George_P

Jerry, sir, I would like to ask you to kindly postpone this issue with the arrival of spring for a few days, if you may. I trust that with your authority you can manage that easily. I have got here a few latecomers that still want to make it, you see, and there will be no living with them if they are left out, so have mercy !

No, you are not doing anything wrong, those posts are some automated ads, probably to help paying for the server. Sorry to hear about your faulty LCD. I think your camera needs to go to Fuji service. Fujifilm site says this:

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Sarah, Nick, When I have the flash on the camera (in the hotshoe - I had mentioned using also the remote trigger but now I mean flash directly on the camera) but the flash is switched off (I mean by the physical switch on the flash, not in the menu of the camera), I see “Sync Terminal” in the Flash mode settings in the camera menu instead of the normal TTL-M-Multi-Off values cycled by by the rotary dial. When I switch the flash on, “Sync Terminal” disappears and everything works normally. This is not much help, I am afraid, but just to make it clear what I meant. I could imagine drained batteries in the flash could cause a problem but I am sure Sarah tried that one. I once had funny behaviour of my older camera, an X-T2, with my Godox flash, when the battery in the camera was at a low charge level (and it was a third-party battery). After I put another one in everything worked fine again.

Sarah, I don't have the TT685II so I cannot help you really. I have the Godox V860IIF and my flash behaves normally, I see "Sync Terminal" when the flash is switched off and I can cycle through "TTL-M-Multi-Off" when the flash is switched on. (On the display of the flash, the last mode before Off stays displayed, i.e. when you go to Off from Multi you still see Multi on the flash even if it will not fire because you set it to Off in the camera menu and similarily if you turn the rotary dial on the camera the other way round and you go to Off from TTL then TTL remains on the display of the flash.) I have also the Godox AD-200 and I use both flashes with the Godox X-ProF trigger and I have no issues. I used them with the X-T2 before, also no issues. My XT-5 has the camera firmware at V2.03 and I haven't upgraded the firmware on the flashes a very long time, if ever. But maybe try to do that, I don't know, maybe the TT685IIF needs an upgrade. Search-GODOX Photo Equipment Co.,Ltd.

Don’t listen to this guy, he’s a Sigma sales rep ! 😁 Just kidding. Thanks for sharing, tt. The only non-Fuji lens I have are Samyang 12 and 8 mm. I have the 50 f2 (and the 90 f2 and others) and a 56 was not on my radar, but it is very interesting to read what you wrote. Thanks for your candid opinions. I don’t recall reading anything to that effect in any of the reviews of the Fuji 56 1.2 WR that I have read so far. I would like to buy an f1.4 lens, I haven’t decided on the focal length yet (18/23/33). I will probably go for the new Fuji lenses (these all have the LM) since I have the X-T5 but I have been tempted by the Sigma DC lenses, considering the price difference, esp. as I am just an amateur hobby photographer.

I like the bokeh from the 50f2. The 56 can be even more bokehy but at f1.2 the DOF is very narrow and at a wedding you will likely not have peace and time for careful shots. The 56 is also much bigger, heavier and more expensive. I have the 90f2 and that is a beauty but it needs space for a portrait. You can use the 50f2 very well for travel, I use it a lot for landscapes etc. But you already have the 33 and in confined space that may be better. Maybe even shorter, the 23 f1.4 would be very useful for a wedding. Depends on the venue etc.

Thanks lads, I stand corrected re. C1 Express. But owl, seeing you have the X-E1, I wonder if you could use an older issue of C1 in the Express version (until you buy one of the new cameras). Or is it no longer possible. OTOH the full version has very useful functions like fast, easy masking, layers etc. I too have the perpetual 2023 version, I upgraded to it in 2022. But recently I bought the subscription to keep getting the new features as they come (and support for new cameras and lenses). The price seems fair to me, but of course we all have different needs. The Fuji 23mm f2 is a very good lens, small, light and weather sealed. (unless you need f1.4 and focusing from very short distance and even nicer bokeh and sharpness in the corners wide open). The 35mm f2 is superb (again, the 33mm f1.4 has its advantages and disadvantages). Depends.

Small and good: Nitecore FX-3

Capture One is very good for Fujifilm X-Trans sensors, I’d say the best. Perhaps you would like to try the free version and maybe later on switch to the subscription, which has more functions and tools. They have good tutorials so you should be able to get started easily. https://fujifilm-x.com/en-us/capture-one-express/ I have the Samyang 12mm f2 and it is very sharp.

Jerryy, Greybeard, interesting thoughts. I’d never consider not keeping the raws + their edits (in my case in C1). I make the jpegs from them as needed for a particular use (like for printing at a certain size on a certain paper or for the web etc.) I think of them as disposable or single-purpose files. But your post makes me wonder what will happen when me and/or my C1 is no longer there, when no one is there to continue using the images this way. I should start making an archive in some generally useful jpeg version (or teach at least one of my three sons to use my C1 environment so that they can get to the images they may want in the future). In the older days (before Fujifilm, on Canon) that is what I did (I mean the general jpegs besides keeping the raw). In the excitement from the journey from Canon to mirrorless, X-Trans, all the different raw sw (Silkypix etc. etc.), up to current C1 with the fantastic possibilities and image quality… this aspect got out of my sight.

+1 me too ! Best season’s wishes to everyone.

Try the Godox XPro-F and the above mentioned or any other Godox Li-Ion powered flash. Great products, I think and tremendous value. If you want it small for travels and for on/off camera use, look at LightPix products.

It drinks too much obviously. Lock your bar !

Yes, I have two of them too. I used them for travels, with the FlashQ trigger & receivers (also from Lightpix). I also have the Godox system and I am very happy with it. This is too late for the OP I am afraid, but somebody else might find it useful, so.

Howdy, jerryy. Nice ! 200mm ? What lens did you use ?

I use V90 Sandisk without issues.

After upgrading firmware to V2.01 my X-T5 works just as well with the X-Prof F, without any issues, as far as I can tell.

Jason, I have the X-Pro F at V1.0 and the X-T5 at V1.04, with the Godox AD-200 and V860II F. I experience no issues. Everything works just fine, also with my X-T2. I recall once, a few years ago, with the X-T2, while using the X-Pro F, the shutter started firing rapidly after I took a shot (I was in Single Shot drive mode). I switched the camera off quickly, surprised. I had a third party accumulator in the camera at that moment, an older one, already quite well discharged. I swapped the accu and everything returned back to normal straightaway. I decommisioned that accu afterwards. No issues ever since. I am sorry I cannot help further. George

Great shots, thanks for sharing.

I am sorry that you have a bad experience, nothing comes to mind that I could advise you except ask for a replacement. I have no problems whatsoever with my 5. Every now and then a problem happens with a product from any manufacturer. A few years ago I got a bad (soft) 90f2. I took it back to the shop and got another one that is perfect.

I second what Jerryy and Jorge said. A certain (very small) percentage of even the best products of even the best manufacturers can occasionally be faulty and when that happens, it gets talked about a lot. Happens also to every camera manufacturer. Everything in my signature (to borrow this way of putting it from Jorge) has been working perfectly well for years. Except for the X-T5 which is fairly recent obviously and which for its price is a no-brainer, I think. Go grab one and enjoy ! A lovely piece of kit. And post some photos for us to see. Cheers J&J !

Now terrible times in Ukraine is what you meant, I hope.