Is there an issue here?

[rayyan]

I have since taken hundreds of shots. At different apertures, focal lengths, primes and the one zoom I currently have ( 18-55 ).

Below is what I have found for me. I might be technically and test wise totally wrong. But it seems to be working for me..to a great extent.

1. The issue is always at distances further away. Foliage at infinity ( > 20 mts at times. structures have never been the issue. )

2. My zoom has the greatest propensity to display ( real or imaginary watercolor effect ). The longer the focal length, the less I have encountered this situation.
Primes seem to be the best for me in this regard.

3. I have found that the center focussing is the best to alleviate this issue..esp. with my zoom.

4. I have been able to alleviate such ( real or imaginary effects ) greatly with the focus set at center, And the Focus spot at the smallest feasible size. This has proved very effective for me.

5. I only have ACR and C1 Pro. I shall stick with C1 Pro.

I am grateful to all of you nice folks for helping me. More suggestions shall be gratefully received. In the meantime, I shall continue to chase the imaginary ( or real ) painterly effect.

Warmest regards.

 

[Sapphie]

Please don't go deliberately looking for the evil watercolour effect. Once you have seen it you may be haunted by it for ever ... it is best left unseen.

I can explain more later but, in a nutshell, I have seen it and became obsessed by it, to the detriment of my 'photographic sanity'. Images with my X Pro 1 have been processed through LR, Iridient, CO, Photo Ninja and others. Early LR processing was not good and has lead to the 'haunting'. I have come to the conclusion now:

- that the JPEGs are very, very good and often you don't need RAW
- LR is actually now very good. I find that selecting one of the Fuji film simulations within LR lessons the chances of the demon appearing
- life is too short to be spending so long pixel peeping and comparing RAW converters
- there is more to a good looking image than just sharpness
- as much as I like the output from my Sigma Merrills, I am preferring the use of and the general rendering of the Fuji


Good luck.

Lee

 

[GaryAyala]

I have a bit of a philosophy, in sorta a reference to Sapphie, that philosophy is if you need a computer to see it then it doesn't exist.

My quick test for significance.

 

[MCTuomey]

I've been shooting Fuji coming up on two years. I haven't seen any smearing/clumping of greens whatsoever. I shoot in RAW and convert in Aperture and polish in PhotoShop. I shoot with a XP1, X100S, XE2 and XT1.

Gary

Gary, as a street/urban chronicler, you are not authorized to shoot foliage :grin:

 

[rayyan]

Lee, Gary.

With all your advice..let me be an optimist.

I have decided to let the rubber meet the road.

I shall just take the XT-1 and only take the Fuji lenses I have.
Throw in my XE1, just in case.

Nothing else. Light weight. 18-55mm, 35 and the 60.

About a week before I leave. Let's see if I am anywhere as capable as the Fuji.

Thank you all.

p.s the weather forecast for my trip is cloudy with thunderstorms throughout.
So I can blame crap images on the weather

 

[rayyan]

But the XE1 is so sloooooooow.
Hmmm.

But the placement of the strap lugs on the Df are a real pita. Whoever thought of that design..
Hmmm.