Fuji Natura at Available Light

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I recently got one of the Fuji Natura fancy P&S cameras with a sharp 24mm/1.9 lens. My first roll with this camera was taken at the beaches, and some people here stated that there was vignetting. I don't think it is vignetting, but it was simply a blue sky taken with a wide angle lens. Then I took some rolls with the built-in flash, but somehow I am not getting sharp images. It seems as if the camera is not using large apertures, resulting most likely in too long exposures. Only static objects came out sharp. Today, I got back more pleasing results. I turned the flash off and hoped that the camera would pick larger apertures, which most likely was done here.


Film used was Fujicolor 200. I did not make any exposure adjustments. This model, Black Natura, has +/- adjustments possibility.

The photos were taken last Fiday in the historical portion of Pensacola. We visited a colonial house from the very early 1800's, with basic furniture in the house. I learned that when Louisiana was bought, many of the Creole people there disliked this act, and some came to Pensacola. This house was actually a "rental". The other house from the same time looked more impressive from inside. It belonged to a Captain.

The second photo shows a piece of furniture in the kitchen. It is meant for storing bread in it, while having it dangling from the ceiling, to keep away squirrels from the bread.
 

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I have to limit myself to two posted images due to the file sizes.

The first photo shows what is called a Rope Bead. In place of springs, there is a thick rope that can be tightened with an instrument shown in the corner of the bed. The second photo is of utensils in the kitchen. In the right corner of the photo is something used to pour wine in with these utensils. It is a primitive filtering system for wine.
 

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The last two images follow.

The first photo was taken in the kitchen. It shows, among other things, something that looks like metal tweezers. It is used to hold sticks soaked in fat or oil to be used for illumination. The second photo shows the colonial house from outside.
 

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Trius said:
Nice shots, and they are sharp. Also, it's amazing how they can make a house from "the very early 1980s" look about 200 years older ....


I got the error! Of course, it should have been "early 1800's".

The house is original, but they acknowledged that they put together much of the furniture from that era. They even left the walls intact, with cut-outs that reveal the material used. They had pieces of brick used as insulation.

Yes, the lens is rather sharp. I guess, the trick is not to use the flash.
 
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Nice shots! Thanks!
I'm just looking at photographer Hirama Itaru's work in 4-06 Nippon Camera, some as large as 10x14, all shot w his Natura Black w New Fuji Pro400 print film. Impressive!
The 5.9mm f2.4 on the digital GR does not have such 'depth'( see veteran photographer Moriyama Daido's Shinjiku With Digital GR).
Bring it to China w you.
 
Yes, I will bring along the Natura to China. I tok these photos inside a house and hand-held, so I am quite impressed myself that the photos came out that sharp and that the exposure was correct. Glad you liked the photos.
 
Nice shots, Raid. Now I'm really looking forward to getting the test roll from my Natura back from the lab... looks like I'll have a winner of a lens on my hands.
 
Thanks, Doug. Note the lack of curvature in the edges. This is a 24mm lens, and it is quite impressing how Fuji instaleld such a lens in a P&S camera. I would have loved to get manual control though.
 
Raid

Ive been shooting with the Natura black for a year since it was first released last April. Having tried a lot of different films with it, IMHO the best colour film for indoor available light with it is NPZ800 (now Pro800), with a +1 exposure compensation. Its almost impossible to go wrong that way.

You probably already know, but the key to minimising distortion when shooting people pictures with it (or any extreme wide angle lens), is to shoot at waist level.

Ive also had superb results with NPC (Pro160C) and NPS(Pro160S). The camera only has 4 DX contacts, so both films with be read and metered as ISO100, so you get "automatic" +2/3 EV without having to dial in anything. Just shoot.
 
Lloyd,

I will get some NPZ800 or Pro800 and try it out. I have plenty of NPS 160 film in the freezer though.

Please remind me how to turn off the date imprint in the Natura. I forgot how to do it.
 
raid amin said:
Lloyd,

I will get some NPZ800 or Pro800 and try it out. I have plenty of NPS 160 film in the freezer though.

Please remind me how to turn off the date imprint in the Natura. I forgot how to do it.

Raid

Press on the down arrow until you reach the exposure compensation/date menu (they are on the same line).

Press on the left arrow to "activate" the menu.

At this stage, pressing on the down arrow will toggle between exposure compensation and date function. Left and right arrows will cycle between values for exposure comp and date format, press left or right as the case may be until date function reads "OFF".
 
Lloyd Chan said:
Raid

Press on the down arrow until you reach the exposure compensation/date menu (they are on the same line).

Press on the left arrow to "activate" the menu.

At this stage, pressing on the down arrow will toggle between exposure compensation and date function. Left and right arrows will cycle between values for exposure comp and date format, press left or right as the case may be until date function reads "OFF".

Lloyd: I will try it out. Thanks. So far, I have been guessing since the users manual is in Japanese.
 
I figured I would bump this thread to add a few more available light shots

night shots to be exact

Fuji Natura + Neopan 1600
 

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raid amin said:
Lloyd,

I will get some NPZ800 or Pro800 and try it out...

I also prefer 800 speed film for p&s cameras. These two are also the "favorites" of my Yashica T5. In general, point and shoots with non-adjustable aperture settings are biased to maintain a smaller f/stop at the expense of shutter speed.
 
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I also prefer 800 speed film for p&s cameras. These two are also the "favorites" of my Yashica T5. In general, point and shoots with non-adjustable aperture settings are biased to maintain a smaller f/stop at the expense of shutter speed.

So far with the natura I have had very good luck with 800 speed film ... although this camera is actually made to run 1600 through it

I liked Superia 800 in it so much I think I might try and locate some superia 1600

or maybe some Press 800
 
I like the way it renders in B&W. Wish I'd gotten a chance to play with mine this weekend, but my Mac Mini kicked the bucket and I had to convert everything over to a backup PC (which is working out rather well, actually). Hopefully I can resurrect it long enough to burn some backup CDs... I have some great photos on that hard drive.
 
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Here are some Natura Black shots at a wedding, NPZ800.
 

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