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Hi everyone. Just bought my retirement gift to myself - an XT-5 with 16-50 and 70-300 lenses and cant wait to get started. Used to be a keen photographer before life got in the way and have continued, albeit with phone, but despite it taking decent photos, I want to move on to the next level. Really excited about to getting to grips with this beast and realise what a steep learning curve I'm on and will be looking for plenty of advice and tips.

A military veteran pays tribute to those who served in the war. She remembered and honoured her fellow soldiers who served with her. Remembrance Day at a Cenotaph in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. GFX100RF f7.1 1/150 sec. ISO 100

OK, they aren't real. It's a shark exhibit at my local museum. Very dark in there—I had to rate the ISO at 6400 and 8000. GFX100RF.

On a stroll with a pup...

Again locally, the colors are starting to pop on in... maybe take off down a back road or two to see them. Go early, you can get better seats for the show.

Thank you so much, Jerryy! The article is very interesting and now I'm confident about the aperture stepping. About the parfocal property, I have information that the first FW releases didn't fix the initial issues (focusing mistakes in zooming), but a following resease solved the problem: I would like to have a confirmation by some actual user of the lens. Very kind of you, Jerryy!!

Thanks Jerry Changed both settings and it worked perfectly.

I have a copy of Tamron’s 150 - 600mm G2 lens. It has really good image quality and is easy to use. I have heard the one you are asking about is similar. Will you be able to test it? The only drawback for me with my lens is after carrying it around for a while, it gets heavy and so on the tripod it goes. Also, it was not a FX mount lens, so I use a Fringer smart adapter, but that has never been a problem.

I do not think adding this will help you much, but it may give you some perspective. After reading your posts in this thread several times to make certain I am not missing anything, the numbers you are reporting are in line with those reported across the broad range of digital cameras by various manufacturers. Nikon, Canon, Sony, Leica, Fujifilm, etc. Use your favorite search engine to lookup (brand) af keeper rate. People are reporting af keeper rates now in the high ninety range. You will find page after page of tips and technique improvements for improving the keeper rate. As well as page after page from the manufacturers touting their new camera models with improved af keeper rates. af is vastly improved, but it still is not perfect. It maybe that there is something slightly wrong with either your camera body or the lens, but I suspect that if you send it in to get it checked, it probably will be okay. Getting a new XH2 will make your camera dealer happy and it is a fantastic camera, but, …, getting it solely in hopes of better keeper rates is probably wishful hoping. For what it worth, (more of what you probably do not want to hear) back in the film days, a af keeper rate over 50% was considered great. Those expensive film rolls certainly did not hold the thousands of shots memory cards hold. I very well understand the thought of maybe missing that one shot, try when possible to push the shutter button several times, those cards hold a lot of shots and it is easy to delete the extras. I hope you get this resolved in a way you like.

xt50 + 23mm f2

Okay, sure, it is July. Autumn is on its way.

southern skimmer - female (Orthetrum brunneum) X-T20; K&F concept adapter + NIKON ED AF Micro Nikkor 200mm 1/4D; f11; 1/125; ISO200; tripod; natural light.

Fall is almost over, had some snow at the tail end of the storm last night. Thought I'd practice with sun stars and editing. XT5, 16mm 1.4, shot at F8, 1/125.

Summer turned in its work card, Autumn takes the next shift...