Fuji Tech Aspects Of The X10 Sensor

[flysurfer]

OK, flysurfer, you seem to have a lot of experience with EXR generally and already a bit of a head start with the X10. Everything I'm reading about EXR is its primary advantage is to give a more film-like roll-off of the highlights and fewer total blowouts, as are generally more of a problem with digital than with old negative film. So, it sounds like a good walking around shooting mode in average to bright daylight conditions might be to keep the M resolution in PASM (A for me most of the time), set the ISO to Auto-400 or just manually keep it at 400 or below, keep the DR at 400 (or would you put it on auto and let it choose to go as high as 400), and then just shoot as you usually would, adjusting the aperture and/or shutter speed and/or ISO and/or exposure comp on the fly, keeping the 400 ISO limit in mind.

I think I get your approach for non-flash low light shooting above, but that's a relatively smaller percentage of what I do. As a good walking around setting though, does the above sound like a reasonable approach. There's more to think about here than with most any other camera I've used, where I pretty much always stick to one of the PASM modes and just adjust the 3-4 primary variables to taste as I'm shooting. Having to think about whether I'm in EXR and how the different EXR modes react adds another layer that's gonna take some time to fully wrap my head around. So, as a starting point, assuming I'd like to take advantage of EXR and just leave it in Medium resolution all the time, does the above approach sound about right? Or, how would you change it?

Thanks much for your patience.

-Ray

It all depends on what you want to do with your pics and on your personal taste. The X10 is fully capable of producing rich DR400 photos both in L mode and in EXR DR (or M) mode. Actually, it may sometimes be hard to distinguish the results when you put both versions next to each other. But typically, colors and tones will look a little bit nicer in EXR DR than in conventional DR expansion (with scenes that benefit from it).

The Photolife blog only shows microscopic renditions of an EXR DR shot made at ISO 800, and I suspect you would either see either noise or smudging in a larger rendition. My tip would be to just give it a try, take the same shots in different modes, compare them at home on your PC, then save your favorite settings under the C1 and C2 custom presets. Many things are simply a matter of personal taste (or how you post process your JPEGs), so it's very hard to come up with universally "best" settings. It's hard enough to figure out what's best for me in a specific situation. And this is true with every camera.

And don't forget, there's always the possibility to have the X10 figure it out for you in EXR Auto mode. So, before entirely missing a shot due to overthinking and menu fiddling, keep it simple: point, frame and shoot.

 

[Ray Sachs]

Thanks - I know I'm gonna have to do some back to back testing to see what I prefer. But I don't want to get hung up over-thinking THIS weekend, so I suspect I'll probably do mostly full res, standard shooting in good light, but will no doubt try the EXR medium res approach (still using PASM) some of the time, when I'm not hurrying. And I'll probably just trust Fuji's auto EXR settings for DR and SN in the situations that obviously call for those. Their jpegs tend to get it right on the X100 nearly always, so I may just trust them to handle the thinking in those more extreme modes. At least at first until I really develop a feel for this little beast.

Thanks much for your suggestions...

-Ray

 

[jakri]

Not sure how much this adds to the great detective work done by Flysurfer, Ray and others on EXR settings, but this article dated 11/19 on dpreview.com explains how the EXR system works and offers suggestions for optimizing performance of the x10. Hope you x10ers find it useful.

Fuji X10 EXR camera, suggestions for optimum performance: Digital Photography Review

-Jim

 

[Lili]

Ray sorry I missed your question but Sue has the Right of It.
And I am glad to be of help, in any small way I can.

 

[flysurfer]

Not sure how much this adds to the great detective work done by Flysurfer, Ray and others on EXR settings, but this article dated 11/19 on dpreview.com explains how the EXR system works and offers suggestions for optimizing performance of the x10. Hope you x10ers find it useful.

Fuji X10 EXR camera, suggestions for optimum performance: Digital Photography Review

-Jim

Could be quite useful if he backed up his claims with some examples.

 

[BBW]

Yes, it would be helpful to see the fruits of that recipe suggestion. I suppose I will have to set myself to the task.