Waxy skin still there with x-trans III

[petergabriel]

According to this guys examples, waxy skin is no longer as bad in high iso jpegs as with x-trans II, but it is still very much there.

 

[tom3q]

According to this guys examples, waxy skin is no longer as bad in high iso jpegs as with x-trans II, but it is still very much there.

 

 

I think the more interesting part of the video is that underexposing to get lower ISO seems to be a workaround for the issue. Since the camera is basically ISO-less and the amplification is supposed to be happening in camera processing engine, I'd guess that higher ISO triggers some additional processing (to remove the noise?), which also causes the waxy skin effect. From a embedded software engineer point of view, I can say that this could be most likely fixed in a firmware update.

[petergabriel]

If fixable by firmware I believe Fujifilm would have done so.

[voodooless]

If fixable by firmware I believe Fujifilm would have done so.

 

Really.. How many other features that could easily be implemented in firmware are still not implemented? 1/focal length for minimum shutter speed (auto ISO) for example.

[tom3q]

Really.. How many other features that could easily be implemented in firmware are still not implemented? 1/focal length for minimum shutter speed (auto ISO) for example.

 

Yeah, in my opinion Fujifilm hardware is on a really high level, but despite a big number of kaizen firmware updates for X-T1, there is certainly a room for improvement in communication about firmware and software. (Hello Android camera remote app and lightroom demosaicing algorithm!) Let's hope that the (rumored) professional support (first in Europe) brings something new to the table...