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DPReview member, jkspepper, plopped an XF lens in front of the A7r sensor to come away with the above shot, which quite well illustrates that XF lenses are unable to cover full frame.
If just for the trolls, the entire thread is worth a read.
Source: Ever wondered how a Fuji XF lens looks like on an Sony A7R?
DPReview member, RoundVu, noticed the following after upgrading his/her Fujifilm X-T1 Firmware to 3.0:
“This may be coincidental but it seems that after updating to Firmware version 3, I can’t trigger my manual flashes with PC-Sync. I’ve taken thousands of pictures using it before to trigger my Godox V850 flashes and had no problems. Today, I can’t get it to work.”
The problem wasn't that the camera was set to silent mode. Rather, it was that the X-T1 was set to MS + ES (manual shutter + electronic shutter); and MS + ES disables all flash functionality.
Which begs the question: why does a user have to first check if a camera has been set to so-called silent mode before flash is used? Second, why does setting the X-T1 to MS + ES turn off all flash functionality?
What is it about this photographer-friendly company that is actually photographer friendly? Which begs this question: what does photographer-friendly mean?
Follow the discussion: X-T1 PC Sync after 3.0 Firmware update
Kakaku member, Barclay1234, published a fabulous report (in Japanese) detailing the write speed of the X100T with various SD cards. His methodology:
Camera settings: MF
Exposure settings: 1/1000 sec.
ISO 3200
drive: HI, LOW
Contemporaneously, the shutter button was tripped and a stopwatch was set. When the stopwatch read 15 seconds, Barclay1234 removed his finger from the shutter button. He then counted the number of files, including files that may have slipped in after the stop watch was tripped, that were recorded. (Barclay1234 admits that the numbers won't be 100% correct. They should be used as guidelines, only.)
If I understand correctly, the numbers are read like this:
HI (# recorded pre-slowdown) (# recorded post-slowdown) (total recorded)
LOW (# recorded pre-slowdown) (# recorded post-slowdown) (total recorded)
These are the results of his test:
X100T
SanDisk Extreme PRO SDXC UHS-2 64GB
HI 7 12 19
LOW 8 12 20
SanDisk Extreme PRO SDXC UHS-1 64GB
HI 7 22 29
LOW 10 20 30
SanDisk Extreme PLUS SDXC UHS-1 64GB
HI 7 18 25
LOW 10 15 25
#4 Lexar Professional 600x SDHC UHS-1 32GB
HI 7 13 20
LOW 8 12 20
XT-1
For reference: X-T1 & SanDisk Extreme PRO SDXC UHS-2 64GB
HI 20 28 48
LOW 46 - 46
The X-T1 experienced no slowdown in the first 15 seconds. 46 JPEG+RAW files were recorded. After 60 JPEG+RAW files recorded (only 19 seconds after the shutter was tripped), slowdown was noted.
The cards used are the below:
1番 SanDisk Extreme PRO SDXC UHS-2 64GB
UHS-2 write speed 280MB/s(1867x)
UHS-2 read speed 250MB/s(1667x)
UHS-1 (no explanation)
Made in Japan
2番 SanDisk Extreme PRO SDXC UHS-1 64GB
read speed 95MB/s(633x)
write speed 90MB/s(600x)
Made in China
3番 SanDisk Extreme PLUS SDXC UHS-1 64GB
read speed 80MB/s(533x)
write speed 60MB/s(400x)
Made in China
4番 Lexar Professional 600x SDHC UHS-1 32GB
read speed 90MB/s(600x)
write speed 45MB/s
Made in Korea
Barclay1234's conclusion is this: When used in conjunction with the X100T, the UHS-2 Sandisk Extreme Pro returns roughly equal results to the Lexar Professional 600x card, and therefore, incongruent with its price. In contrast, the Sandisk UHS-2 card returns amazing results when used in conjunction with the X-T1.
Thank you, Barclay1234.
Source: X100Tに最適なSDカード
Honestly, I don't get it. Chris Dodkin's work is sometimes excellent. But 12 Babes feels very like G-rated tentacle porn with lights.
Source: The 12 Babes of Christmas
This writeup by Brian Feldman is an absolutely amazing romp through popular memes and how to suss how popular each is. Hint, read between the following lines:
“In the analog world the photograph of the photograph is always one generation removed, fuzzier, not the same; the digital copy of the digital photograph is indistinguishable so that “original” loses its meaning.”
thanks @daring fireball
Here's one bloke that's not fully happy with Fujifilm, and for many of the reasons that I, too, am not. In fact, his words:
“And I’m afraid this outpouring of gratitude for adding functionality to the camera when it should have been there in the first place just confirms to me that it may well be the time to conclude my relationship with Fuji. This update was seriously hyped, but aside from the electronic shutter, I’ve seen little to get enthusiastic about. It really isn’t a virtue that Fuji drip feed these ‘extras’ to us, because they shouldn’t be ‘extras’ at all. And they have been doing every time it with all their cameras, including the X100 which was their initial re-entry back into the serious camera world.”
While his conclusions are harsher than are mine, he's got his soul in the right place: Fujifilm should have released the X-T1 with most of the functionality that comes with fimware 3.0. And, they shouldn't have let a camera out of the gate with so many WTF? moments.
I, however, am not quite ready to give up on them.
Source: The Fuji X-T1 3.0 Firmware Update - A New Camera Or Just A Few Tweaks?
via Fujirumors
Here's how to shoot a rangefinder camera. For many photographers, the how is also the why.
His royal majesty, and the prettiest British prince, Prince Harry, takes the above pretty portrait. He takes more, too, appearing a wiz with the Fujifilm X100s. There's more at that most unpretty of tabloids: Daily Mail.
Thanks Fuji X Forum
Update: Prince Harry was visiting Lesotho for his work with Sentabale, a charity founded jointly by him and the Lesotho's Prince Seeiso. Sentabale aims to: "help vulnerable children, the forgotten victims of poverty and Lesotho's HIV/AIDS epidemic."
I can't imagine this article will come away troll-less.
Announced at DPReview yesterday prove one thing: DPReview readers do not 'get' professional photography that shoots the boundaries of wedding and portrait business. Technical cameras have always been expensive. Even Japanese clones from Horseman typically start at around 3.000$.
My Horseman uses plastic teeth, has brakes placed too closely to focus gears, wobbles, and still it costs 3.000$. Then add the film/sensor and lenses. At a minimum, a full technical camera will cost 20.000$, and that with last-generation technology. It has always been the case.
The Phase One modular backs/ALPA camera bodies/Rodenstock lens systems start at 47.000$ USD. Each part can be replaced, upgraded, or melded into a different whole. Modular cameras are LEGO pieces, not plastic Kinder Surprise statues.
DPReview readers don't know this. They think the world of cameras is and always has been composed of body/sensor/film combinations that cannot be removed one from the other. The invariable, and trollish horning in rampant at DPReview is by users mentioning that you can get a Pentax 645z for 8500$.
Yes, you can. And it probably is a great dSLR. If you can use a dSLR or other flanged camera for your work, great. But that doesn't meant that a dSLR works for everyone. It doesn't for me.
Phase One build cameras not for the elite, but for the photographer that needs modularity rather than the cookie-cutter shoe-horning of customers. They are priced, like every self-respecting product, not to apparent performance standards, but to utility, to build quality, to precision standards that neither Pentax nor its user base understand.
Again, I don't understand why any website with such a broad user base - a base composed of professionals that know a thing or two, as well as lovers of kitsch - would continue to allow user comments.
Source: Phase One and Alpa release official details and pricing of A-Series medium format cameras
Tsukuba, Japan
