
I'll admit to recently spending a few baffling minutes trying to work out why an image from my 5DII was looking quite noisy at ISO 3200; a sure sign I mucked up the exposure and tried to recover it in Lightroom.
But I couldn't work out which slider I'd lent on too hard.
Eventually it dawned on me that it was an X10 image :D
Thank goodness the RAW file extension is different; saves diving into the meta data to check which is which.

This problem is less likely to happen in the future as my 5DII is going to be regularly paired with the 135mm f2.
The image quality out of that lens is unmistakable, even on a 6"x4" print.
Dive into my Jubilee Gallery and you will see what I mean.
http://www.wild-landscapes.co.uk/Blog/2012-06-03-Jubilee/
 
DuncanDisorderly said:
Ha!
Not just me who has trouble then!
I'll admit to recently spending a few baffling minutes trying to work out why an image from my 5DII was looking quite noisy at ISO 3200; a sure sign I mucked up the exposure and tried to recover it in Lightroom.
But I couldn't work out which slider I'd lent on too hard.
Eventually it dawned on me that it was an X10 image :D
Thank goodness the RAW file extension is different; saves diving into the meta data to check which is which.

This problem is less likely to happen in the future as my 5DII is going to be regularly paired with the 135mm f2.
The image quality out of that lens is unmistakable, even on a 6"x4" print.
Dive into my Jubilee Gallery and you will see what I mean.
http://www.wild-landscapes.co.uk/Blog/2012-06-03-Jubilee/
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Wow, those shots are really lovely Duncan!

On every outing (professional or otherwise) I now have the X10 on me, I can't resist using it at every opportunity. On the unprocessed files I can sometimes tell which is from the X10 as the colours are so good and the white balance is so accurate - more so than any other camera I've owned. Plus in the high ISO shots the colours remain true, not washed out as they do on my DSLRs.
 
Still very impressed with the optical quality of the X10 lens...

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Blank_Canvas said:
Still very impressed with the optical quality of the X10 lens...
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Can I ask what in camera settings you used for this? As I feel that even in good light and low ISo my images appear noisy
 
Lindsay D said:
Wow, those shots are really lovely Duncan!
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Cheers!
My new lens is one of the few occasions I've ever felt the kit is making a significant difference to the images I'm capturing.
This is not an incremental change like improved reach or better low light handling; for me this is a revelation!
I wish I'd tried this style of photography years ago; but part of me acknowledges that I probably wasn't ready for it.

On the Fuji front....
Looks like I'm going to be using the X10 for ALL the shots that can't be grabbed on the 135mm.

I'd also like to echo something mentioned by Spiritflier several pages ago regards peoples reaction to having the X10 pointed at them.
During the festival setup people looked distinctly uncomfortable being watched by the big camera, but were quite relaxed when I was using the X10.
There was a definite balance between getting that magic 135mm f2 look and having a relaxed smiling subject.
Things changed on the big day itself, everyone was happy being photographed by both cameras.
 
jamin100 said:
Can I ask what in camera settings you used for this? As I feel that even in good light and low ISo my images appear noisy
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Can you post an example?
There are quite a few of us happy to confirm whether we are getting similar results.
Worth noting that pixel peeping at ISO 100 is not the same smooth creamy experience of the 5DII, but it's plenty good enough to print at A3.
 
jamin100 said:
Can I ask what in camera settings you used for this? As I feel that even in good light and low ISo my images appear noisy
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I took the Falcon shot on ISO 200, I always use the smallest ISO I think I can get away with.

Aperture F2.8 @ 1/250 sec

It might be worth doing a factory reset, just a thought ?
 
DuncanDisorderly said:
Cheers!

I'd also like to echo something mentioned by Spiritflier several pages ago regards peoples reaction to having the X10 pointed at them.
During the festival setup people looked distinctly uncomfortable being watched by the big camera, but were quite relaxed when I was using the X10.
There was a definite balance between getting that magic 135mm f2 look and having a relaxed smiling subject.
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Tell me about it - I feel quite uncomfortable carrying a DSLR in some of the situations which interest me, and I find myself inhibited from getting the shots I'm after. With the X10 in my hands everything changes and I feel quite bold and liberated, nobody seems to bother and they probably think I'm just a tourist. It's fab! The silent mode is such a boon at times, too.
 
I've tried to get on with this camera I really have, but alas some people don't get on with it.

Now up for sale in the classifieds with the Leica soft release button thrown in for good measure.

Goodbye X10 :(
 
DuncanDisorderly said:
...I'd also like to echo something mentioned by Spiritflier several pages ago regards peoples reaction to having the X10 pointed at them...
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Lindsay D said:
...With the X10 in my hands everything changes and I feel quite bold and liberated, nobody seems to bother and they probably think I'm just a tourist. It's fab! The silent mode is such a boon at times, too.
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I'm shooting my first wedding since I bought the X10 tomorrow and I fully intend on making good use of it for precisely the reasons mentioned previously... I have a feeling that it'll make for some good, gritty mono candid shots throughout the day! ;)

Unfortunately, the weather forecast is absolutely lousy so I reckon it's going to get a good work-out indoors! :shrug:
 
Well my X10 has arrived and I've updated the firmware to 1.03 and registered it with Fujifilm. So what I need now are some useful tips to start learning to get the best out of it! But apart from that, its a lovely peice of kit and I'm really excited about it.
 
Murraypics said:
Well my X10 has arrived and I've updated the firmware to 1.03 and registered it with Fujifilm. So what I need now are some useful tips to start learning to get the best out of it! But apart from that, its a lovely peice of kit and I'm really excited about it.
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Hi Murraypics. I got mine last week and i'm made up with it. I find using on EXR mode does it proud. It takes care of all the setting for you. Though you can still tinkle about with it too. Good luck.
 
Congratulations on your first purchase. Another easy win is to put it in Aperture priority mode, press the Macro button on the rear and go into Super Macro mode. Just find a flower in the garden and get really close. I think you will be impressed.
 
ChrisR said:
I read somewhere that most of us are really bad at editing (ie selection) of our own shots, and I'm no exception. I've picked out a few here anyway (far too many, really) that might give something of the flavour of the place, and how well the X10 performed...

We stayed just outside the amazing wall that goes right round the Old City of Jerusalem ( "only" 16th century); this is a corner section, with (I thnk) a mosque inside the wall.


end of part 1 (sorry I got them the wrong way round!)

This visit was an assault on the sense in many different ways. Truly amazing. I hope you liked the pictures.

Chris
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Love the pictures Chris. I have some shells from the Dead Sea, collected (no, not by me) around 1920. I didn't think anything lived in there with all that salt!
I just noticed you live in Kenilworth. We moved down here from the Fletchamstead Highway end of the Kenilworth Road at the end of '99
Small world eh?

Allan
 
Lindsay D said:
I'd love to try some wedding shots with my X10! Have a great day tomorrow and I'll look forward to seeing the pictures!
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Thanks Lindsay... I'm wearing my lucky cufflinks so I'm hoping the weather will break in my favour! ;)

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(Sorry about the crap picture. It was shot on my phone)
 
Blank_Canvas said:
Congratulations on your first purchase. Another easy win is to put it in Aperture priority mode, press the Macro button on the rear and go into Super Macro mode. Just find a flower in the garden and get really close. I think you will be impressed.
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I agree with you on the super macro mode. Very impressive.
 
Steve2461 said:
Hi Murraypics. I got mine last week and i'm made up with it. I find using on EXR mode does it proud. It takes care of all the setting for you. Though you can still tinkle about with it too. Good luck.
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Agree with EXR mode. Okay it makes the camera 100% point and shoot but I find that with small sensor cameras adjusting things like Aperture manually doesn't make that much difference (or no where near as much as an SLR anyway). EXR will lean towards the best combination pretty much every time and leans toward f4.0 as that is supposedly best for IQ as long as the light is there with a low ISO and fairly decent shutter speed otherwise it goes to f2.0 when required. It also selects the right amount of DR as don't always need DR400.

For shots where something like shutter speed is critical then clearly EXR is not the right mode. I know people like to feel they have manual control over the camera and EXR is for novices but it works so well I got over that feeling and just concentrate on the actual subject and composition now (which to me is the difficult bit anyway)
 
Spiritflier said:
Thanks Lindsay... I'm wearing my lucky cufflinks so I'm hoping the weather will break in my favour! ;)

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Hurry up and put them on, the weathers awful here......

Alllan
 
BarryG said:
I've tried to get on with this camera I really have, but alas some people don't get on with it.

Now up for sale in the classifieds with the Leica soft release button thrown in for good measure.

Goodbye X10 :(
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The honeymoon is over for me, too. I loved the X10 at first, but have grown increasingly dissatisfied with it, and the images it produces - there's something I can't put my finger on that bugs me about them.

I'm hanging on to my X10, though. It's the best compact I've got and I'll be using it as that. I just won't be using it very much.
 
I'm happy with the pictures that it produces, but the viewfinder is the bit that I just can't get on with. I think I've used an SLR for too long, I need to put the camera to my face, but doing that and finding no focal marker is just too hard to get on with.

Lovely pics, nice camera, but not for me.
 
Just starting to use mine. Some comment has been made about it's suitability for action photography, and the other day I got bored lugging my D300s and sigma 70-200 around so I thought I would give it a try.

on EXR auto mode as I havnt got beyond that yet, but it does mean the camera can do better.

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Certainly it isnt a DSLR and I had to adjust my shutter timing, pre focussing as usual. Also I need to practise framing better both of these were significant crops so better quality is there for the asking, all about really knowing your equipment.

I would also echo previous comments about the x10 being less obtrusive, people tend to shy away from a DSLR, but are oblivious to the little X10.
 
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I'm happy with the pictures that it produces, but the viewfinder is the bit that I just can't get on with. I think I've used an SLR for too long, I need to put the camera to my face, but doing that and finding no focal marker is just too hard to get on with.
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Barry, I think it's a confidence thing! I just pre focus in the middle of the viewfinder for general shots, then hold focus and reframe if required. It's not a DSLR and has a lot more depth of field due to the smaller sensor, so normally focussing isnt that critical. Of course if you go macro the just use the LCD screen!!!
 
BarryG said:
I'm happy with the pictures that it produces, but the viewfinder is the bit that I just can't get on with. I think I've used an SLR for too long, I need to put the camera to my face, but doing that and finding no focal marker is just too hard to get on with.
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It's the viewfinder's lack of precision for framing that really annoys me.

It does have one strong point. Low level, wide angle close ups. :thumbs:

Just taken this one.

 
allanm said:
Hurry up and put them on, the weathers awful here...
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Try being in Wales right now... It's bloody horrendous! To make matters worse, the wedding is in a hotel that's on top of a cliff in the path of the incoming bad weather! :bang:

With that in mind, I'm saving the magical power of my cufflinks until later! :D
 
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