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I can't see where, or if, the in-camera star ratings display in Lightroom.
 
Am I missing something or doesn't it work?
 
 
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And this doesn't even include all of it!

Kemuning Side by Henry Sudarman, on Flickr

Home by Henry Sudarman, on Flickr

Stare of hope by Henry Sudarman, on Flickr

Harbour worker by Henry Sudarman, on Flickr

Chef by Henry Sudarman, on Flickr

Busy Market by Henry Sudarman, on Flickr

Hi everybody!
 
During Christmas 2014, me and my girlfriend spent three weeks traveling through the northern half of Vietnam. The tour was (unsurprisingly) more or less: Hanoi --> Cat Ba --> Ninh Binh --> Hue --> Hoi An
 
Wait... what? Heard that somewhere before?
 
Well, that's right. This is the second of two "twin threads". Check out the (rather mediocre) landscapes over here.
 
After having a long, hard second look at all the pictures, I decided to make a dedicated thread for the street shots. Normally, I would consider myself more of a landscape photographer, but I have definitely shot far better landscapes with my trusty X-T1 than on this trip. And even after several months back, I still like the documentary-style shots way better than the landscapes. One reason might very well be that with all the heavy-DSLR-lugging tourists everywhere, the X-T1 made me feel rather unobstrusive, so I had no problem getting in close and establishing some sort of contact with the people I shot. Or in some cases - take a few steps back: This was also the trip that made me seriously fall in love with the 35mm-equivalent (which was the XF 23mm 1.4 back then... and which also led to an additional X100T later on... *sigh*).
 
So, let's get this finally started with the...
 
Streets of Hanoi, Part I
 

 

 

 
Make no mistake - If you're not used to Asia, arriving in Hanoi will come to you like a shock. Well, it certainly did for me.
 
The smog made breathing pretty heavy already when we left the airport. The taxi ride into the city gave us a glimpse of the madness that's called traffic which would await us in the Old Town. People keep telling you and they do because it's true: It does take you something like half an hour to cross the street at first. Unless you have a death wish.
 
After half a day, however, I got used to the constant madness, crossing the street became merely a matter of not looking left and right, walking at a constant pace, trusting the motorbikes to drive past you and NOT EVER STOPPING ONCE YOU STARTED WALKING.
 
It's about then when your attention is drawn to all the things that are going on around you at the side of the streets:
 

 

 

 
 
This fairly quickly made me finally fall in love with the city. I don't know how other tourist experiences are, but I felt pretty much unhasseled and safe wherever I went. And the food is absolutely delicious - we pretty much started eating street food right away and never had any issues. Sitting on a plastic chair within all the chaos, scrubbing your spoon and chopsticks clean, eating ridiculously delicious noodles of all varieties, served with fresh herbs you've probably never tasted before (and which you share with pretty much everyone near the food stall) is just a great experience.
 

 
 
Oh, and did I mention the cà phê sữa? Try the coffee! Drink the coffee! Love the cof... okay, I guess you got it.

Same place...same thoughts...just bought the 16mm from them so I decided for something a bit more different to compliment my lineup. So ill hang in there and hope for a bigger price drop on the 23mm and will get it then.

Most noticeable at close range, but really at any focus distance the X100 doesn't come close to the XF23 when shot at F2 and even F2.8. It bugs me all the time with 'real' shooting, in fact i didn't even do a test chart.
 
*Don't have the XF23, but everything i've seen clearly looks much better. Mirrorlessons did somewhat of a comparison too: http://www.mirrorlessons.com/2013/10/28/the-fujinon-xf-23mm-f1-4-hands-on-comparison-with-the-x100s-2/

As wide angle lenses are used for getting up close, I think the practical IQ difference is quite important and I cannot support the statement "but for real shooting they are the same". Everytime I had to get close (e.g. for details) I had to stop down the X100 lens to f/5.6 to get an acceptable quality. The 23 1.4 offers a MUCH better close up quality. The X100 lens wide open and up close produces milky, soft results. Depending on the usage and the user it can be of utmost importance (e.g. for me) or of roughly no importance at all (probably Dis and many other users).

As others said already, the 23 XF 1.4 R is the optically superior lens. Sharpness, especially when focusing close, is so much better than the X100 lens can deliver. Stopped down to f/8 or even smaller the difference vanishes.
 
You can make great pictures with both lenses but I far prefer the 23mm lens to the X100.

I've got both the X100T and the XF 23mm/1.4 on the X-T1. It's a mess, because YES, the lens is THAT much better than the X100T (not that there's too much wrong with it, the XF is just pretty damn awesome), and the X100T is just THAT much smaller and far less heavy. I feel the difference is even bigger than in the "VS." So I can't really get myself to part ways with either one of them.
 
Anyway: I got the XF first and with a 150€ cashback, so it was a different story. It was what made me fall in love with the 35-equivalent and the desire for something lighter and smaller. In your case, for only 10% off, I think it's a waste of $$$ unless you really NEED the additional speed or find yourself shooting the X100S really often very close and wide open, because that's the situation where the XF really excells.
 
Hope I could help.

A short video (35mm focus speed) and feedback for you on FujiRumors: http://www.fujirumors.com/focus-finally-can-said-awesome-zone-af-rocks-video-35mm-af-test-fw-4-0-fuji-x-t10-ver-1-0-feedback/

I really liked my 14mm but I sold it to buy the 16mm.
The 14mm is small(ish) and light and very sharp. But I wanted the extra couple of stops and the water-resistance of the 16.
Here are some pictures I took with my 14mm:

 
 
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