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It’s still a problem sadly. They made it worse and better but we are about where we were a year ago.

@@bytomw Thank you for the feedback. Definitely something to take into consideration.🙏

You’re right. If anything it got worse after posting this video. I made a bunch of videos about it but in the end I just moved on.

If that’s the case I’d say that the X-series might give toy a nice option. It’s nice to get the character of these lenses wide open and have a little more in focus

Its not. But I couldn’t think of a better title when I originally posed this.

You’d think so. But even with modern editing tools getting the look you want quickly and without spending more time that a clients budget allows can be a challenge. You CAN make any camera look the way you want. In the end it’s about efficiency for me. Also more and more clients are setting briefs based on a mood more than a specific set of technical requirements, it kind of means that critical focus matters much less than it used to (although personally I prefer having a solid AF performer for most of my work).

I’d say your opinion is that of the majority but I still disagree. It takes all sorts right?

Thanks Chris, Honestly I really like the term lifestyle. To me it's so broad because there are so many different lifestyles to cater for. The images and the visuals that we see in this category need to be broad to help us see more of ourselves in the images. I totally get the frustration though, it's hard to get seen among so many others!

True, there are different areas within Lifestyle ie lifestyle fashion, outdoor lifestyle etc. It can be broad but I think you have to find your niche within it or marketing is difficult … and that’s where I am, I shoot fashion, environmental portraits, cars. Whilst the variety is great, I think I’m going to have to niche more to help me progress.

Honestly you could do worse than the sigma art line for that focal length. The 35mm 1.4 seems to cover well and it performs pretty well too!

I don't know which shots you're referring to specifically but on the fuji system I had the 18mm 1.4, 23mm 1.4, 33mm 1.4 and 56mm 1.2 WR I sued the 18mm 1.4 and 33mm 1.4 the most often.

That’s exactly what I said in the video. Just because you can get good colour from a camera with extra work doesn’t make it right for you… but people are overstating how “bad” Sonys colour is in the real world.

It can’t be a sensor issue though because everyone but Canon is using them. Even Fujis have Sony made sensors. (Like the GFX 50s)

@@bytomw two things to remember, Sony offers fab for custom designs as well, so not all Sony sensors are the same. Secondly, every company has it's own CFA designs and processing of sensor data -- all raw files are cooked to some degree. Even if you take Fuji cameras their Bayer sensors show distinctly different colors than their X-trans, even when the sensor chips are the same. CFA plays an important role in color separation, especially in a very narrow orange/yellow spectrum, where red-green channels have large overlap and separation is tricky. Many types of color blindness in people are due to cones missing, or having sensitivity issues, or having slightly off color profile. People don't even know they are color blind until tested.

I am! I think the voigtlander is an amazing pairing with the GFX. I was just pointing out the limits of the capabilities of that combo. More recently I applied AI Denoise to these images in Lightroom and they are now almost perfect.

@bytomw Your history of Medium Format was flawless. Great job.

Thanks for the kind words! Fuji colours are lovely.

The 50mm F1.0 is a 75mm F1.5 equivalent. You could get the same depth of field from an 85mm 1.8 that’s smaller lighter and focuses more accurately than the Fujinon. I don’t enjoy shooting short tele lenses as much as normal/wide lenses but if that’s your thing that’s cool. If you discount the focal length of a lens and just want to look at depth of field alone Fuji also make a 200mm F2.0 you might want to try.

Thanks! Hope you enjoy the videos 👌

It’s still not fixed. By all accounts it’s roughly the same now as when I shared this video (although it got worse after I posted this)

That’s not the case. All lenses render detail differently. More detail is absolutely NOT always better. If your aim is more detail at the cost of everything else you’re right this would be a waste of money 👍🏻 I personally like a softer feel to my portrait images and care far less about detail than the character of the lenses I’m using.

@@bytomw A softer in focus area is one thing, but missed focus often plainly look bad. Most cameras add sharpness. You can turn this off if you prefer a more analog level sharpness. I've been looking at mirrorless precisely to get away from missed focus (for manual focusing) when putting my wide aperture lenses to their best use.

@@TheDavveponken I have been on mirrorless since the launch of the Sony A7ii. It’s fantastic for achieve critical focus regardless of system (although fujifilms autofocus is currently broken so tread carefully). That said as critical focus gets easier it gets less important and people start looking for alternatives there is a huge trend towards less sharp less in focus images because they have a “vibe”. Not saying anything is right or wrong but knowing is 1/2 the battle.

You know nothing

Pretty spot on assessment. I’m not gonna run out and buy a song over a GFX anytime soon. That said this colour is way nicer than what I see from most other Sony cameras.

Happy to do it. I’m still getting my reps in with the ZF but overall I’m very very happy. It’s as good as I’d ever need it to be.

Thanks Joakim! It’s been a nice change to have these more relaxed podcasts!

She's a genuinely lovely person and an incredible talent!

It depends on what you need, if you want focus tracking that's foolproof and full frame aesthetics it's the canon. That said I think Flog2 looks better than Clog3.

It does. You get some pretty heavy vignette but it’s totally correctable.

I really hope they manage to overcome the problems. It’s frustrating largely because the other aspects of the cameras have so much to offer. Here’s hoping they manage to correct it in 2025.

That’s good to hear about the Fuji but a shame for the Panasonic. I know lots of people seem to love the S5ii line for doc work and weddings. I guess canon and Sony have set a high bar!

Fully agree there. If you don’t need AF the Fuji rocks.

It was totally workable (if slow) at launch. They essentially busted the camera in firmware 3.0 and then pretended it didn’t happen. They finally announced they are working on a fix over a year later. I already moved on 😂

Thanks man! I try and be as balanced as possible. Hope you enjoy the channel.

@@bytomw enjoying it! Listening to the other “podcast” types. Not enough conversations about real photography these days

Hopefully it’s helpful. I had to slow down because work picked up in a big way but I’ll be back to talking to photographers ASAP.

@@bytomw that’s a good thing! Looking forward to more medium format stuff for sure!

It’s frustrating because of how much I loved the brand otherwise. If they tackled this they’d be unstoppable.

​@@bytomwnext months firmware release promise to fix the bug. Let's see if that is true

You're advocating for not using reasoning?

I haven’t had any hands on time with the XS10 but I believe that works on their older focus system so shouldn’t be effected by the bug.

Having used them all and owning two full systems at the moment I’m pickup up my Nikon Zf most often.

It’s not just you I teach post production and Sony files are by far my least favorite to work on

It’s been over a year since my original video on the topic. They told me directly there was an issue then and haven’t spoken to me since or fixed the problem. My verdict would be that fujifilm is amazing as long as you’re willing to do the focusing for the camera (aka manually focus or single point and match distance

No problem, if you saw the results and came to a different conclusion that's still a win in my book! Always want to show my working out.

Love that this is an option for peeps after those films sims.

Thanks for the kind words I appreciate it.

I love it. Genuinely an amazing camera. I have the 40mm F2 and the 35mm 1.4. The 35 is the one for me.

Not sure I follow but thanks for taking the time to comment

It’s made by a company I beta test for called Goodlight Presets. They developed amazing custom profiles for Lightroom.

It’s frustrating for sure. I’m just glad I was in a position to move on (as expensive as that was)

@@bytomw By the way, I must commend you on how you described your Canon experience. Sounds about right, but I welcome this kind of objective balanced set of observations, all pros and cons as you found them for your workflow/job.

I have used both. It’s not appreciably different on export 👍🏻 it looks better in C1 while you edit though.

I’m sure they are working super hard on this stuff even if it’s not fixed yet. That said I’m loving my Nikon ZF. It scratches the retro itch.

@bytomw Thanks for the reply. Yeah.... working super hard on their firmsim 😂 ,they should hire the software team from om to fix their autofocus. ZF is a good choice, but for me, I was thinking of getting into wildlife /birding/bugs, so I do want some better handling when I'm shooting tele

Anytime! You all do great work for photographers!

I was using the 18mm 1.4 LM, 23mm 1.4 LM 33mm 1.4 LM and the 56mm 1.2 WR and had exactly the same problems as Harris. Also I REGULARLY use lenses over 10 years old on my canons and they perform flawlessly. No matter how you slice it this is fujis problem and blaming professionals for not relying on the system for their own work seems counter productive.

If you’re not relying on the system to pay the bills I’d say you’re fine. That said I’d recommend almost any other system for AF right now. As an aside I think the XT2 is criminally underrated. Stunning colours and super reliable even if it isn’t the most modern AF system.

I had the 18,23 and 33 LM lenses and the 56mm 1.2 WR. They all had the same issues 👍🏻

If you enjoy Fuji and don’t need tracking autofocus I’d say you’ll still be fine. If you want something that has a more advanced focus system sadly I don’t think this is there yet.

It's pretty amazing how far the rest of the field has moved. Sony and Canon especially but even Nikon with the Z9 and later cameras.