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Hey X100 users,




I tried a Fuji X100 today, and I kept noticing the aperture blades were constantly moving as the amount of light kept changing. Is there any possibilities to block this (the aperture ring set to f/2 will not stop this)? I tried to look into the menu (which is a pain in the neck by the way), but could not find any option.




Thanks for your help,




moimoi
 
moimoi said:
moimoi wrote:

Hey X100 users,

I tried a Fuji X100 today, and I kept noticing the aperture blades were constantly moving as the amount of light kept changing. Is there any possibilities to block this (the aperture ring set to f/2 will not stop this)? I tried to look into the menu (which is a pain in the neck by the way), but could not find any option.

Thanks for your help,

moimoi
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rattymouse wrote:
Member said:
moimoi wrote:

Hey X100 users,

I tried a Fuji X100 today, and I kept noticing the aperture blades were constantly moving as the amount of light kept changing. Is there any possibilities to block this (the aperture ring set to f/2 will not stop this)? I tried to look into the menu (which is a pain in the neck by the way), but could not find any option.

Thanks for your help,

moimoi
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Yes, this is normal. As someone else stated, it needs to close the aperture down to keep a properly exposed image in the EVF/LCD. You do not see this with traditional DSLR's as the aperture only closes down when the image is captured and remains wide open to allow the brightest VF image possible.

Do not worry too much about this, it is how it designed.
 
Member said:
rattymouse wrote:
Member said:
moimoi wrote:

Hey X100 users,

I tried a Fuji X100 today, and I kept noticing the aperture blades were constantly moving as the amount of light kept changing. Is there any possibilities to block this (the aperture ring set to f/2 will not stop this)? I tried to look into the menu (which is a pain in the neck by the way), but could not find any option.

Thanks for your help,

moimoi
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Apteryx6 said:
Apteryx6 wrote:
Apteryx6 said:
rattymouse wrote:
Apteryx6 said:
moimoi wrote:

Hey X100 users,

I tried a Fuji X100 today, and I kept noticing the aperture blades were constantly moving as the amount of light kept changing. Is there any possibilities to block this (the aperture ring set to f/2 will not stop this)? I tried to look into the menu (which is a pain in the neck by the way), but could not find any option.

Thanks for your help,

moimoi
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There is aperture dancing in X Pro 1 and X-E1. When X-Pro 1 was first released the dancing was so loud that it was a MAJOR complaint. Fuji mitigated it with a firmware update but the dancing is still there, just quieter somehow.
 
many bad designs have been made by different manufacturer but this is nothing which I consider a big deal. The quiet operation of this camera is superb and it does not effect much the battery life, with a back up camera I never had a problem for a whole day of shooting with or without flash. Often not even using the backup battery.

The other Fuji systems are for sure great cameras but nothing in my view beats the X100 till today (in compact design and IQ).
 
Member said:
rattymouse wrote:

There is aperture dancing in X Pro 1 and X-E1. When X-Pro 1 was first released the dancing was so loud that it was a MAJOR complaint. Fuji mitigated it with a firmware update but the dancing is still there, just quieter somehow.
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Thanks. I did not know that. I have used the mirrorless Panasonic GF2, I have never noticed anything like that. In fact, as soon as I started off the X100, the first thing I had noticed was the blades keeping moving even though I had not pressed any buttons.


 
I can't understand why people let this trivial nit bother them, but if you must put a stop to it, you can use the OVF and turn OVF Power Save on. Of course, if you do that you lose certain funcionality.
 
BurpeesAreHard said:
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I can't understand why people let this trivial nit bother them, but if you must put a stop to it, you can use the OVF and turn OVF Power Save on. Of course, if you do that you lose certain funcionality.
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I have read somewhere it does not fix this issue. As a consumer, I believe it is my right to question the design, which is the core of a camera. Keeping moving aperture blades will have a negative impact over time, like any moving parts in any pieces of equipment. The dancing aperture phenomenon is actually the first thing I have noticed when the camera was on.
 
moimoi said:
moimoi wrote:
moimoi said:
BurpeesAreHard wrote:

I can't understand why people let this trivial nit bother them, but if you must put a stop to it, you can use the OVF and turn OVF Power Save on. Of course, if you do that you lose certain funcionality.
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I have read somewhere it does not fix this issue. As a consumer, I believe it is my right to question the design, which is the core of a camera. Keeping moving aperture blades will have a negative impact over time, like any moving parts in any pieces of equipment. The dancing aperture phenomenon is actually the first thing I have noticed when the camera was on.
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In this thread the dancing aperture issue and the issue you asked about (aperture blades constantly moving) have been conflated into the same issue. They are not the same issue. The dancing aperture issue occurs only at exposure time, not constantly. The issue you asked about is mitigated by OVF Power Save, but at the expense of losing certain other functionality that the constantly moving design enables.
 
BurpeesAreHard said:
BurpeesAreHard wrote:
BurpeesAreHard said:
moimoi wrote:
BurpeesAreHard said:
BurpeesAreHard wrote:

I can't understand why people let this trivial nit bother them, but if you must put a stop to it, you can use the OVF and turn OVF Power Save on. Of course, if you do that you lose certain funcionality.
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I have read somewhere it does not fix this issue. As a consumer, I believe it is my right to question the design, which is the core of a camera. Keeping moving aperture blades will have a negative impact over time, like any moving parts in any pieces of equipment. The dancing aperture phenomenon is actually the first thing I have noticed when the camera was on.
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In this thread the dancing aperture issue and the issue you asked about (aperture blades constantly moving) have been conflated into the same issue. They are not the same issue. The dancing aperture issue occurs only at exposure time, not constantly. The issue you asked about is mitigated by OVF Power Save, but at the expense of losing certain other functionality that the constantly moving design enables.
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Ok, but then the live histogram is gone. Too many hassles as far as I am concerned. The Fuji X100 is not for me I believe even though the OVF, lens quality and sensor are very nice, I don't want to risk sending the camera to Fuji a year after I purchased the camera.
 
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