jerryy

Nature is getting Spring ready to go.

I am not able to help you with the adapter fit (I do not have those lenses). But focus peaking should work with Leicas and adapters. How do you have the menu options set up? Also, this may help: https://www.jmpeltier.com/fujifilm-manual-focus-assist-modes/

Have you considered using a camera lcd hood / shade? Your local camera shop may stock some, certainly many online dealers do.

It looks like it cleaned up pretty well in the second photo. Hopefully it will be one you like.

I must have came in very late to this thread and obviously missed something. http://fujifilm-dsc.com/en-int/manual/x-s10/about_this_camera/parts/ This clearly shows where to attach a remote release cable and explains how to adapt the standard Fujifilm remote release cable to work with the X-S10.

It would already have it most likely. That is not really a direct user setting, just something the internal software switches on or off depending on what the user set iso, shutter speed, ev comp, aperture, etc are doing. The X-T3 switches at ISO 800. Fujifilm sensors tend to be ISO invariant so that also plays into when the switch is made.

The X-S10 sensor is very close to the one in the X-T4, so keep an eye out for any X-T4 results and your X-S10 should be very close. This site publishes listings for various camera bodies, hut has not yet been updated for either of those two: https://photonstophotos.net/Charts/PDR.htm#FujiFilm X-T3

"Any minute the ice is going to melt ..." "... and there will be fish for the taking". "Food, glorious food!" "Hey buddy, uh, about that, there is a sign over there." "Nooooooo!"

Which ones are you using? I have a 200mm parfocal which gives good images though it is a bit heavy. edit: it is a Minolta MD 75 - 200mm f4.5 parfocal lens. I have it “glued” to a Fotasy MD-FX (manual of course) adapter.

That one looks to be a good choice especially since it is sold as a x-mount lens, so you do not have to worry about adapters. This review shows some good results: https://www.fujixpassion.com/2020/08/21/tokina-szx-400mm-f8-reflex-mf-first-impressions-review/ Let us know how it turns out and post some images!

I do not have a X-S10, so I cannot say one way or the other. But, ..., focus peaking works with my manual focusing Rokinon lenses on my X-T30.

How do you propose being able to see how the scene you are viewing will impact the jpeg simulation?

Right at this time of writing, you will need an adapter for the current line of Sigma lenses, whether they are fitted for the Canon mount or the Nikon mount. Smart adapters will let you auto-focus, change apertures, as well as storing the EXIF information in the image. Mechanical only adapters limit you to manual focus and no EXIF information, but are a lot less expensive. I have not used any of the Nikon mount <-> adapter lenses, but I have had really good results using the Canon mount <-> ( mechanical and smart) adapters. Sigma is sending out rumors about making X-mount lenses, but if they do, there will not be many used ones for a while. Lots of folks like Fringer smart adapters, but there are plenty of great options. Checking in with the folks in the forum about adapting lenses to Fuji cameras and see what they have to say.

Actually there are a lot of long lenses you can get. Just to drop a couple of big names, Sigma and Tamron make plenty of long lenses well suited for nature, they come in either Canon or Nikon mounts, which, with an appropriate adapter will give you great images. Samyang / Rokinon have plenty as well with direct Fujifilm mounts. Just look on the various used markets to find ones that fit your budget. If you do not mind the strange bokeh, mirror lenses in the 500mm - 800mm range are usually considered a good low cost approach. So there are a lot out there.

... but locally it is pretty much finished. Orion, The Seven Sisters(*) and the other winter constellations are packing up and moving out. The snow melted into river floods and birds are headed north again. (*) The Seven Sisters are also known as the Pleiades and go by many other names. The automaker Subaru uses the Pleiades as their icon on the cars they build.

Winter still is holding on in some parts ...

Keep going! It reads like you are making progress, some others are posting messages to the effect that they have not gotten as far as you did.

Without any images to better understand what you are getting, we will have to guess. It could be that you are having problems with the hyper-focal distancing. Take a look at these, perhaps they will help: https://www.photoworkout.com/hyperfocal-distance/ https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/hyperfocal-distance.htm https://photographylife.com/landscapes/hyperfocal-distance-explained

Using the X-T30 as a web-cam is fairly new, the firmware update to enable this is fairly new, so there has not been a lot of posted feedback. Give it a try and see (and let us know!)