x100v bokeh much less pleasing than x100t? ('restless')

Luisdent wrote:

interesting. thanks. I've wanted to do a more thorough bokeh test myself too. i did a quick one in a parking lot once and above 1/500 was obviois jitter to me. but if you use ms+es, why would it use the es at only 1/1000? does it know the limit of the shutter and automatically switch to es when the leaf shutter isn't fast enough? i had assume it kicked in only aftrr the max mechanical shutter was met, which on the x100v i thought was 1/2000 or 1/4000... that seems like what my xt30 does, but maybe I'm wrong.

The ES doesn’t kick in automatically until the leaf shutter maxes out (I think between1/2000” and 1/4000” depending on the aperture. There was some mention of the leaf shutter creating some bokeh issues of its own at some higher shutter speeds too (around 1/1000”), but I haven’t seen that either (the first flower shot is with the leaf shutter at 1/1000”).

i was always off put by that big time as i lost some very nice candid portrait shots once indoors where it caused the light to band. found out it was the es and what effects it can cause and turned it off ever since. but i may need to try it on the x100v. i never noticed it on the xt30 before that issue so it must have been decent most of the time.

There can be banding issues with the ES with certain kinds of artificial light at some SS settings but, with MS+ES, the ES will never kick with indoor lighting.

also, are you using a lens hood?

I now use the Haoge LUV X54W and my hat if necessary.

The ES/ND filter comparison was shot with a hood and no filter.

P.S. It’s not bright enough out today to get the SS high enough for a proper ES test, it might have to wait a few days.