12,800 ISO on X-T100 — what is this sorcery?

KneeConWon wrote:

I'm wondering, since the X-T100 has Bayer sensor and is supported by DxO Photolab with Prime noise reduction, how would this look with Raw conversion using that software?

Ya that would be interesting to see. If anyone reading this wants to try that and share it here, have at it!

They would need the RAF. I'm not sure you have it (if you were shooting JPEG only). I don't have DxO Photolab because it doesn't run on Linux. I use Darktable, which has several methods for noise reduction, probably not better than what Erik did with Lightroom.

The power zoom did get on my nerves at first. Many people call it "fiddly" and I can understand why — if you accidentally graze the focus ring while intentionally turning the power-zoom ring, it won't zoom at all! And unless you have experience using the lens, you may not understand why it's not working in that moment, which is very frustrating, especially if you just missed a shot because of it.

Once you realize how to avoid that issue, the power zoom starts becoming really easy to use, and eventually you don't even think about it. It's a non-issue after a certain amount of experience with the lens.

Thanks for your thoughts on this.

I would highly recommend the lens. I assumed I would be buying some Fuji primes, but honestly I don't even need them with how good and versatile the 15-45mm is.

If you don't mind manual focus, there are some great bargains in old (cheap!) lenses mounted with adapter.