DuncanIdaho

just had to stop by to express how much this photo struck me with the "pop" it conveys (at least scaled down). great example of what this little apsc wide angle lens can deliver! thanks for sharing ...

awesome! this is where the all lens group focusing pays off.

Hm interesting that your perception is so different from mine, maybe I’ll check again my test shots. To be honest I am not quite sure if “punchy” is the most precise term to describe my impression.

I did a back to back test when I got the 1.4 after having shot with the f2 for 5 years. The rendering is indeed quite different, but as with all lens related things it is a subtle thing to notice. ...

this is only true for infinity focussing. At closer distance the 1.4 is sharper. I tested both lenses and Fuji themselves confirm that the 1.4 has been optimized for closer focus distances hence ...

yeah, and the bokeh balls close to the focus plane look like soap bubbles

the complaints were specifically referring to focussing on infinity, so these shots (which do not look particularly sharp IMO) unfortunately do not proof the opposite.

looks like they really improved this in the later models, good to hear! now I only need to wait for them to merge the X-S10 and X-T4 into my dream camera...

haha, next time I go there, I'll hand them a mitakon lens

do you mean the shallow DoF? you can look for Focus Projects 3. They gave away this software for free some time ago. its not the latest version but should do the trick and has lots of parameters to ...

I actually use it quite often! there are two things however which could make this feather even more rounded: (1) tag all photos from one bracketing session, or move them into a separate folder (like ...

could you kindly elaborate on what this filter is and what it does? I am using C1 and try to find out what would be the comparable tool... currently I desaturate purple color in the color editor ...

hehe thats true. btw, nobody implies that another camera makes one a better photog.

that makes total sense to me. two adjacent sensor formats are nowadays very close in terms of their performance. plus, a high res image also retains more detail when scaled down. an extreme example is

fuji also promoted their lenses as being designed specifically for mirrorless cameras, but who knows if this is true for each and every lens design. some rumors also point into the direction, that ...

You're totally right. then again, I wonder: what are 5 years in lens development? usually lens designs lasted a very long time. has the refresh cycle for optics shortened so much recently or is it ...

first I was really astounded by the difference but the other pair of photos looks really similar. that shows that at base ISO there is hardly any difference, and if there is any it's all due to ...

wow this is really some great feedback from the community! it looks like although we have many different opinions here, I hear are a lot of similar voices as well: (1) Sigma foveon seems to have a  lot ...

To be quite frank, I dont expect a lot of improvement to my photography by sizing up the sensor. If I find myself confirmed, that apsc suffices I am more than happy with this outcome. MF would be ...

Ok, so instead of wondering what its like to shoot with other cameras, I decided to get a used mid-tier FF camera as an addition to my fujifilm kit. though I could also rent I believe buying used ...