TommyS

Steam Engine Driver

Railway Museum Dieringhausen, Germany

Steam Engine Driver

Railway Museum Dieringhausen, Germany

Steam Engine Driver

Railway Museum Dieringhausen, Germany

Steam Engine Driver

Railway Museum Dieringhausen, Germany

After a year of absence I own a Fujifilm camera again, and I am back on this forum. My journey went from film cameras (Praktica, Olympus) to DSLRs (Canon 5D MkII) to Fuji X100V to iPhone 12 Pro and finally back to the Fuji X100V. The DSLRs simply turned out too bulky and heavy, collecting dust on the shelf. I was initially very happy with the Fuji, with a few exceptions (no GPS, disastrous Cam Remote app), but got intrigued by the capabilities of the iPhone 12 Pro. The integration with the Apple eco-system is outstanding, and the some of the computational photography stuff is amazing, e.g. Night Mode. Using the iPhone for more serious photography though soon showed it’s limitations. Besides the physical limitations (fixed aperture, touch screen, small sensors, limited resolution) it is actually the computational photography that made me switch back to the X100V. The pictures look overprocessed and artificial to me, skin texture and tones are off, the artificial blurryness of Portrait Mode looks just - artificial, colours are too saturated etc. I find the pictures acceptable for online-sharing (Facebook, Instagram etc), but not for bigger screens or prints, and it is very hard - if not impossible - to revert these pictures to a more natural look, at least with my limited knowledge of Lightroom and Photoshop. Worst thing is that I get used to these overprocessed photos, loosing my feeling for natural colours and skin tones ….
So here I am, a happy owner of a black X100V
 
 

Keel-billed toucan

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Buchfink (Fringilla coelebs) by Enzio Harpaintner, auf Flickr

with XF100-400 + 1.4 TC on X-H1 ...

Kleiber (Sitta europaea) by Enzio Harpaintner, auf Flickr

Taken with Fuji xt2 and XC 50-230!

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
 

Steam Engine Driver

Railway Museum Dieringhausen, Germany

Hello,
 
my name is Uwe and I'm from Germany.
You can find my bio and work at
 
www.uwerichterphotography.de
 
And this is how I look:
 

 
Cheers
Uwe

X-T1 | Rokinon 12mm f/2

Another from Glen Lyon last year

The Roman Bridge in Glen Lyon, Scotland last autumn

I could´nt imagine to take photos from flowers, before i´ve got my X-t1...
 

 
XF 55-200, 122mm
 

 
XF 18-55, 55mm
 
I love the Fuji colours  

The second part of my series "Rural Bosnia". The camera I've used is the x100s.

I could´nt imagine to take photos from flowers, before i´ve got my X-t1...
 

 
XF 55-200, 122mm
 

 
XF 18-55, 55mm
 
I love the Fuji colours  

At the pool by KwyjiboVanDeKamp, X-E2 + Takumar 50/1.4 M42
 

Nugget by KwyjiboVanDeKamp, X-E2 + Fujinon 55/1.8 M42
 

Photograph of a Fotograf by KwyjiboVanDeKamp, X-E2 + Takumar 50/1.4 M42
 

TAXI by KwyjiboVanDeKamp, X-E2 + XF 35/1.4
 

Smiling brick by KwyjiboVanDeKamp, X-E2 + XF 18-55/2.8-4
 

Next STOP: Bokeh! by KwyjiboVanDeKamp, X-E2 + XF 35/1.4
 

Season has just started - 2014 by KwyjiboVanDeKamp, X-E2 + XF 18-55/2.8-4
 

Falcon by KwyjiboVanDeKamp, X-E2 + Porst Tele MC Auto D 135/2.8 M42
 

Blue but not sad by KwyjiboVanDeKamp, X-E2 + XF 35/1.4

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Euphemistische Wetterbeobachtung by Christoph, auf Flickr
 
 
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Don´t worry about that. It´s better to see a good photo twice than never  

I could´nt imagine to take photos from flowers, before i´ve got my X-t1...
 

 
XF 55-200, 122mm
 

 
XF 18-55, 55mm
 
I love the Fuji colours  

Fuji-X-Loo-Series? I've just seen a very early prototype...