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Batdude wrote:

lewiedude2 wrote:

Batdude, respectfully, why do you stay with Fuji? I am really interested in hearing why. Again, I applauded your decision to leave Fujiland and go to canon. But you balked at that. Good luck with your process.

Hi lewiedude2. I discovered and fell in love with Fuji with the S5 Pro. Then I started moving up little by little with the newer models, and I really like the dials experience. And of course I continue liking Fuji’s color tones. Fuji doesn’t do everything for me, that’s the bloody honest truth, which is why Im still a dual systems shooter.

I completely agree with you, I should be shooting with a Canon system, but there are two huge things I have against that corporation, no third party lens availability and no tilt screen. In the end I try to push myself and use what I have because I don’t buy every new camera when one comes out.

But let’s not lie to ourselves, every camera brand has issues and annoying things we have to deal with and I think is important to talk about everything, hardware, software etc.

I do agree that someone said that the resolution war is only going to get worse. That is a fact and we’re living it.

By the way, I also do see Canon shooters complaining why they are seeing and having a harder time PP their images and colors don’t look right either, and I believe they are also using adobe. So the problem is not a brand issue but a software issue because since I started shooting RAW+jpeg the jpegs smoke the RAW files I’m getting, and to be honest, I find this really disappointing. That’s adobe’s problem.

I’m pretty sure it’s your problem, as there are thousands of experienced photographers out there using Adobe tools now (myself included), and for many years previously, and getting outstanding results.  And, that applies not just to other camera brands but to Fujifilm as well.  There are some things to know about working with X-Trans files and simple tools like X-Transformer to preprocess a file to get the best possible results in more detailed images. But with an experienced user and a deft hand at PP, it’s certainly on par with any of the other editors IMHO.

It’s easy to blame the gear or to think you’re working with substandard software, but I’m pretty confident that the quality of output you’re seeing and any issues you’re experiencing are just as likely to be behind the keyboard and camera as they are with the application itself.