m_driscoll
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Graham: The jpgs are pretty darn good!This is one of those cameras that I'm increasingly becoming more and more trusting of it's automation and jpg capabilities. It's hard for me to let go and not shoot everything manually or at least AE priority with EV compensation. Ditto processing raw files - the Fuji converter seems pretty decent for neutral base images that I then load in to PS CS5 for basic curves and setting a grey point. Nothing else needed in most files so far, and then after all that they annoyingly end up looking almost like the out of camera jpg! :facesmack:
Are you shooting at the recommended AA settings or do you dial in any -EV? With AE mode I find myself happiest leaving at least -1/3EV most of the time or adjusting to protect the highlights if the preview histogram suggests over exposure.
My normal shooting mode is aperture priority. I'm pleased with the results from AA on this camera. Right now, I'm leaving the EV, alone. The images are slightly 'exposed to the right'. However, -1/3 EV is the basic setting on my M9 and Nex 7. I do adjust the max. Auto ISO, which works quite well. If the exposure's screwed up, it's my error for 'setting' it on the wrong spot. I'm just going to shoot it 'recreationally' for a while (actually, it always 'recreation' for me ).
There's a set of electrical wires with a marina in the background near my office. I've shot it with every camera that I've owned in the last two years (Nikon/Sony/Leica/Ricoh). I focus on the wires. This camera auto focused on the background. Focusing performance is my only quibble about the X-Pro 1.
BTW: Stunning landscapes from Yosemite! :thumbup:
Cheers, Matt
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