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AFS-S issue - Returning my XT5

Started 4 months ago | Discussions thread
Erik Baumgartner Senior Member • Posts: 6,893
Re: AFS-S issue - Returning my XT5
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Again, turn down the NR, slightly turn up the sharpening and you'll see a significant improvement in fine detail. Here's a 2 second tweak in Lightroom and the Fuji easily competes with the full-frame Lumix. I can't undo the baked-in NR, but the results would be significantly better without it. I just don't making comparisons at default values, they are just starting suggestions and almost never yield the best results.

Does the Lumix look better here?

Fuji with a touch of sharpening and a black point tweak

Lumix

I don't really see focus issues with these examples, but I do see the X-T5 revealing shortcomings with your 23 f/2 - fine in the center...

Fuji (L), Lumix (R).

...but not so much around the periphery (one of reasons I went for an X-100V over the the 23 f/2). Less NR/more sharpening will help here as well, but there's no way it's going to match the Lumix at the edges at this aperture (though stopping down to f/5.6 or f/8 might improve the edges significantly - the top image at f/5.6 looks better) .Not the X-T5's fault, in any case....

Fuji (L), Lumix (R).

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