Five Things Fuji is doing horribly wrong

[ChatNoir]

I'm not fully getting most of your points.

 

If this is all horribly wrong - there is not a single camera on the market that fulfills your requirements - easy to claim anything similar from any other brand or model. I advice to build one of your own camera - it can't be that difficult to develop the perfect landscape camera with your knowledge...and please call it the AA-1.  (referring to Ansel Adams) ;-)

 

Neither Sony or Olympus can serve as a reference when it comes to easy operability & ergonomics. The word horrible is in this case for me never far away. Not that Fuji is that good but looking at FW4.0, they are slowly copying now what's already many years a standard in most expert/pro DSLRs. 

 

I'm the first to admit that I'll rather use my Nikon gear to do landscape photography, simply because the X-T1 misses a bit the resolution to do so - though the result can be surprisingly good if you don't care too much about the format. Portrait is a little bit a different sake. Since I've always been using rather short than long focal lengths to do this, even the 56mm is a bit long for me. Macro is a specialism. If you do so, buy a kind of bellow system, you won't hear me complaining with some kind of solution, if I'd ever need it. That's personal. 

 

What is really horrible, is that the support of the X-Trans conversions by mainstream software is still not at the level to expected. Give me from this 16MP only a bit more effective detail and less artifacts and I immediately forget anything else on the market. I'm really praying Adobe gets to it one day.

 

And yes, flashes are the point of Fuji, I still don't get it why there is nothing decent around in their own accessory line.

[r_kt]

1. Can neither agree nor disagree, more of a matter of personal preference to me

2. Maybe I misread, but you can lock the spot meter to the focus point in the menus (already mentioned too). I'd probably use focus lock or manual focus in those situations

3. I can't speak for Macro, it's just not part of my subject matter, but it makes sense why that would roll out later in the road map given the need to flood the market with lenses that will support 90% of shooters.  I do support a 70 or 75mm f2. 

4.  I use yongnuo 560iii's and their wireless triggers and ND's when needed.  Manual flash is just something I've been accustomed too since film.  I have not tested the Nissin i40 yet, which looks to be a good mix of compactness and TTL

5.  Carrying multiple power sources and chargers is just part of doing business for me. Between my Fuji and Sony kits I carry about 10 batteries. Limiting a battery to one form factor may cause future design issues, I can't agree with that. 

[wiriadinata]

Please buy the camera that suit you. No perfect camera. so Far Fuji is the only camera manufacturer who consistently update the firmware to make things better.

[Phil]

I'm sure this has been said already, but I'm in a rush and can't read all the posts.

 

Regarding metering, you can just set the spot meter to follow the focus point. Problem solved.

 

Between that, the meter indicator in the viewfinder, the pretty accurate EVF, and live histogram, I'd say if anything, Fuji is one of the best camera makers on the market for metering.

[ShutterNot]

I second the sentiment - Buy the camera that suits you better than FUJI if you think FUJI is doing things horribly wrong.

 

It's a FUJI forum consisting mostly of people that like FUJI - for the most part I would think - not that there isn't room for improvements.

 

Listing improvements that could be made would have been MUCH better approach.

[cosinaphile]

some good points  , but ive learned to live with em i cant help but adore fuji

 

x10 x20 x 30 x100 x100s xe1 xe2 ......no regrets

 

.....what i find unacceptable are pure product snafuslike the sloppy aperture ring on my 14mm.... its unacceptable

 

i use a rubber sleeve to shore u tension 

[cosinaphile]

why all the attacks on this guy .....he seems a personable fellow     not a spammer   and gave some food for thought ....even if it wasent your cuisine 

 

the tone and personal nature and accusations of incompetence against  his is just ugly

 

 

.......way to grow the forum................not 

[abjurina]

Forums are excellent places for spineless people to exercise their superiority of opinion over other opinions. It's human nature at its finest.

[pizzaman]

I would like to see a lot of the improvements you pointed out but the biggest thing fuji is doing wrong to me is their dwindling production and support of their professional films.

The prices of 400H are ridiculous compared to the (mostly superior) Portra - but sometimes the look of the Fuji films is preferable. 

[CRAusmus]

I would like to see a lot of the improvements you pointed out but the biggest thing fuji is doing wrong to me is their dwindling production and support of their professional films.

The prices of 400H are ridiculous compared to the (mostly superior) Portra - but sometimes the look of the Fuji films is preferable. 

 

The rising cost of film is a direct result of the dwindling market.  Fuji is actually considering discontinuing their slide film as I understand it.  For those of us that love to shoot film, this is a huge disappointment.  However the more they have to raise costs to keep producing it, the less folks are buying it.  If you want it on the market, then by all means, go shoot it.

[Tom H.]

The only thing they are doing horribly wrong is not producing that digital version of their glorious TX-2, better known as the Hasselblad XPan 2. Dammit Fuji, build me one while I still have healthy kidneys for sale!        

[benjaminthomson]

Hi All,

 

If metering is your issue why rely on the small in camera sensor. Buy a dedicated spot meter like the sekonic L-758D. it has a 1 degree spot measurement, you can set up profiles for each camera you own and will work out averages for a scene. Expensive but worth it.

Unfortunately light meters don't work with Fujis as their ISO numbers are off by quite a bit.

[Tom H.]

I use a cheap Sekonic 308s for studio work. It's more than good enough for Fuji.

[Tom H.]

Seriously Fuji, this is taking that whole "old school looks" thing too far. Pull yourselves together! :D :D

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[flyingfader]

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