Trying FujiFilm at a Wedding | XT5 + GFX50SII | RAW Files

Trying out the new FUji XT5 and the GFX50SII at a real wedding

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Timestamps:

0:00 Intro
1:14 Im bored
2:00 Video facts
2:57 GFX50Sii
7:27 Using the XT5
8:29 Great viewfinder
9:04 Image quality and issues
10:36 Compared to the A74
11:28 More GFX50Sii
11:50 Capture One
13:06 XT5 Autofocus
15:47 XT5 Battery life

Gear I own:

Sony A7IV x2
Sony A6600
Sony 24mm 1.4 GM
Sony 35mm 1.4 GM
Sony 55mm 1.8
Sigma 85mm 1.4 DG DN
Tamron 17-28mm 2.8
Tamron 28-75mm 2.8 G2

#fujifilm #photographygear #sonyalpha

[AndreiDimaReviews]

Set the in camera noise reduction to -4, this option like the dynamic range one affects RAW files. This way you will retain more detail in your RAW files. Fujifilm in-body noise reduction is not very good, -4 is actually 0 in Fuji world. I hope this helps!

[wildfirephotography]

When I first tried out the Fuji X-H2, I found the sharpness was a real issue, compared to the Sony cameras I use. I was talking with one of the Fujifilm tech guys in the UK, and here was his suggestion:

It’s a known thing with LR and how it debayers and demosaics Fujifilm raw files. Because LR applies default values to every sensor type for every camera manufacturer. Our sensors aren’t Bayer type sensors so this artefacting becomes more prevalent.

C1 will give a much more pleasing look because they don’t apply default sharpening to the RAF files, C1 apply sharpening based on camera sensors. So an X-T4 will be ever so slightly different to an. -T5 and so on.

If you’re using LR however, I’ve found that they really need a bit more “special treatment” or “love” in the sharpening department. Maximise the sharpening slider and bring down the detail slider, this is where a lot of people go wrong.

I generally use the following as a base, and tweak the sharpening amount and mask the sharpening in where it’s needed.

Sharpening: 100 - 115
Detail: 0
Radius: 0.8 - 1.0
Masking: 65 - 90

I hope that helps? Any more questions please don’t hesitate to give me a message

[videoEditsPreview]

I finally came around to use capture one and it made a world of difference in my photos.. the images just started looking much cleaner

[zachhallphotography]

Was a bit surprised by the sharpness comment. While my XT5 is not here yet, my XT4 (26mp) always blew me away, especially compared to my full frame nikon D850. It had no problem giving my full frame a big run for its money in that department! To be honest, I'm so blown away by the image quality of fujifilm that my nikon d850 and d810 do far more dust collecting now as I'm always grabbing for my fuji XT series nowadays. I think the differences (while there) between full frame and apsc are far smaller than any of us full frame camera junkies want to admit (myself included). Fujifilm was never meant to be anything more than my bang around family photo camera but it now has me slowly retiring my full frames and is becoming my do all camera.

[j.sauer.photo_]

There's definitely a quality bump by using C1, but, like you, I also prefer Lightroom for my workflow. The new DXO Pure RAW demosiacing is really great for Fuji files but there is certainly a noticeable detail difference between my Canon R6 and every Fuji sensor I have used (every one except the new 40mp one). Fuji needs to drop the X-trans colour array. They are simply using it for marketing. They have shown with the GFX sensors that they can retain excellent colours and film sims using a Bayer colour array. It would seem that this is where the lack of detail comes from.

[JET-Photo]

Two ways I have gotten sharp images from my XH2 (same sensor): Turn high ISO NR down to -4. I know, I know. But it will make a slight difference in sharpness in RAW files. I also run images through DxO Pure RAW 3. DxO processes Fuji RAW files way better than Adobe. I use it as a plugin with LrC. I have been way more happy with the 40mp files.

[kevinunger]

Thank you for making this! I'm about to leave Canon after 10 years for Fuji because of my X100v is so fun. I've bought the XT5 and love it. I have my first wedding with it this weekend, and thinking of getting a GFX 50sii to compliment the Xt5.

[matt]

C1's treatment of Fuji files is nice because it has better default settings. It recognizes the film sim preset you used and applies it, it can read the star rating (if you did them in-camera), and noise+sharpness usually looks good by default. I do think it has a different "look", and I like the JPEG compression a lot - full resolution files look great and have reasonable size.

But IMO LR can yield even better results in many cases and is fine for Fuji users after some learning. The issue is that LR's defaults aren't appropriate, it does not load a Fuji film sim by default, sharpening is wrong and 0 noise reduction is applied. One also needs to select a sharpening method on export - that made a big difference in the final look. I tend to set sharpening to 30-100 range, radius is set between 1-3, detail is 0-5 (not 25), and masking is often applied when faces are involved. Luminance reduction set somewhere from 15-35 or so. The overall quality / ISO of the RAW dictates how I will adjust, there is no "preset" I've found yet that always pleases me. I also have played with "denoise" feature, and it can work magic in situations where I shot way higher ISO by accident. Or, it can be nice because, once converted to a DNG, you can sharpen the crap out of the resulting file as if using any bayer sensor camera.

Aside from that, I would guess that the XT5 has "half as much detail" as your Sony camera because that is basically the full frame difference in this case. The Sony has a solid 1-2 stops better low light performance across the ISO range, which probably helps when the lights are getting dimmer. When brighter, it has better performance. I find I get acceptable results in bad lighting with my XT3, but frankly it otherwise needs lots of ambient light to look its best. Indoors I typically have to incorporate flash if I really want the best results. Even wide open f/1.4 or f/1.2 with ISO set between 1600-6400 for a proper exposure, things can get mushy unless I can also drop the shutter way down. XT5 is slightly worse in terms of noise performance so I figure this is even more important.

All this said the Fuji has been worth the extra efforts - the pictures I've been able to get are often gorgeous.

[jtes]

I tried the XT5 and loved it. There's a video from Pete Coco where he does over the best settings for eye AF that is helpful. I also had the X100V but found the setup to be slightly different for the XT5 as far as AF. Nice video.

[eliaspap]

Thanks for sharing, I think the fact the Fuji XT5 images look good via the LCD is because that is giving you the JPG preview which are processed in camera via fuji processing not the horrible Adobe raw which we all know mushes and destroys the Fuji Raw files.

[gavinlagrange]

In Lightroom, right click the photo -> enhance -> turn off super resolution. With the enhanced dng bump up the sharpening. That's an optimum raw conversion and how the files should look.

[eliasali]

I love fuji and almost regret selling my xt3, but after using a7iv + tamron 35-150mm as my main workhorse, I can't imagine any improvement in wedding/event photography

[MurrayMcMillan]

Great video Chris. I shot Fujifilm weddings for 3-4 years, switched to Sony A7iv’s last year, I’m so happy I did. Just before all the newer models came out, but I’ve no regrets. The Sonys just nail weddings.

[twofaiartwork]

Ur shot so heartwarming for me.. U can take momen so perfect.

[danielscheerer]

I'm not a wedding photographer, but switched from Sony to GFX50S2 for landscape and X-T5 for personal, and I get your feelings about LR workflow. But I found my images lacking certain desirable detail, and when I switched to Cap1 (3rd time was the charm, once I figured out workflow!), I found the detail that LR was missing that I was blaming on other things. It just handles the files in such a cleaner way. But workflow rules... Cheers!

[cdnr]

Also for AF-C, if you havent already, I usually set the tracking and speed depending on the situation

[brandonburridge]

Agree 1000%! I shot Fuji for 4 years and finally got fed up with the build quality, lack of detail, and low light performance. I switched to Sony which was a night and day difference. Sadly, I also got a bit bored with Sony... and now I'm fully Leica which is 
(in my opinion) the perfect combination of the fun and character of Fuji with the detail and quality of sony. Great video!

[SimonPainterPhotosAndMusic]

Love all the shots and the vibe you create. I'm a Sony shooter but have recently been trying Fuji.I'm not sure whether it's my wishful thinking or what but the Fuji images you showed seemed to have a warmer more vibrant look to them for me. These things are so subjective but that's just my personal thought. Thanks as always for you great content.

[daveblake]

@ChrisTurnerPhotographer re:sharpening fuji files in lightroom, i've found using this process to work well: A - 100. R - 0.8. D - 50. M - 0 . Then Denoise with LR at about 70. Then finally add grain back in at about A - 15. S - 5. R - 50. ... It's not the most intuitive of processes but certainly gets the sharpest results with LR that i've found.

[JasonLawrenceNoel]

Totally agree with you on sharpness Chris… but for me the Fuji images look more pleasing if that makes sense 🤷‍♂️. Thanks for the video!

lol just realized you kinda said the same thing 😊. Hope you had a great Saturday!

Oh and I found a profile matching thing for Lightroom. It’s called Cobalt Imaging and it color matches Sony to Fuji 🤙