Since I'll be shooting a lot with this camera at apertures of f5.6 or f8, I wanted to see how depth of field I'm going to get. This image was shot at f5.6 but still shows some background blur. The plant is nice and sharp too. The images do seems to be a little soft at f2 but I think they sharpen-up quite nicely in Photoshop.
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05/19/13  Fujifilm X100S1103
X100S Focal Length: 23 mm Aperture: f/5.6 Exposure Time: 10/700 sec ISO: 200 05/18/13  Fujifilm X100SAnother manus focus image. I was getting carries away as this camera is really fun to use. Again, I like the bokeh, it's smooth and not funky as with some manual focus legacy lenses I've used. This lens was paired to the sensor in this camera. The image quality shows it too, and to those people who are sitting on the fence about the X100S; you really don't know what you're missing. 1083
X100S Focal Length: 23 mm Aperture: f/4.0 Exposure Time: 10/600 sec ISO: 250 05/17/13  Fujifilm X100SI think this is my favourite image of the day. The colours are so subtle and the flower is quite sharp. I like the bokeh of this shot too. Everything just falls into place. This is another manual focus test and I got it right in all 3 images I took of this plant.
I must admit I didn't get around to shooting in macro mode on this occasion, but it is definately on my to-do list as manual focusing with this camera is really nice. 978
X100S Focal Length: 23 mm Aperture: f/2.0 Exposure Time: 10/3200 sec ISO: 200 05/16/13  Fujifilm X100SAfter getting used to the camera and feeling my way with the controls and how it really works, I tried my hand on manual focus using the peeking function. It works rather well but not as well as on the Sony cameras. This is one such shot and just to make sure I was doing it right I took 3 or 4 images of the same subject. I'm quite impressed again. 981
X100S Focal Length: 23 mm Aperture: f/2.0 Exposure Time: 10/1800 sec ISO: 200 05/15/13  Fujifilm X100SLovely colour rendering in this image. The colours are strong, without being over cooked. The reds are fine and the greens are deep. Just as it was on the day. No blocked up blacks and the rock has good structure.
These images look just the way I like to look. Totally different from Canon, and very realistic. I'm not saying the Canon files are bad, they are just different. I would have to work a lot harder in post processing to get this look with the Canon files. That's using the raw file mind, and don't forget this Fujifilm file is a jpg. 1090
X100S Focal Length: 23 mm Aperture: f/4.0 Exposure Time: 10/2400 sec ISO: 200 05/14/13  Fujifilm X100SCamera settings: I usually shoot in aperture mode and sunny WB when I'm out.
For this camera I set it up as follows: A mode,Auto WB and ISO to Auto 3200.
I was changing the aperture on the lens and just left the camera to figure everything out. I didn't have to worry about ISO settings because these Fujifilm cameras are so good at higher ISO values that you just can't see any noise up to 3200. If the auto WB wasn't any good, well I still have the raw files to play with once the camera is supported. I needn't have worried because auto WB is spot on, and that is indoors as well as outside. Fujifilm have made some advances in this area and have become my cameras to beat for future camera purchases.
Saying that, these cameras might just become my system in the future, once I see what the lens development is like. That 55-200 certainly sounds good at the moment for the X-E1. It's the one area that's missing at the moment. 1334
X100S Focal Length: 23 mm Aperture: f/2.0 Exposure Time: 10/8000 sec ISO: 200 05/13/13  Fujifilm X100SBecause LR 4.3 doesn't support the raw files from the X100S, everything is now being sayed as raw-Fine jpg. All the images being posted are jpg images. The raw files are being saved for LR 4.4 or whichever version of LR supports the camera. I'm not going to install yet another version of Silkypix, it's just not going to happen.
I was a bit apprehensive about the output I would get from this camera, as I never shoot in jpg. I'm a raw only photographer.
I can now say that these are the best jpg files I have ever seen. I'm not saying I've used every camera on the market but I find these much better than the Pentax, Canon, Panasonic and yes, even better than the Olympus jpg files. Dynamic range, white balance and colours are really excellent. The camera was set to auto WB for this shoot and I an very impressed with the output. 1036
X100S Focal Length: 23 mm Aperture: f/2.0 Exposure Time: 10/9000 sec ISO: 200 05/12/13  Fujifilm X100SPortrait or landscape orientation? When I picked up this hobby again after many years, I used to shoot a lot in portrait orientation. I liked to depth in my images and portrait orientation gave me that. Sometime between than and now, I can't say exactly when, I shot a lot in landscape. Nowadays it's about 50/50 but at this focal length I want to turn the camera and shoot again in portrait. Could it be that the lens focal length has something to do with it? I'm going to have to take note of the images I make to figure this one out. 958
unknown Focal Length: unknown Aperture: unknown Exposure Time: unknown ISO: unknown 05/11/13  Fujifilm X100SThe first couple of posts are going to be a couple of compilations, just to show what a 35mm equivelent lens will give you. You ahve to zoom with your feet of course, which is something I'm going to have get used to but after a couple of hours with the camera it does get easier. Then it's just a matter of training your eye for composition. That is something completely different. Some can adpt very quickly and some never manage it. It's how people see the world. Some see it with a 21mm or a 50mm lens, some with even longer lenses than that (myself included), but I wanted to try this out.
What I'm finding is that I tend to get in closer with this camera even when using zooms on other cameras. I'm going to have to try harder at this. 1032
unknown Focal Length: unknown Aperture: unknown Exposure Time: unknown ISO: unknown 05/10/13  Fujifilm X100SAfter using the Fujifilm X-E1 for a few weeks, and looking extremely closely at the files and what I can achieve with them, I just couldn't pass up on the new Fujifilm X100S. And what a lovely little camera it is, fitting nicely in the palm of my hand to carry about. It's even better than the X-E1 to carry, but then it has a fixed 23mm f2 (35mm=35mm) lens on it.
Having never owned a fixed lens camera before, I was a little apprehensive about purchasing this because basically I'm a zoom kind of guy. Zoom lenses weren't really good in the days of film but with the computer aided design methods of today and with the advancement in technology, zoom design and manufacture means that the zooms of today are very good indeed. Having seen the images made with the Fujinon XF 18-55 f/2.8-4 kit lens, I think, says it all. 1071
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