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Never mind, I found this. https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/667288-any-software-options-for-camera-control-fuji/ Short answer no! But work-arounds are probably worth it. Brian

Hi. In the Astrophotography world most people end up using software like BackyardEOS or BackyardNikon https://www.otelescope.com/store/category/2-backyardeos/ and others to automate the process. For a deep space session you need may to take 300 x300sec exposures with dark frames and flats. The software manages this from a computer, and then prepares for, or in more extensive packages, begins to, process the shots, stacking them removing noise etc. Despite for years have a crap low noise response sensor Canon has dominated the field due its ease of use with such software. Fuji sensors seem to have a great H1 hydrogen emission response and look great in the few manually exposed sequences that I have done. Does anyone know of any software that allows me to automate the process with Fuji? or if you are using Fuji in your Astrophotography whats your process/software stack? I really don't want to have to convert every raw to a tiff..... Brian

Same issue here with the 90mm/f2 you just have to make separate exposures each time, and not use the intervalometer. Its a pain.

The only way to tell it to use a Bahtinov mask http://www.deepskywatch.com/Articles/make-bahtinov-mask.html And hope the focus-by-wire wont change on you mid stack. Even when when set to manual focus I have had some issues. If only they make the 90mm with a real manual aperture ring and real focusing.... sigh

The camera came back the second time with the same error!!! Fujifilm has been useless... very disappointed in the way that they have dealt with this issue. Time to swap systems I think... perhaps Sony is a better bet?

Hi I have this issue. There seems to be two types of error... eventually if I let it flicker for ~30 times i get "Lens Error" and then I need to turn it off. There is also a "Lens Control Error" that has been reported. https://www.fuji-x-forum.com/topic/7333-lens-control-error/ With mine its just "Lens Error". Happens with any lens, and these same lenses work fine on my ex3. Once in a while it works fine, but mostly not. I sent the camera back to Fuji (its out of warranty) with a 18/2 attached, and they supposedly disassembled and cleaned the camera lens contacts and mount, tested it and sent it back(and charged me). When I received it back, the Camera turned on fine, but when I swapped the lens with another the problem returned, and then the original 18/2 lens showed problem again. I sent that box right back to Fuji. I doubt they did anything at all to the camera. They probably turned on, did not see the issue and boxed it back again. Hopefully they can find the problem, the camera is useless as it stands...

I have just picked up an Xt20 to hopefully replace my Xe2... I'm still going through everything, but I thought I just mention a couple of quick impressions; (BTW I use the primes. In my initial tests the 35/1.4 and the 60 macro. I first of all upgraded the firmware of camera and lenses) Note these a just my first impressions, I am making no real assertions... yet - Don't buy this camera if you are after a massive improvement in RAW IQ. The new sensor is a only a minor upgrade in real world quality I can't really see much difference in my workflow, but hopefully I'll appreciate this more later. Noise at iso200 seems a bit worse(more worms), DR at higher numbers seems a bit better, but its just not a major improvement. Printing at A3 is just as fantastic as the xe2 - The AF is not much improved with the 60 macro... I think this lens is just a bad AF performer. I had not expected it to be faster, but had hoped for less hunting and better macro AF, but it is just as boneheaded as it always was. For macro I turned AF off and used manual focus as usual. - Using the 60 as a normal lens resulted in quite a few missed shots. I tried to focus on a bird in a tree(cropping test), but the camera seemed to consistently focus 2-3 metres behind the bird. Perhaps i've just got a bad lens(its wonderfully sharp) - Using the 35/1.4 in daylight I can still get hunting, but it generally worked well. - Coming from the xe2, that general handling is ... interesting. The camera is quite small, and I had not realized how accustomed I had become to raising the camera to my right eye. My nose seems in the way now, and the EVF doesn't seem to be as immersive, I seem to be looking *at* the finder, where as with the xe2 I am *in* the finder. I also noticed the flicker in the EVF, hopefully Fuji will fix this. - Not sure what I'd use the articulating screen or auto lever for. Despite all the nitpicking I'm having lots of fun, and I can remember it took me a while to get the hang of the xe2, so I'll stick with it.... The main take away so far is not to expect a huge image quality difference. Brian

I'm quite disappointed. In Australia Fuji cameras are way overpriced. The Xpro2 is $A2397 body only (~$US0.75 = $A1.00), and the XT2 has been announced at $2298. sigh...... That is more expensive than a sony a7 (~1000) or a7II (1800). I have used the a7II and it has Fuji covered for image quality, and gives me the option of in body stabilization for my vintage Zeiss and leica lenses, AND the a6300 as a backup. I have the XE2 and most of the primes... but if Fuji doesn't wake up soon ( a much cheaper xt20?) I'll switch to Sony... although I'll miss the 23 and 56

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