It was smart click bait… both saying you weren’t going to buy it (which I clicked on)… and again now on this video, explaining why you were wrong… Touché sir… Touché…. 👏 👏 👏

@SteveMellorPhotography

10 ай бұрын

I really wasn't going to buy it originally but had some underspend I had to resolve before the end of the financial year.

Interestingly, I found the jump in AF performance to be huge. But my use case scenario is very heavily weighted towards eye detection during solo video. Fuji has equaled the Sony's and is better than the Nikon's I've used in that situation. I also photograph landscapes, so the rest of the AF seems to work fine. But I'm not really testing it in any way that's meaningful other than solo video. Also, Adobe has not come up to speed yet regarding the 40mp sensor, and so all their algorithms are off for processing and sharpening. Most of the people complaining about the sensor not being any kind of improvement are using an Adobe product. I switched to Capture One a few years back and I noticed a significant improvement over my 26mp shots right away. And I also have to say that the only lens that really isn't worth shooting with the 40mp's is my 18-55, but it also struggled a bit on the XT3. I am sure I got a duff copy now. My 10-24mm does fine, but it also seems to be a great copy. Also there's a tool in one of the studio tabs where you can "Hide user from channel" and it erases the "tools" in your comments from your life and makes your channel your happy place to enjoy. Just in case you didn't know about it. 🙂👍 And I subscribed just for the commiseration...

@SteveMellorPhotography

Жыл бұрын

I've not used the camera for solo videos, so I don't really have much to compare, but I have tried it out on subjects. I think the eye autofocus is a big step up from what was there before, but just using it for photography, I'd long since abandoned the subject tracking and used wide or zone instead. I suppose the question is whether the new subject detection is enhancing my photography. Well, it's not yet. Certainly, Nikon seems to be left behind by all of the other manufacturers, which I think is a shame. I used to shoot Nikon and used to love my cameras, but they're just not keeping up. Interestingly, as you're talking about video, I use the 18-55mm with the X-T3 for my studio videos and I don't use eye autofocus at all. I much prefer just the subject detection alone. I've found it makes the camera hunt a lot less. Of course, your milage may vary. RE: Adobe. The problem with Lightroom is to do with the base sharpening, it seems. An identical setting for sharpening on a 26mp image may not be/act the same as it does on a 40mp image. That's why Capture One, Topaz or DxO all seem sharper out of the box (although I'm not wholly happy with Topaz, that's a conversation for another video). I've just downloaded Capture One, so I'll have a play, but I don't think I'll be moving away from Lightroom any time soon. It just does too many things I like. I've just done a video with the 10-24mm (the old version, at that) and it's performing really well. I think there probably is an 'issue' with older lenses but I'm not sure it's necessarily going to translate to a need for more lenses. Just being aware that you may need to sharpen images a little more could do the trick. It does sound like you have a dodgy 18-55mm. I've always found it to be a pretty sharp lens. I don't mind people criticising me for the most part. Most of them don't come back, and I kind of invited it with this video. Ironically, the one comment I would have removed, I can't see inside KZread Studio to remove... Go figure! I've subbed to you as well, by the way. I look forward to watching some of your videos.

@EdwardMartinsPhotography

Жыл бұрын

@@SteveMellorPhotography Regarding Capture One, Andy Mumford has a video from a few years back on Capture One for Lightroom Users that really got me up to speed on how the whole thing worked pretty fast. The interface is it's own thing and a few things are bizarre until you get used to them. (Like cropping, you have to set your export settings first.) Once you get used to Capture One, it works very well. It is a shame about Nikon. I have had some de-centering issues on a Z7II kit I bought. It took 3 tried to get a decent one. But I ended up sending it all back anyway. The UI was really just too first gen digital, which is ridiculous for a company like Nikon. I think they let go everyone who knew what they were doing in their restructure.

@SteveMellorPhotography

Жыл бұрын

@@EdwardMartinsPhotography I have downloaded Capture One (the free version) and I’m very impressed with it. I’ve got a video coming out next week where I test out a sharpness hack and I’ve included using Capture One in that because it was so good. I also used the new Denoise feature on Lightroom and pushed up the baseline sharpening. It seems the problem with Lightroom is two fold. They’ve never really got the hang of the X-Trans sensor (there are still worms) and they need a higher baseline for Fuji cameras.

Interesting video. However, I'm distracted by your bat signal light.... huge batman fan here. I want one. [BTW, I agree with you the X-T5 is a fun to use, great-looking camera, but it's no powerhouse. It's appropriate for its price point. I miss my Canon R6M2. There I said it.]

@SteveMellorPhotography

5 ай бұрын

I really like that light. It's been a talking point on more than on occasion.

Go change your high ISO NR to -4 and watch the images get a bit sharper. Don't ask my why, cuz I don't know why. It just works. Actually works on my XH2s AND XH2. Yes, even the RAW files will be sharper. May not be very noticeable over all, but when you crop or zoom in, you should see a slight improvement. It's something Fuji has done that they don't tell people about. I'm getting sharper images myself now.

@SteveMellorPhotography

Жыл бұрын

Thank you… that’s really interesting and I will definitely try that… might even make a video about it :)

@JETFoto806

Жыл бұрын

@@SteveMellorPhotography I actually got the idea from a video. I’m going to do more testing myself. It may be one of the reasons we aren’t seeing a big boost in resolution from the XH2/XT5 sensor. It seems to be more noticeable on the 40mp sensor. Also using DxO Pure Raw 3 to process the raw files has bumped sharpness and resolution to me. I was about to dump my XH2 before I found all this out.

@SteveMellorPhotography

Жыл бұрын

With the right lenses. The sharpness has been great, but if the NR is adding softness it could be one of the issues older lenses are having with the camera.

@JETFoto806

Жыл бұрын

@@SteveMellorPhotography I think that's the issue I was having with the 50-140 f2.8.

@SteveMellorPhotography

Жыл бұрын

It could well be. I’m going to try it with the 10-24mm, as that’s an incredibly popular lens that supposedly doesn’t resolve with the X-T5

I've had a couple of XT-5's for events and concert photography, but decided although a great camera it's become more of a pain for me. When you're taking circa 800 + plus images per shoot the file size has become a pain, not to mention that buffer it's awful. The eye autofocus is still pretty rubbish, skipping from one person to another, pretty unusable. I also knew of the lack of grip but that also has become a bug bear as the ergonomics are not great. It's a great camera depending on what you're shooting and using it for, unfortunately it's not the tool for me.

Hi Steve Happy New Year I've got the X-S10 and was wondering if it was worth upgrading to the X-T5. I shoot mostly bird and wildlife with some landscape thrown in?

@SteveMellorPhotography

5 ай бұрын

I would still say, what is it you're upgrading for? If you need more resolution for cropping (I know that's important to many wildlife photographers) then the X-T5 will certainly give you that. I don't want to put people off from upgrading, but I would like to urge people to consider why the upgrade is necessary. If you're happy with the camera and workflow, the XT-5 might not give you quite the upgrade you want. Having said that, it is a fantastic camera.

you got sold, we all do. do i need or do i want it. I keep thinking of the latest OM1 BUT IT DOESNT REALLY OFFER ANYTHING MORE THAN MY TWO em1 MKIII

Great Vedio I have XT5 I really like it I haven't taken any photo of woman 👩 butt yet but iam going to do that maybe in the summer . do u have Sigma 56mm for Fuji so u can review for us Thans. love your videos

@SteveMellorPhotography

Жыл бұрын

I am going to look at portraiture again at some point but I've not really thought about what I'd shoot with. I have the 60mm and 80mm macro lenses which apparently do a good job, so I might start there. I do like Sigma lenses, so if I can get hold of one, I may very well review it :) Thanks ever so much for your comment and I'm so happy you like the videos :)

forgive me Father, for I have sinned😆

Still not quite sure why you bought it...🙄

@SteveMellorPhotography

Жыл бұрын

1) When I post a video about the X-T5, my view count jumps dramatically 2) This is a business expense, so I can leverage that against tax

@EdwardMartinsPhotography

Жыл бұрын

@@SteveMellorPhotography On a side note, I spend a lot of time and money making a video about real photography with a 4x5 or 8x10 large format camera in some unique place and no one cares and it gets 300 views in a year. I make a video with me sitting in a chair spouting complete rubbish about my guesses for the next Nikon and 10,000 views 2 months. I used to chase the views a bit, it's human nature, but moving forward I'm only posting videos that I would want to see myself. 👍

@SteveMellorPhotography

Жыл бұрын

@@EdwardMartinsPhotography I want to do this for a living, so getting views and watch time is pretty important. What I've been doing over the last few weeks is analysing other channels to see what videos work well for them and I'm going to start modeling videos on what they're doing. There's a method to it beyond just that, but I do also want to keep talking about Fuji because I use them and like their output... and videos on older models just aren't performing. Hopefully, I can start to pivot the channel over the next few months and the Fuji stuff will decrease whilst a more general photography theme increases.

@EdwardMartinsPhotography

Жыл бұрын

@@SteveMellorPhotography Same here, I had a channel that I neglected for 5 years that ended up with 12K subs, but a neglected channel does really bad things to the algorithm so I started over a few years ago. But the competition has really increased, and I think the photography channel market is pretty saturated now. Chasing it can make you crazy, (crazier in my case) so my plan is to make the content that I want to make in a way that might appeal to the algorithm and see if it resonates. I have noticed that making about 8 videos a month seems to get the algorithm to push them harder, but that's a lot of work.

@SteveMellorPhotography

Жыл бұрын

@@EdwardMartinsPhotography Yes, I used to do 2 videos a week before work took over… Long story, a big contract dried up & I’ve been working much longer hours ever since. I make online courses for a living, so I want to eventually move that into photography. I think it’s doable as long as I can find the right niche and bring some real value to people. Despite me talking a lot about Fuji, it’s not by making Fuji videos. What I have learned is that tighter scripting and editing is making my videos better, which is where I want to be. It adds a new step but I think it’s worth it.

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Absolutely hilarious 😂 and embarrassing video 🤣

So buy more to payless only to make negative videos??..okay. Makes sense. Won’t be watching or subscribing.