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  1. Vairish

    Fuji Birds

    Mandarin Duck. XT5 + XF150-600.
    6 points
  2. toddjwain

    Seascapes

    Hi all, First post here. A few pics from a recent trip to Cornwall in the UK. Any feedback or ideas on how these could have been improved (in camera and editing) would be amazing.
    5 points
  3. Greybeard

    Advertisement

    I understand the site has a need to bring in revenue but the "Advertisement" and "Ad" replies to every forum post are useless and annoying - seeing a possible response to your post and instead being sent to Amazon is just irritating - perhaps the site could switch back to normal ads.
    5 points
  4. Marooned

    Gothenburg, Sweden

    I like shadows.
    5 points
  5. A short while ago I had a playful morning, dropping the sigma 56mm attached to my x-e4in my bag and nothing else, decided to ignore architecture and to devote to the strong characters of vibrant, deep, real urban life. Or else. But first a man has to eat. And what are we without a glass of wine and a book? And then out the door I am Oh so urban Ambience, please. Here you are Fear to be overcome Edgier again Must move, not to disturb the magic Getting there and then looking up But we are not alone They are watching Me too: once, Twice! Then a moment devoting myself to art Heading into a seedier corner, and it shows . You know who they are And I move to a safe place Then, out and heading home, meeting a happy accident Two minutes there and then on the tram That’s all!
    5 points
  6. biglouis

    Fuji Birds

    My first post at this forum. I exclusively use my X-H2S for wildlife, specifically bird photography. This is from October 2022, RSPB Rainham Marshes, Bearded Reedling, X-H2S+XF100-400.
    5 points
  7. 5 points
  8. jerryy

    Fuji Birds

    More Finches.
    4 points
  9. zook

    Fuji Birds

    X-T4; XF150-600mmF5.6-8 R LM OIS WR + XF 1.4x TC; 1/2000; f10; ISO800; 632mm, monopod
    4 points
  10. N.Rio

    landscapes with fuji x

    Last autumn I took a few shots with a fisheye lens at each location before wrapping it up. These landscape types came out well, I think. Anyone got tips on fisheye lens landscape motifs? (X-E4 with 7Artisans 7.5mm)
    4 points
  11. N.Rio

    Winter Landscapes

    Millions of tonnes of crystallized water in Voss, western Norway. X-E4, 50-230mm.
    4 points
  12. Giampaolo Masserano

    Venice Carnival 2023

    From the album: Photos

    Waiting for Carnival 2024...
    4 points
  13. Nederdiek

    Fuji Birds

    Two days old.
    4 points
  14. G_N

    Fuji Birds

    Here's another Robin.
    4 points
  15. Steam Engine Driver Railway Museum Dieringhausen, Germany
    4 points
  16. MARRIEDGUY9

    Fuji Birds

    Interesting day in Havre de Grace, found this guy hunting right near shore with a lot of folks watching, didn't seem to phase him much. X-T5, 70-300, 300mm, 1/1000.
    4 points
  17. 4 points
  18. From the album: Photos

    From Colle del Lys, a view towards the south of Piedmont; in the background, the Argentera massif.
    4 points
  19. biglouis

    Fuji Birds

    X-H2S, XF100-400+TC1.4x - Reed Warbler
    4 points
  20. zook

    Fuji Birds

    X-T4; Fujinon XF150-600mmF5.6-8 R LM OIS WR; 1/2000; f7.1; ISO640; 500mm; hand held...
    4 points
  21. I've been playing with the 70-300 at 300; not really "macro", but cool.
    4 points
  22. Welcome to the forum! I've been thinking about this exact question lately. I did a LOT of amateur photography in about 1978-1985, including my own darkroom with some simple color processes. Much of my attention was on how to do the wet chemistry and using the enlarger. Polycontrast paper, which involved purple and yellow filters on the enlarger, was new, and I tried a lot with that, including burning and dodging with different filters to do local increase or decrease of the contrast. For a while I was on a sepia toning kick. On the camera side of things, I liked macrophotography including a bellows and special bellows lenses, and I worked pretty hard to make depth of field work. Generally I tried to practice better focusing technique, and had about 4 or 5 different focusing screens. I tried to practice better holding technique, too, using tips from archery to control my breath and get less blurry pictures when struggling with long shutter times. I got into Fuji X cameras within the last couple years. This was my introduction to digital cameras with interchangeable lenses. What evolved the most was that all the wet chemistry went away, including a lot of work that had nothing to do with controlling the images I made. Do I need to improve my temperature control? How fresh are all my batches of chemicals and how fresh do they need to be? Do I need to add a fan because the fumes are bothering me? Can I make a homemade vacuum easel to keep the paper from curling under the enlarger? Can I load some more cartridges today or is it so hot I will sweat inside the changing bag and ruin them all? ALL of that stuff just went away. Lots more evolved. Autofocus mostly made focusing technique go away, or reduced it to thinking about what part of the image I wanted sharp. Rather than having to decide whether to accept the grain of Tri-X or the speed of Pan-X or compromise on Plus-X, and having to stick with that for the whole session, I get sensitivity that is somewhere between better and way way better. Handheld shots can be so much slower now without shake. And the lenses are faster -- I used to have one lens that went to f/1.4, and now I have several that can do that, and one that incredibly goes to f/1.0. Not only that, I can do focus stacking now, and get what used to be flat out impossible shots. Long story short, mostly, the hard stuff went away, or at least got several stops better. I guess the downside is that now I struggle sometimes with software, installations that don't go right, needing to track updates, and camera instructions that are 10 or 100 times more complex. Before automatic exposure and other microprocessor driven stuff came along, there just weren't that many details. My favorite camera, the Canon F-1, did have a battery for the light meter, but other than the meter not functioning it was the same user experience if I left the battery out. Sunny 16 and I was good to go.
    4 points
  23. Maybe this is better....
    4 points
  24. I was at Sebring this last weekend, and took the opportunity to put the x-t5 and the viltrox 75mm f/1.2 (both with current firmware) through its paces. I’m happy to report that the AF system was easily up to the task. The shots I’ve managed to finish processing are here… Sebring 2023 I had also rented a xf150-600 from lensrental.com to see if I would like it. It unfortunately too much lens, and offered few chances for being used. The 75mm focal length was near perfect. I did get to also use my XF 18mm f1.4 r lm wr which is a stellar lens as well.
    4 points
  25. biglouis

    Fuji Birds

    Jay with a peanut in its crop and one in its beak - X-H2S, XF100-400+TC2x (cropped).
    4 points
  26. 4 points
  27. Fujiron

    Fuji Birds

    Red-breasted Nuthatch, Oregon. X-H2s, Fuji 150-600.
    3 points
  28. Fujiron

    Winter Landscapes

    Hayden Covered Bridge Alsea, Oregon. X-T1, TTartisan 17mm F2.
    3 points
  29. jerryy

    Fuji Birds

    At first I thought 'it is a sparrow', but it could also be a finch.
    3 points
  30. MARRIEDGUY9

    Fuji Birds

    practicing getting birds in flight.....cropped a lot, this vulture was pretty far away, 70-300, I think around 1/1000. not the best, thought it looked cool.
    3 points
  31. Giampaolo Masserano

    Classic sunset

    From the album: Photos

    3 points
  32. The Milky Way as viewed looking south in Peru.
    3 points
  33. Giampaolo Masserano

    Ready for winter

    From the album: Photos

    Marmota marmota
    3 points
  34. Giampaolo Masserano

    Provence

    From the album: Photos

    3 points
  35. I've only had one issue with ONE camera (Fujifilm S2 Pro) and that includes owning between 1973 and today: Minolta SR-T101 (my sister still owns it) Minolta X-E7 ( I still own it and it still works) Digital: Fuji 4900z 4.3 megapixel - outstanding camera Nikon 8700 8mp - never had an issue through sale Nikon 300 6mp - never had an issue through sale Nikon D700 12mp - Still use it and still works perfectly with over 200,000 images RB67 Pro Medium Format 2 ea Mamiya 645 AFD Medium Format 2 ea Yashicamat Twin Lens reflex Fujifilm S1 Pro - ONE of the BEST early digital cameras with gorgeous colors and a Base ISO of 320, 3.2mp Fujifilm S2 Pro. The S2 Pro developed a bad sensor and Fuji in Edison replaced the sensor, and shutter free of charge with a. two day turnaround after I dropped it off. X-E1 - never had an issue X-T1 still own it. Rubber grip started to come loose and I used gorilla glue to fix it X-T2 Camera took a salt water bath and self-destructed. Not worth repairing per Fuji's repair estimate, sold for parts X-H1 - Still shoot with it never had an issue G50R and 100S. -- Haven't had an issue. Fingers crossed I don't
    3 points
  36. Giampaolo Masserano

    Entrevaux

    From the album: Photos

    Entrevaux is a French commune of 958 inhabitants, located in the Alpes de Haute Provence department
    3 points
  37. I have just looked at my X-T2. Yes, the peak highlights are hidden in the T2, when the first pressure is taken, as opposed to the T5. The viewfinder information is partially cleared in both cameras and appears to be the same to me. I don't know of a way to alter the behavior.
    3 points
  38. Michele Bonelli

    Lavender Field.jpg

    From the album: Paesaggi

    3 points
  39. Milky Way in May... This is equivalent to a just-a-touch-over 15 minutes exposure. Milky Way season is underway, and locally, the Milky Way is starting to rotate from landscape mode to portrait mode (it should be fully rotated to vertical in about a month, give or take a few days). On the right side, in this image, the Scorpius Constellation is rising. Antares is the big yellow-red star in Scorpius. https://earthsky.org/constellations/scorpius-heres-your-constellation/ https://www.constellation-guide.com/constellation-list/scorpius-constellation/ I hope to be able to post a version that is more centered on the constellation.
    3 points
  40. The Jacobean House stands in the grounds of the much older Hay Castle at Hay-on-Wye. It's just been refurbished, at great cost. They did a good job, as I hope the image shows. X-T2, 50 mm XR lens.
    3 points
  41. Alt title - "seaside town with cow on skyline".
    3 points
  42. Shot using a B+W 10 stop ND filter and the 3 stop internal ND filter turned on, 77 second exposure. Did a lot of dodging and burning on this. Putting the horizon exactly in the center was a deliberate composition choice. I call this my poor mans Rothko. This all started for me when I saw the cover of the U2 album "No Line On The Horizon" in 2009 and looked up the photographer, Hiroshi Sugimoto. For years his work was in the back of my head. Finally this year I decided to do some long exposure work of my own. This is from my 3rd day ever of shooting LE. For some reason shooting 1x1 really appeals to me and I find myself shooting in that format a lot. C&C if you like. Comments are appreciated.
    3 points
  43. He’s wrong about all of it and I seriously doubt he used the camera. I had the X-T3, sold it for the X-T4, and 2 years later I preordered the X-H2s. I have had it since launch and here’s a quick rebuttals to that garbage review. First, the people he spoke about, saying they backed up his claims… Casey from Camera Conspiracies, only tried the pre-release and has since taken one on loan… He loves the thing now. Gerald from Gerald Undone, said the camera’s DR is excellent, Still image capture AF is awesome, and he said thanks to the noise properties he can actually make the video better quality than the A1 (that’s impressive). DPReview, said they wouldn’t rank the camera or comment on most aspects until they got a full retail version of it and that review is happening now. Second, he ignored the stacked sensor and the improved AF speed completely. Then he made assumptions based on his ignorance of the camera and how it functions. He claimed they didn’t think the design through, but his own complaints show he didn’t think it through. I had the X-T4 sitting right beside the new body for about a week… The build quality was very much on par with the X-T4 and yet he praised one while panning the other. So which is it, is the build quality of the X-T4 cheap, or is the X-H2S actually decent build quality. Then of course he tried to equate knowing the X-T4 with knowing this camera and I can tell you they could not be further apart in the way they operate and still be a Fuji body. Many of us have action photos, portraits, BIF, and animal portraits, yet he seems to proclaim it is the worst camera ever. Of course he focused on 1 thing obsessively, that’s the fact that the dials don’t have any push button capabilities. Then he also made a comment that gave away his motivation for the whole review away… Fuji wouldn’t give him a body to review, so he rented or purchased one and panned the whole camera. Oh and as for Muddy images… I set both the X-H2S and the X-T4 to the same settings and swapped the lenses from body to body. The image quality was pretty much identical, so you can ignore that garbage claim too.
    3 points
  44. God I couldn’t even get to the end of the video. He’s so annoying and arrogant ‘I am always correct’. I never trust someone with that lack of humility. Sounds to me like he can’t afford it.
    3 points
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