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    frankinfuji reacted to sebas1430 in Fox family   
    The light was better today....
     

     

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    frankinfuji reacted to sebas1430 in Fox family   
    I recently received a Canon FD 300mm f4 L lens (1979) and I did a few tests today with my X-T1. Unfortunately the light was really bad... I hope it will be better next time.
     
     

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    frankinfuji reacted to tomO2013 in Has Steve Huff "Lost It"?   
    I am a canon 1dx ii shooter, Sony A7 and Fuji X series shooter. 

    I've also had the priviledge of shooting the A9 at Sony launch - I wrote this feedback on Sony alpha forums shortly after I had a chance to play with A9 for a bit :
    https://www.talkemount.com/threads/hands-on-with-the-a9-a-disappointment-for-me.16912/

    In summary - I do feel that the A9 is massively overhyped. It is a great camera however there are many tasks for which I feel an XT2 is the superior camera and vice versa there are some tasks where I feel the A9 is the better camera.
     
    Some things to keep in mind when perusing the spec sheets....
    - A9 in any form of continuous raw, bracketing, HDR etc... falls back to a 12bit read out (note the difference between read out and file format - i'm not talking about compressed 11+7 file format).  This is the same with the a99ii, a7rii, a6500, etc....  Sensor measurements on DXO typically are found based off of single shot mechanical 14bit read out. It appears that this is a design decision to prioritize FPS over maintaining quality. 
    - Quality loss in 12bit mechanical continuous mode vs 12bit electronic shutter continuous mode is an unknown quantity on this camera right now. What we do know already from the a7rii and Jim Kasson's measurements of existing Sony bodies is that there is a qualitative loss in noise and dynamic range going from mechanical shutter to electronic shutter (outside of the 14 bit to 12 bit loss). Whether that is significant for your purposes, noticeable or not is a subjective perspective and each to their own. Nevertheless it's good to be aware that electronic shutter (same with XT2) does come with a performance penalty, however from comments in Jim Kassons thread on dpreview it appears that Fuji does not play with the read out bitrate to achieve their continuous/bracketed speeds. 14bit all the way through. Fuji, Canon, Nikon all continue to read out at 14bits in continuous. 
     
    Why do I mention this? The A9 specifications look good but need the background context of how they are achieved to really give an apples to apples comparison with pre-existing workhorses. Overall a camera is more than the sum of its individual specifications.
    Case in point: in mechanical shutter mode the a9 the continuous framerate is the same as it's older brother (the a7ii ) and works at a respectable (for my needs anyway) 5fps.
    Mechanical shutter mode on the a9 is the only mode that guarantees no banding in phosphorous lighting conditions and no jello effect with fast moving panning subjects. The electronic shutter mode on the a9 does handle panning subjects somewhat better than the electronic shutter mode on an XT2 in my brief experience but that difference isn't huge. BUT - the a9 electronic shutter mode does not eliminate the problem entirely so regardless of how improved it is,  read out rates are not fast enough yet to achieve banding free and no jello. Maybe the solution is for Sony to drop the bit rate further to achieve faster readout in the next generation?
    If you need to use fast flash sync, cannot tolerate any potential banding in phosphorous artificial lighting, no tolerance for jello - mechanical shutter is still the name of the game regardless of camera brand preference.
    In the context of mechanical shutter capability, the 11 FPS (continuous) with boost grip on an XT2 with 14bit read out (or the 11fps of the a6500 in 12bit read out) will in theory at least be a more realistic body if you shoot in these types of conditions. Pragmatically though, if you are considering spending 6k on an a9 then you probably would be better served again with a D500, D5 or 1dxii with fast mechanical shutter in my opinion. If the purpose of the camera is for weddings and situations where you CAN use the electronic shutter, then the A9 is a great camera but there are equally capable cameras in my opinion for less money - you can buy two D750's + change for the price of one A9. You can get 3 XT2's etc... 

    If you click through to the link I mentioned earlier you will see a video that I shared immediately of my first hands on experience with mechanical shutter. A 1dx or D5 will give a superior experience in such high speed mechanical modes. I confirmed with Chris and Jordan during todays TCS live show the slideshow effect in mechanical with their sample too. Also confirmed today with Chris and Jordan is the 12bit and phosphorous lighting limitations.

    My personal take away is that the A9 is a great camera - heck there are LOTS of great cameras available. Just do your homework before abandoning any ship or declaring X better than Y. You may find that the compromises the A9 makes do not work for your shooting style.
    Just my 0.02
     
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    frankinfuji reacted to KirillSokolov in Portraiture work, running topic   
    T2 + Helios 40-2
     
    DSCF7777 by Kirill Sokolov, on Flickr
     
    T2 + 23
     
    DSCF7846 by Kirill Sokolov, on Flickr
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    frankinfuji reacted in Has Steve Huff "Lost It"?   
    I have to laugh when someone compares a full frame $4500 camera to a crop sensor camera priced at $1600 and says its better. Next we can compare the Phase One 100 megapixel camera at $49000 to the 16 megapixel X-E2s at $700. 
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    frankinfuji reacted to KirillSokolov in Portraiture work, running topic   
    Fujifilm X-T2 + Fujinon 23/1.4
     
    DSCF7800 by Kirill Sokolov, on Flickr
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    frankinfuji reacted to MattXPhitographer in Noemi   
    #Samyang85mm with #FujiXT1
     
    Inviato dal mio ALE-L21 utilizzando Tapatalk
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    frankinfuji reacted to HendrikOsula in Portraiture work, running topic   
    Took a photo of my lovely pregnant wife on a regular evening walk.
     
    Piia @Tallinn, Estonia by Hendrik Osula, on Flickr
     
    X100F
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    frankinfuji reacted to KirillSokolov in Portraiture work, running topic   
    T2 + 56
     
    DSCF6718 by Kirill Sokolov, on Flickr
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    frankinfuji reacted to KirillSokolov in Portraiture work, running topic   
    T2 + Helios 40-2
     
    DSCF6847 by Kirill Sokolov, on Flickr
     
    DSCF4360 by Kirill Sokolov, on Flickr
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    frankinfuji reacted to KirillSokolov in Portraiture work, running topic   
    T1 + 56
    DSCF3014 by Kirill Sokolov, on Flickr
     
    T1 + 35
     
    DSCF2943 by Kirill Sokolov, on Flickr
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    frankinfuji reacted to KirillSokolov in Portraiture work, running topic   
    T1 + 56
     
    DSCF1440 by Kirill Sokolov, on Flickr
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    frankinfuji reacted to KirillSokolov in Portraiture work, running topic   
    X-E1 + 56
     
    DSCF8249 by Kirill Sokolov, on Flickr
     
    DSCF8221 by Kirill Sokolov, on Flickr
     
    DSCF8244 by Kirill Sokolov, on Flickr
     
    DSCF8219 by Kirill Sokolov, on Flickr
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    frankinfuji reacted to KirillSokolov in Portraiture work, running topic   
    Fujifilm X-E1 + Fujinon 56/1.2
     
    DSCF8158 by Kirill Sokolov, on Flickr
     
    DSCF8224 by Kirill Sokolov, on Flickr
     
    DSCF8172 by Kirill Sokolov, on Flickr
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    frankinfuji reacted to KirillSokolov in Portraiture work, running topic   
    T2 + 23
     
    DSCF4763 by Kirill Sokolov, on Flickr
     
    T2 + 56
     
    DSCF5555 by Kirill Sokolov, on Flickr
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    frankinfuji reacted to KirillSokolov in Portraiture work, running topic   
    T2 + 56
     
    DSCF0597 by Kirill Sokolov, on Flickr
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    frankinfuji reacted to KirillSokolov in Portraiture work, running topic   
    T2 + 23
     
    DSCF0689 by Kirill Sokolov, on Flickr
     
    T2 + 56
     
    DSCF0780 by Kirill Sokolov, on Flickr
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    frankinfuji reacted to Hermelin in People -- Anything about People (Open Thread)   
    DSCF2451 by Filip Hermelin, on Flickr
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    frankinfuji got a reaction from Curiojo in People -- Anything about People (Open Thread)   
    Bangkok Motor Show. Fuji 27mm
     

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    frankinfuji got a reaction from milandro in People -- Anything about People (Open Thread)   
    Bangkok Motor Show. Fuji 27mm
     

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    frankinfuji reacted to julianlimh in Camera RAW turning images Purple.   
    Does anyone know why this is happening and how to fix it?
     
    For some reason, some of my images are turning purple and it's not fixable just by clicking on reset in lightroom develop or in camera raw photoshop. The preview of the images on my camera are normal but when I import them to lightroom or camera raw they do this. 
     
    I tried resetting the images, applying all the setting to 0 or balanced, copy and pasting presets applied to other images that were not purple and all that did was apply the presets over the purple tinted image. I also sent the raw file to a friend thinking that maybe it was my adobe but he got the same problem.
     
    I'm using lightroom cc 2015.9 and camera raw 9.9
     
    I've posted a link to a raw file if you guys would like to open the image and give it a try
    https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-M3KcTQibo7Zjc2MllxMWJPTFU/view?usp=sharing
     
    Thanks

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    frankinfuji reacted to HendrikOsula in People -- Anything about People (Open Thread)   
    My first wedding with only Fujifilm cameras. All shots taken with X100f.
     
    Olga @Tallinn, Estonia by Hendrik Osula, on Flickr
     
    Mihkel and Olga @Tallinn, Estonia by Hendrik Osula, on Flickr
     
    Mihkel & Olga @Tallinn, Estonia by Hendrik Osula, on Flickr
     
    Hungry @Tallinn, Estonia by Hendrik Osula, on Flickr
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    frankinfuji reacted to Aswald in Is this digital noise?   
    Time to look at the GFX50s.  
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    frankinfuji reacted to aiko in Share your nature photograph's   
    I don't do much Nature or Wildlife photography with my Fuji X100 but I rly like this one (shot with the TCL):
     

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    frankinfuji reacted to Ziggy in Share your nature photograph's   
    Have not found a thread to share images related specifically to nature so why not start one here ...
    Looking for photo's of nice tree's, flowers, rivers, forest, macro shots in the wild, sea, ...
     
    Here are a few shots of my own.
     
    Bamboo B&W
    Fuji X-T1 + 14mm: ISO 200 - F5 - 1/120
    Bamboo B&W by Ziggy Wellens, on Flickr
     
    Kniphofia plant close-up
    Fuji X-T1 + 14mm: ISO 200 - F4.8 - 1/60
    Kniphofia plant close-up by Ziggy Wellens, on Flickr
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