Because the subject of Fuji's X-whatevers has come up lately, a few
observations and questions concerning my own newly acquired X-100s.
First, I took it to NYC with the notion of using it most of the time in order
to familiarize myself with the camera and its potential. I wound up using it
very few times because I thought I had discovered a fatal flaw: No matter what
I did, the images seemed to be grossly overexposed. I could not find a way
around this and figured I would have to send the camera back for service.
Now, I was looking at the images by chimping. I did not take my computer with
me in order to download RAW files and actually look at them in LR. First Big
Mistake.
When I got home and downloaded the 20 or so images on the card, I found them to
be quite normal. There were a few blown highlights, but they were either
specular in nature, or a result of my fiddling, trying to fix what ailed the
camera. In fact, the images looked quite good.
So I'm wondering what I did wrong to get such blown-out chimps? One step I did
take was to up the brightness of the LCD because I couldn't see anything
outdoors in the harsh, contrasty light of that first day in NYC. Could that be
the problem?
I also noted that when using the EVF, I could barely see the subject matter
through the viewfinder. The camera seems to give you the stopped down view,
reminiscent of a view camera. Nice to see, when you can see it. Is there a fix
for that? Using the OVF, there is no such issue unless you have the function
button set for depth of field.
There were a few other issues, too, such as trying to get the LCD to display an
image instead of live view, or sometimes showing the menu in the viewfinder
rather than on the LCD, but most of those issues arose from my efforts to
correct the apparent overexposure problem. (Note the excuse vocabulary. What I
really was doing was stabbing at buttons randomly to see what I could find.)
I'm sure an evening spent with the manual and a day spent in the field will
rectify those issues.
Last question: Is there a way to reset the camera to its out-of-the-box
defaults? Other than taking the battery out for a couple of days? I'd like a
do-over. <g>
--Hamfisted Bob, the Fuji Neanderthal
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