cellison
Member
Thanks to the built in ND filter I was able to shoot these wide open at lunch today. Who says this lens is soft wide open?
Chris
Chris
cellison
Member
Correct. These were all shot well below 1/1000s at f2.
dave lackey
Veteran
Nice! Correct me if I missed it but what lens was that?
logaan
Newbie
It'll be the 23mm f/2 Fujinon lens that's stuck on the x100.
dave lackey
Veteran
Duh...so, you found a ND filter for it and it really does help in bright light? I might look around for one for my Nikons and try it out too. This is good info. Thanks,
cellison
Member
I can't tell if you're being "funny" or asking serious questions. The ND filter is built into the X100.
Chris
Jack Conrad
Well-known
The last shot would have been improved if you had blurred out
the dude with ear hair and focused on the hot waitress.
That lens is sharp by the way.
the dude with ear hair and focused on the hot waitress.
That lens is sharp by the way.
dave lackey
Veteran
Why is everybody defensive? I am not being funny. Maybe too quick on the "New Posts" to see it was the X100 forum but I have been looking for a way to shoot several of my lenses wide open in daylight and this looked interesting.:angel: So, I looked up the ND filters online and I am looking into those. Serendipity for me. Carry on.
Thardy
Veteran
Built in ND filter comes in pretty handy. Where were these shots taken?
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
Just!
Shooting in jpeg allows you to select ISO 100 and the three stop ND filter converts that to an ISO of 12 and based on the sunny sixteen rule ISO 12 at f2 is 1/1000 second in bright open sun ... which is the cameras fastest available shutter speed at this aperture.
In raw you'd be forced to over expose by a stop because you can only go to ISO 200.
Shooting in jpeg allows you to select ISO 100 and the three stop ND filter converts that to an ISO of 12 and based on the sunny sixteen rule ISO 12 at f2 is 1/1000 second in bright open sun ... which is the cameras fastest available shutter speed at this aperture.
In raw you'd be forced to over expose by a stop because you can only go to ISO 200.
cellison
Member
Ottawa, Canada.
cellison
Member
I shot raw at iso 200 and the shutter speeds are as follows
1/280 @f2.0
1/300 @f2.0
1/640 @f2.0
Thardy
Veteran
Cool enough to dine outside. I'm so jealous.
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
I was just explaining what the camera is actually capable of based on standard exposure rules. The camera will always select it's shutter speeds based on shadow and darker areas within the image when used in AE and often that will not necessarily align with what we may have selected if metering externally when using a manual camera.
I've noticed that the X100 does have a slight tendency to over expose in AE but the sensor is so good that it seldom blows highlights. Also actual ISO sensitivity of a digital sensor is seldom what the manufacturers claim.
The bottom line is they are a brilliant camera.
umcelinho
Marcelo
I just paid attention to the adorable waitress. Sorry, what was this topic about again?
ChrisN
Striving
I just paid attention to the adorable waitress. Sorry, what was this topic about again?
Yeah - I was thinking he badly missed the correct focus point in the third photo!
Apart from that
, nice examples of what this camera can do - I love the colour rendering. JPEG? What preset?
gavinlg
Veteran
Whoever says that is crazy based upon these pics...
rxmd
May contain traces of nut
Or based upon any other pics downscaled 20 times.
gavinlg
Veteran
I hear this all the time, but I actually believe you can tell a lot about how sharp a lens is from web pictures. The original argument was that web images can only be viewed at 72dpi, which has now turned into something else entirely...
denbraven
Member
Just what I was thinking
I don't mind the lens at f2 and if you're just printing regular size photos or using them digitally in the size of the above, then f2 looks to be plenty sharp. Otherwise I prefer f2.8 or f4. And yes, nice waitress - where was this? US? UK? :angel: