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  1. I understand and I apologize if it is frustrating to try and help when I am lacking a lot of info to share - I actually have wanted to do photography courses and have been looking into doing some. I've been to several photography meetups now. Some don't really go into the detail I want unfortunately so it's a matter of finding the right one. I have started reaching out to people to ask about being a mentor to help me do exactly what you said - but I do continue to do as much research as I can on and off youtube, forums, websites, etc. Value your input and appreciate the suggestions
  2. This is a really fair point - and I have had some portraits where the retouching per image was never ending. Thanks for this perspective and on the suggestion to rent out lenses - definitely something I will do. I mentioned on another forum after considering everyone's comments that I think the other issue may be that I am very interested in portraits and editorial oriented photography - a lot of close-up shots are part of that to show the details such as skin, hair, makeup, jewelry. Sometimes beauty shots as well. It's possible I'm seeking more clarity and detail than these lens are set up to do. I want to learn to achieve the shots you see in magazine quality and fashion oriented publications - so I think your suggestion of trying out different lenses would assist me with seeing if that gets me closer to what I want to achieve and/or if I am setting expectations that are too high for what I currently have and just being unreasonable. As far as the teddy bear, it's funny how sometimes the simplest solutions don't come to your brain first - I don't know why I didn't think of this sooner. Will shoot a few of these and see what my results are and have no problem sharing those - I've now had a lot of input on things to try from many people so I can better assess the image quality. The suggestions for software for raw images should help too.
  3. Sorry, i didn't realize they would be unhelpful. As i mentioned to Jerryy, i am not sure I want to make the raw images available for the models privacy, but i can ask a few of them to make sure theyre ok with it. They may be cropped but i do feel they do show the noise and focus issue I am having despite the less than ideal examples. Even raw, this is how they look in terms of noise and grain, so there isn't any editing issue i have. I often compare it with before and afters, as I've spent many months now trying to work on this issue before posting on a forum. I did have someone on a different forum mention raw conversion settings. I am trying captureone as well for fuji. But either way, I am open to trying anything.
  4. I see, unfortunately im not sure how to share the photos and also protect the models privacy. The noise you see is what the images look like raw in lightroom for me. Im happy to provide the ss info, fstop and other Metadata info. Ill update into the description of each image shortly. I have tried it under several conditions now with a tripod and different focal points and settings, as well as with the remote app. Good to know about the lens limitations - I will continue to work at finding the sweet spot. Have definitely yet to do that. I am open to other lens recommendations you may have. I did have someone mention the lightroom settings in a different forum, so im looking into those as well as trying captureone for fuji as it was recommended it works best with fuji raw images.
  5. I'm new to photography (been practicing actively for 7 months or so ) and have a Fuji xt-30 with the kit XC15-45mm lens and a Viltrox 56mm 1.4 lens. At first, I didn't notice any issues with the camera because I was brand new and didn't have a good bar for understanding my camera and how it works in general. But now that I've used it for portrait/people photography, general outdoor photography and interior photography to test out, I've noticed how much noise and lack of sharpness is impacting the overall quality of my photos. First, I noticed the issues with the autofocus. I struggle a lot with portraits to get a sharp shot - and even now after attempting to change how I use autofocus (switching to manual, and trying different autofocus modes) I have never managed a clear crisp shot. For portraits, I've tried using the screen touch focus and selecting the eye or location I want to focus on when I get frustrated with auto but I find myself fiddling with the camera constantly on location to just get my photos to be clear. Afterwards when I review my photos I have noticed issues with clarity and noise. At first I thought it was just the viltrox but sadly, it wasn't. The viltrox has a weird swirly texture/noise to the photos and the xc15-45mm has a finer/grainer noise pattern - but they both are there. If you are entirely zoomed out of the photo, it's clear enough if you don't look that hard and isn't that apparent if it's a busy photo. But it lacks a depth and sharpness, and the noise especially is bad for portraits with face close ups and many smooth textures. Overall, I am open to the possibility that it is user error (and I really hope it is). I also understand this is not necessary the best mirrorless camera out there and fairly "entry level" vs Fuji's other cameras. But I haven't been able to find an example of others with this issue yet with the xt-30 so I am wondering if it's an issue with mine only. For some general info/questions I have: - I shoot RAW only. - It seems to be the case under both artificial light (with softboxes) and natural light conditions. The noise exists on a low ISO and high ISO's, so I don't believe it is that. I do find it is worse under less than ideal light conditions but even in beautiful light I find it giving me the same thing. - Grain effect is always OFF on my camera - I use lightroom to import my raw files and edit them. Could it be how lightroom imports the photos that gives them the grain/swirly effect? (I understand this doesn't have to do with the lack of focus ). - I've studied several photos from photographers I know, online, etc and there just seems to be a clarity/sharpness that my photos lack. I had actually tested a canon Rebel (t7 I believe) for a while before I bought my Fuji and while I didn't end up liking the camera, the photos I took had no clarity issues at all. I remember them being very crisp! So with that comparison, I am even more stumped. Could it be that this camera sensor is just not that great? Here are several photo examples edited and undedited I have taken (cropped to show the issues and respect people's privacy) with both lenses in both natural light and artificial light conditions. https://imgur.com/a/QTW1asO I am still very new to photography and have so much to learn. Any help, advice, etc is greatly appreciated!
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