Hello guys

[Hermann]

Hello dear forum members,

 

To present myself, I have to say that I started photography in 2011 with a M4/3 APN (Panasonic GF3) and its kit zoom. I then fall in love with primes, and I shoot for years with a Panasonic 20mm 1.7 and with an Olympus 60mm 2.8 macro. Two very good ones! Two years ago I changed my body, and bought an Olympus E-M10 essentially to improve my macro capabilities (better iso performance and stabilized sensor).

 

I love to shoot nature (macro included), and also, sometimes, do portraits of my friends and family.

I, from my first picture to today, shot everything in RAW; Lightroom at the begining, and now DxO Optics pro which is more limited but better in my opinion in terms of image quality.

 

Then, what about Fuji? I'm fascinated with this brand since at least 2 years now. Outstanding iso performance, manual-control-oriented gear, with nice color rendition, and quality optics. What retained me was the difficulty to post-process Fuji RAW files.

 

But today, I have to admit that I'm somewhat tired with post-processing. It was very interessing at the begining, a lot of possibilities, a lot of things to discover and experiment, and also a huge gap in quality, comparing to my APN's jpeg files.

What retained me is what now attracts me: the high-acclaimed, excellent JPEG output of X-trans cameras.

 

What triggered my coming in this forum is the recent debate about Fuji Jpeg rendering. I am a daily reader of Fuji Rumors and I waited the Fuji X-T20 to go for it; but because of this debate, I wonder if I should not, depending of an hypothetical "loss of Jpeg magic", buy the X-T10 instead. But we will discuss it in an other thread!

 

By the way, I'm french, if it has any importance =)

Glad to be here!

 

 

 

EDIT: here is my topic on JPEG rendition: http://www.fuji-x-forum.com/topic/4364-jpeg-color-rendition-through-x-trans-evolution/

Edited November 17, 2016 by Hermann