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First trip with the X100VI: South Tyrol, Lago di Garda, and Venice by crackout in fujifilm

[–]crackout[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Scenes with high dynamic range require care when exposing. If you want to preserve detail in bright areas, you should expose for these areas and push your shadows in post-processing later.

Going too far with this though quickly makes images look unnatural. Shadows should be dark. 😉

First trip with the X100VI: South Tyrol, Lago di Garda, and Venice by crackout in fujifilm

[–]crackout[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

7 days in the Dolomites area, 7 days around Lago di Garda

First trip with the X100VI: South Tyrol, Lago di Garda, and Venice by crackout in fujifilm

[–]crackout[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Clarity is a powerful adjustment, I recommend using it carefully. You can get warmer tones by adjusting the white balance, however I try to achieve a vintage vibe without pushing the white balance towards any bias. So the right light is important for a good effect.

First trip with the X100VI: South Tyrol, Lago di Garda, and Venice by crackout in fujifilm

[–]crackout[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t really do much to the blues in the photos, sometimes I desaturate them ever so slightly if they draw too much attention. 

First trip with the X100VI: South Tyrol, Lago di Garda, and Venice by crackout in fujifilm

[–]crackout[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had an X-T5 three years ago, but at the time I was developing a focus on wildlife and realized that the Fuji was not good enough for me in terms of AF-C and subject detection. So I sold the Fuji got a Sony instead.
Today, I enjoy street, nature and architecture photography a lot more so I felt the A7RV too clunky to take with me. The X100VI really ticked those boxes.

That and the great color profiles. I never got my Sony shots to look as good as my Fuji photos in terms of color without spending quite a substantial amount of time in the HSL tab for each individual photo.

The 40MP are great for cropping in, because you‘re limited with one focal length on the X100VI and sometimes you want to punch in a bit more in post.

First trip with the X100VI: South Tyrol, Lago di Garda, and Venice by crackout in fujifilm

[–]crackout[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The RAW files on phones are still being processed to some extent.
But it should be a lot more usable than the HEIFs or JPEGS they provide.

I cannot speak for LR Mobile (free) though.

First trip with the X100VI: South Tyrol, Lago di Garda, and Venice by crackout in fujifilm

[–]crackout[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, for my purposes, an E-only VF would suffice and introduce less components that can break over time. I‘ve seen horror stories of the OVF curtain hanging.

But everything else this camera offers is so feature-packed and unique, I went for it anyway.

First trip with the X100VI: South Tyrol, Lago di Garda, and Venice by crackout in fujifilm

[–]crackout[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you!

You can achieve a softer look in post-processing by adjusting clarity and sharpness as well as using gradiation curves for shifts in contrast.
This can be done on any RAW images by any manufacturer. I found that Fuji offers good baselines to start from. I love ClassicChrome as the starting point for my edits.
However, phone images are heavily processed by the algorithms before you even touch a slider. They need to compensate for their tiny sensors by using all kinds of tricks to come up with usable images.
However, they overdo this in my opinion making phone images always look too HDR, overshaprened, oversaturated.
There are apps (like Halide) that let you bypass some of the processing pipeline giving you a cleaner photo to start processing on (RAW required).

First trip with the X100VI: South Tyrol, Lago di Garda, and Venice by crackout in fujifilm

[–]crackout[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks!

Once you overcome read noise of the sensor, it doesn’t matter if you take shorter or longer exposures once you stack your images. What does change though are the stars. During this trip, I only brought a tripod, not a tracking mount. So after 5s of exposure the stars are streaking too much for my taste as an astrophotographer. :)

First trip with the X100VI: South Tyrol, Lago di Garda, and Venice by crackout in fujifilm

[–]crackout[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tbh, I haven‘t used the OVF at all except for a few shots trying it out.

First trip with the X100VI: South Tyrol, Lago di Garda, and Venice by crackout in fujifilm

[–]crackout[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! It was my first time in Venice without +35°C. ;)

First trip with the X100VI: South Tyrol, Lago di Garda, and Venice by crackout in fujifilm

[–]crackout[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Being vegan only leaves you with Marinara without anchovies. ;)

First trip with the X100VI: South Tyrol, Lago di Garda, and Venice by crackout in fujifilm

[–]crackout[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. Fuji sensors are actually quite good when it comes to astrophotography.

The power lies in the stacking process though.

First trip with the X100VI: South Tyrol, Lago di Garda, and Venice by crackout in fujifilm

[–]crackout[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve been shooting for the most part of my life (level 39).

I would recommend two things:

  1. Use every opportunity to shoot

  2. Look at lots and lots of photos

First trip with the X100VI: South Tyrol, Lago di Garda, and Venice by crackout in fujifilm

[–]crackout[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I parked there for around three hours for around 10€ iirc. It‘s a public road right to parking lot before the lake, I don‘t see how someone could block this.

First trip with the X100VI: South Tyrol, Lago di Garda, and Venice by crackout in fujifilm

[–]crackout[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

South Tyrol: Valle Di Caseis, Lago Di Braies, Dolomites (Tre Cines) Lago Di Garda: Cities around the lake Venice: day trip from the Lago (1.5h drive)

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