XT-2 under exposures dark area

[woerdhvd]

Hello, i'am new on this forum. Just got my xt-2 yesterday with several lenses.

I'have a problem with the camera: i need to set exposure compensation to +1 and use negative soft to have correct exposured blacks with jpg. If not, and use Provia with no exposure correction: the blacks are under exposured and contrast to hard.

 

For RAW in Lightroom i need to set exposure +0.55  -20 highlights + 20 shadows + 20 blacks to have correct exposure. 

 

I have tried almost every setting possible. If not previewing filter effect in viewfinder there is a big difference in what the viewfinder shows for exposure before shooting and the preview of the jpg. Happens with all lenses.

 

For raw i can live with that but jpg is useless for me out of the box. I thought that the Fuji was the perfect jpg camera. When i look at the images from my Sony a7rII there is no difference in output between jpg and raw, both correctly exposured and it's maching the viewfinder.

Is this a normal issue with the camera?

Thanks for reading.

[Mike G]

An example or two would help!

[MirrorMirror]

It's not normal; there'd be lots of complaints. It could be many things, either user error or camera settings or a combination. Really need more details and/or examples.

 

In the short term before details or examples can be given try a reset to factory defaults.

 

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Edited December 28, 2016 by MirrorMirror

[woerdhvd]

Hello, thanks, i go to my camera shop tomorrow first to see the difference between my copy with a reset and an other one in the store.

[voodooless]

For RAW, don't use auto DR, Lightroom had a bug that prevents it from reading the correct DR value and applying it. That might be one of the problems?

 

Other things you might try: set shadows to -2 (might also try highlights at -1 or -2), that should bring them out a bit more. Also, set the color space to the default setting.

 

But yes, a sample image would help.

[woerdhvd]

Back from the camera shop with a new copy :-) Viewfinder mach now with output. Still have under exposured blacks in certain situations.

Did some tests: In normal light conditions exposure match great with gay chart (all blacks open) and output is very nice. In low light and high contrast the blacks are still a bit under exposured. When over exposure to compensate that, highlight will be blown out in these situations.

I still prefer to use raw and compensate as much as possible in LR, but it's hard to recover highlights. I think that's why the camera under exposure in situations with a lot of contrast.

The sensor isn't that good as my Sony (A7r II), it has limitations. The Sony blows the Fuji away in DR in all light situations. But i like the Fuji. It's in my bag every day.
 

[voodooless]

The sensor latitude is in the darks not so much in the highlights. So expose for the highlights. You can pull the darks a lot in post. Dynamic range might be a bit better until ISO 3200, above that value, it's about equal.

 

Still would be good to give us some examples though..