milandro

I think your doubts and thoughts are in essence similar to mine. I too started my Fuji experience (and the initial attraction) with a simple lightweight camera X-E1 and the 35 1.4 THAT caught my attention. THAT attracted me to it. We’ve discussed something similar to this that you are saying in another thread ( the one talking of the possibility that the GFX is distracting from further developments of the lenses for the X line) My thoughts and doubts there were met with the usual salvo of hostile posts every time one questions things, like is there a real need to go 24Mp or do we want bigger cameras, bigger lenses and spend a lot more to get what exactly? But I suppose I am prone to heresy, doubts and questioning mass movements. when you see everyone going the same direction, I try to question the direction where everyone is going because: since we are different in everything, how can we all suddenly like one thing for all? My doubts were sparkled from having seen how my photographic experience was deeply changed ( not for the best) when I bought the 16-55. I had been thinking for a while that I wanted to fill the gap between the 12mm Samyang ( I also had had for quite some time the 10-24 which I then sold because it wasn’t for me) and the 18-55. So, now that I had the chance and the cash, I bought what I thought was the “ missing link”. Little did I know that I would hate it. Just as well there was something wrong with the lens ( serendipity?) and I could bring it back and get my money back. That lens changed my experience from a lean and mean small camera to something that it was precisely everything I disliked in modern photography ( and I’ve been in this game for over 40 years now). I have a lot of lenses ( including a Petzval and some modifications of my own...) and adapters ( tilt, M42~FX helicoid macro, lens turbo) that are not conventional fuji product and of regular use. But most of the times I just want a simple kit to go around. with not so much bulk and weight. I am not even updating the X-T1. I am going to stick with it for some time and skip generation 2 ( or even X-E3) altogether and wait for Generation 3 of the sensor. As far as lenses I am probably done already and aside from my experiments with less conventional lenses I think that my Fuji kit is going to stay the same. I am trying to fight consumerism not so much because of being a cheapskate but because it is a fool’s errand.

two updates (important for the very few who have pursued this Petzval lenses). The Canon EF adapter with aperture that I wanted to experiment with seem to be a viable option even if it would need to be used instead of the lens turbo adapter hence decreasing the field of view, because the vignette is actually bearable. See this test here on X pro 1 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3451804#forum-post-51139384 Another important update is on the bending of the waterhouse apertures you need to bend this very little otherwise the plate cannot go all the way down in the slot. If you don’t do this the image will be riddled with all sorts of problems that you might have simply avoided by paying more attention than I did.

To each his own. To me, the continuous fuss of retouching something (especially as op’s case in the middle of the image) would ruin the experience of taking pictures. I had something similar years ago with a Canon that I was using to shoot mostly studio still life ( the dirt was on the margin of the format and easily retouched). Unfortunately ( for me) while I was working (years ago) as photographer for the Dutch Royal Library I had to scan thousands of images ( on any format possible of scanner I would have used an imacon for the one you mention). scanning ( and retouching the scans ) wan never my cup of tea.

actually I could fill several pages of quotes form other threads of people saying “ I switched to fuji form Canon or Nikon because of the weight and size”, to deny that the main first attraction was based on a high quality system small and relatively cheap is in my opinion to deny the reason of the initial success. However two things have happened recently. The sales of X-T2 and the pre-sales of GFX have shocked the company. In my opinion they are now seriously trying to deal with this and are thinking of a way forward which won’t damage their market share. One possible scenario is concentrating into developing the GFX for a certain type of public while keeping the X cameras attractive to a market that has revealed itself more diversified. It is obvious that developing both the X-T and the GFX generation will bring them at odds at least in some cases.

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There are multiple brands for these things ( if there is any such thing as kluge r us ) on a sideline... Could you please dis-activate the message “ Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A using Tapatalk” ? do that in the preferences of Tapatalk It bothers lots of people http://www.fuji-x-forum.com/topic/1124-please-disable-the-message-“-sent-from-my-iphone-using-tapatalk/ It really adds nothing to your participation to the forum.

well, that the dust spot is really huge and should be well visible even if you open the camera and peek down the shaft to the sensor ( do that ). But it is definitely NOT a dead or hot pixel ( a dead pixel will show as a white dot because there is no energy there and a hot one would be colored)

niche means small production, small production for a small company equals little interest unless the price would be huge

A lot of people wonder how to protect their camera against the rain and if tho buy a WR camera for “ just in case" Well, if you don’t want to go the DIY solution you can spend as little as $ 5 including shipping to buy one of these

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No, bad pixels ( hot or dead) are not black they are red or white or colored in any case. The reason why it fades in or out is the aperture that you use. Closed apertures make the spot visible, less close make it less or not visible at all. Blowing it off is NOT equalling cleaning the sensor, this needs, a wet or gel cleaning. This can also be dirt which could happen on the last element of a lens but it wouldn’t be the 23 but a more wideangle one.

if they wanted or could do that they would have already done it, if they don’t they have their reasons.

to not use them as protection when you are NOT driving a bike? If you hit the road at even just 25Km an hour with your unprotected head the weaker one is going to break and I predict it is your head . Anyway put your camera under your jacket and nothing will happen to you. Spend as little as $10 buy a raincoat for cameras like the one above and be happy singing in the rain, no need to spend over $1000 more

One could walk around with an helmet just in case one bumps his head. People do, rarely, bump their head...it is not unheard of. Almost none thinks of wearing an helmet just in case. Most of the times would be useless and you will pay for a useless helmet and never use it. The great majority of camera users are weekend warriors shooting pictures of girlfriends and (grand-)children, flowerbeds and sunny landscapes. Despite this, I know of several such weekend warriors having WR camera and lenses ( of course as light efficient as possible and shooting way above ISO 1600 too but no waxing please!). I wonder if they need any of that or they are just buying everything they think qualifies a proper photographer but then do what they do the way they could have done with any camera.

It very much depends I normally prefer extremely fine grain rendition. After that I also use output sharpner and D fine. I find that, as so many things, Acros simulation, was just an overinflated marketing tool. We have Acros Fuji said! Everyone cheered. But was Acros any better? I don’t think so. Same thing happened for many other things.

but companies make choices and a company with a relatively small digital photographic division ( most of Fuji sales are in copiers or instant photography only a minute part and not even making a lot of money I may add, if you read their annual report) don’t have resources to pursue lots of different sectors. My prediction is that they are now compartmentalizing segments, because running them alongside will reflect into internal competition. Again, unless your crystal ball is better than mine, I have my marketing experience ( which I do have) and you have your own, only time can tell.

We shall see! If it were that absurd to think that one system wouldn’t influence the other, this forum wouldn’t be awash with so many enthusiastic comments about the introduction of the new format but there would be a new, independent forum, dedicated to GFX fans alone, there is a diffuse cross pollination and seen the tendency of some to buy stuff they don’t need but which they can afford ( I have the cash therefore I buy way above my needs and capabilities) I am sure that many X-T2 buyers will be buying a GFX ( as witnessed from the many who say they have already ordered one). As for being complimentary ( we wish...) , I am not sure , probably you meant complementary.

You seem to call this "noise “, which it has been the precise aim of this simulation to render noise is such a way that it looks like grain. I think that you simply found what acros is really all about, a disguise of noise as grain, attempting to simulate ( with stress on simulation) the “ experiece” of film in as much as that grain grows (irrespective of its setting) as the sensitivity is increased. I am sure that you would reach way better (and finer grained) results by processing an image with silver efex 2. Try.

hence making the system as big and heavy as a DSLR, which will then put them at a disadvantage because they will compete with cameras with a different philosophy, besides they will compete with themselves. The way I see it is that some folks ( those who thing that bigger is better) will pursue the GFX and the X camera better stay close to their origins to not enter this territory. As the GFX will find its place on the market many photographer will have to necessarily evaluate whether the trade off of a smaller sensor are worth it or whether jumping to a larger sensor camera is not closer to their philosophy. Seen the attention dedicated now to the GFX ( the internet is resounding of this acronym ) it is not difficult to see how lots of people will make the switch. The company will certainly need to prioritize one system over the other because ultimately running two competing systems will damage sales.

I know that few larger lenses have been there for quite a while, but they were few and limited only to some use. I have even ordered a 56 1.2 and then, then and there, changed my mind for the 60 The F2 lenses, I am very much aware of that, have fulfilled a particular need. But the demand for lager lenses ( 35mm f1) is now getting out of hand and it comes from the same type of people who are also demanding the camera to grow in size. All of this is counterintuitive the philosophy of a camera which based its fortune on being smaller and compacter. There was once an article about the mirrorless cameras by sony ( and Fuji) growing and growing in size, that was a prophecy and it happened exactly that. https://petapixel.com/2016/04/04/sonys-full-frame-pro-mirrorless-fatal-mistake/ Now there is this GFX which, hopefully, will capture all the interest and attention of those whom are all about larger and heavier. I wish them (you?) all the best of luck. I am not interested.

well, it is a quick procedure,and took less than 10 minutes at the shop, how many hours would it take to retouch every single image that you take?

most people don’t have this kind of accident and I am not sure that it would be wise to buy a WR camera just in case you were ever to spill coffee (by you or someone else) on your camera.

I thought It was a bayonet fitting

Have you? I’ve done several such things but I am curious to see yours. Until now I have modified front grip of camera L plate with cork, up-cycled and old photographic bag, made usable lenses out of projection lenses, re-used and modified an old pistol grip ( which goes nicely between camera and monopod). I am very curios to learn and get inspired from your work.

there are other threads about this, the best way is to have Fuji do this for you. http://www.fuji-x-forum.com/topic/996-fuji-x-t1-rubber-surface/page-2 http://www.fuji-x-fo...accessory-door/ http://www.fuji-x-fo...rubber-surface/ http://www.fuji-x-fo...skin-of-x-pro1/