[Purple Image Error X-T2 (and X-pro 2) with backlight]

The effect is very dependent on the angle and the position of the sun - very low sun (just before sunset) leads to it easily, especially with certain lenses like the 56mm/1.2, it happens most easily with this one. But i.e. in the mountains, with the sun high up, it does not happen at all.

 

 

So to avoid the problem one has to opt for the most unphotogenic light possible? Sweet!

 

…Over the years with the Fuji system I've seen a lot of various sensor artifacts. As for the most annoying artifact, the award definitely goes to what I call an "AF pixel shadow". When you do a complex postproduction on darkly exposed files (star trails, focus stacking etc), oftentimes the entire cross-sensor AF zone suddenly presents itself as a weird pattern contained in a rectangle. The only workaround is to camouflage it with some compulsory artwork.

 

And the purple sensor flare always seems to ruin the best candid shot in the series. That's why I call it "Murphy's flare".

[I've got an X-Pro2 right now...anything you want to know?]

Does it have a rear sync with external non-TTL flashes?

How about a PC sync terminal, does it have a rear sync?

[How do you store your camera and lenses when not in use?]

Hi guys I have a question, I keep my lenses on a shelf in my bedroom. The shelf has my PC speakers on it to, I'm concerned that the sound and bass may cause i don't know issues with the optics? I don't have my speakers on everyday perhaps once a week I'm at my desk. Should I move from the shelf and keep them in a Camera bag?   

 

Vibrating lenses can jump off the shelf, but any damage from the sound waves are highly unlikely.

 

Source of my certainty: during the open air concert of Jean Michel Jarre in Moscow in 1997, the press pool was right under the bass speakers. And these were the most epic bass speakers I've ever seen! I saw cameras falling along with tripods, ears and noses of some photographers started bleeding… But the next day all our the gear was fine – both mine and my colleague's. 

[HOT: First Short review with SAMPLES (!!!) of the XF35mm f2 and 1.4x teleconverter!]

I know the 35mm will be good, but give us a hint on how good. ;D

 

Hint:  start saving 

[Limiting the use of acronyms to a minimum]

The point is, and keeps on being, that using acronyms is bad form, using language, uncommon as it is might be, isn’t.

 

WTF might simply mean World Taekwondo Federation 

 

JFYI, acronyms are of great help when it comes to the commonly used, but unnecessarily ponderous phraseologisms. For example, we commonly use "CV" instead of "curriculum vitae" or even "resume".

[Limiting the use of acronyms to a minimum]

Vademecum is a normal word , like  pedant. Some people understand it some don’t.

Depending on education.

 

Most English-speaking inhabitants of this planet see very little difference between "extracurricular" and "extracorporeal". Besides, vade mecum are two words, and if you translate 'em literally you'll get "EDC" in modern, Internet-era English.

[Limiting the use of acronyms to a minimum]

Kind of like when people use words like this instead of simply saying "handbook" or "guide" you mean?

 

[Daily Photoblog Challenge (AKA 365 Project)]

Just wanted to bump the old thread and remind y'all that the challenge is still open to anyone who's willing to participate. So far, the list of photographers who joined it looks like this:

 

1. Me.
2. Myself.
3. I.

 

_{Centaur by Trenton Talbot, on Flickr}

[Locking everything]

I know those switches from other cameras and I like them. They look exactly like the lock button in the middle of the X-T1 ISO dial, but work different. Press once to unlock, press again to lock. Those are exactly the lock-switch mechanisms I'd like for all the wheels on the X-T2.

 

 

Currently, the major failure point in X-T1 is a CSM switch (I already had mine replaced, and know of at least 3 other photographers who did so as well). You're proposing something that will fail way sooner… 

 

Besides, this is one extra step (locking it back) to remember under pressure. Why overcomplicate something as simple as push-turn-release?

 

 

Hmm. Are you not able to learn after a few times to keep the switches and buttons where they should be? Seems like it ...

 

Get a life, troll.

[black and white (open thread)]

_{Lower Limits by Trenton Talbot, on Flickr}

[Locking everything]

Hell no. Just make the buttons "smart". Not "press and hold" to turn but "switches". Then you can have locked or unlocked as much or as little as you want. 

 

Just yesterday you were saying that significant percentage of the forum population routinely fails to enter their passwords correctly 5 times in a row. And now you want switches? What happened to the KISS rule, genius?

[anybody know what is up with thomas menk and his fujix-pro1 scoop it website]

Why don't you ask the man himself?

[Locking everything]

When X-T1 was first released, there's been a lot of whining about its locking ISO dial. My problem with this dial is totally opposite: I would like that damn button to lock not just ISO, but a drive mode dial as well. It gets knocked off way too often.

 

As a matter of fact, I won't mind if the X-T1 successor had a similar locking mechanism on a shutter speed/metering dial as well. The only dial on a top panel that should always remain unlocked is a compensation dial.

[Forum Under SPAM attack]

IP address banning is only a short term measure and needs to be removed after a short time or you cause co-lateral damage. 

 

And there are many, many people who can't remember their passwords. I find it rather disgusting how you judge that, but that's just my personal view - having dealt with customer service for products that are used by hundreds of millions of people ...

 

What kind of idiot bans an IP from dynamic pool permanently? Stop projecting. Oh, and speaking of how I judge that… As someone who had root access to various networks from mid-90s, I've seen user's search histories. Now, that is disgusting indeed.

[Forum Under SPAM attack]

Sorry?

 

In a sitemap file look for changefreq parameters. There must be a reason why these bots attacked mostly the General forum. If changefreq for General in your sitemap file has lesser timing than any other subforum, it could mean that your site has been indeed hacked and used as a racetrack for the championship (yes, hackers do have sporting events).

 

Same with htaccess: if you haven't changed it in a while, dig out an old backup and compare it to the current version.

[Forum Under SPAM attack]

Not a good approach. IP addresses are easy to spoof, easy to obtain different ones, and not a reliable measure at all. It's very likely that you are annoying your real users a lot more than the actual spammers. 

 

If you cannot remember your own password 5 times in a row, your potential contribution to the forum content seems to be moot. Blocking or throttling offending IP addresses is a very efficient way of fighting bots. At least when it comes to forum spam bots.

 

Right now a bigger spammer campaign is running - I had attacks (or call it better floods) in 3 of my 5 communities over the last 24 hours.

And I saw it in some other communities too.

 

Looks like a championship to me. Check your htaccess and a sitemap file, make sure they are authentic. 

[Forum Under SPAM attack]

#3 is a little bit to difficult for some of us

Oh well, no ignorance captcha then. But at least you can employ some captcha that checks for not just human traits, but lucidity as well. Like "What's the first word in the forum name?" 

[Forum Under SPAM attack]

Andreas, are these all freshly registered accounts? If so, you may want to:

 

1. Go on temporary lockdown (turn off registration).

2. Impose a waiting period, when newly registered account cannot post for a week.

3. Set up a photography specific registration captcha. A lot of captcha plugins let you set up your own question/response pairs, so you can do something like "Initially the aperture was set at f/5.6, we opened it one full stop. What's the aperture value now?"

 

#3 is important because this particular bot seems to be human assisted.

[What should the successor of the X100T be like]

#7 Collapsible lens hood would be nice.

#8 Ain't gonna happen.

#10 Jetpack. Everything will be so much better with a jetpack.

[Worrisome smudge on XPro-1 LCD screen]

Trenton - I have tried an x-acto knife and can't get any leverage.  Maybe I'm not holding my tongue right. I will admit that the idea that there is a protector in place makes the most sense. I'll just bide my time - it doesn't really affect anything at this point. 

 

I can certainly do it with X-Acto – but yes, there are more appropriate blades for this, like a Havalon for example, or any thin and flat fillet/skinning blade, preferably with a Scandi or chisel grind (you want to keep the knife flat to the actual screen). There's no question if this is a screen protector – it is; the only question is, how's this thing attached? Is it a sticker, a vacuum seal, or they just glued this thing on?…

[Worrisome smudge on XPro-1 LCD screen]

By the looks of it (and compared to the X-T1 that I have in front of me), it's definitely a screen protector. Quite a thick one, and probably stiff too. If I were you, I would've just removed it using a thin blade (x-acto should do just fine), trying not to bend this "glass" too much in the process (in case if it's fragile). But I'm not you, so you'll have to make your own choice. Or not – judging by the photo, if you keep procrastinating, it will fall off on its own 

[Hot Air Balloon]

XF 55-200 or 50-150 on X-T1, and don't change it mid flight. If the budget permits, get a secondary lens/body combo (X100T will do).

[Portraiture work, running topic]

_{Graffiti Fest by Trenton Talbot, on Flickr}

[Night photography]

Just a silhouette. X-T1, XF56mm, Velvia simulation.

[Night photography]

_{Beauty Salon by Trenton Talbot, on Flickr}