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Yeah, lots of Fuji rebates when live today: http://www.fujirumors.com/huge-usa-x-deals-fujifilm-x-pro2-150-off-x100t-200-off-xf-lenses-400-off-xf352-299-lot/ I picked up the 16mm myself.
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I am interested in something longer than the 50-140 (which is my longest Fuji lens) just for birds and wildlife. The 50-230 is only 200 bucks now...so unless it is a dog there is not reason not to buy it unless it sucks. If the teleconverter were on sale I would probably get that but does anyone have this lens and any thoughts on it, particularly IQ and AF? It is slow but for birds that doesn't really matter if the AF can keep up.
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Thoren posted:edit: Also, am I the only one who perceives Sony cameras as a bit fragile? The a6000 definitely feels like a toy. One of the big reasons I sold it and dropped the whole Sony mirrorless system was because I felt sure that I would break it eventually. My EM10 on the other hand is very solid, especially for a bottom-tier consumer mirrorless camera. Solid in terms of materials, mind. It has actual metal built into it. The fit and finish is no better than the a6000. In fact the mount is barely in spec; any attached lenses sit very tight... which I guess is better than being too loose. Finger Prince posted:There is that, and also the fact that Olympus, historically, is not a particularly well run company. Oh, horribly run. They were cooking the books for over a decade. I'm surprised that the Yakuza didn't knock off that British CEO who uncovered the fraud, and it's telling that Olympus wasn't broken up and sold off after it all came to light. Other big Japanese firms could very well be in the same situation, and if Oly was allowed to fail it could have led to a domino effect on the entire industry. They basically own the global medical endoscope market, though. And they can spin design and manufacturing assets from the medical imaging division off into their consumer camera stuff, so I don't think they're going to die out anytime soon, unless m43 tanks altogether.
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rio posted:I bought a photo vest off Craigslist and ended up talking to the guy selling it for a while. He is a pro who shoots Olympus and had just gone to some big Olympus release party that was showing everyone the new body. I don't know anything about the system but he said after shooting with it that is was definitely worth the price for him. The IBIS was amazing apparently. Also the hired photographer for the even was shooting Canon, which was a laugh. I have only seen this video so far but the IBIS really does seem impressive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYECFKNMVkU
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rio posted:I am interested in something longer than the 50-140 (which is my longest Fuji lens) just for birds and wildlife. The 50-230 is only 200 bucks now...so unless it is a dog there is not reason not to buy it unless it sucks. If the teleconverter were on sale I would probably get that but does anyone have this lens and any thoughts on it, particularly IQ and AF? It is slow but for birds that doesn't really matter if the AF can keep up. I've posted a bit about it after I got one on the cheap. Verdict, okay not great, good value for money. drat slow for shooting birds but can do the job thanks to a surprisingly good OIS. If you have the 50-140 i'd just stick with that unless you really want the lightness/size of the 50-230.  SOOC Jpg from yesterday. 230mm, f6.7, 1/60, ISO 800.  Fullsize  Fullsize, minor editing in C1. 130mm, f7.1, 1/125, ISO 800. Saros fucked around with this message at 02:00 on Nov 7, 2016 |
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Popelmon posted:I have only seen this video so far but the IBIS really does seem impressive: Well drat 
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Graniteman posted:I'm replacing a X100T, so I've got a 23/2 now with that one, and I shoot it wide open more than anything else. That's making me thing I'd get more miles out of the 1.4 than a 2. It's mostly for shooting my four year old. So noise isn't a problem, but AF speed is so I can keep up with the kid. I'm also moving away from a full frame canon setup so even with a big 23/1.4 I'd be smaller and lighter than my old setup. What I really want is a 23/1.4 mark II I guess with a linear focusing motor. Maybe I should just get the /2 until they revamp the pro line. I got the 23/1.4 yesterday from the craigslist guy. Of COURSE the day after I buy a used lens for $625 Fuji starts their sale and it's now listed for $650 new. That said, the lens is great, and the AF is plenty fast enough for me. I expect this lens to stay on my camera most of the time.
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Saros posted:I've posted a bit about it after I got one on the cheap. Verdict, okay not great, good value for money. drat slow for shooting birds but can do the job thanks to a surprisingly good OIS. If you have the 50-140 i'd just stick with that unless you really want the lightness/size of the 50-230. It is not so much the lightness or size but the extra reach. If the autofocus sucks though then I don't know. It is just 200 bucks but I could put that into the teleconverter instead (although that is not on sale). It is hard to gauge how the af would be since I don't have any of the notoriously poor af lenses and every seems fast with x-t2.
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Question, for all Fuji people but specifically X-Pro 2 and X-T2 people. What are you doing for sharpening with your raws? I had settled with my X-T1 on sharpening in Lightroom with the detail maxed and the radius at around 1.3. It was never perfect but it was good enough. With the X-T2 I am not as pleased and wondering if I should sharpen in photoshop first and then work on images in Lightroom. I still haven't tried Capture One although I intended too...I am pretty set in my ways with Lightroom at the point though. I haven't been doing large projects since I just got the camera so I have just been transferring to jpg in the camera so far but anticipating the inevitable time that I get a large amount of photos I need to deal with I would like to figure this out now rather than wait until the last second.
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rio posted:Question, for all Fuji people but specifically X-Pro 2 and X-T2 people. What are you doing for sharpening with your raws? I had settled with my X-T1 on sharpening in Lightroom with the detail maxed and the radius at around 1.3. It was never perfect but it was good enough. With the X-T2 I am not as pleased and wondering if I should sharpen in photoshop first and then work on images in Lightroom. I still haven't tried Capture One although I intended too...I am pretty set in my ways with Lightroom at the point though. I haven't been doing large projects since I just got the camera so I have just been transferring to jpg in the camera so far but anticipating the inevitable time that I get a large amount of photos I need to deal with I would like to figure this out now rather than wait until the last second. I personally don't use it myself but Nik Collection has the RAW Presharpener plugin for Photoshop.
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rio posted:Question, for all Fuji people but specifically X-Pro 2 and X-T2 people. What are you doing for sharpening with your raws? I had settled with my X-T1 on sharpening in Lightroom with the detail maxed and the radius at around 1.3. It was never perfect but it was good enough. With the X-T2 I am not as pleased and wondering if I should sharpen in photoshop first and then work on images in Lightroom. I still haven't tried Capture One although I intended too...I am pretty set in my ways with Lightroom at the point though. I haven't been doing large projects since I just got the camera so I have just been transferring to jpg in the camera so far but anticipating the inevitable time that I get a large amount of photos I need to deal with I would like to figure this out now rather than wait until the last second. I would try a lower radius and using masking a bit. I too do the maxed detail low amount method.
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8th-snype posted:I would try a lower radius and using masking a bit. I too do the maxed detail low amount method. Same here.
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New X-T1 and X-Pro2 firmware out today, but no X-T2 yet  Any rumors when it'll be available?
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BANME.sh posted:New X-T1 and X-Pro2 firmware out today, but no X-T2 yet
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Does anyone own the Fuji 10-24? I've read a few reviews that makes it clear it's not a great lens technically, but how will it stand up in practical use? My primary uses would be for cars and for amateur architecture.
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BANME.sh posted:New X-T1 and X-Pro2 firmware out today, but no X-T2 yet For the people that don't want to google: 1. Compatibility with the Shoe Mount Flash EF-X500. Additional functions like the multi-flash lighting, high-speed flash sync and so on can be used with the EF-X500. Accordingly, the FLASH SETTING and the Shooting Menu is dramatically changed. 2. The items that can be assigned to the Quick Menu have changed. FLASH FUNCTION SETTINGS and FLASH COMPENSATION have been added due to the compatibility with the Shoe Mount Flash EF-X500. 3. The roles that can be assigned to the Function buttons have changed. FLASH FUNCTION SETTINGS, TTL-LOCK and MODELING FLASH have been added due to the compatibility with the Shoe Mount Flash EF-X500.
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JSW2 posted:Does anyone own the Fuji 10-24? I've read a few reviews that makes it clear it's not a great lens technically, but how will it stand up in practical use? My primary uses would be for cars and for amateur architecture. I am not sure what would make this lens 'not a great lens'. It's on my X-T2 most of the time. Sure, it's slow at f4 but I rarely have to take it off of the camera due to low light (and when I do, I have the 16 f/1.4). The AF is plenty fast, the IQ is terrific and it can go super wide... The build quality is great; not quite to the 16mm standards (or the 35) but I never feel like it is a cheap lens. The distortion exists but that's due to it being a super wide. What are your concerns? [edit] 16 f/1.4, not f/1.8 jink fucked around with this message at 20:39 on Nov 9, 2016 |
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JSW2 posted:Does anyone own the Fuji 10-24? I've read a few reviews that makes it clear it's not a great lens technically, but how will it stand up in practical use? My primary uses would be for cars and for amateur architecture. I love this lens - I own 8 Fuji lenses and this is one of the ones I use the most - it's super versatile and the quality is great.
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I owned 10-24 and sold it to buy the 16mm f/1.4 because I needed the speed. The quality was excellent, it's a touch softer at 24mm than say the 23mm prime but that's a given.
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jink posted:What are your concerns? I suppose the edge sharpness and the fall off from center. The distortion to a lesser extent. The coma isn't a concern. I've never used a Fuji lens without a marked aperture ring; what's the behavior when you switch lenses? Does it reset to wide-open, or remember the previous aperture?
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JSW2 posted:I suppose the edge sharpness and the fall off from center. The distortion to a lesser extent. The coma isn't a concern. At 24mm the edges aren't bad but they aren't prime lens sharp either. It remembers the previous aperture.
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Why is there not an aperture ring on that lens? It is not a variable aperture (not that it matters since the 18-55 has one), it is not 27mm small and it is not a cheap lens.
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rio posted:Why is there not an aperture ring on that lens? It is not a variable aperture (not that it matters since the 18-55 has one), it is not 27mm small and it is not a cheap lens. There is an aperture ring it's just like the 18-55's not a marked one like the prime line-up.
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Okay I think I love the 90. All Velvia SOOC but posted from my phone to Imgur so they might end up compressed to hell:  
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Thats freaking gorgeous. I am now convinced I want that lens.
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Animal posted:Thats freaking gorgeous. I am now convinced I want that lens. It's real good 
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:Okay I think I love the 90. All Velvia SOOC but posted from my phone to Imgur so they might end up compressed to hell:
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nexxai posted:Jesus Christ. I've been an Olympus man since I bought my EM5 3 years ago but these might actually make me switch. These are seriously straight out of camera? No editing, just shoot/transfer/upload? Fuji's jpg engine is that good https://www.flickr.com/search/?sort=date-taken-desc&safe_search=1&tags=sooc&user_id=78356339%40N00&view_all=1
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I use SOOC JPGs all the time with Fuji. I still shoot RAW+JPG because why not, but the majority of the time I'm just passing around the JPEG.
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More Fuji, claimed SOOC: https://500px.com/search?q=fuji+sooc&type=photos&sort=relevance
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LiquidRain posted:I use SOOC JPGs all the time with Fuji. I still shoot RAW+JPG because why not, but the majority of the time I'm just passing around the JPEG. It's been said before, but I shoot RAW just so I can change the film mode after the fact. If you keep it, Fuji lets you change the film simulation, or edit the one you used, without ever leaving the camera interface. You can shoot once, generate a few variants and use those SOOC, which is really nice if you forget to use Velvia and have it on Provia or something else that isn't quite what you intended.
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Birudojin posted:It's been said before, but I shoot RAW just so I can change the film mode after the fact. If you keep it, Fuji lets you change the film simulation, or edit the one you used, without ever leaving the camera interface. You can shoot once, generate a few variants and use those SOOC, which is really nice if you forget to use Velvia and have it on Provia or something else that isn't quite what you intended.
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It would be perfect if you could batch edit or covert multiple raws in camera. For one or a few photos it is fine as is but it is so much easier to throw them on the computer and do it that way. In other news, I finally tried Capture One Pro after a few years of not trying it and am seeing much better results than Lightroom for Fuji. There are even film simulations available (that you have to download, not included like Lightroom). If I can figure out a way to be as quick with it as I am in Lightroom then I am definitely switching.
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Google Butt posted:So.. anyone interested in a lightly used Sony a7ii and FE55? If the firmware is up to date so I can use the fancy new PDAF I might be!
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:Okay I think I love the 90. All Velvia SOOC but posted from my phone to Imgur so they might end up compressed to hell: nice
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BANME.sh posted:Not sure about other models but the XT-2 lets you bracket film simulations Star War Sex Parrot fucked around with this message at 07:10 on Nov 13, 2016 |
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XT-1 does also. I just wish it didn't require 3 simulations and let you shoot just two.
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Sorry but how do you film process the raw files? I have the xt2 and would love to know. Thanks.
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