Maurice

Congrats on a very good choice The 18-55mm has a LM motor, while the 35mm has ALG focusing, so a difference is to be expected at least. http://fujifilm-x.com/xf-lens/en/drive_control/#2ndPage / http://fujifilm-x.com/xf-lens/en/opticstechnology/#1stPage And as i'm sure you realize, manual focusing is still done electronically. You're not actually moving anything manually, but the focus ring is controlling the motor with a electronic connection. Some do better than others, but people still use true manual focus lenses for good reason, because there is simply no comparison to the real thing. Don't know how much noise is normal.

Of course that's like comparing two of the same cars with a different choice of engine. Both have their pros and cons, but starting with detail it's 1-0 for Ricoh. For the purpose of this camera (being a 28mm equiv.) that would at least for me be one of the most important aspects.

I would love a Ricoh GR with Fuji-controls. Both externally and the neatly organized Live-View, not to mention Film Simulations etc. But it would seem like Fuji is going to use the old sensor for this, while the big advantage of the GR is the insane detail from that amazing lens and sensor combination .. which Fuji's sensor just cannot match. Really, Fuji's sensor is fine and all, but detail with the GR is just that insane. Even the bokeh of that lens is gorgeous. So really Fuji doesn't have anything to offer with a camera like this (imho), other than a difference in controls and operation. Makes no sense they would choose the same focal length as the Ricoh AND Nikon. Could have used a zoom with their signature MANUAL operation, or something daring and interesting like a 21mm equivalent superwide, which would make the lack of a VF less of a problem too! (the reason i won't mention 50mm equiv, woops just did)

Since when. That is the opposite of my experience. Fuji's break more than i want them to but at least they are consistent in fixing it without question. (actually a little more communication from them would be nice!) Unless it repairs itself during shipping .. it seems like little could be misunderstood about such an obvious defect.

Again, It's understood, thing is there are workarounds that do alright. I understand it's not ideal and should be addressed, or even label it a bug, and being annoying. Just the downgrading seems rather excessive. Since it's just a menu, and just one among many Fuji quirks. The switching shouldn't take that long, it takes under a second on my X100 for the VF to activate. Only when the camera is not used for a set amount of time it powers off and needs to start up again, but that happens either way. There is a quick start mode in the menu, but that doesn't seem to make a difference for anything that i can tell, mileage may vary.

Have you read and understood MY last post ? It works how you want it to in eye sensor mode with display mode on Info Display rather than Live View, the only difference then is that it shows some useful info on the display when you're not using the VF. It's essentially VF-only, and the menu shows up on the back-LCD, exactly how you want it. (much like a DSLR works or used to work before they had live-view capability.) *Unless you press the menu button with your eye still in the VF, then for a millisecond you will see it in the VF. (the horror) As i said if it's the battery you're worried about i would rather get an extra one than downgrade, that just seems rather excessive. Makes me wonder what you're doing in the menu all day, i rarely even take a peek.

Suppose he wants to black out the display to save power without turning off the camera. Is there a way to turn off the display in eye sensor mode ? I can switch to the info display rather than live view (already saving lots of power), but i don't think you can turn it off completely in eye sensor mode. Normally you'd use viewfinder-only mode for that, but of course that turns off the eye-sensor .. Fuji quirks, huh. I understand the frustration, but in any case if that's the problem i'd buy another battery rather than a full camera downgrade. (and attempt to make Fuji aware of the problem) Maybe you're not aware or forgot about the Info Display mode? That way it won't ever show the feared Live View on the back-LCD. Amazingly i can't find any picture of it anywhere, but this is what it looks like on the original X100: ps. This raises another problem though, the VF not turning off automatically in viewfinder-only mode when you're not using it. Other brands already do this. The eye-sensor is there, why not use it .. (unless this changed in the X100S/T, or maybe i missed a setting?) edit. Apparently it looks like this on the T, i like it.

A little early for April Fools day ?

Well you can't get a X-Pro without HVF in the first place, the same way one couldn't get a 2 wheeled tricycle.

Agreed, current ones totally lack any color.

They always seem to give cameras out to Fuji X shooters before release. It's strange that this hasn't come up. Same with a bunch of other quirks. They seems to listen to feedback, but it can take ages to be fixed, and something like this that's hard to explain in one sentence is difficult to get through. Especially since you don't know where and how they get their information. Wish there was some kind of system to report things like this publicly and vote on them or something.

That's because they're legitimate Color Profiles, not effects filters like the ones you find on Olympus/Panasonic etc. When we used to shoot film, each brand had various options that gave a slightly different look in color and contrast. Fuji is now doing the same thing with digital, and of course the fact that they have names is simply a matter of convenience. See if you have ever looked under calibration in Adobe LR or ACR .. you'll find Film Simulations with a Fuji, while other brands have names like Camera Standard, Vivid, Muted, Portrait, but it's basically the same thing. In-camera you'd find them under something like Picture Profile rather than Film simulation, still the same. Fuji just went up and beyond and gave each of them a personality! ps. Fuji does have filters as well under Advanced filter, those are the kind of effect filters that will make any serious photographer cringe, so please don't call the Film Simulations – filters!

So you're saying this happens in OVF mode as well as EVF mode, and you cannot get it to show on the back-LCD unless you chance the view mode manually? It seems that would indeed make it different. I guess they wanted more consistency as it's actually a little odd that it would switch to the rear LCD in OVF mode, but not in EVF mode. I can also understand that they fix inconsistencies like this, and then not add yet another menu option option to customize every little change they make. I'm sure there are more we didn't notice. But then i can also understand that it might be frustrating when it's not what you want and can't do anything about it.

You were supposed to point out the difference, because clearly your comment did not make sense to me. Hence my reply attempting to set a basis for everyone to understand the issue, rather than you just getting something off your chest.

Wait, what ? On my X100: With eye sensor DISABLED, when i press Menu in EVF mode it shows up in the EVF, and when i'm in OVF mode it shows up on the back-LCD only. With eye sensor ENABLED, when i press Menu it shows up in the VF with both modes, and switches automatically to the back-LCD using the eye sensor. No matter the eye sensor setting, when i press Playback it always shows up, in whatever mode, finder or display. I have disabled image review so after i take a picture it does nothing either way unless i press the Playback button.

Exactly, they are customize-able for a reason. I would recommend trying each setting separately on a nice static scene with a good variety of color and contrast. Like flowers next to a window. It's best to do it yourself because only you would know what the scene actually 'should' look like in real-life. All you need is one Raw-only photo, and then you can try an infinite variety of conversions with the in-camera Raw converter to see what effect each setting has exactly, one at a time. To save time try the maximum and minimum ends first, then you should be able to judge what part of the available spectrum is right for you. I don't think it needs much tweaking aside from choosing the right profile (film simulation) for the right situation in the first place, though i do prefer the lowest level of noise reduction. Fuji has spend a great deal of time finding the 'perfect neutral' in the Provia default, and it does exactly that with everything at 0. Keep in mind that results may vary depending on the device/monitor you're looking at.

Oh please god no, don't let Fuji go down that road. Sideways flipping screens are the source of evil.

I know what it does of course. But people were asking for exposure compensation in Manual as a feature request. I think the issue was that when only Auto-iso was still active, then exposure comp wouldn't work.

Manuel - the manual shooting man - agrees with this. In addition you could also lock the White Balance from the Q menu. And did a firmware update not make Exposure Compensation possible in Manual mode? I'm not sure. Set it to 0 anyway.

Remember, the SL is already here.

Maybe, but doesn't that make the shots that you DO take with it extra special ? Less is more.

Good news for the X-Pro2 / X-T2 ? EPSON Press Release Most likely the one that is currently used in the Leica SL. * The X-T1 currently uses a 1024 x 768 pixel display, (times 3 for RGB) equals 2.36M dots.

"Reasons I bought the 90mm" = Shallow DoF without losing crispness, clearly.

He said it worked for a few minutes after the upgrade, then just didn't turn on again. If it was bricked it would not have worked at all. Sounds like a hardware problem, or indeed a dead battery. Did you buy it used ?

You're welcome =) Haven't been keywording yet in C1, only developing. But i highly doubt it, there are always many ways to Rome in software like this. Although i guess anything is possible, since one other thing i almost can't believe is that it doesn't allow you to show images from subfolders, it doesn't even show if there are any in there at all until you browse all the way down to the very last folder. If you have a fairly structured hierarchy with 3 or even just 2 levels, like basically everyone, that can get really annoying really fast. You can set it to Hide Folder Hierarchy, but that makes it an even bigger mess. You also can't rename folders or do any kind of drag & drop with folders, only move sets of individual images. The only thing you can do with folders is make a new one, then drag images there, and delete the old one. But only IF the preferred location is visible, because you can't browse anywhere that you haven't imported from, and be careful that you choose a proper name, because remember you can't rename it. :wacko: So in the Management department, Lightroom wins by miles. - It doesn't seem to have a visualization of the focus mask, but i don't think that's really important. I can judge its effect fine at 100%. Or you could raise the sharpening way up to its max, then use the artifacts that it creates to tweak the Threshold until they're only showing at the edges, and then put it back. As i said, many ways to Rome. C1P has something way better though and that is the Focus Mask, something totally different but works like focus peaking. Makes it really easy to pick the image with the best focus and depth of field.