BarwickGreen

Very pleased with my 100 - 400 and teleconverter. I managed to find half an hour to test it this afternoon and have put three photos on Flickr. In my opinion it is nothing short of superb https://flic.kr/p/FyvfWY

I wear glasses and find the extended eyecup a help.

I also have one. Free with the XM1. So I bought the XM1 and sold it after claiming the free lens, which cost me less over-all than it would have done to buy the lens. Despite the low price and compact size I'm very happy with it, at least until the long zoom comes out.

I managed to grab a few shots on my way to a meeting in London yesterday. I'm really pleased with the way the camera performed and it was great fun to use. https://flic.kr/p/yacmJJ

I was looking for something to replace my LX7 when I moved from Micro Four-Thirds. I had an XM1 but found it a little too big for a "take everywhere" camera, because the X mount lenses are quite large.Today a mint used X30 arrived, and I have to say I love it already. Yes, of course the sensor could do with being bigger, and I would like it to have a 10x zoom lens and fit in my trouser pocket, but it is always about compromise and for me this is the perfect "little camera" to use when I don't want to carry the X-T1.

Sadly I can't take photos of the dust on the sensor, as the only camera I have which is capable of this is my X-T1. The photos it takes just have typical dust spots. I also suspected the dust might be coming from inside a lens so I cleaned the backs of all the lenses very thoroughly a couple of months ago but it has made no difference so either it's not that, or there's dust on the rear of the lenses that I can't see with the microscope.

Just had to remove a lot of particles, including more that look like tiny pieces of metal swarf, after an outing yesterday in which I swapped between two lenses half a dozen times.

Control Lock Problem in 4.0 One of the great features in 4.0 is the ability to lock specific controls. I find I often occidentally move the drive mode switch when changing ISO, or the exposure mode switch when changing shutter speed. The new firmware lets me lock just these two controls, which is fine as most of the time I want single shot and centre weighted exposure. The problem is unlocking - pressing and holding the menu button pops up the lock or unlock icon, but doesn't unlock the controls, i have to go into the menu and do it. I suspect the quick "press and hold the menu button" thing only works if you lock or unlock all controls? Or am I doing something wrong?

Image quality obviously matters but I'm an amateur so for me the most important thing it to enjoy taking pictures. Using modern digital cameras such as the Lumix GH3, the fun had gone, and been replaced by frustration. The viewfinder was tiny and blurred making it hard to see how the camera was setup. Whilst there were lots of buttons and three dials, I could never remmeber which dial was set to alter aperture and which one was shutter speed in manual mode or which one was exposure compensation in any of the auto modes. When I picked up a Fuji X-T1 with proper engraved dedicated controls for each function and a decent viewfinder, I immediately traded in an entire micro four thirds outfit (ten lenses and two bodies) for a Fuji system. No regrets - the X-T1 has made taking photos fun again.

I want zebra stripes on burnt-out areas before I take the picture, or if that's not possible, on the image review after I've taken it whatever viewing mode I choose. At present it's only displayed in the "maximum info" view which has a very small thumbnail image.

I've had time for a little more testing and the improved handling of branches against the sky is consistent, but I've noticed it isn't always entirely good news. These two crops are from a picture processed with the same settings in LR5.7 and LR6.1. Look at the biggest area of blue, and focus on the area just above the fine twigs. There are more artefacts in the LR6.1 version. Having said that, the print would need to be several metres wide for this to be visible in real life, I suspect.

Like others, I could see no difference in Fuji RAW handling between LR5.7 and LR6.0. I've just installed 6.1 and there is a significant improvement in the handling of objects against the sky, as these 100% crops show. All process settings are the same and are fairly "normal"; modest sharpening with detail at 100%, modest colour noise reduction, medium contrast tone curve, Provia.

Adobe claim some Fuji X-Trans RAW processing improvements in LR6.1, announced today. http://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjournal/2015/06/june-updates-to-cc-photography.html?scid=social47596956&adbid=z12qe3kbtkfmd1dsi23khzcp2s2tepsdk&adbpl=gp&adbpr=114210357725226688774 Anybody tried it?

I took some IR photos using a standard X-T1 and an R72 filter, , you can see them here. https://flic.kr/s/aHsk5JBVrx Where lenses have a soft hot-spot I find it's easy to remove in Lightroom. The lens test linked to above say the 10 - 24 is unusable, but I found it is great, with a little care and post processing, as in this example. https://flic.kr/p/rjoPL7

I wear glasses and use the Fuji eyecup - excellent.

Works for me with X-T1 and Moto X 2nd Generation and Nexus 7 2013, both on Android 5.

With great care! I previously tried it on a GH3 and focussing was really a problem, but the X-T1 viewfinder is so big, and with focus peaking it is quite easy provided the subject isn't moving much!

I recently moved from Lumix to Fuji X-T1 (and no regrets) but sensor cleaning is an issue. In all the years I owned numerous Lumix micro four-thirds cameras I didn't have to clean a sensor once, I've had an X-T1 since Christmas and had to clean the sensor twice. So either it attracts the dirt, or the ultrasonic cleaning isn't as good as the cleaning on the Lumix cameras. I use a Delkin Devices Sensor Scope kit to clean the sensor, and find it easy to use. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Delkin-Devices-Complete-Cleaning-Digital/dp/B0055IAF0M

I would like zebra stripes on areas that are too hot as a user-selectable option in all replay modes, not just the mode with the tiny thumbnail and all the data. Ideally, I would like them in the viewfinder before I take the picture, but I believe that's harder to do.

Interesting, there's a review on Amazon with the same problem http://www.amazon.co.uk/Meike-Vertical-Fujifilm-Wireless-Cleaning/dp/B00WJMC7OO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1433521548&sr=8-2&keywords=xt1+grip

Does this count? It's a Leica Apo-Televid 77 Spotting scope, SLR Adaptor, T-Mount to Fuji X Adaptor and an X-T1. The telescopes were made for a while and were quite popular, but the adaptors are extremely rare, it took me years to find one! It creates an F10 800mm lens, depth of field is tiny but it shows promise, you can see a test shot on Flickr here https://flic.kr/p/tgKeZb

To answer your earlier question about "mushy greens", yes earlier versions of Lightroom struggled to process Fuji X RAW files and could loose detail in things like grass and foliage, but since LR5 it's been a lot better. you say you already have the X-M1 which has the same sensor as the X-T1 so if you are happy with the greens from one, you will be happy with the other. I have an X-T1 and the 18 - 135 zoom. Yes, it is a good combination but I tend to use the small additional hand grip on the X-T1 when using this lens or the 40 - 150 as they are both long and quite heavy. The 18 - 135 is a good lens for a long range zoom but there are always compromises once a zoom goes beyond 3x and I find it a bit soft and lacking contrast in dull flat light. So I use the 18 - 135 if I don't want to carry more than one lens (won't have time to change lenses, will be somewhere dusty, don't want the weight) but at other times I use the 18-55 which I think is much better, and the compact and light 50 - 230 XC which gives far better results than I had expected for the money. Of course when quality really matters you can't beat a prime!

I first took a photo 50 years ago, with one of the first Pentax Spotmatic cameras in the UK, it belonged to my Father who was a forensic photographer. He taught me a lot about photography, including how to use and develop film from his 20" x 16" laboratory camera which didn't have a shutter - you just removed the lens cap and counted! I progressed from a Kodak Instamatic 133X to rangefinder cameras and when I got a job in Dixons I bought a Chinon SLR with staff discount. I would have bought a Fuji ST605N but I got more discount on the Chinon! I was then employed by the BBC as a TV cameraman but didn't last long - I was much better at audio and that's where I've made my career, photography is my hobby. I'm a technologist and was an early adopter of digital photography, using a Mavica camera with a sensor 640 x 480 pixels, it took pictures on a floppy disc. After using various Olympus digital cameras including the fabulous 8080WZ I bought a Lumix G1 twin lens kit the first day they were available in the UK and then bought almost every body and lens for Lumix Micro Four Thirds as they were released. I fell out with Lumix because of the GH3 viewfinder, it was small and had blurred corners and the coating came off if it got damp. This happened to quite a few other people too. Interestingly DPReview removed a post I made on their forum about the problem when the coating started to come off the second viewfinder and sent me an email warning me about "trolling"... I know they have to keep on the right side of the manufacturers but I hadn't expected them to go that far. So I sold my Lumix bodies and lenses and bought an X-T1 in December 2014. I love it. The quality is fine as far as I'm concerned with a lot less noise at higher iSO than the old Lumix, though I do struggle a little with sharpening in Lightroom sometimes, the same as many others. Of course the video quality is nothing like as good as I was getting from the GH3 but I shoot video rarely, and usually just to capture the sound of a place. The best thing about the X-T1 is the use of separate engraved dials for each function, the first time I picked one up it felt like coming home. Whatever image quality comparison one might make with other cameras, for me the viewfinder and control layout of the X-T1 have put the joy back into photography. You can see some of my efforts on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/rupert_brun/ Rupert p.s. I'm a keen fan of the BBC Radio 4 documentary "The Archers" and Barwick Green is the name of the theme tune. I'm @BarwickGreen on Twitter.

My wife doesn't know one lens from another, unless it is a very different shape. So that's easy. Buy a small one, a medium one and a big one. Never let her see more than one of each size at any given time, and she thinks I only have 3 lenses. I store them in a bag on the top shelf in my toys cupboard and she isn't tall enough to see what's in there. I suspect she knows I have more than 3 lenses, but she goes along with the pretence.