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Still don’t understand why. I know exactly ( within 6 stops) of how much I am under or over exposing. Not only I can also see it in the EVF which in my camera shows pretty much the same image that I will get. This is the most important achievement of mirrorless photography over dslr. You can extend the rage even more by using the ISO dial which is of course totally functional.

the EV dial doesn’t work in manual mode also on my X-T1. Why should it work? You know exactly how much the exposure is off the centre in manual ( which shows you 3 stops more or less) or am I missing something?

you can set the EVF to be more representative of the image (although there are several people whom seem to report problems in that sense), I have it set at -1brightness 0 color an image preview on) so that it shows an image as close as possible to the result and you can shoot some bracketed images so that you are always sure that you have it the way you want. However , I am curious, if you’ve shot with the histogram “ ON” while you were shooting ( and therefore you are aware of it) why do you need to look at it again after the shot?

Tongue firmly in cheek. The Instax square SQ10 seems to be , according to former model now turned photographer Helena Crhistensen, the ultimate instant camera (or one of the ultimate as we’ve learned that Fuji is thinking of the Fuji X non plus ultra... well until the next model comes at least!) This is how she tells us she explores her imagination and pushes her creativity ( given the possibilities of these cameras you need to push very hard indeed). She tells us that sometimes she gets so caught in the moment that she forgets to breathe. Fuji Instax SQ10, takes your breath away! The power of advertising and money is such that some of you will even believe in this ! But as big head taco says: “ You can’t always be serious”!

Cheers, and my comment was jocular too I don’t believe in upgrading things that work perfectly well. This is as true of cameras as it is of phones or computers.

well, we’ll see what OP makes of this. Tell me about 2013 Nexus, isn’t it time to upgrade? Don’t you want to go with the flow?

I suppose you haven’t set your screen ( LCD & EVF) to show the histogram. You can do that in the custom screen settings menu. Histogram is not in de default choices but needs enabling. This is a link to the manual. You need to do separate settings for the LCD and EVF. Reading the manual and going through all the menu options is a must. http://fujifilm-dsc.com/en/manual/x-t2/menu_setup/screen_set-up/index.html

well, the problem is that with every added function comes an added problem. Luckily we can disable functions but the problem is always that if anything is locked it then takes a lot longer to unlock it when you need it. I hardly ever use the wheels, only on the one lens, the 50-230, which requires that control to change the aperture, for the rest I try to make do with all the functions of my camera looking as close as possible to the first cameras I used many years ago. The most obvious adapting to me is using the ISO dial as an additional control feature ( but I shoot mostly as I always did since I had a camera capable of automatic exposure in aperture priority mode).

yes, if you turn the front or rear wheel or if you prefer dial. You can disable that fuction

is the camera in manual? Not shutter speed priority?

still humble and looked down and frowned upon by lens snobs, methinks, there’s nothing wrong with this lens

we read occasionally of people complaining that function ( this that or the other) isn’t locked well. But of course what is locked well needs cumbersome unlocking while you are doing other things. If any function is easily accessible is also easily turned on by mistake. I understand that while you are shooting pictures the last thing that you want to do is getting distractions, as in checking the functions, but it is essential that one does that in modern cameras. This is also a by product of having more functions. The more they are the more you can activate by mistake. I am afraid there is no substitute to checking and checking.

Well, Lleo, Many chase the bandwagon. It’s choice whether to run or to let it go. Most people wait for each new model to come and buy it. Yet, there are people (and I am one of those) who are no longer chasing the bandwagon of the “ new” model, simply because I have found a camera that gives me all I need to have and I have decided to use it until something really much better shows up (pixel count doesn’t impress me much) or util it will die and then it needs replacing. Of course I have committed to a fair number of lenses so I am not likely to change system in future, but if my camera keeps on working and if nothing impressive (to me) shows up. I am not going to upgrade. I found reading this illuminating. I know it is not a popular standpoint on a forum which is clearly new products oriented, but I share much of the feeling contained in this article. http://www.theneweconomy.com/business/the-death-of-digital-photography “...As camera makers struggle to innovate, consumers are finding little need to upgrade. The market is slowing to the point of inertia – manufacturers need to take a leftfield approach to stay competitive.."

For me the most surprising af results was that the lens alone with adapter and the f4 waterhouse insert was lacking contrast more than the lens without anything and only had very marginal sharpness. At the end of this test I could say that the most pleasing result is the lens with a patterned waterhouse , I then shot two more with the other two patterned inserts ( another also 4,5 but tighter and a 6.3 which in other tests show a lot of diffraction too)

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further tests with this lens and the dumb adapter with aperture I have taken 5 pics the text on each is self explanatory however 1) Lens with the mere use of the adapter not stopped down and no waterhouse insert aperture 2) Lens with adapter only an f4 waterhouse insert aperture but no iris aperture 3) Lens with adapter f4 waterhouse aperture and 1 stop Iris aperture 4) Lens with adapter f4.5 patterned waterhouse insert aperture ( those like the Imagon pattern) AND 1 stop Iris aperture 5) Lens with adapter with ONLY the 1 stop Iris aperture

this is the other shot with around 3 stops stopped down

Ok the Canon EF adapter with aperture came in, I found out that it works very well but the only problem is that it doesn’t have a click stop in the aperture ( or any indications on the dial) so you have to either go by WYSIWYG in the EVF or count the stops roughly by seeing what it does to the exposure (in my case aperture priority tells me the shutter speed and every twice as long shutter speed is one stop stopped down). Maybe at a later time I will also apply some markings in order to be able to get there without trials and errors. I’ve shot a test outside the window and fully open you see the swirl of the lens then I stopped it down roughly 3 stops (more than that and you will have more or less pronounced vignetting). I am also going to do some of my usual tests with the fortune head for portraits ( I already took a few shots with a real person and I see that vignetting at closer focusing at roughly the minimum distance is much more evident than far away). See for yourself the tree ( where you can clearly see the swirl) test. One thing that it is not so evident in these pictures ( because of a little enthusiastic PP) is that the aperture has more influence on contrast that of depth of field

A similar one is now available readily available, it also turn left to right http://www.ebay.com/itm/JJC-Ergonomic-Oval-Eyecup-Eyepiece-Viewfinder-for-Fujifilm-X-T1-X-T2-as-EC-XTL-/171807210491

Some folks came up with an easy fix but I suppose that yes, of course it will be better if they has thought of something

I suppose that this almost double post is the fruit os some hiccup with a mobile device? I see this happening very often lately!

the best strategy for Fuji is to stay true to what has made them stand out after years and yeas of not having been a player of significance in digital photography.

I am sure that others will find reasons to be

Yet more food for though, as usual some will be outraged by such iconoclastic stance, but food for thought is meant to stimulate thinking not to stimulate agreement. http://www.theneweconomy.com/business/the-death-of-digital-photography