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Jun 30, 2012 17:06:04 #
Steve 40, thanks for your comments Steve. I tend to get a bit confused by 'spot metering' and spot focusing where i get 49 focusing points to choose from and also can adjust the size of the spot so that , at its smallest I can focus on the eye of a cat or bird instead of the wwhole animal.
Thank you for your assistance, I've learnt quite a lot today, just hope I can remember it all.
Thank you for your assistance, I've learnt quite a lot today, just hope I can remember it all.
Jun 30, 2012 17:08:01 #
TonyB wrote:
Jeep Daddy. I have since gone into the menu and pressed reset to take me back to the default settings, and taken a couple of pics in my back garen and the sky has come out very well despite pointing into the bright evening sky. The camera is a Fujifilm X10 and I've only had it six weeks (Most of them raining and blowing a gale. I have read and reread the manual but am still experimenting, I've been told its the best way to learn. Thanks for your help
Unless Fuji has hired new people to write their manuals, you have my sympathy! My Fuji manual is as clear as mud. Nice pictures though. Don't give up on the camera just use the manual to get the fireplace started. LOL
Jun 30, 2012 17:23:08 #
Most Fuji manuals were/are written by Japanese Kindergarten students, I have owned TWO. :lol:
Jun 30, 2012 17:27:13 #
Spot-metering can be great to control the highlight, and shadowed areas of an image. But without a really good understanding of exposure, and dynamic range, can also be a real image wrecking device. :lol:
Jun 30, 2012 17:29:42 #
steve40 wrote:
Most Fuji manuals were/are written by Japanese Kindergarten students, I have owned TWO. :lol:
Two Fujis or two Japanese kindergarden students? In my humble opinion either on could keep you busy trying to figure things out. (lol)
Jun 30, 2012 17:39:50 #
Jun 30, 2012 17:43:50 #
Woodsmitty, it was my own fault getting mixed up between focus and metering. The manual is not too bad but misses out on exposure metering but gives plenty of advice on the different types of focusing. After searching I found that pressing the AE button gives the types of exposure settings.
By the way, there was an article in last months 'Practical Photography' on the uses and benefits of spot metering. Old age clouds the memory unfortunately
By the way, there was an article in last months 'Practical Photography' on the uses and benefits of spot metering. Old age clouds the memory unfortunately
Jun 30, 2012 17:47:54 #
Thanks Woodsmitty, I had read an article only last month about spot metering and its uses, but it wasn't mentioned in the Fuji manual, maybe the Japanese youngsters forgot about exposure and concentrated on focus.LOL
Jun 30, 2012 18:17:52 #
I am wondering what quality your camera is set to. When I blow up the originals you posted I noticed quite a lot of jpeg artifacts. Make sure your camera is set to the highest quality it is capable of.
Jun 30, 2012 18:36:44 #
Hi Budrakey, I always leave it set to Large (4000*3000) and jpeg fine, (out of fine/normal) which gives a file size of just over 5Mb.
Jun 30, 2012 22:24:32 #
Paw Paw Bill
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The Fujifilm X10 has a setting for enhanced dynamic range. You may have used that setting and when you reset, it is not now selected. This is equivalent to HDR and that is why some of the comments were about that. It does have the characteristics to suggest that. It also has a high degree of banding in the colors. This is the problem with JPG. For most photos or 'snaps', this can be tolerated. If you want to get better quality on some particular scene, it would be best to use the raw form (if you have editing software).
Jul 1, 2012 12:59:37 #
Thanks Bill, I will try some shots using RAW, there is so much more to photography than there was years ago when a Kodak Box was the be all.
Jul 1, 2012 13:06:56 #
It is a sharpening error based upon sharpening an RGB file. It is better to convert to LAB color, and ONLY sharpen the Lightness (black and white) channel. Afterwords you can convert back to RGB.
Jul 1, 2012 16:57:28 #
Thank you, I will bear that in mind, I have been experimenting with curves recently but will stick to RGB in future
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