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Just playing around with star trails. XT5, 12mm Samyang, stacked about an hour of 40 second exposures. A campfire illuminated the canopy.

thanks to all, this is a lot to think about for sure!

thanks.....a lot to think about for sure!

Thanks for all of this advice. I'll probably stick with Capture One since I'm not making any money at this (at least not yet, lol). The Lightroom/PureRaw option looks VERY interesting, but it's relatively expensive. I will probably opt for the 30 day free trial of Capture One and then subscribe for a year and see how it goes. The only question I have about Capture One is related to sky editing. I see in Lightroom, there appears to be a select sky option and I don't believe that's an option in Capture One. I am very interested in blending photos of the same scene for night sky photography. i.e., take a photo just before dark to get a good foreground and take the same photo later with the Milky Way.......and then combine the two using the Milky Way sky and the properly exposed foreground. Can I do that in Capture One, is there a plug-in that may help with that? Thanks again, I appreciate the knowledge. I really have no idea what I'm doing at this point, except I'm getting used to Capture One Express and I enjoy extracting as much as I can out of the RAW photos I've take so far. It's been a blast!

I've been playing with the 70-300 at 300; not really "macro", but cool.

I was experimented with my Samyang 12mm. It was a full moon and I do not live in a dark place, unfortunately. I was able to get the Milky Way if you look close and I was amazed how bright it was outside with the full moon. I was just practicing for later this month, when I will be in a dark spot to take better photos of the MW. Quality isn't too great, had to really dummy it down to get to 1000kB. 😁

thank you, I will check these options out for sure!

Hi, I'm VERY new to photography and Fuji. I have an XT5 and I'm currently using Capture One Express.......and I'm very happy with my results. I'm considering upping my game and getting the Capture One license or Lightroom. I'm interested in the enhanced features offered by both and I'm not interested (at least not yet) in subscribing to multiple products. I'm interested in sky masking for astro and I like to photograph wildlife in lower light and I'm interested to denoise options. From what I've read/watched/etc., I'm under the impression that Lightroom is better at masking and denoise and Capture One is better at processing the Fuji RAW files/color/etc. Am I correct with those assumptions? Am I losing any appreciable image quality with Lightroom? Thanks!

I bought the kit with the 16-80 and I freaked out when the lens did not appear on their "optimized" list for the improved sensor. I was upset because, if I would have known about the "list" when I purchased the camera, I would've purchased the camera with the 18-55, which is on the list........ugggghh! Now I'm looking at the 16mm 1.4 for the brightness, sharpness, astrophotography, etc. and I've read sooooooo many great reviews on the quality of this lens for the Fuji system. But this lens is not on the list either. I called Fuji and they told me that the vast majority of lenses that are not on the list take advantage of new sensor at 99%, but because they weren't at 100%, they couldn't be on the list........but would still perform very well. He could not provide data on the 16mm 1.4. I was wondering if any of you have the 16mm 1.4 on the X-T5 and have an opinion on its performance. I am still looking to buy the lens and I'm trying not to let the list or my purchase get me down........because, before I heard about the list, I've been EXTREMELY happy with the camera and the images I've been able to take.

A robin just after a storm, XT5, 70-300, cropped.

Was able to get pretty close to a vulture at a park in Delaware. Still learning, XT5, 70-300, cropped.

I spent wayyyyyyyy to much time on DP review soaking up information like a sponge., lol. Now I plan on doing the same here. I am very new to the game; something I've been planning for years. Great fun and hello to all!!!

Hello from Maryland, thanks to pal2tech for recommending. I look forward to learning and sharing. I am very new to photography and recently got an XT5 as I'm nearing retirement.