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

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Nice Tornado role demo shots ! Off to Waddington next week-hope summer returns!
 
DuncanDisorderly said:
Woooo !!!!
Responses don't get much better than that!
Love the headline shot of the kiddie with the gun :thumbs:
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Thanks, I was really pressed with the shots I managed to achieve with the x10

That gun was mounted in a chinook (sp?) helicopter
 
Did you check the serial number of the camera you get back from Fuji? Had mine back 2 days ago and spent the night taking pics. Next morning I had a call from Fuji to say I have the wrong camera and am I happy to keep it Because the person who got mine is happy. I said no as there are a few things wrong with this one like the flash is sticky and slow to pop up and the Menu/OK button is too recessed. I'll be getting a pre-pay box soon to send this one back and get my proper camera in a few days.
 
soul deep said:
I've never thought of setting up my own little internal studio for digital photography. Last I had done anything like that it was a dark room with my enlarger, trays and fixing chemicals 20 odd years back. Wow I do miss that style of developing. The smells were very comforting ;)

What’s your set up like? A shed? Do you use a black cloth to back the shots?
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paul williams said:
I have what I call a 'shed' at the bottom of the garden, though in truth it is a substantial brick building - but it is where I go to do stuff that the family aren't interested in or would cause an upheaval in the main house. It isn't very big and besides my studio equipment also operates as a home cinema and houses my stereo which has a totally negative WAF (Wife Acceptance Factor) so is bulging at the seams.

I'll go and cut one of those white rose's a little later and use the studio set-up. I have a black cloth background and my usual set-up is to use a square softbox top/slightly behind pointing down and then another front to one side.

One of the reasons I decided to try the X10 was it's ability to sync with flash at much higher shutter values than a DSLR which could give an interesting perspective for outdoor flash (using my studio lights and not hotshoe flash). So rather than use high powered flash units (which I don't have) to 'overpower' the sun I could use high shutter speeds to remove the effects of ambient light. My studio flash units are perfect indoors but a bit underpowered outside, though I have been known to use them in banks into an 80 inch 'brolly or use three heads into a 60 inch octobox but the 'faf' factor is quite big and I don't do the outside thing much these days for these reasons. A quick play indoors a few nights ago would suggest no problem syncing at 1/2000th sec but I am restricted to using a cable as the fastest wireless trigger I have maxes out at just under a 1/500th.
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Well I did say it was bursting at the seams
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These are a few quick & dirty shots from the above set-up.

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Paul
 
I'm afraid I can't echo the positive comments of others here about Fuji UK's customer service. After nearly 2 weeks, I finally received my X10 back for sensor replacement, having received no status emails and being on hold so long with Fuji to chase it that I had to give up. However, the lens is damaged, when I turned it on the outer casing of the barrel came loose and then unscrewed completely as I zoomed it.

Needless to say, I can't get hold of Fuji to complain, so it looks like my X10 won't be accompanying me on holiday. I'm so sad that my beloved compact camera is out of action. A case of nice camera, poor company.
 
Mine is winging its way back to Fuji today, fingers crossed.
 
Bruin said:
Did you check the serial number of the camera you get back from Fuji? Had mine back 2 days ago and spent the night taking pics. Next morning I had a call from Fuji to say I have the wrong camera and am I happy to keep it Because the person who got mine is happy. I said no as there are a few things wrong with this one like the flash is sticky and slow to pop up and the Menu/OK button is too recessed. I'll be getting a pre-pay box soon to send this one back and get my proper camera in a few days.
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I got mine back, clean as a whistle and working like a dream.
Apart from the two week wait, I am very happy with Fuji
Allan
 
It does seem a lottery with Fuji UK at the moment, many people are happy with their repairs, but in other instances like mine the process goes badly wrong. I'm afraid I have lost confidence in the company, and I'm regretting straying from my usual loyalty to Canon and not buying a G1X instead.
 
jpatrick said:
It does seem a lottery with Fuji UK at the moment, many people are happy with their repairs, but in other instances like mine the process goes badly wrong. I'm afraid I have lost confidence in the company, and I'm regretting straying from my usual loyalty to Canon and not buying a G1X instead.
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The service you received is unacceptable and I would complain in the strongest terms.

A G1X - God no.
 
Mines gone off today too. Although I forgot to write down the reference number!!!!
 
Lindsay D said:
Don't worry. You should get an acknowledgement email when it arrives at Fuji, that will have your reference number in. Otherwise they can give it to you over the phone from your address.
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Thanks, just hoping its back before the 14th July :s
 
A very interesting and thought provoking series of images Lindsay. Thank you.
 
Mine's gone off today, in the Fuji supplied box, so that makes three of us sending back today? I put a note in mine to ask they did mine first and hope the other two don't mind being second and third to me :lol:
 
Just bought my wife a Nikon L120 a small bridge like camera. Bargain at Argos at £130 BUT ....... after taking a look at the first batch of shots and looking at those the X10 takes how can I make a sensible evaluation of the L120 as the X10 images as so so much better?

Bought via Argos web site so could send back under DSR and whilst my wife says she is happy with the camera it sure wouldn't do for me.

But getting her something below £200 which she can use having numb finger ends (Carpel Tunnel Syndrome) has been the challenge?
 
DayDreamer said:
Just bought my wife a Nikon L120 a small bridge like camera. Bargain at Argos at £130 BUT ....... after taking a look at the first batch of shots and looking at those the X10 takes how can I make a sensible evaluation of the L120 as the X10 images as so so much better?
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Trouble is now, the bar has been set high for you......

Allan
 
allanm said:
Trouble is now, the bar has been set high for you......

Allan
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How very true.

She did try my X10 and with a big soft release button it could have worked but she wanted her own camera and not share with me! And it would of been more than our budget :)

She has gone out with the L120 to the steam railway, near to where we live, in Totnes and meanwhile I am looking at Argos Returns Policy, Dpreview, Steve's Digicams, Snapsort comparisons, Camerapricebuster, etc, etc.

Stressful this camera business :gag:
 
Firebaby said:
A very interesting and thought provoking series of images Lindsay. Thank you.
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Not sure how you're seeing them but to my eyes I'd say they look like they've been taken with one of my DSLRs. As in good solid, clean, normal looking shots. But not as Fuji-ish as before.

I've just made some tweaks in-camera and I'm going through this afternoon's village day images - there's no doubt that the pictures are very good indeed, though they are a little different to before. I'll put a link in when they're ready.
 
Right. Nearly there with today's shots. The tweaks worked. OMG I'm loving what I'm seeing. If these are anything to go by I'm well happy. Yes they are a bit different, but in a good way (for me, at least). They're actually looking a little bit more like my mate's X100 pictures - I think you mentioned that Allan.
 
Lindsay D said:
Right. Nearly there with today's shots. The tweaks worked. OMG I'm loving what I'm seeing. If these are anything to go by I'm well happy. Yes they are a bit different, but in a good way (for me, at least). They're actually looking a little bit more like my mate's X100 pictures - I think you mentioned that Allan.
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Love to see a couple of images when you are ready. I know what you mean about Fuji-ish, I think the new sensor seem to add a little more depth to the images. I must get out and give it a good workout.
Allan
 
Lindsay D said:
Not sure how you're seeing them but to my eyes I'd say they look like they've been taken with one of my DSLRs. As in good solid, clean, normal looking shots. But not as Fuji-ish as before.

I've just made some tweaks in-camera and I'm going through this afternoon's village day images - there's no doubt that the pictures are very good indeed, though they are a little different to before. I'll put a link in when they're ready.
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For my taste they look a lot better. I prefer them on the less saturated side.
 
SsSsSsSsSnake said:
what about a cannon s95?
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Very nice camera I thought that was the one I wanted before I bought the X10. In fact bought one from Amazon and was very impressed but found it very small for me and my fingers even though they aren't big uns!! So Amazon very kindly took it back.

As said in one of my earlier posts my wife has numb fingers and so a small compact would be unusable.
 
paul williams said:
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Paul - thanks for sharing all that info on your studio setup! Your space looks a bit larger than a "small shed" ;)

The images are spot on and very inspiring - but now I'm viewing from my home laptop which does pump up exposure levels but they look stunning to my eye.
 
Today's shots - as usual I shoot in either aperture priority, manual or occasionally shutter priority mode. I do not use EXR mode. On the X 10 I have historically switched off in camera noise reduction and used auto DR, and auto ISO1600. Due to the slight changes in the behaviour of the new sensor, I'm allowing the camera to apply a small amount of noise reduction (I'm shooting JPEG) and today I worked at DR 400%. I think there is a little less dynamic range with the new sensor, though this does result in slightly more natural looking images which some people are bound to prefer. I have to say I like them. As far as processing goes, as before I add a subtle curve bump and a small amount of vibrance. I do not add any sharpening. I think the new sensor renders images which are very slightly cooler than before, so I have slightly warmed the shots in Lightroom, but only slightly.

http://lindsaydobsonphotography.com/blog/?p=7000
 
Lindsay D said:
Thank you. And I'm admiring those flower images - are you contemplating a setup like Paul's? I wish I had time to for that kind of thing, I miss the days when I did photography just for pleasure.
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I am - although I have no space left in my sheds (long overdue spring clean required) I don't have any WAF factor to concern myself about :lol:

I'm redesigning part of my home and thinking about creating a studio area in a spare room. Although I'm purely amateur I would like to work towards creating a professional standard. I know it won't happen overnight, or over a few months for that matter, but with effort, lots of reading, getting out in the field and this great forum I hope to achieve a standard that clients will be willing to pay for (although not necessarily looking to charge and work in the industry).

Yes I guess that’s one of the problems with taking a creative interest and turning it into a profession. It can become too one sided on concentrating on creating the work for the wages to live rather than finding the time to just enjoy the creativity. Still it looks like you still get lots of time to enjoy your X10 :)

I’m just about to upload a new set. When you take quite a few images It takes an age to sort through, decide what to use then actually get them up on a website! This is only the second of about 6 sets I’ll be uploading from my holiday a few weeks back :bonk:
 
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My love/hate relationship with my X10 must have been in love mode today!

I love it for close ups with lots of background context.

No. 82 of an ongoing series of photos of lost balls.
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The power of plants.


A toadstool (on-board flash used).



It seems to be okay for landscapes too.


The X10 is back in my good books again.:)
 
So I've uploaded a set to my website in which its the very first time I've tried cropping some of the photos! Strange I know but I've always just discarded images that I don't think look right and taken the composition sotc.

You can visit the site here http://www.souldeepphotography.com/Visegrad/

If you right click you can select full screen. Rest of the navigation is pretty self explanatory. I'll upload a few onto this thread once I get them up on my flickr site.
 
Lindsay D said:
Today's shots - as usual I shoot in either aperture priority, manual or occasionally shutter priority mode. I do not use EXR mode. On the X 10 I have historically switched off in camera noise reduction and used auto DR, and auto ISO1600. Due to the slight changes in the behaviour of the new sensor, I'm allowing the camera to apply a small amount of noise reduction (I'm shooting JPEG) and today I worked at DR 400%. I think there is a little less dynamic range with the new sensor, though this does result in slightly more natural looking images which some people are bound to prefer. I have to say I like them. As far as processing goes, as before I add a subtle curve bump and a small amount of vibrance. I do not add any sharpening. I think the new sensor renders images which are very slightly cooler than before, so I have slightly warmed the shots in Lightroom, but only slightly.

http://lindsaydobsonphotography.com/blog/?p=7000
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Hi
On the incamera settings, what are you using in terms of saturation sharpness and contrast and colur simulation?
Your latest ones seem very natural for a cloudy day and you are holding the sky well in range. could the cooler look, be down to the conditions or the WB setting, perhaps the new sensor is not represented fully in the existing 1.03 firmware.
 
Film mode: normal (Provia)
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Saturation: Mid

they look more natural due to the characteristics of the new sensor. Shooting DR400% boosts them a bit, as was the case today. The dockyard ones (yesterday) were mostly DR100%. I almost always use autoWB on the X10 (which I never do on any of my other cameras) because it's so good - and it's still good.
 
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