Real estate is always a problem on camera bodies and I dislike modal controls.
Besides which, when I have a lens with aperture markings, I can look down at the top, and see my ISO, Aperture, and shutter speed simply by dial position.
Gitzo GT1541 Traveller with a Markins ballhead. It's very small and light. And sturdy enough to even carry a fully loaded Hasselblad V series or larger DSLR. It's the only one I have.
I have a Gorillapod and I hate it, never use it. Worst birthday gift ever
"Even if you look at a FULL-FRAME 36 MP sensor, especially an early model with a low-pass filter, the real resolution is not that much higher than a great 24 MP sensor - the highest numbers for 24 MP sensors are around 3200 lines/picture height, while a D800 is around 3500 (all of these numbers need to be taken with a BIG grain of salt, as two cameras with the SAME SENSOR, both with no AA filter, can come out a few hundred lines apart)! Put Nikon's standard 24-85 FX zoom on the D800, and a 90mm f2 on the Fuji (or the 16-55 f2.8, to go zoom to zoom), and there goes the difference! Yes, the lenses are no fair, but Nikons spend a lot more time with lousy zooms on them than Fujis do, even 36 MP Nikons..."
As a person who shoots Fujifilm X-trans cameras and also shoots high MP full frame DSLRs, I regard the claim that the likely-excellent 24MP X-Pro2 sensor will equal full frame 36MP sensor performances to be marketing hyperbole. Before I get into the details, I intend to get the X-Pro2 and I look forward to using the 24MP sensor camera after using a 16MP Fujifilm X-series camera for three years with outstanding results.
Increasing photo site density has the potential to improve the pixel resolution of photographs, though often by less that some might imagine. For example, the 50% increase in photo sites obtained from going from 16MP to 24MP will produce a print with about 22% larger horizontal or vertical dimensions with the same original sensor resolution. I regularly print at the equivalent of 18" x 27" from 16MP Fujifilm sensor originals, so the 24MP sensor will let me print with the same source resolution at about 22" x 33". That is larger, but not hugely so.
In any case, 22" x 33" is a rather big print. I occasionally print larger, but that is rare. So perhaps the Fujifilm claim could accurately reflect the reality that, all else being equal, the X-tran 24mp sensor can produce print quality that is indistinguishable from 36MP full frame originals at such sizes. That is an impressive and useful thing, but it is not the same as being equal to 36MP full frame. (With my current 51MP full frame system, I am confident of print quality at sizes such as 30" x 45" and even larger.)
It is possible to come to terms with two seemingly contradictory understandings here. On one hand, 24mp cropped sensor systems are not equal to 36MP (or larger) full frame systems. The optics and physics simply don't allow that. On the other hand, for virtually all photographers shooting such camera, there is almost never going to be a visible difference in the quality of their final work based on this MP difference, and for them the two are equivalent in practical terms.
I look forward to getting and using my 24mp Fujifilm system. :-)
If you are viewing the LCD before taking the photo and it is appearing black, you are looking at what the image would look like if you took the photo with the current setting. It does not account for the light contributed by the flash. To disable this feature go to the Setup menu page 1 and choose Screen Setup then set Preview exp in manual mode to OFF.
If you are previewing the LCD after taking the photo, the manual setting you picked underexposes the image severely. Increase the ISO, use slower shutter speed, move the flash closer to the subject or increase the output of the flash.
haroldp got a reaction from Nick05 in x-pro 2 - the iso dial sucks big time.