Jump to content

Hello from Cornwall (& RAW advice)


Recommended Posts

Hi there,

Back in January I went to my favourite camera shop (London Camera Exchange in Plymouth) with the idea of trading in my Sony NEX-5 for an a6000. I also took my old Canon EOS 350 & associated lenses along with a Leica D-Lux3 compact, just to see if I would get a decent part exchange valuation against the proposed new Sony. They gave me a good quote for the old gear, so I was *just* about to seal the deal on the a6000 when I said to the assistant "Is there anything else I should consider as a Sony alternative?" They showed me an Olympus OM D (which was very nice) & then showed me the Fuji X-T10 - Wow! What a brilliant camera. I was immediately knocked out by the build quality & the whole feel & appearance. Needless to say I walked out with the kit with the 18-55 & 55-200 lenses; what a revelation the Fuji system has been - no regrets at all.

 

I have one main question re' processing the Fuji RAW files. At present I have a 9 year old iMac which means I'm restricted to using Lightroom 5.7.1, which can't handle the RAW files natively (I have to convert them to DNG before Lightroom will touch them). I've had a look around online & Iridient Developer seems to be well regarded for handling the X-Trans RAW files; does anyone have experience of Iridient or, come to that, any other RAW processors?

 

Apologies for rambling & if this needs to be posted to a more relevant thread please let me know.

 

Thanks. 

Link to post
Share on other sites

LR 5.7 handles Fuji raw files without any conversion. Mine does anyway.

 

Are you sure you are up to date with Camera raw? 

 

As for Raw processing there are tons of alternatives and if one is only going to be flamed by the people who like other raw processors.

 

If you have an older mac you should have Aperture. Aperture works just fine and now that the NIK suite is free you can add that to the plug ins.

Link to post
Share on other sites

MikeG you appear to have appropriated my forum name "Mike G", this name I have used for many years on several forums, please desist!

 

Would an administrator please adjudicate!

Edited by Mike G
Link to post
Share on other sites

MikeG you appear to have appropriated my forum name "Mike G", this name I have used for many years on several forums, please desist!

 

Would an administrator please adjudicate!

You appear to be 'Mike G' (Mike space G); when I registered the system let me have 'MikeG' (no space) therefore not the same name, therefore no appropriation of name, therefore no need for an admin' to adjudicate!

Link to post
Share on other sites

MikeG, don't ya just know this is going to lead to confusion, but hey I appreciate what you say! Please don't take this personally!

 

Many years ago I used to live in Helston when I was in the Royal Navy, happy days.

No problem, Mike! One of those quirks of the system I guess.

Link to post
Share on other sites

Hardly.

 

No system can possibly equate Mike G to MikeG and refuse someone to register the second moniker if the first already exists.

 

I have news.

 

If anyone comes around with the wish to register under Mike   G ( two spaces  in between) the system will create another identity, also mike g (lower case) will be, then another identity.

 

But the avatar of Mike G, I think, is pretty distinctive and I bet that the two of you look pretty different.

 

Happy Days!

Link to post
Share on other sites

LR 5.7 handles Fuji raw files without any conversion. Mine does anyway.

 

Are you sure you are up to date with Camera raw? 

 

As for Raw processing there are tons of alternatives and if one is only going to be flamed by the people who like other raw processors.

 

If you have an older mac you should have Aperture. Aperture works just fine and now that the NIK suite is free you can add that to the plug ins.

What camera are you using? I think the issue Lightroom 5.7.1 has is specifically to do with the X-T10, not Fuji files in general. This thread on another site seems to suggest that a workaround is to fool LR into thinking it's looking at files from an X-T1 rather than an X-T10 by batch altering the camera type in the EXIF data using an EXIF editor of some sort, which seems to be quite a faff to say to say the least.

 

I assume Camera RAW is up to date, given that I only recently installed LR as part of the Adobe CC package which I got a discount on via subscription to 'Digital Camera' magazine.

 

Again re Aperture, that doesn't want to have anything to do with files from the X-T10 (it imports it, but then says "Unsupported Image Format") & given that Aperture is dead in the water as far as Apple is concerned I've pretty much decided I'll have to give up on it. Having said that, does the 'NIK' suite enable Aperture to read the Fuji files?

 

Obviously the main problem is that my iMac won't update beyond OS 10.7.5. & Lightroom won't update beyond 5.7.1. I'll be upgrading my computer in 6 months or so, so hopefully I won't have these issues once I've done so. 

Link to post
Share on other sites

As I recently took a nose dive into a concrete path, I'll pass on that for the time being, if I was to post my current visage it would scare off most of the members!

 

Not turning out to be a very good year for me so far, but surely now it can only get better.

Link to post
Share on other sites

I have a X-t1 and a X-E2 with the software updated to the latest version.

 

Both cameras work perfectly with Aperture and with LR.

 

The X-E2 is virtually the same as the X-T10, so much so that, lacking a book including the newest software on this camera, people selling the X-T10 alternative manual recommend X-E2 owners who have updated their camera to the latest system to use the X-T10.

 

Aperture does the “ unsupported format” thing If you try to open several images, whilst ,open one by one, will do it. Mine does. Good Luck!

 

Mike G.

 

You are indeed going through a very rough patch. All the best!

Link to post
Share on other sites

Thanks Milandro, yep this is turning out the my "Annus Horribilis"

 

I too have Aperture + Lightroom and have no problems opening Fuji RAFs or JPEGs in either. IMHO the Aperture treatment is slightly better than Lr, sadly Aperture doesn't have the tools that Lr does!

Link to post
Share on other sites

Hopefully it will all pass and you will get better. Unfortunately we all have to deal with the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune at some point in our lives although sometimes one fames more than his fair share.

 

 

 

Using the NIK suite in combination with Aperture gives me a lot of flexibility and actually I am very pleased of the results.

 

LR has incredible archival capabilities and, I think, that that would have been a great tool to have when I was working for the Royal Dutch library where we where handling tons of images which needed being archived.

 

The only thing that I miss is the lens correction.

 

On the other hand we've used all manner of lenses for what they were, without any corrections, throughout the history of photography and learned to work WITH them.

Link to post
Share on other sites

Aperture does the “ unsupported format” thing If you try to open several images, whilst ,open one by one, will do it. Mine does. Good Luck!

 

 

No luck for me on that; I've tried importing a single RAF file from my X-T10 into Aperture (version 3.4.5, which seems to be the latest version of Aperture that I can run), the file imports BUT I get the "Unsupported Image Format" warning. Weirdly, the 'Info' tab on Aperture displays all the usual data there, but all of the controls on the 'Adjustments' tab are greyed out.

 

It looks like I'm going to have to go down the route of converting my Fuji RAW files to DNG in order to get Lightroom to handle them, with the option of using Iridient Developer or RawTherapee or darktable (or some other RAW converter) for those RAW files which I want to get the absolute best out of.

 

Any alternative suggestions gratefully considered! 

Link to post
Share on other sites

Teach me. What's wrong with that. I am not on many forums, I have limited experience. I used my name because I want to stand by what I say and not "hide" behind an anonymous nick. If it would have been taken I would choose something else but since it was free I didn't see a reason to use something else.

Link to post
Share on other sites

This is still a very small forum. I am a long standing member in fora operating for over 25 years, where there are many more members than here.

 

Name duplication, when you use a name, for your monicker, as common as Mike or George, are common.

 

It is virtually impossible to claim “ ownership” of names or avatars (unless it is your own picture like in your case an Mike G’s case) .

 

Using a monicker that isn’t your first name is a good way to avoid overlaps. This forum has plenty of possible things like that many seem to favor their first name.

 

So we have a Marcel and a Marcelo, Marcelo_Valente, Marcello, marc, Marc B, Marc G.

 

But we have Michael G ( also a potential Mike G?),  Mike ( should he trump them all?), Mike B, Mike K, Mike KC ( Oh boy confusion!), MikeG, MikeM... .

 

There is a georg and a georged, and a number of similar variation.

 

So Mike G is as different from MikeG as any other name.

 

Yes, a member could voluntarily  relinquish his name (this forum allows you to change your monicker and the system will display your monicker history showing the changes) but with a name like that sooner or later there will be someone else accessing the system which cannot account for any minimal variation on the name Mike an G. (mike g, mike_g, mike-g, MiKEG...)

 

These things happen and the longer this forum will exist the more these things will happen.

 

Personally I found more annoying people whom use same avatars because THAT is really much more confusing.

 

Relax in the word is the word.

 

I see you’ve changed, after this conversation, your monicker from George to George_P, which I suppose means that you saw how, having a monicker with your own name only would be asking for problems some time down the line because some other George would register.

Edited by milandro
Link to post
Share on other sites

In that case you could have left the monicker to George, but , of course it is your very good right Sir to do whatever you want just as it is the one of MikeG to call himself that way. ( Please, indulge me, “ what’s  it will not be kingly?”  I am not familiar with this expression and its meaning or sense completely escapes me, sorry about that.)

Edited by milandro
Link to post
Share on other sites

like when someone who is called George will register himself as george?

 

How about George II? Very kingly.

You produced that at 11:20 am so you could ask yourself what you meant by that. Never mind. This is way too far off topic already. brgds
Link to post
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

  • Similar Content

  • Posts

    • Looking more like the next Fuji camera we see will be an X-T50 but it is still a rumor and no specs have been published.
    • Hey guys, The shutter on/off button switch may be loose on mine. After turning camera on and pressing the shutter/holding close to the area, the camera will turn off and say 'sensor cleaning'. This doesn't happen if I'm shooting via touch screen at all. Everything else is functional. Anyone else experience this before? Would love a much cheaper fix since Fuji Canada just quoted me $700 CAD to fix it, and considering everything else is functional except that part I'm not even sure why MPMB Main Board parts is being replaced😕 I got no explanation from them either.
    • As far as I know the firmware is not country specific. Are you sure that the filename has not been changed ( I am told this can happen with mac os). That's the only thing I can think of.
    • My x-t5 does not exhibit the focusing switch behaviour as you report it, so that is very strange and indicative of a fault. It does not matter whether the flash is attached or not. Once you set the camera for your studio flash, say 1/250th at f5.6, the camera, which is showing you what you will get at that exposure without the flash, will show a black screen unless the ambient light is brighter than what you would typically get indoors. That is why, as Jerry says, you have to set preview exp/wb to off. I have set a button for this.
    • I connected to FRAME.IO a while back and it works fine, but the camera wouldn't connect to the internet all of a sudden today and would get stuck on the reset screen, including initializing and even switching USB Connection mode. Is anyone else experiencing the same thing?
×
×
  • Create New...