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I also have a Fuji XT-5. Mine doesn't have these problems. You should send it in for servicing.

last post today....catching up on some editing, lol. cactus flowers at Assateague Island, MD

Looks like ADV mode - Toy Camera is on - make sure drive mode dial is set to "S"

I went out to photograph birds on the weekend, at the location I'd chosen there was heavy fog. Here is the sun, using the heavy fog as a solar filter. X-T5 and XF 150-600.

xt50 + 23mm f2

Doesn't look good - maybe you could contact the FujiFilm support group in France and ask them - they might also be able to estimate a repair cost.

Yup. It's not a good look. Of course, depending on the precise problem it's probably forced them to completely redo all of their alpha, beta, system and acceptance testing for bluetooth support for IOS, Samsung etc as well as the Oneplus/Oppo stable. So TBH I doubt we'll see anything until the end of September, they won't want to rush it and bork IOS or Samsung support.

couple more.......fun day

can never seem to get a good shot of these animals.........they don't move a lot and tend to feed with their eyes closed, lol little one with the momma

a couple more from the same day

Got this in a marsh at Assateague Island.....very shallow so I was able to get em' just below the surface. Notice the male cradling the female.

another from the same day

my favorite bird at Assateague

seagulls at Assateague Island

three photos from the bayside near Dewey Beach, DE.......experimenting with the 8mm 3.5.......just before sunset and a couple more as it got darker.

Hey Bill, thanks ! It was on ADV indeed. Just beginning with digital cams and with the X-T3, so still have to find out all the possibilites (like ADV). Nevertheless I'm happy it's nothing more serious.

Since you noted that different lenses showed the same defect, I'll add another guess, failing shutter.

Lens hood not mounted correctly? Added screw in filters excessively thick? Accidentally set your editing software to ignore or not apply lens correction settings? It looks pretty severe, almost like an effect has been applied, like a Holga or toy camera simulation.

Thats weird - is this both raw and jpeg? The colours look a bit off as well. Just in case - have you tried a complete settings refresh?

excellent, thanks for sharing!

Welcome to the forum.

Sometimes questions about cameras' resolution and astrophotography pop up. More often the questions are noise related, but 'are more pixels better' has its fans. 'Sometimes, it depends' is about the best answer out there. I think maybe it is better to instead ask back 'do you use your camera for daytime photography as well and do you like the images you get?' If so, then stick with the camera you have. Everything from pixel size to smoke levels or turbulence in the atmosphere to the telescopes' optical limits and so much more impact how images turn out. There are so many rabbit holes to fall into, that if you go down into them, it may be many years before anyone sees you come up for air. 😄 There are two things though that can be said 'with certainty' about using a higher resolution camera in place of your current gear: 1. The angle of view becomes wider in the higher resolution camera's image. Think of it as if you use a normal lens to get a photo, then put on a wide angle lens and take the same photo. The region covered by the higher resolution camera is wider. 2. The supporting equipment; mount, tripod, image processing gear, etc. etc. become much more [expletive deleted] expensive 😇, that is you need a sturdier tripod and mount, more computer -- drive space and powerful processors, and so forth and so on. From last night's Sturgeon Moon, an example: Both of these images are taken of the same subject using the same lens, at just about the same time, but with two different camera bodies. I got a first set of images, took the first camera body off of the lens, put the second camera body onto the lens and got a second set of images. Tamron 150-600mm at 600mm. F16, 1/60s, ISO 160. 6240 pixels x 4160 pixels. Tamron 150-600mm at 600mm. F16, 1/60s, ISO 200. 4896 pixels x 3264 pixels. Okay, so they look the same or close enough. That is because both images have been scaled to 900 pixels wide. That and the essentially empty backgrounds are misleading. Here are crops from the full size images: 1801 x 1505 pixels (scaled to 900 pixels wide in this image) from 6240 x 4160 pixels leaves 4439 pixels wide for other stuff. 1178 x 1205 pixels (scaled to 900 pixels wide in this image) from 4896 x 3264 pixels leaves 3718 pixels wide for other stuff. If you like your camera's images, use it for daytime and night photography. There is not much good in chasing resolution hoping more pixels will better resolve astronomical objects just like they do in the daytime images, making the fluff on distant bird feathers pop out. As a thought, those beautiful images from the Hubble are made using "The UV/optical channel has two CCDs, each 2048×4096 pixels, while the IR detector is 1024×1024." (*1) The new James Webb Telescope is using an array of 4 megapixel cameras similar to how terrestrial giga-pixel images are made. (*2) I believe other agencies such as the European Space Agency (ESA) do something similar with their gear. *1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wide_Field_Camera_3 *2 https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/58179/4-megapixels-seems-rather-low-why-werent-james-webbs-sensors-updated-to-highe Sturgeon Super Moon: https://nasaspacenews.com/2025/08/sturgeon-moon-2025-two-magical-nights-under-one-full-moon/ edited to upload the correct cropped images.

Excessive level of long exposure noise reduction? Might make images soft overall. As Jerry stated above, we need to see sample images to understand if it's camera movement/shake or something else.

Thanks Jerryy! Yes, it is an interesting travel plan. Renting is a great idea! I do like to travel light and hope renting option will work. Need to read up about the adapters you have mentioned. Will post autumn shots when I can Mike

in AF-C FujiFilm cameras stop down when you half press the shutter - in AF-S they don't

Having the exact same issue. Let us know if you figure this out, but I suspect Fujifilm messed up with the firmware update.

Which direction is the light source coming from in the dark images? For example, if it coming from behind the subject, a common occurrence known as backlighting, put some light from the front toward the subject — you can do this with a flash unit, or by using various types of colored reflectors. Or, use long exposures with various grades and types of graduated neutral density filters to bring out the dark areas without blowing out the highlights. Or try bracketing exposures. There is a technique called ETTR, expose to the right, which will bring out shadow detail but risks blowing out the brighter sections. This may help in understanding DR settings as well as Dynamic Range Priority: https://www.jmpeltier.com/fujifilm-dynamic-range-settings/ p.s. The situation you are describing has been one photographers have struggled against since cameras and photographers have been around.

Hey guys, after five days of me and my dad tried to fix the xf 27mm f2.8 i think we figured it out the problem caused the error. Let’s directly into it. Also i’m not a native English so I will try my best to explain my idea. I think that the problem could be the aperture cable, as its being taped down roughly on the plastic piece, when the lens. Moving in and out, it’s being folded like a hinge. After like 4-5 years of using the cable inside probably got weaker and caused the error. Or even like my situation( got broken). So what i did is that i ordered another cable from china ( Aliexpress have it, just type in xf 27mm f2.8 parts ) then I transferred all the small parts like the censor, the aperture motor, the small chip ( resistor I guess ) to the new cable and put everything back in. But at the plastic piece instead of do it like Fujifilm, I used a piece of tape to wrapped around it like a collar to give it more angle of movement. Mine is work perfectly now after the fix. ( I bought it broken from another person )

Napier, NZ a few years back. I had to quickly get my camera when I saw these kids walking home late at night. It look timeless but it was 2017. Not the best crop or the sharpest but at least I got the moment. @xftales

Xpro2 + 23 f/1.4 + 56 f/1.2