[Struggling with sharpness on X-T5 and fujinon 70-300mm]

8 hours ago, BobD said:

I'm personally not a fan of Fujinon lenses in general, zoom lenses in particular although there are a few good (expensive) ones out there and this image does not look sharp to me. .No offence intended - just my opinion. Any teleconverter will also degrade sharpness and your image is a good example of this. I use a Canon EF400 f5.6 (on my X-T4) with the K&F EF-FX adapter at a total combined cost of approximately £600 GBP and obtain results better than this..pse see attached.

wtf degradation are you talking about? 

[Struggling with sharpness on X-T5 and fujinon 70-300mm]

Seriously? This shot is with an X-T5, 70-300 AND the 1.4 TC. 

[Lens Advice]

9 hours ago, DaveX said:

Hi

If your into street photography might I suggest the 27mm.

Paired with the XT10 this would make quite a discrete setup, and the lens is not expensive.

I agree, it's a great little chuck of glass. Love the 40 perspective for many genres, all of which I just call 'Photography' (I have a things against the 'street' moniker) 

[How Reliable Is The X-T5?]

No issues, not one. I wouldn't call it flawless since the menu system is overkill (Canon rules in that dept) and it's a bit too easy to accidentally hit buttons (so I map them accordingly) Maybe they just didn't like the ergonomics, we are all built differently. Mine's with me until it dies. Great tool.

[A new x100 for 2024?]

No longer a rumor btw

[Storing delay]

Clarity did it for me as well. 

[Fujifilm bird settings on a branch, etc..., not in flight.]

40 minutes ago, Light said:

Thank you, for your answer, but shutter speed at 1/250 handheld is too low. I use at least 1/1250 .

Without knowing the lens focal length and aperture range, how could the reply make sense?  What glass are you using in this case?

[Lens suggestions]

The XF50 f/2 is underrated. It's only been in the past few years in the history of imaging that f/2 is not considered a large aperture (rubbish if you ask me) Great color, contrast,  and accurate  AF in a tiny package. Outside and tight indoor, this is the one iyam

[Fujifilm XT-5 External Charger]

I use the Smallrig dual battery charger. Some complain it's too slow but it works like a trickle charger which is far better for battery life. 

 

https://www.amazon.com/SmallRig-NP-W235-Battery-Charger-Fujifilm/dp/B09Z6TH8WK

[X-T5 What a beauty!]

It's a great camera body. It does however have quite a lot of customizations which can be overwhelming. Dialing it down to the proper way to assign buttons and dials can take you a bit of time but once you get it, it's amazing. 

[X-H2 going to Playback sometimes takes 3 seconds!?]

I guess patience is the only thing to change

[X-H2 going to Playback sometimes takes 3 seconds!?]

The first thing I would check is if Clarity is anything other than Zero. That is a known issue for playback times.

[Why do you like Fujifilm?]

Well, I'm one year in and I'm not quite sure. I have a 20+ year background with Canon FF, analog + digital. I have really struggled with macro and fuji. I have a great setup but I think the OVF of Canon is suited much more than any EVF out there for that. Otherwise I am pretty happy. I do not like how easy it is to accidentally change settings on the X-T5 by bumping and dials turning by mistake. The menus are good but a bit heavy handed. I really like the prime lens selections and IQ up to the XF90, beyond that much is lacking. The 40mp sensor on crop is amazing for cropping without loss of detail and cleans up very well with noise reduction such as in LR. 

I find myself shooting with the 27 mkii and the 50 f/2 & 90 for the most part. I just picked up the Siggy 18-50 and feel it's very underrated and will make a great travel 3 primes in one lens. 

Size and weight are great and it's a fine looking piece of gear, if that matters to you or not. Well designed. 

 

[A new x100 for 2024?]

Better optics, possibly wider aperture, IBIS, weather sealing, 40 mp X Trans 5

[Lens for indoors beside XF 33/1.4 WR]

Edited, sorry I did not pay correct attention to your posts wording.

That being said:

21- 24 mm with a bit of correction can be nice indoors, so on crop that's 14 or 16?

The XF 14 2.8 is a very underrated lens and has that 'look' of the older Fuji 35 folks love so much. 

[Concert photography in dark, small venues]

XF 90 f/2. The Canon 135L is a classic concert low light performer, this is Fuji's version...not as good but what I would use. I really don't understand wide concert use of lenses as lighting is so nuts and varied. Tele lenses hone in on a tighter and better controlled lit space and give better intimate framing of musicians and the stage.

[Ultra tele lens for Fuji]

Another thing, I would not listen to that list. I have used my X-T5 with a variety of glass now, 3rd party, MF, list and not list XF.  Use it all, you will not discern anything.

[Newbie]

We'd love to see you over on Threads!

[Sigma 18-50 lens buying choice]

The 18-50 is a sleeper for 3rd party X glass. It's like a bag of primes. Small, light, great IQ. As with most (not the 16-55 of course) zooms, there is some corner sharpness issues at the extreme ends but overall it's amazing and for the price ($419 at the Sigma Outlet) Not much bigger than the XF50 f/2 with a hood as well. Love mine!

[Dual Charger Slow??]

I'll take slow chargers over fast any day, works more like a trickle charger which is the safest and maintains battery longevity. Just need some planning. Very little actually. 

[For Halloween]

Holga 120 Ilford HP5+

[XT5 not charging]

If you have no problems with batteries working correctly the only two things left could be the port and the cable, as stated above that's an easy thing to ascertain.

[Fall pictures]

 

Silver Lake, Brighton Utah, US

f/5.6. 1/18, iso 3200, XF27mm, X-T5

[Cleaning viewfinder]

Another vote for pec pad + eclipse

[Advice on converting Carl Zeiss Jena Red MC Set Canon EF]

Have you looked into Duclos or SIMMOD?