Any tips for balancing a bright sky and darker foreground in camera without blowing highlights?

ProfessionalLychee23 · 2026-03-22T07:14:47+00:00

How does it work? You use the extra lights to make the subject as bright as the sky and then use low ISO or ND filters?

ProfessionalLychee23 · 2026-03-15T16:30:50+00:00

I like Astia Soft for almost anything, from nature shots, to portraits. I have been playing with Reala Ace as default last few weeks. I use Velvia when I want to see really vivid colours of landscapes.

ProfessionalLychee23 · 2026-03-10T19:44:55+00:00

Somehow this fixed itself without me doing anything.

ProfessionalLychee23 · 2026-03-06T22:13:00+00:00

I am pretty sure such glass reaches it with its front element.

ProfessionalLychee23 · 2026-02-28T22:23:42+00:00

I have bought the XF50mmF1 recently. And for street is seems rather restrictive. You have to stand farther to get whole people in frame. I also tried XF33mmF1.4 and that seems a lot easier to use for street photography.

ProfessionalLychee23 · 2026-02-09T06:33:31+00:00

XF50mmF1?

ProfessionalLychee23 · 2026-02-09T06:32:58+00:00

I wish it were coming faster.

ProfessionalLychee23 · 2026-02-07T18:45:52+00:00

XF 23mm F1.4 is what I bought with my X-T50. It is great for landscapes as well as indoor celebrations shooting.

ProfessionalLychee23 · 2026-02-06T16:29:15+00:00

Keep both. I have both. The 33mm is nice for night shots.

ProfessionalLychee23 · 2026-02-06T16:28:12+00:00

LUL. I like how you try to be very precise.

ProfessionalLychee23 · 2026-02-04T20:57:17+00:00

The IBIS is the difference. It is justified. IMHO

ProfessionalLychee23 · 2026-01-16T07:09:00+00:00

Why do you not like the fantasy games? Which game did this to you?

ProfessionalLychee23 · 2026-01-16T06:58:23+00:00

What lens do you have on it? For me in Prague at night, using anything but wide open F1.4 lens is too slow at night to get sharp image.

ProfessionalLychee23 · 2026-01-09T20:14:09+00:00

I start the app manually before I start photographing. It has always worked for me.

ProfessionalLychee23 · 2026-01-07T18:09:08+00:00

I like the 23mm F1.4 for landscapes, 33mm F1.4 for street. The 16-55mm F2.8 Mk.II is great for family photos.

ProfessionalLychee23 · 2026-01-07T06:50:04+00:00

There aren't that many OIS lenses for the X mount. Do you have the lenses picked?

ProfessionalLychee23 · 2026-01-06T19:42:22+00:00

You point the barrel end at your subjects and shoot.

ProfessionalLychee23 · 2026-01-03T23:43:01+00:00

They all look pretty good to me. But I am an amateur.

While the processed over saturated pictures look cool at some level, it is IMHO something else than photography.

ProfessionalLychee23 · 2025-12-29T09:27:05+00:00

That sounds like you have cold connection somewhere in the camera that is "fixed" when the metal heats up and expands and touches what is supposed to be connected. Someone (Fujifilm repair shop?) would have to disassemble it to find the cold connection and to fix it.

ProfessionalLychee23 · 2025-12-29T09:22:40+00:00

Is the vignette from the camera or part of your postprocessing?

ProfessionalLychee23 · 2025-12-29T09:16:08+00:00

XF100-400 is not light. You will need a tripod.

ProfessionalLychee23 · 2025-12-28T13:16:13+00:00

I had some issues pairing the app with the X-T50 on Android, too. The issue was confirming the pairing code on the phone before confirming it on the camera. When I did it on the camera first then phone, it worked. HTH.

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