Jacrode

Hi I recently started trial of Alien Skin E3 i will try write down some though. My journey with LR ended when they come up with subscriptions and gone to Affinity Photo and FastRaw Viewer. Serif team made great job developing Affinity Photo for price and osx platform but they don't fully focus on RAF files support. I had AP quite long time and mostly my work was on usual RAW files, but when i fully decided switch from canon to fuji i approach some issues working on fuji files with Affinity Photo. I posted bugs on their forums but no one didn't come back with proper answer. So shooting with my fuji was 100% pleasure but editing nightmare i needed start looking around after software. I downloaded some trials and started doing simple edits, it appear that Alien skin i was opening mostly. Simplicity of interface, presents, non-destructive RAF, file browsing without importing, quick software loading, fast files preview, fast enough rendering, all things made my day better. Alien skin very interesting tool for my Fuji but there is some lacks what competitors are stronger. I don't know why but for me in this price range fundamental adjustments are missing such as Chromatic aberration, De-fringing, vignette lens correction, some simple print module with selection of color space. I still don't understand need for separate Sharpness and focus adjustment. Nosie reduction is good but if you zoom in picture rendering somehow not applying in preview, but when you zoom out it seems ok, sometimes i could refer same to sharpening and focus. Another aspect is Layers, i really don't understand behave for example if you set only contrast in main layer to value 30 and create second layer with same contrast value 30 you will get different effects, seems like layer two is boosting more brightness even layer one is off. Apart of listed above i feel is impressive software with layers support, masking, brush selection for edits like Dodge-burn, import module, external software edit option and more. I recomend for Fuji owners, price bit high comparing to what competition offers, but i found very intuitive to use.

Hello I would like introduce myself. My name is Jasse and i life in Sweden, after longer time with Canon i decided to swap systems. My previous gear was Canon 7d Mark ii and few premium lens. Canon is great camera and quality but my shooting style was always fighting with that gear, many precise settings needed go over menu to apply, body itself 900g and lens 400-500g was not a joy for longer period of shooting and carrying. Checking options in Canons ecosystem, reduce weight of different lens-body (small primes, small body 80d? SL2? 77D? ), customise functions didn't still fully reach to me. Last thing i checked was mirrorless lineup... And here I slowly start doing some research what i can gain or lose in different systems to improve my joy of photography. Reading reviews, watching youtube about Sony, Panasonic, Olympus, always between brands Fuji was showing up with nice feedbacks. So i came a cross to Fuji X line. Local i didn't had chance go and try out Fuji systems, my decision was based only on web information. My pick was Fuji X-T2 and 35 f2 lens, i placed order online and i get battery grip for free after xmas. I need to be honest i was bit nervous spend lots of money and when package arrived i didn't opened till next day... i still was looking on web about more info pros and cons with thoughts maybe return and stay with Canon. I found braveness next day in lunch time to unbox and take few shoots, get familiar with menu, controls and EVF. When i checked image quality and ergonomics i didn't know what to say, i was amazed. Strength, performance in that little body is outstanding. Focus speed/lock on single point is absolutely fast with current lens, comparing to my 7d m2. I still need get used to EVF and accept that some repair may appear in future by fuji ( some people declaring had issues and 2-3 repairs under year usage) but hopefully i will not experience much faults or any. I may be next fuji lover, proud of my decision! Happy new year Ladies and Gentleman's