Olaf W.

Hello!
Let me start of by saying I'm very new to digital photography and videography.
Back in August, 2020, I decided to start a YouTube channel to review bluetooth devices, and of course I needed a decent camera to work with. After a couple of weeks of research, I picked up the Fujifilm X-T200 -- by all accounts, the best entry-level camera at the time. Mind you, although I have some experience with SLRs and PAS cameras in the past, I haven't touched a real camera in over a decade (phones don't count). After a few days playing around with the X-T200, I was hooked! My videos were coming out great! And even though my phone could film in 4K, what I captured on my X-T200 was so much better!
Recently, I've wanted to explore street photography and macro photography. These new interests got me started looking at lenses and other accessories. And while I was at it, I decided to upgrade my camera as well -- I found the X-T200 to be very power-hungry, and tended to overheat rather quickly. So I went and picked up the X-S10 a couple of weeks ago, along with a couple of prime lenses. IBIS and much improved power consumption were the biggest selling points (and the approachable price, of course).
Unfortunately, that's the reason why I joined this forum -- to get some answers or at least some help with my X-S10. Thanks in advance!!

Left Olympus this week New X-T3, 16-55, 50-230xc, 50 2.0 even trade for My Olympus Gear. Previously Shot with Fuji X-T1. Exited and looking forward to shooting and editing new Images. 

Hi everyone,
Where to start…?
I’m from and still live in Texas. In 2008 I studied in London for a semester and took a canon power shot with me. It was fun being able to take photos with something other than a disposable camera. I thought it was so high tech and had a blast shooting everywhere I went. When I got back to the states I basically lost interest. I’d pull it out on occasion but it mainly set in its case.
A couple of months ago I found out I’d need a portfolio to get into grad school. The portfolio is for ceramics but it gave me an excellent excuse to get a “real” camera. Since I am on a time crunch I did a ton of research in about a week before deciding which camera I wanted. I was leaning towards a Sony but then came across a blog about someone switching from a Sony to a Fujifilm. I found their reasons for doing so compelling and ended up purchasing an x-t4 with the 16-80mm lens. 
 
Since I’m basically brand new to photography I am enrolled in a photography course at a local university. I have found the same “spark” for photography that I first had all those years ago in London. I don’t really know what I mainly want to shoot yet and am just kind of interested in trying everything at the moment in the hopes I’ll find what I love most. 
 
I’m so happy to be part of the Fujifilm family and can’t wait to learn more!

Welcome. You should specify the lens and the camera.

Hello
Ok, I think I know how to make it work.
Will edit my post asap.

hi Guys,
Im glad I've found this forum. I am (will be soon) user of this camera. Moving from Nikon D90. So far, I am reading this forum and watching YT videos. Ordered this in my local online store and waiting
For sure, I will comeback with some questions 😇
 
Regards

Welcome.  I'm new too, and I've found this forum really helpful and friendly.

Welcome here, Charles  

Hey,
So I'm new here.
My name is Marc, recently retired - IT specialist/Technician.
Old school photographer and Pentax user for over 40 years,
and recently switched to Fuji.
Main camera now is the Fuji X-H1, the rest of the camera gear consists of an original Fuji X100, X-T1, and I'm still looking for a good X-T2 as a backup.
Have many other cameras including an Olympus E M10 and also analog like the Olympus OM 2000 and Nikon F60.
I currently mainly use the analog to make film simulations for my website (PictureFX)
On my website I do reviews, and now also Fuji related things. But one of the main activities is to keep the "Largest Collection of..." lists, and here we are talking about Recipes, Luts in all sizes, Presets etc..
Feel free to visit my website at : https://marcrphoto.wordpress.com/, and if you happen to know of any other websites that have/make film simulations, feel free to forward them so I can add them.
I have a separate gallery for my pictures, you can come and have a look here: https://marcroovers.wordpress.com/
thanks,
Marc.

Are you joking? X-T4 does not have a built-in flash.

Hello, everyone, my name is Kevin. I just picked up a new X-T4 with the 18-55 and got a few other goodies to go with it. I have a 23 and 35 F2 lenses coming in soon. My plan is to start doing bushcraft adventures and record and photograph my adventures. I have been into photography since I was little. I remember using the first paycheck from my first job to buy a used pentax which I still have. My first digital was an Olympus E-volt 510. Nice camera when it came out and it still takes nice pictures, but I need something more. Fuji seems to make the best hardware out there so since its been 15 years since I bought a camera its time for a switch. Looking forward to learning how to use a camera again (it has sadly been a while since I pulled one out) and learning to do video now as well as editing afterwards. Now to just get over the intimidation factor and get shooting right?

> Occasionally fully discharge the batteries to maintain lithium battery health.
A full discharge is apparently not good for lithium batteries.  Every time that happens, battery life is degraded.
(Extra tip, the best long term storage life is at 50% charge.)

Remove the battery (and the charger) and wait for some minutes. Then reinstall the battery and try again.

When you‘re activating the wifi on the camera a menu will appear, showing the last connected device. From there you setup another device and / or change the connected device. You can’t comnect two devices at the same time.

Thanks for the update. Sorry to hear of all the trouble. Hope in the end all will get sorted out.

No, I don‘t. Just have used similar lenses with mixed results. In my opinion a lot of experience snd patience ist needed to use them. That doesn‘t mean I think you‘re doing something wrong or have wrong expectations, but some people definitively do (such as me doing the first F1.x shots). I can‘t give an definitive opinion regarding your lens. If you‘re not satisfied with it you should get it checked.

There seems to be a problem with your computer. You should write protect the SD card before inserting it into the reader. And do a malware check, something on your computer is destructively writing to your card which is unusual.

I TRANSLATED HIS POST !
 

Just use JPEG plus RAW to get the simulation plus the „real scene“. You can even develop different simulations in the camera from a RAW.

Yeah, was a 2020 survey. We'll close this and perhaps start a new one later.

I've come to a time in my life when I'm returning to old haunts, in this case photography. I was a previously a member here under another e-mail address, which is long gone, so I've registered again and will start anew.
My photographic journey started while I was in college at the University of New Orleans in the late '70's. Don't know what drew me in, but I suspect there was a photo exhibit at school that I found extremely thought provoking. B & W imagery has always had that effect on me, almost hypnotic, particularly good B & W imagery.
So the trip began with a used Minolta SRT102 with a 50mm f1.8 that I bought through the classified ad's in a local newspaper. Remember those? 😮
The Minolta whetted the appetite, but when the Olympus OM-1n's were introduced, I grabbed a new one with a 50mm f1.8 lens at Barker's, a local department store, that had an excellent camera department. The Olympus served me well for many years, into marriage and graduate school and finally parenthood.
By that stage, life had taken over and finding the time to shoot a roll or two of Tri-X, develop the film, set up the darkroom, expose prints, etc. became exceedingly difficult.
About 20 years ago, my Father-in-Law bought us a Kodak DC280 digital point and shoot. A fairly low spec camera, it was used primarily to document family events and gatherings. In the ensuing years, the DC280 was superseded by an Olympus E-10 (back to my Olympus roots) and after struggling with the capabilities of that camera for far longer than I should have, a Nikon D70 arrived on the scene.
The D70 was nirvana. The controls and menus, being relatively simplistic in those days, were easy to grasp. In the ensuing years, I became a great deal more technically proficient, dealing with Raw imagery, metadata and effective image warehousing. Many, many excellent images were captured with that camera, and it's last hurrah was documenting the devastation of my hometown, New Orleans, after Hurricane Katrina. The D70 went everywhere with me, grabbing images of the absolute devastation throughout the metropolitan area, including my home.
At nearly the end of our journey in reconstructing the house, Nikon introduced the D200 and 18mm-200mm zoom. I was in a local camera shop and was just going to get the lens, but was smitten with the D200 and it came home in the bag with the zoom. The D70 was given to my daughter, who still has it, for a trip to Europe she was on the verge of embarking on.
The D200 went with me everywhere. I realized early on it had a tendency to eat batteries, so I bought a battery grip for it, which allowed a full day's shooting, but the proportions of the package were getting big, both size and weight wise.
As the years went by, it saw less and less use simply due to the size and weight, and the years 2010 through 2012 were fairly lean photo wise. When Fuji announced the X100, I was in the UK and I went and handled one in Heathrow airport of all places, but it was neither the time nor the place for that jump. Some time later, pre-sales of the X100s were announced and my name was on the list. Unfortunately it showed up about 2 weeks before I was to make an extended trip overseas for work and I decided to leave it home.... 😭
Upon my return, I embraced the Fuji, but to be kind, it did not embrace me back. Usage was fundamentally different than what I was used to, and if it hadn't been after the return period, I probably would have sent it back. But I had it, so I persevered. I won't lie, it was several months of practice before the shots started to come together.
6 months or so later I was on another trip for work to the San Diego area, and was able to get out early one afternoon. I drove down to Point Lomo State Park as I had heard it was very scenic. When I arrived, it was mid-afternoon and the sun was directly overhead with nary a glimpse of a cloud to be seen. Not optimum photo lighting by any means. In any event, it's a large park, so I walked all around.
About the time I had descended from the top of the hills to the beach area, the weather had turned and a storm was coming in. It was dark and threatening and the light was spectacular. Being a bit trepidatious, I set the X100s to exposure bracketing and started shooting.
When I got home and loaded the shots in LightRoom I was transfixed by what emerged. It was simply amazing. Far and away the best shot I've ever captured.

At that point I knew that I could sell the D200 and accompanying kit.
The X100s has since traveled with me all over the world, Singapore, Sardinia, Scotland, London, Greece, Hungary, Austria, Ireland and the Czech Republic and has never let me down. I am a well and fully hooked Fujista! In the ensuing years an X-Pro2 and a X-T2 have joined the fray with 18mm f2, 35mm f1.4, 10-24 f4, 18-55 f2.8-4 and 55-200 f3.5-4.8 lenses.
Recently, I've become a convert to Capture One as LightRoom and I never really did mesh. Dunno why. I could get what I wanted out the imagery in LR, but it was tedious and time consuming. I'd rather be out shooting than post processing. I tried the Capture One Express Edition for Fuji and was, as they say, hooked. It was amazing how good the RAF's looked literally "out of the box" in C1. Minimal tweaking needed. I subsequently bought the Fuji edition of C1 and then upgraded to the full version. All in, as they say.
The downside of Capture One is cataloging. I'm a Windows user, and Cataloging on the Windows version of Capture One is fundamentally broken. I could deal with the philosophical differences in cataloging with LR if the functionality worked, but it doesn't. So I basically just do development in C1 via an extended session and still use LR for a DAM tool. Luckily v6.14 supports all my cameras at this juncture.
So there it is.

The preview doesn’t show the actual exposure with the standard settings. Take a look at this thread for information about changing the preview setup:
 

Hi All, my name is Jok from Jakarta, Indonesia.
I'm 60s, when I was younger I used to love photography, but I quit before I could do anything with my cameras.
Recently, I bought an XT4 and I really enjoy the camera very much.
Thanks to accept me in this forum, because then I can learn from you guys.
Cheers, Jok

Since there is an area if sharpness it seems that the focus point was there. The blurrines might result from the alignment of the object. As I mentioned above, F1.2 gives you a very shallow field of death. Try F5.6 for a start. But maybe you’re right and the lens is defective.

I‘m using different lenses. I‘m not really sure that your photos are out of focus.