I’m Leaving Soon… And You Decide Which Gear I will Take with Me! – POLL

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the grapevines around my little moutain village - quick lightpainting while bringing out my dog
the grapevines around my little moutain village – quick lightpainting while bringing out my dog

A Democratic Gear Travel Choice

This Saturday, it is time to make shameless use of this blog and of your time for a very personal reason: my upcoming trip to Rome!

First: I hope not to get sick, since both my brothers, their wifes and kids and my mother are really sick right now. As the only fit person of the family, in these days I’m taking care of all of them as good as I can. Family first… I can handle Rome also with fever ;).

Second: after cancelling my Christmas holidays as well as my winter holidays in February because of the X-H1 rumors and announcement, I decided to risk it again, and booked a travel after Rome, which, if I don’t have to cancel it again, I will eventually let you know about later.

Anyway, now it’s Rome time, 3 days. And I have already asked the FR-community which lenses and cameras I should take with me on my travel.

The feedback was massive, and there are so many different views and opinions, that I’m somehow still a bit confused.

So I decided to make one thing: for the first time, there will be a 100% democratic camera and lens choice. So you guys vote the poll, and whatever wins, I’ll take it with me to Rome.

Do I have personal favorites? You bet!

There is especially one lens I do hope will make it into the top 3. And I do have a favorite camera. But I won’t say it, because I don’t want to influence your vote. I will respect the poll results and take the gear you decide with me.

I will take only one camera 3 lenses. But in order to make your choice even more difficult, I will allow you to select only 2 lenses ;)

The only thing that comes for sure with me for now, is my lovely and light Sirui T-025x Carbon Fiber Tripod.

Sirui T-025x Carbon Fiber Tripod: BHphoto, AmazonUS, Adorama, [shoplink 69149 ebay]your eBay[/shoplink]

Any Other Rome Tips?

a FR-readers gave me photographic tips for Prague... which I followed meticulously :)
a FR-readers gave me photographic tips for Prague… which I followed meticulously :)

Of course, also some photographic tips are welcome in the comments.

Last time when I asked for help to photograph Prague, I was astonished by how kind and helpful the FujiRumors community was. Some even draw maps for me and recommended lenses, locations and time (see image above).

Even tips for restaurants in the city center / Trastevere are highly welcome.

I really feel lucky to be part of this community :) Thanks guys!!!!

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Iridient Developer 3.2.2 and X-Transformer 1.0.2 Released: Fujifilm X-H1 and Fujifilm GFX 3:2 mode Support and More

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Iridient Developer 3.2.2 and X-Transformer 1.0.2 updates are now available with support for X-H1, X-A5 and X-A20.

Iridient Developer now properly supports the 3:2 mode added in the latest Fujifilm GFX 50S firmware as well.

The Iridient X-Transformer 1.0.2 update fixes an issue with X-H1 lens correction metadata that slipped through with the 1.0.1 update.

It took Iridient Developer a bit longer than Adobe to support the Fujifilm X-H1, because, as Aleksei recently said in here our Fujifilm X-H facebook group, Brian told him:

“The Fujifilm X-H1 has proven to require a lot more work than initially expected as they changed their lens correction metadata format with this new model. Unfortunately Fujifilm does not to supply me with any pre-release cameras or even early access to RAW files for their new models so I have to depend on my users.”

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Steelsring Canon EF to Fujifilm GFX Autofocus Adapter Test

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guest post by Peter Sills – www.digitalfocus.net

Several months ago, I first read about adapters that would allow me to mount my Canon lenses to my new Fujifilm GFX 50S. Interested, I reached out to the various companies mentioned inquiring about their availability and acquiring one for potential testing. Of these, only one, Steelsring, got back to me. After some conversation, we agreed that I would test the unit and write an article as to my findings. Several months later, in December of 2017, I received my adapter.

I was intrigued. When first released, the Steelsring EF>GFX adapter was reported as being the only adapter of its kind which would also property report the Lens EXIF information to the camera and turn off the automatic lens correction (for the Fuji 63mm lens) in the process. Having this ability allows you to create your own special “Lens Profiles” for the camera/lens/adapter combination – something I find quite useful and important.

Lightroom – Note the Lens is correctly reported as the EF24-70mm f/2.8L II USM @ 70mm and 1/70 sec at f/2.8
Lightroom – Note the Lens is correctly reported as the EF24-70mm f/2.8L II USM @ 70mm and 1/70 sec at f/2.8)

When the unit arrived, it came in a very attractive wood and aluminum case. It was extremely well packaged and after careful examination appeared to be well constructed as well.

This is how the Steelsring Adapter arrived. It also makes for an excellent storage case.
This is how the Steelsring Adapter arrived. It also makes for an excellent storage case.

Of course, how these adapters operate is that on one side of the adapter is the Native Mount (Fuji) side, and on the opposing side is the Lens Mount (Canon side). Most adapters are “passive” so there are no contact pins. The Steelsring adapter is of a new generation of mounts that allow a camera to actually obtain accurate focus using “non-native” lenses. In this case Canon lenses.

So, the next step was to mount this to my Fuji GFX and begin testing.

I found the fit to be quite tight and secure, both on the Fuji side and on the Canon side. I would say even more so on the Fuji side. Many of the Canon lenses I found “clicked” right in to place. A few required a little adjustment of the lens release button to ensure they were indeed “locked-in”. Once this was properly engaged, the connection was tight, with no looseness or “wobble” at all.

My objectives were quite simple.

  1. Determine if a lens adapter, in this case an auto-focus lens adapter, could provide usable AF accuracy and speed using my existing Canon lenses.
  2. Determine if the “vignetting” of these lenses would be significant enough to render them useless or usable for my testing.

Alright, so how to begin?

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Fujifilm X-H1 Review at DPReview: “An Excellent Camera, but We Can’t Wholeheartedly Recommend it Given How Good Some of its Competition is”

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DRPreview just published their Fujifilm X-H1 review and it gets the silver award with a 86% score. It’s as usual a long and in depth review, so I will share just some highlights from the conclusions:

Overall Conclusion:

The X-H1 is, in many ways, an excellent camera: adaptable to a wide range of photographic challenges and with most of the tools you’d need to shoot excellent video. It brings stabilization and video improvements over the Gold-winning X-T2, along with the kind of ‘big camera’ ergonomics that some photographers love. However, all of this comes at a price, both financially and in terms of size.

If you already have a number of X mount lenses, the X-H1 is the most capable camera you can mount them on. Its performance is as solid as its construction feels and the addition of stabilization will be appealing. It’s also well worth considering as a stills/video hybrid, if you haven’t yet picked a system. However, given how good some of its competition is at this point in the market, we can’t wholeheartedly recommend it in the way we would with the X-T2, which means it earns a Silver Award.

Image Quality:

The X-H1’s image quality is a match for the X-T2, with perhaps a few tweaks having been made to the JPEG noise reduction at high ISOs. The Raw results are similarly impressive, with low noise levels and plenty of detail being captured. Dynamic range is also good: a little behind the very best of its APS-C peers but still sufficient to give plenty of processing flexibility. As always, the standout feature for Fujifilm is the JPEG engine that provides an extensive series of well-judged color modes that provide interesting creative choices.

Autofocus:

The X-H1 can be a highly competent performer in terms of autofocus and is able to both focus and subject track effectively. However, there are some significant caveats. Face detection isn’t very consistent and subject tracking often fails if the subject as allowed to move beyond the central, phase-detection region of the sensor. […] Overall, though, paired with a fast-focusing lens, the X-H1 is able to autofocus sufficiently quickly and reliably to be used for a wide variety of shooting situations.

Video:

The X-H1’s video quality is very good, with very good levels of detail capture and reasonably well-controlled rolling shutter. […] The 200Mbps footage looks very good when lined up against almost anything else

Make sure to read the whole review at DPReivew here.

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