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Poinsettia Fire – Carlsbad CA – X-T1 & 10-24mm | Chris Dodkin

This fire was way to close for comfort, but now that the smoke has cleared, it’s amazing to see how near the fire came to so many buildings, and what a superb job our firefighters did in keeping those buildings Read more …

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X-T1 Face Detection AF with the 56mm @ f/1.2 | Chris Dodkin

Face Detection is one of those features, buried away in the AF menus, which you might happily ignore and never try. I always associated it with point and shoot cameras, a nice feature to help people take their family photos, Read more …

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X-T1 and 56mm Lens – Model Shoot – Del Mar | Chris Dodkin

The X-T1 and 56mm performed superbly. The camera was responsive and the EVF was easy to use even in bright sunlight. AF was fast and accurate – I dropped the AF box down one size, and positioned it over the Read more …

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Fuji VG-XT1 Grip | Chris Dodkin

The X-T1 is a self contained camera, but it does have a couple of options for additional hand grips, the larger of the two being the VG-XT1 vertical battery grip. The grip has the same fit and finish as the Read more …

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X-T1 and FUJIFILM Camera Remote App | Chris Dodkin

One of the new features on the Fuji X-T1 is the ability to tether the camera to a smartphone or tablet device via WiFi. Initially I figured this was somewhat of a gimmick for the FaceBook generation, so that they Read more …

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First X-T1 Shots | Chris Dodkin

I didn’t have time to RTFM, I just put in a battery and an SD card, left the JPEG settings as they came from the factory. (Apart from film type, where I selected Velvia). The weather at the coast was Read more …

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Fuji X-T1 Unboxing | Chris Dodkin

Fresh off the plane from Tokyo, the Fuji X-T1 – A full production model. Nice retail packaging – celebrating FujiFilm’s 80th anniversary. Well packaged, as you’d expect for the X-Series. The main event – production X-T1. X-T1 rear view – Read more …

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Hands-On MHG-XPRO Grip | Chris Dodkin

The new Fuji MHG-XPRO grip has just arrived for my X-Pro1, so I’ve down a quick comparison with the original Fuji grip, and illustrated how the new grip works with the camera. The original grip on the X-Pro1 – note Read more …

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Shooting Infrared – X-Pro1 | Chris Dodkin

Whilst looking into dark glass (ND Filters) – I came across a number of examples of metering anomalies with the X-Pro1, that suggested to me that this camera was seeing Infrared light, as well as visible light. This was an exciting Read more …

Fuji X-Trans RAW File Post Processing – ACR/Photoshop | Chris Dodkin

I put together a short tutorial video on processing the Fuji RAW files using ACR, in order to give people a starting point for their own RAW file post processing. PP on X-Trans files is different to other Bayer sensor Read more …