I recently realised that I’ve gathered far too much camera equipment. As a result, I have great cameras and lenses sitting on a shelf doing nothing. This has made me contemplate selling or trading some of these kits, but where to start? Before deciding, I wanted to check the image quality to ensure I didn’t … Continue reading Appreciating the Fuji XT5
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Processing Old Landscape Photography RAW Files
I headed out with my camera on Tuesday evening, hoping to capture something to share today. Unfortunately, it wasn’t to be. The only thing I got was soaked. The rain was heavy and the light dreadful. So, instead, I’ll share an old photo that I’ve just reprocessed. When digital photography first became popular, I used … Continue reading Processing Old Landscape Photography RAW Files
DxO PhotoLab 5 is a Fuji Game-Changer
I was up and out this morning at 6:00am, heading over to Higger Tor in the Peak District. The weather forecast looked promising, but as I headed into the Peaks the fog thickened. Unfortunately, by the time the fog had lifted the sun was well up. Even then, when I thought that the sky was … Continue reading DxO PhotoLab 5 is a Fuji Game-Changer
Have you Seen Lightroom Enhance Details?
Snow Covered mountains on Rannoch Moore. Fuji X-T2, Fuji 10-24 lens at 11mm, ISO200, 1/340" at f/11.0. Handheld. Have you seen the recent Adobe Lightroom Enhance Details feature? The release in February almost passed me by but then I tested it. It isn’t perfect; some people say it’s too slow and it does produce large … Continue reading Have you Seen Lightroom Enhance Details?
Fuji RAW File Processing Improvements
Many of you will be aware of my frustration over the poor results when processing Fuji RAW files with Lightroom. This apparently is a well-known problem amongst Fuji users who want to shoot RAW (although it wasn’t well known to me when I purchased my XT1). The problem seems to have spawned many different solutions … Continue reading Fuji RAW File Processing Improvements
Sharpening the Fuji X-T2 RAW
I have now been shooting with the Fuji X-T2 for a couple of months. Whilst I have only had a few outings, I’m very pleased with the results. I like the handling of the camera and also the lens quality despite a couple of problems. In fact, the 10-24 and 16-55 lenses are nothing short … Continue reading Sharpening the Fuji X-T2 RAW
New RAW Developer
Many of you reading this will be aware of my move to a Fuji XT1 and the concerns I had regarding the image quality. Now to be clear, it wasn’t that the image quality was bad but rather under certain circumstances fine detail was lost during the RAW conversion in Lightroom. Sometimes foliage would have … Continue reading New RAW Developer
Fuji RAW File Processing for Optimum Quality
In case you haven’t been following the story so far, allow me to recap. I decided it was time to replace my trusty Olympus EM5 and I was seduced by the great Fuji lenses and the promise of excellent image quality. I purchased a Fuji XT-1 and a couple of lenses only to find problems … Continue reading Fuji RAW File Processing for Optimum Quality
Sharpening RAW files from Small Sensor Cameras
If you shoot with a small sensor camera and use Lightroom for RAW conversion, then it’s a good idea to take care when sharpening. Noise can be a particular problem when at low ISO settings but there are steps you can take. This video demonstrates how to avoid the ugly sharpening artefacts that can result … Continue reading Sharpening RAW files from Small Sensor Cameras
An Important Decision
It was an early start yesterday. Up at 4:30 in the morning in order to make the 2 hour journey to Ullswater in the Lake District for a dawn shoot. Despite the early morning start it was without question one of the most enjoyable days photography that I have ever had. Overnight the temperature had … Continue reading An Important Decision
The Lightweight Photographer 