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

souldeep said:
Not the weather - I'm still lurking and watching you chaps but decided to take a back seat after a few public comments about my posts (and PM's) - you know us sensitive arty types hehe ;) Funny but the whole lifecycle of my photography concluded here. With that taken away it kind of de-motivates. I guess I was shooting, and posting quite a lot!

Anyway keep going - it's been very interesting watching your styles develop. I will continue to be a silent observer.

BTW - I'm still X10'd up and believe in the little camera. It is a great camera and will prove the test of time.
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Let me be one to say I have very very thoroughly enjoyed all your posts as you seemed to have been the one who made the biggest journey with their X10. Sorry if this causes anyone else offence but this is how I feel.

Equally I have a lot to thank Duncan for not the least of which is his mantra "expose for the highlights and let the shadows take care of themselves". Duncan have you really left the thread for good :shake:

Martyn I have loved the way you have gone with PP and as a result it rubbed off on me where I now try and 'think outside the box' (sorry to use such bloody awful jargon).

My X10 is a distant memory as my hands, and body, couldn't use it very easily so I now own a Nikon P7700 (no thread for this camera :shrug:) but which, after several months of owning, has hardly been used. I have been spending my time going over old shots from an assortment of pseudo (none DSLR) cameras to practice PP especially with my recent purchase of LightRoom 4 which I love :love:

So Martyn get back in here please :thumbs:
 
Hi everyone. I come from Bulgaria and I am new here. I also was ispired by all of you and bought this nice little camera. Martyn please do post in the future. Your work is phenomenal.
Regards to all of you.
 
:wave: Welcome Iliyan & make sure you also post some of your photos :clap:
 
Rob, Pete, thanks for the comments.
Allan, luv the shed/barn.
Jon, the steps are right up my street. (excuse the pun):lol:

souldeep, “decided to take a back seat after a few public comments about my posts (and PM's)?” “it kind of de-motivates. I guess I was shooting, and posting quite a lot!?”
What a load of tosh!!!
Someone once said “Print and be bu****d” or something like that.
SO POST AND POST AS MANY AS YOU SEE FIT.
Someone made remarks aimed at me I think, (or am I being paranoid) for posting 20 holiday snaps and there was only 19, cheek.;)

Iliyan, welcome.

Rhodese.
 
I'm looking forward to your first photos, Iliyan, and hoping too that the modest images below will encourage you and Martyn - now our reluctant contributor - to give us something more worthwhile!

There can be little doubt that the drab conditions of recent weeks (even months) have affected the number of photos posted here. However, new to habitually having a camera in my pocket, I find that my walks are now spiced by hitherto ephemeral random thoughts, however trivial, being given permanence by the X10; this seems to by-pass the need even to attempt photographic 'fine art' - something of a relief in my case!

Below, for example, I saw ducks marching to the left, and hens to the right: a clear 'ethnic' difference, but both enjoying 'peaceful co-existence', the human interpretation of which must often be the subject of strong exhortation in the building beyond:


DSCF3591 by wylyeangler, on Flickr

The warning attached to the footpath signpost had irritated me for months now, and only mulling over the X10 photo has made me understand why. I suspect no angler of my age can have escaped an encounter with a bull, and a ''Google'' search reveals possible obfuscation with respect to the regulations for keeping potentially aggressive cattle close to a footpath. I have never seen a bull in that field, and don't expect to with the presumed farmer having effectively declared liability in advance! Obviously it is a ruse to minimise use of the footpath. Although not an exactly analogous danger, can you imagine the furore a notice to the effect, "Guns in field - rabbit shooting" might cause, even though that activity could be legal beyond a certain distance from a public footpath?


DSCF3619 by wylyeangler, on Flickr

I don't think I've ever 'pulled a camera' on a stranger before, and shan't again, petrified by the 'old-fashioned' stare to which I was subjected, and which, I think, is quite evident in this photo. You will have to take my word however, that I was treated to a last second winning smile; not so much I think in acknowledgement of my stunning 'matinee-idol' good looks, but more in great relief that that same countenance didn't frighten the horses!


DSCF3626 by wylyeangler, on Flickr

Pete
 
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DayDreamer,
John, I know what you mean about the handling of the X10. I have had to make adaptations to maintain functionality, flash handles, cable release, monopod bracket for panoramas. For me it aint easy getin ode with Arthur Riteuss.

Rhodese.
 
Pete, them osses look good.
Rhodese.
 
Gang,

I'm still here, the c**p weather and work have meant I haven't shot anything worthy of sharing since I got my camera back after repair. Off to Thialand next week for 2 weeks travelling around and travelling light with just the X10 and no DSLR. I am determined that it is good enough!
 
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I must admit to not using my X10 so much of late because I've been neglecting it. Always good to see the diverse uses people put theirs to. So spurred on by the great pictures posted recently I've picked mine up again.

Round town the other day I got this one.

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And I slipped it in my bag when I went to find the snow which seems to have blanketed the entire county with the exception of the coastal plain where I live. Just five or six miles away the land begins to rise slowly towards the Pennines, and there was the snow.

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The X10 made this final picture possible because I was able to balance on a rock and hold the camera above my head using the screen to frame the shot.

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I've got to say that since I started taking jpegs the results have been much better.
 
Having a slight panic about taking the X10 only to Thailand. I read somewhere, I think it was on this thread, but I can't find it now, that the X10 can stall if you don't reset the frame counter or something similar. I think it might be Duncan that discovered the problem and the cure. Can anyone remember the issue or the cure? I don't want it to happen when I'm away. Thanks in advance.
 
What's your frame count Peter? I'm at over 4,500 with no problems so far...
 
petercastleton said:
Having a slight panic about taking the X10 only to Thailand. I read somewhere, I think it was on this thread, but I can't find it now, that the X10 can stall if you don't reset the frame counter or something similar. I think it might be Duncan that discovered the problem and the cure. Can anyone remember the issue or the cure? I don't want it to happen when I'm away. Thanks in advance.
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Hi Peter, it was indeed Duncan writing about this issue:
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?p=5273521&highlight=counter+reset#post5273521

Happens only when reaching 10,000 shots. Remedy: format card(s) first, then reset counter.

I envy you; I spent nearly 6 years in Thailand. I'd love to go back with my X10. So many fantastic photo opportunities. Enjoy it!
 
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souldeep said:
Not the weather - I'm still lurking and watching you chaps but decided to take a back seat after a few public comments about my posts (and PM's) - you know us sensitive arty types hehe ;) Funny but the whole lifecycle of my photography concluded here. With that taken away it kind of de-motivates. I guess I was shooting, and posting quite a lot!

Anyway keep going - it's been very interesting watching your styles develop. I will continue to be a silent observer.

BTW - I'm still X10'd up and believe in the little camera. It is a great camera and will prove the test of time.
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Martyn, please don't hide. I've enjoyed every single shot you posted. Posting a few more would make many people, I'm sure, very happy.

Thanks & Regards
 
Ed Sutton said:
I've got to say that since I started taking jpegs the results have been much better.
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Same experience here. Might be my lack of RAW developing and/or PP skills, but I seem to get by with simple PP in either LR, RT or DT. SP and I won't be close friends any time soon ;-)

Nice icicle shot, Dave. Like that one. And that ticket wacker, of course!
 
When I had my X10 I took very few, if any, in RAW so can't comment now!!!!

But since I sold the X10 I have been teaching myself from YouTube tutorials more about PP especially in LR4 and find with my more recent P7700 the Jpegs can have blown out skies but the RAWs taken at the same time have enough information in there to bring out the blue.

I guess it depends if you are prepared to spend the time in PP. I remember Duncan (I think it was him:thinking:) turning full circle saying the RAWs were good enough then he seemed to advocate shooting RAWs.
 
Please Duncan add in X20 to this thread title, I'd like to see comments and feedback as people upgrade from 10 to 20. Cheers Robert
 
Piscator Pete said:
I don't think I've ever 'pulled a camera' on a stranger before, and shan't again, petrified by the 'old-fashioned' stare to which I was subjected, and which, I think, is quite evident in this photo. You will have to take my word however, that I was treated to a last second winning smile; not so much I think in acknowledgement of my stunning 'matinee-idol' good looks, but more in great relief that that same countenance didn't frighten the horses!


DSCF3626 by wylyeangler, on Flickr

Pete
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I know the feeling.:)

I almost binned the one of the kids, then I thought why should I there’s nowt wrong, is there?
I think the man in the mono shot had seen me take the one of the kids. The shots where only seconds apart, see the chap in the background fumbling with a bag.
These days the way things are I’m reluctant to take pictures of kids, whereas years gone by it was a pleasure, people enjoyed seeing little uns in pictures, for all the right reasons. We live in sad times.

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Rhodese.
 
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feek said:
I for one was influenced into buying an X10 solely due to this brilliant thread. It was people such as yourself, Allan and others who showed what was possible with this outstanding bit of kit. Not knowing the ins and outs of the public comments towards you (forgive my ignorance on this), I feel that it is essential that people who use equipment to produce such outstanding results should feel free to continue to inspire others of less skill/artistic merit to try to emulate them. This is a photography forum and if we are lucky enough to have great practitioners willing to share their results, I feel they should be encouraged to do so. Mini rant over.:thumbs:
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Amen bruvva. :lol:
Seriously though, that's the exact reasoning behind having Duncan, souldeep, Pete, etc, and Yv posting their shots - to demonstrate what the camera is able to achieve, and convince others buying into a brand they're less familiar perhaps, that it's not a wasted exercise.

@souldeep - you keep posting your photos lad, and step back into the foreground again. You're no shrinking violet, so don't be standing there in the background shadows, letting others dictate your motives or whatever their gripe was about why you posted pics in this thread.
 
robenroute said:
Hi Peter, it was indeed Duncan writing about this issue:
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?p=5273521&highlight=counter+reset#post5273521

Happens only when reaching 10,000 shots. Remedy: format card(s) first, then reset counter.

I envy you; I spent nearly 6 years in Thailand. I'd love to go back with my X10. So many fantastic photo opportunities. Enjoy it!
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Thanks Rob, just what I was looking for, feeling reassured, any tips on street photography in Thailand? Will I get lynched?
 
petercastleton said:
Thanks Rob, just what I was looking for, feeling reassured, any tips on street photography in Thailand? Will I get lynched?
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Thais can be shy, but most of them love posing. And that to such an extent that you may want to revert to inconspicuous street photography when shooting people. Thais are very tolerant in general and will not easily object to you taking pictures. Even in temples or other holy/sacred places. Just be careful with everything related to the royal family; that's very thin ice...

Not sure where you're going and how long you'll be staying where, but if you get a chance to go to Chinatown in Bangkok, you won't regret it. There are lots of little alleys and colourful markets, with plenty of colourful characters. Early morning at the Klong Toey market is worth a trip too. Make sure to wear something old-ish and not too touristy so you blend in better.

Be kind and smile a lot (especially when you do something wrong).

Looking very much forward to see your Thailand shots! Enjoy, Peter!


P.S. if there are any things you'd like to know in particular, drop us a line and I'll see if I can help you.
 
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There is a very nice X10 in the classifieds now if anyone is reading this and is interested in purchasing one! :)
 
robenroute said:
Thais can be shy, but most of them love posing. And that to such an extent that you may want to revert to inconspicuous street photography when shooting people. Thais are very tolerant in general and will not easily object to you taking pictures. Even in temples or other holy/sacred places. Just be careful with everything related to the royal family; that's very thin ice...

Not sure where you're going and how long you'll be staying where, but if you get a chance to go to Chinatown in Bangkok, you won't regret it. There are lots of little alleys and colourful markets, with plenty of colourful characters. Early morning at the Klong Toey market is worth a trip too. Make sure to wear something old-ish and not too touristy so you blend in better.

Be kind and smile a lot (especially when you do something wrong).

Looking very much forward to see your Thailand shots! Enjoy, Peter!


P.S. if there are any things you'd like to know in particular, drop us a line and I'll see if I can help you.
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Thanks for the quick reply and tips Rob, we are travelling around a fair bit, will check out Chinatown in Bangkok on your recommendation!
 
Piscator Pete said:
Thanks Rob - I'm amazed anyone reads the stuff!

Pete
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:wave: I always read it & smile even though I don't always make comment so do keep up the writing & your take on your world, as you see it, on your strolls through the countryside.

Photography (to me & many others I assume) is so much more than buying umpteen thousands of pounds worth of kit & striving to get that perfect shot & buying the latest camera as soon as its out & chasing that perfection. Perfection is a bloody expensive business.

So Pete keep it up :thumbs:
 
Rhodese,

Your images illustrate superbly how 'underwhelmed' strangers can be about being photographed - to them apparently gratuitously - in a public place. Is there is a sort of etiquette that surrounds this?

To be fair, I'm not sure I know how I'd react as the recipient of attention in such a situation. I suppose it would depend on whether I thought I was doing something interesting enough to be worthy of photographic capture.

With reference to my own photo, my spontaneous reaction was that a horse and rider leading another horse would generate curiosity so universally understood that reaching for my X10 would be excused by the young lady. Clearly I was wrong - at least initially - I felt I had crossed some ill-defined 'line in the sand'.

I do take your point about snapping kids, and how modern times impinge on that.

Pete
 
DayDreamer said:
:wave: I always read it & smile even though I don't always make comment so do keep up the writing & your take on your world, as you see it, on your strolls through the countryside.

Photography (to me & many others I assume) is so much more than buying umpteen thousands of pounds worth of kit & striving to get that perfect shot & buying the latest camera as soon as its out & chasing that perfection. Perfection is a bloody expensive business.

So Pete keep it up :thumbs:
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How very kind of you John! I dunno how much water is left in that particular well, but we'll see.

I'm with you on ''perfection'': contrary to the popular epithet, I've always subscribed to the view that ''if something's worth doing, it's worth doing badly"! Mind you, I often wonder of my several hobbies, what it would be like to be a real expert.

Pete
 
Piscator Pete said:
How very kind of you John! I dunno how much water is left in that particular well, but we'll see.

I'm with you on ''perfection'': contrary to the popular epithet, I've always subscribed to the view that ''if something's worth doing, it's worth doing badly"! Mind you, I often wonder of my several hobbies, what it would be like to be a real expert.

Pete
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So Pete keep up the good work or should I say 'bad' work ;)
 
Three shots from last summer which I have just retrieved after feeling they were not keepers.

This has been very heavily PP'd as the original is just rubbish but there was something about it that made me persevere in my new LR4.
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Again quite a lot of PP but that's me & I blame Martyn for making me look at PP'ing in a different way.
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There is too much going on in this but something about it I like!
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DayDreamer said:
There is too much going on in this but something about it I like!
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And so do I. Somehow, this picture draws me in close. It's almost like being there. It does have an air of intimacy to it. Your PP has made the image come alive, I think.

Thanks for sharing, John.
 
I always felt the lighting post, halfway across the middle, was the one real aspect that spoilt it for me. I did 'have a go' at cloning it out (as below) but ... mmmm. The trouble is I know where it was and my cloning skills needed to have been better really.

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A few more from my old X10 all taken at Endsleigh Garden Centre on the way to Plymouth. Many cameras would just see a mass of green, or red, leaves and not much to show. But the X10 seems to make these relatively simple subject matters come alive.

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DayDreamer said:
Three shots from last summer which I have just retrieved after feeling they were not keepers.

This has been very heavily PP'd as the original is just rubbish but there was something about it that made me persevere in my new LR4...
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Very nice shots, John, and most unlike the stuff I'm able to produce at the moment. You say heavily PP'd - and why not if it gets what you want; I would have manipulated B&W darkroom printing much more had I the skill - it seems you have tended to 'de-saturise' and increase the contrast of these shots, esp. the first; a technique which has been discussed earlier. Like a kid with a new toy, my 'saturation' and 'vibrance' sliders tend to work only one way at the moment! I recently acquired LR 3.6 - is LR4 significantly better? I have seen criticisms that useful tools are missing or don't perform quite as they did.

Anyway, congrats. on some cheerful and intriguing photos.

Pete

PS Congrats on the latest offerings too, and if you're disappointed in the way you've made that post disappear, your standards of ''perfection'' discussed yesterday, are very different from mine - well done!
 
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Piscator Pete said:
Very nice shots, John, and most unlike the stuff I'm able to produce at the moment. You say heavily PP'd - and why not if it gets what you want; I would have manipulated B&W printing much more had I the skill - it seems you have tended to 'de-saturise' and increase the contrast of these shots, esp. the first; a technique which has been discussed earlier. Like a kid with a new toy, my 'saturation' and 'vibrance' sliders tend to work only one way at the moment! I recently acquired LR 3.6 - is LR4 significantly better? I have seen criticisms that useful tools are missing or don't perform quite as they did.

Anyway, congrats. on some cheerful and intriguing photos.

Pete
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Morning Pete my PP'ing varies across an extremely wide spectrum of styles. I was trying to push myself to see if I would arrive at 'My' style but I am all over the place. And why not I say :lol: I just wish there was a thread to cover my latest camera as I miss being able to discuss and share as I did on this thread. So much so I have even thought of selling my P7700 & reacquiring an X10 but then remember the reasons why I felt the X10 was not suitable for my hands.

I have been using LR4 for what must be about two months now and absolutely love it but never used previous versions so can't really help with your question. However it works absolutely fine for me but with a significant learning curve but I have lots of time on my hands. My only problem is retaining what I have learnt :cuckoo:
 
DayDreamer said:
...My only problem is retaining what I have learnt :cuckoo:
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Join the club! I wish I could empty my head of the trash it retains without my permission, and let the new stuff stick!

In part I can understand the problem you might have handling the X10. I have tried this winter to use it with ordinary gloves on with no success whatever. My best compromise is neoprene gloves/mittens I sometimes use for fishing and by which the fingers can be temporarily exposed.

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Piscator Pete said:
In part I can understand the problem you might have handling the X10. I have tried this winter to use it with ordinary gloves on with no success whatever. My best compromise is neoprene gloves/mittens I sometimes use for fishing and by which the fingers can be temporarily exposed.

Pete
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My problems is when I first bought it I was a 'one walking stick' user so really needed something I could use with one hand. Take out, turn on, focus, take off lens cap. My Nikon P7700 lets me do all that the X10 wouldn't plus a fully articulating screen as I can't crouch of bend over otherwise I would fall & may never get up :eek:

I have moved on to needing two walking sticks but usually when further than my front door I am now a wheelchair user so ironically could have any camera around my neck but I would get on my pushers nerves if I kept barking out my orders to stop, back a bit, left a bit and so on. So I look forward to warmer days hiring an electric scooter from Shopmobility and then 'I' decide where I go :lol:
 
DayDreamer said:
...So I look forward to warmer days hiring an electric scooter from Shopmobility and then 'I' decide where I go :lol:
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And so, if I interpret you correctly, a return to the X10 (or why not an X20 if funds will stretch?) in the late spring when of course it'll be much warmer?

Pete
 
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