It's a great outdoor focal length.
Surely it has better AF than my RII.
It should also be both the sharpest lens and the one with the creammist bokeh that I'll have, what I'm looking forward to see for myself.
It's a great outdoor focal length.
Surely it has better AF than my RII.
Sharp really only starts at 2.8, just FYI. f/2 is definitely usable, just know it's a softer look.It should also be both the sharpest lens and the one with the creammist bokeh that I'll have, what I'm looking forward to see for myself.
Undoubtedly, but it's A9 > A73 > A7R3 > A7R2, and even some people with the A9 have reported the new AF can still be somewhat glitchy, and that's on the best body Sony has.
Any thoughts on the Pixma Pro 100? I know you can get it for as low as $50 sometimes, but the fact that it comes with a $50 pack of big paper is a big draw for me.
I've heard people will straight up buy a new printer when their ink runs out because these deals are cheaper than replacing the full ink bay.
https://www.canonwatch.com/hot-deal-canon-pixma-pro-100-professional-photo-printer-79-99-reg-399/
Pixma Pro is awesome once you get it calibrated.Any thoughts on the Pixma Pro 100? I know you can get it for as low as $50 sometimes, but the fact that it comes with a $50 pack of big paper is a big draw for me.
I've heard people will straight up buy a new printer when their ink runs out because these deals are cheaper than replacing the full ink bay.
https://www.canonwatch.com/hot-deal-canon-pixma-pro-100-professional-photo-printer-79-99-reg-399/
Pixma Pro is awesome once you get it calibrated.
I honestly find it easier to open up the photos on my phone and print from there for brightness that matches what I expect; for some reason Lightroom and Photoshop print too dark, by about a stop.
Any thoughts on the Pixma Pro 100? I know you can get it for as low as $50 sometimes, but the fact that it comes with a $50 pack of big paper is a big draw for me.
I've heard people will straight up buy a new printer when their ink runs out because these deals are cheaper than replacing the full ink bay.
https://www.canonwatch.com/hot-deal-canon-pixma-pro-100-professional-photo-printer-79-99-reg-399/
How hard is it to do this rebate? My only hurdle is figuring out where the fuck I'm putting this thing. I'd have to make room on my work desk or something. Or sleep on it.I've used it for a few hundred prints of various sizes since getting it last year and it's fantastic. Best prints I've ever made or had made. Definitely look professional grade to me.
How hard is it to do this rebate? My only hurdle is figuring out where the fuck I'm putting this thing. I'd have to make room on my work desk or something. Or sleep on it.
Have it and love it!Any thoughts on the Pixma Pro 100? I know you can get it for as low as $50 sometimes, but the fact that it comes with a $50 pack of big paper is a big draw for me.
I've heard people will straight up buy a new printer when their ink runs out because these deals are cheaper than replacing the full ink bay.
https://www.canonwatch.com/hot-deal-canon-pixma-pro-100-professional-photo-printer-79-99-reg-399/
I edit off of Lightroom. People also say to use Capture One, but I honestly hate the interface for it.what do people use for raw processing? I'm not entirely happy with Lightroom's results for Fuji's RAW files vs what I get out of the camera's processor. Though this could just be user error on my end.
LR sucks ass for Fuji RAF files, Capture One is much, much better. Most of the problem with LR is letting it do ANY sharpening for you. Don't let it. Do your sharpening outside of Lightroom. If you have the LR/PS bundle, do your edits in LR, make sure sharpening slider is at 0, edit in PS, run an unsharp mask, and then export to JPEG from PS.what do people use for raw processing? I'm not entirely happy with Lightroom's results for Fuji's RAW files vs what I get out of the camera's processor. Though this could just be user error on my end.
So pretty much I never have a problem editing RAF's in LR because I never touch the sharpening slider? Just checked and LR seems to default at 40 I think, it's never really bothered me.LR sucks ass for Fuji RAF files, Capture One is much, much better. Most of the problem with LR is letting it do ANY sharpening for you. Don't let it. Do your sharpening outside of Lightroom. If you have the LR/PS bundle, do your edits in LR, make sure sharpening slider is at 0, edit in PS, run an unsharp mask, and then export to JPEG from PS.
That being said, I hate Capture One so much that a plus in my column for moving from Fuji to Sony was the ability to use Lightroom in my workflow.
No, 40 is WAYYYYYY too much. Max 15 before you start to see really nasty effects from the Adobe demosaicing engine. I also shoot a lot more foliage than you do which is where it rears its head the hardest.So pretty much I never have a problem editing RAF's in LR because I never touch the sharpening slider? Just checked and LR seems to default at 40 I think, it's never really bothered me.
I fucked around and stuff starts to look like dog shit at 150. Also yeah I don't do that much foliage work on my Fuji's. I guess this just means that the A7RII will be my hiking camera then since it has definitely been my favorite Central Park camera to date.No, 40 is WAYYYYYY too much. Max 15 before you start to see really nasty effects from the Adobe demosaicing engine. I also shoot a lot more foliage than you do which is where it rears its head the hardest.
LR sucks ass for Fuji RAF files, Capture One is much, much better. Most of the problem with LR is letting it do ANY sharpening for you. Don't let it. Do your sharpening outside of Lightroom. If you have the LR/PS bundle, do your edits in LR, make sure sharpening slider is at 0, edit in PS, run an unsharp mask, and then export to JPEG from PS.
That being said, I hate Capture One so much that a plus in my column for moving from Fuji to Sony was the ability to use Lightroom in my workflow.
I tested that feature and it's woefully slow compared to a simple unsharp mask.Yeah I never touch sharpening, and if I ever did, I could probably just run it through that AI engine thing.
Any reasons why?Been seriously considering selling my X100F and getting the GRIII.
I'm curious if it works on birds at all. I'd be highly suspect that they only added cats and dogs to the machine learning for this first iteration.Animal AF works great even when pointing the camera on my monitor watching a dog lol.
This is a very good question. Some bird eyes get very hard to see because they match the bird color. Stuff like owls might be possible because their eyes are huge, but swans and geese might be difficult.I'm curious if it works on birds at all. I'd be highly suspect that they only added cats and dogs to the machine learning for this first iteration.
I'm curious if it works on birds at all. I'd be highly suspect that they only added cats and dogs to the machine learning for this first iteration.
Animal Eye AF struggles with
1. Elephant eyes,
2. Spotted Deer eyes
has no problems with
1. Leopard/ Cat eyes
2 Monkey eyes
3 Owl eyes
4. Hawk eyes
Fuji dropped a timetable of "3 years" in their latest interview for machine learning AF. fuuuuuuuuuuuuwell since these are iterative algorithms they'll get better over time. i'm expecting the Fuji XT3 human eye AF to be improved on version 3.0 as well. and i see no reason for them to not be able to develop animal eye AF either.
What even could the X-T4 add to make it worth getting over an X-T3 at this point?3 years is just in time for the XT-4.
Which maybe I'll be able to afford then.
Full time Eye AF would drive me crazy and I would definitely turn that off.I'm not sure how I want to set up the full time EyeAF on my R3. I'm not sure I want it tied to my shutter button in any way (which I think is the default mapping), there are plenty of times I don't want to use EyeAF so I could see that being annoying.
I'm not sure how I want to set up the full time EyeAF on my R3. I'm not sure I want it tied to my shutter button in any way (which I think is the default mapping), there are plenty of times I don't want to use EyeAF so I could see that being annoying.
More than 300 shots per battery would be a good start.What even could the X-T4 add to make it worth getting over an X-T3 at this point?
I guess let me be more specific. I typically use back button AF via AF-ON, and have the center "ok" button (inside the rotating wheel) as my EyeAF button. That way I can use "backbutton" EyeAF when I want to, and normal backbutton AF with the AF-ON button when I don't.Bind a button to turn off face detect priority in AF. Not sure why you would ever want face detection but not eye detection, and that's all this update did: it made the AF automatically try to go for the eye when face detect AF is enabled.
Like I see it, but I can more than survive with three batteries in the grip. I'd need something monumental get me to trade up from the X-T3.
I guess let me be more specific. I typically use back button AF via AF-ON, and have the center "ok" button (inside the rotating wheel) as my EyeAF button. That way I can use "backbutton" EyeAF when I want to, and normal backbutton AF with the AF-ON button when I don't.
Not sure I'd even want to change that mapping based on this update.
Got it. Sounds like all I really stand to gain from this FW is the animal version of EyeAF. It's a bummer that you have to select Human or Animal in the menu instead of it being auto-sensing, guessing that's a limitation of the cpu.Ahh, OK. Yeah, luckily you can turn Face Priority in AF off and still have Eye AF bound to a specific key to trigger it just when you want to.
Got it. Sounds like all I really stand to gain from this FW is the animal version of EyeAF. It's a bummer that you have to select Human or Animal in the menu instead of it being auto-sensing, guessing that's a limitation of the cpu.
I like the discreteness of it and most of my photos in general are snapshots. That lens is amazing, Ricoh files are easier to process since they come out as DNGs. For Fuji RAF's I need to do the extra step of putting them through Iradient X-Transformer. Only thing holding me back is no built in OVF like the old film GRs has. It's personal reasons entirely. Both are amazing cameras.