Trevor G

The best intentions in the world cannot make up for a mistake. Do it right and get it right - no one (including me) has said that you are a bad person.  You just made a mistake which made your test...

How did you select RAW? There are 2 methods for selecting RAW - by assigning it to the Fn button, or by selecting it, in the Shooting Menu, with JPEG quality. If you select RAW via the FN button it...

That sort of problem is more likely to be related to the speed/quality of the card you are using. It needs Class 10 minimum, but I don't buy SD cards unless they actually display a transfer speed,...

The X20 has the same limitation.

You should have looked back in my posting history to see many threads started (30 or so) extolling the virtues of the X10, especially in regard to its amazing highlight headroom available via...

RAW is the only option if you want to see the full 2+ EV ofghighlight recovery/headroom extension which is available naturally (no sensor amplification techniques used) when shootinng M size and...

Here's a thread in this forum addressing the topic specifically: http://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3093027 It's step by step.  Takes a while to read (because it is comprehensive) but open an...

Not sure what you are referring to there - could you elaborate, please?  What rear focused shot are you referring to?   When I get back I can show default from RFC vs DSP5. DSP5 has intrinsically...

I checked several times - the X10 image is straight off the plate at default Silkypix settings.  Dark hair will often smudge because of NR, but being RAW this means that is how it comes out of the...

I'll post the RAWs when I get back.

Back again... I've explained several times, Paul. When comparing sensor output one generally uses processing software at default settings. That takes away the results of subjective...

That's a really bad guess. The Noise and sharpening settings are identical for both cameras. They are basically zeroed (NR, that is). And if I get time I'll post the X10's best effort (jpeg) vs...

Can I assume this is Windows? What version? I'll help.

As I keep pointing out, sensor quality is normally examined by using default processing settings.

In what way did you think those balls were "blown"? They don't hit 255 when exposure is adjusted correctly from the RAW.  If they were blown in any way their colour would change. The scene is...

Are you getting superior results at default settings?

Using what software?

Timur, I'll start respecting your efforts once you start using appropriate software to process Fuji RAW images. ACR and Lighroom simply cannot do EXR or X-Trans properly.  Silkypix is clearly...

Timur - I would be very careful about making that claim about focus - did you upload the original images into a camera to check where the focus point was? Now that I have a little more time I will...

Not a lot, in this case. However, later shots, these for example, show a much bigger difference.  The first 2 are from my portrait set, the third pair are from DPR's own downloadable...