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Using ACROS along with Grain Effect doesn't make sense to me, as this combines and overlays two different grain effects. Fugly! Either use the grain effect with the other film simulations, or use ACROS with its built-in, ISO-dependent, noise-shaping grain effect. In any case, when one is happy with in-camera JPEG settings, there's no need for a 16 bit lossless output, the JPEG output of the X-Pro2 is fully sufficient (and the JPEG files are pretty large with little compression, too). After all, you won't make big changes to the JPEG, because if you did, why bother with the specific look of the built-in RAW converter in the first place? Simply develop the RAW in Lightroom and make those big adjustments there. Lightroom's film simulations are close enough, and you want to make big changes to their default grading, anyway. As for ACROS grain in Lightroom: It's impossible, because LR doesn't do any noise-shaping. It simply adds artificial grain to the existing noise. And it does so in a way that requires a manual tone curve adjustment in order to get LR's artificial grain into blown (100% lightness) highlight areas. So that's a little bit of extra work, and the results will always look different in high-ISO situations.

Make sure to apply multiple scratches to the lens in order to also get a nice organic vintage look on the images themselves.

This thread is about the XQ2, which was announced in January 2015.

Looks like stolen goods.

Indeed, practice is the key, as it adapting the camera settings to the subject at hand. A child running towards the camera? No problem with 8 fps. A child zigzagging left and right? Better get the live view going and dial it down to 3 fps.

I suggest reading my X-T1 book and Fuji's AF brochure, then go out and practice to get accustomed with the MILC. Practice, practice, practice.

I assume it's for users who need/want 100-400mm for their photography. I have already seen great results from dog racing, horse racing, animals, birds, etc. A professional German horse photographer moved from Canon 1Dx to X-T1 more about 2 years ago. She's now also using the X-Pro2 (waiting for the X-T2) and just blogged about how she doesn't need the Canon for action shots, anymore. Of course, the X-T2 will make things better due to rumored higher live view frame rates. 5 fps should be realistic.

Obviously for 8 fps applications that don't require a live view. Or for use by trained/practiced photographers like erwiurewurwehu. Not all 8 fps applications require tracking, anyway. Also, shooting stuff that simply comes directly towards the camera can be shot and tracked at 8 fps. No big deal. Luckily, 3 fps is sufficient for most tracking applications. Not to mention that 8 fps only tracks with the few central PDAF frames, so anything that goes off-center (leaving the PDAF area) can't be tracked, anyway. 3 fps tracks the entire sensor area. Of course, all of this is discussed in much detail in my book on the X-T1.

How would one track with CH and w/o a live view? Tracking what you can't see? That's almost impossible. I always use settings that give me a live view, so I can actually track the subject in the viewfinder. So CL it is.

An "EVF + Eye Sensor" mode doesn't exist, anyway. There's only a "Viewfinder + Eye Sensor" mode that works for both the OVF and EVF. I never use this mode, and I never had any "turn off" error. Of course, that doesn't prove anything.

And the higher the ERF magnification, the slower it gets. Btw, focusing while the EVF is magnified also slows it down.

Summer 2023, along with the new flash, if we are lucky...

There's always hope for the flash firmware upgrade that was promised for spring 2015 and postponed 3, 7 or 19 times. Who knows, I might still be alive when it finally arrives, but probably not.

There are currently 3 compatible flash units from Fujifilm, with a 4th "professional" model (EF-X500) coming this summer. There are also the Nissin i40 and and upcoming i60 (the latter with radio TTL after Fuji's promised flash firmware update). Metz also has a few models for Fuji X, so does Meike. Personally, I'm waiting for the i60 system and will probably also use the upcoming EF-X500. All this after the firmware update, of course.

It's the same with older X cameras.

Mine does compressed RAWs.

As of now LR/ACR, RFC EX 2, PhotoNinja and Iridient (very soon).

HPM = more fps (readout) = more AF samples = better AF (tracking) performance.

Irrelevant for XF and XC lenses, though.

Well, we know when to prefer mode 1 or mode 2 (there's even a tip about this in my books), and as for on/off, it's also not rocket science: When the OIS can't contribute to the sharpness of a shot (because the shooting situation and shooting parameters already guarantee a sharp result), turn it off (just to be on the safe side).

It's pretty clear that the OIS doesn't help when there's no vibration that can interfere with the selected shutter speed. So when there's effective vibration, the OIS should be useful. For example, with a small travel tripod on a sidewalk next to a street with heavy traffic on a windy day, the OIS can probably be beneficial (as long as the shutter speed isn't too slow). However, in a studio on a heavy tripod, the OIS can be switched off.

I find tests not difficult. I even performed them in the helicopter right after take-off, and I had results 5 minutes later, before we had arrived at the volcano.

It's depending on the focal length, the shooting conditions and the individual photographer's ability to make a decision about when the point the OIS becomes a burden (as opposed to a feature) and should be switched off. A competent user will use these factors to make an informed decision about what OIS mode/setting to select (on/off, mode 1/2). That's also the reason why there is no simple auto on/off or auto mode. The camera can't make this decision, because it doesn't know all the factors. The user does, or at least he should. There are situations where I will leave the OIS on when shooting from a tripod (mode 1). There are also situations where I will leave it on when shooting with a shutter speed of 1/2000s or even faster (mode 2). These are special circumstances (windy day and tiny tripod with long FL, or heavy traffic causing ground vibrations, or shooting from a small helicopter with strong high-frequency vibrations), but nonetheless such situations do exist, so Fuji wouldn't be well-served to implement an "Auto OIS" that decides when to recluse itself simply based on focal length and the selected shutter speed. It's better to leave this decision to the user, but this only works when the user is making an informed decision based on experience and external factors.

That's a reasonable question. Obviously, it should boost declining X100T sales a bit before the camera is replaced by the next model. However, the fixed cost of upgrading the firmware (and provide new manuals in many languages) may be higher than any incremental revenue that comes from it. In any case, Fujifilm doesn't appear to have free resources for additional firmware upgrades at this time. So even if they wanted to do it now, they couldn't. So maybe later.

If the live view (with preview pic. effect ON) showed a brighter exposure than the SOOC JPEG, then the camera appears to be broken and should be serviced.