Stunning photos and very inspiring writing. Thanks...

Beautiful work Lindsay, hoping to finally play with mine when I go to Vietnam next week!

Hmmm, I think I know who might have left the comment: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1012&message=40678285

I'm all for getting all sides of opinion, but the manner in which some people communicate leaves much to be desired! I've been called an 'ass' - yikes! Sort of funny though. Thankfully it seems very friendly and informative on this forum.

the orbs are a serious problem , no amount of admiration of fujis x 10 should cause one to dismiss the issue .... i rarely encounter it and dont consider it personally so troubling
as to make me sorry i purchased the x 10 .... but the fact is fuji should not have released a luxury compact with this hardware sensor issue , it is a small but true failure on their part .

the x 10 is a marvelous camera in spite of the defect , all the points on your excellent blog review are valid , especially your admiration for the fuji jpeg engine in camera

go a step further and shoot raw in camera and fine tune the jpeg output with hughlight and shadow tone etc .... once you do it you will never go back

having the raw file is important and gives you tremendously more options that shooting jpeg only
using the custom jpeg engine for raw files in camera is the only way to go, imho

i enjoyed your photography tremendously , you have the eye of a true visual artist

Wonderful pictures! I enjoyed the trip to Brighton :-)

+1 King Henry would have approved it! :)

Very nice.
Gorgeous work on your site too. :D

The x100 have ghosting images too. It is only in certain circumstances it appears and that doesn't stop any of us here having fun and I certainly think the x10 is the same as well with the orb issue.

I have been shooting with this camera for a year now. Very happy camper with the x100.

As for the RAW files, what cosinaphile wants you to do is to convert the RAW into JPEGS in camera and you will see the beauty of the JPEG engine (not silkypix)

LindsayD said:

What lovely responses, thanks so much to all of you, I'm certainly feeling better after the roasting I have had from some individuals over on dpreview! However they did point me towards the orb issue, which was certainly pretty horrible in some of the pictures I saw. Thankfully the conditions under which I shoot seem to avoid the problem. I'm sorry for those who have been badly affected.

TexasRanger - yes, turning down the in camera noise reduction helps to preserve a bit more detail, and save the files from looking mushy at high ISO values. I'm not sure why the images look dark on your monitor, you may need to turn the brightness up a little to match what we see on our calibrated machines at this end, however you are probably right in that I like to maintain richness in my shots so they may not be as bright as others.

cosinaphile - I tried shooting raw on the X 10 and I gave up! I found the raw files incredibly noisy even at low ISO, and no amount of working the file would give a result on par with the JPEG straight from the camera, which is interesting.

yes, if you process them out of camera, im saying shoot raw and jpeg and process using raw conversion in camera function , try softening or hardening the tone while using monochrome
can give unique results
i shot jpeg only for a while then out of curiosity started playing with this function processing raw myself in camera, and my jaw dropped..no camera on earth gives this power to the user in camera for jpeg creation ....im hooked

Lindsay, you're photos look amazing. I can't wait to try out my x10 I bought this weekend. The latest post on your blog includes photos that you say should include Exif data, but I can't seem to find it. How do I check the Exif data? I would be interested to see what settings you use for which shots for learning puposes.

great photos and great insight on the camera! you completely articulated why i enjoy using it as my everyday camera (replacing a T2i with 50mm 1.8) however, i completely understand the frustration expressed by those individuals. it is a flaw that affects seemingly all X10's but as you stated, it mainly occurs @ lower ISO & shutter. should Fuji have done more R&D before releasing such a product...perhaps. but what those disgruntled consumers (i sometimes wonder if those posters even own the camera!?) over @ dpreview don't seem to get is that companies are in the business of making money - to pay their employees, show gains for their investors, line their execs pockets, etc. but they also reinvest in the company so they can produce new models like an eventual X10 successor. without the X10 there would be no new and improved X20...or X11, whatever. last i checked canon is on it's 10th/11th generation with the concurrent G12 & G1X models...and not all of them have been great. at least the X10 does it right about 95% of the time =)

As for the EXIF part, you can get addon/extensions to read EXIF information for most browsers. For instance im using EXIF Viewer for Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lplmljfembbkocngnlkkdgabpnfokmnl?hl=da

LindsayD:
I wouldn't pander too much to these guys..the next thing they'll be telling you is that the EXIF info is faked (which is very easy to do actually) - I popped into the thread earlier and saw some guy claiming your pictures must be fake because they showed sunshine in the UK, which is impossible in the winter! :D

Thank you HFM, that's extremely helpful. I'm going to go and look at everybody else's exif now (-:

Yes, I'm utterly baffled as to why some individuals at dpreview were claiming the images were fake, I just don't understand why they would say that, unless their frustration comes from within in that they are not able to produce decent results themselves. I'm still amazed by the number of people who will blame their tools for their own failings. Some people are like that I suppose.

The sunshine comment was hysterical! Somebody else claimed I was a fraud because I found the thread within an hour, he clearly didn't understand that photographers check their web statistics frequently, and it was simply one click which took me to the discussion thread. It seems so extreme that the Fuji haters will attack anyone who claims the camera is a capable tool under the vast majority of conditions. On the other hand, I also received a huge amount of support for posting a positive review on the camera, and I very much appreciate the kind comments from those posters and from everyone here.

From what I've seen there are plenty of very talented X10 shooters around. I'm really looking forward to exploring this forum more thoroughly, and enjoying the excellent photography that you are all producing, it's very inspiring.

WilzWorkz7 said:

The x100 have ghosting images too. It is only in certain circumstances it appears and that doesn't stop any of us here having fun and I certainly think the x10 is the same as well with the orb issue.

I have been shooting with this camera for a year now. Very happy camper with the x100.

As for the RAW files, what cosinaphile wants you to do is to convert the RAW into JPEGS in camera and you will see the beauty of the JPEG engine (not silkypix)

exactly ....thanks , you know me too well.lol

@LindseyD

many of the psychos at dp are simply haters.......sad but true

Thank you everyone for the kind replies. Davoe, I hope I'll get to know the X10 better over the coming months, I'll try to add more images to the blog on a regular basis. Previously I never wanted to go out with a camera due to the weight and discomfort factor (and the fact I always felt like I was working) but the X10 has liberated me.

Rob - that is a very good point, being such a small camera with a lot of technology packed into it means it cannot really be without some faults (at least with respect to the current technology) and for what it is, I have found it to be exceptional. This orb issue under certain conditions is not something I've experienced, this problem might be the price one pays for a particularly high quality bright lens and high quality sensor combination, which provides stellar results most of the time but physics gets in the way in some circumstances. Fuji will have to sort it out at some point as there are clearly some unhappy folk out there.

I remember my 5D MkI and the problem with mirrors dropping out - I saw that several times. Even the best bits of kit can let you down at times, unless you have a bottomless bank account.

Hi marc, I do try to use the viewfinder but I find that the central focus point that I normally use is not in the centre of the OVF and seems to be offset top left (I think) which means when it comes to photographing people I'm having to resort to using the LCD, which is a bit of a disappointment. I really do wish they had at least included a focus point in the OVF!

That's a shame. If a system has failed somewhere I'd like to think all the backup data can be transferred over again after they have 'fixed' the problem. Seems odd though.

When a business is involved it makes it even worse. Hopefully it will be up and running again very soon. Your output has made quite an impact!

Well, it's easy for me to say, but I do hope you will in time reconsider. Your work is pretty inspiring and reminds us what can be accomplished with an advanced compact in the right hands.

The company that hosts your site should have all the files backed up as a precaution against this kind of thing. But this is indeed very disheartening. A malicious attack is incomprehensible. I'm sure others here will encourage you in this too.

Thank you Nettles.

I also meant to say how much I enjoyed your photos. Relieved actually - I see so many negative posts it was good to see something positive.

I'm still a bit intimidated by my X10 - I'm not really a photographer, snapshots are more my thing (although sometimes people go 'Wow'). I bought the X10 because I liked the idea of it, having started out in film. The web seems full of people who seem to make the experience of using it even more complicated than it need be. Which is why I liked the things you'd written about.

There's a guy called Jim Radcliffe (don't know if you've come across him)who also makes using the X10 look easy. http://www.boxedlight.com/x10/index.htm

best

ians

That's just horrible. Your photos with and writing about the X10 was so inspiring.. When you say you will delete most of your X10 commentary, are you saying that you think your site was attacked because of it? DPreview FTF guys gone berzerk?

Friso, I can't say for definite right now who has attacked my site, it just seems a strong coincidence that I should be attacked in that thread quite forcibly, then I received a couple of e-mails this morning warning me to be careful (whatever that means) and then my website and both my blogs disappear, I've been told so far by one of the experts I've enlisted that it is likely to be a denial of service attack, but I'll know more tomorrow hopefully. It could be some weirdo who just doesn't like anyone disagreeing with his views. I am not for one moment suggesting it was somebody involved in that thread who might have attacked my site, I had tons of hits on my site so it could have been anyone.

That really sucks, i have an X10, i admit the camera has flaws, but I'm able to work around it. DPR is nothing more than a breeding ground for negativity, the forums are out of control, and the site allows it to continue, time after time, again and again. They have lost all credibility with me when the claim to be a source for professional photography reviews and advice, its horrible there, and I really feel bad that this has occured. You are a great shooter and what has happened is terrible, but i hope you get your site back up soon, and that you continue to post your excellent images. You have a good day Lindsay take care.

Hi HFM, thankfully my service providers have been fantastic and are investigating things further for me. I have taken down my X10 posts for now as I will need to edit out any glowing comments about the camera in an attempt to stave off any further attacks!

Thank you Davoe, there is certainly an argument for having a separate place for personal stuff! I provide quite a lot of educational articles and reviews for photographers which helps to drive traffic to my website - in this case the wrong traffic! I will be very cautious from now on, although I could post my Fuji shots on somewhere like Flickr instead. But that still will not protect me against vengeful people who will simply look up my website and do whatever harm is in their head.

I know what you mean about not having to spend hours processing the JPEG, they are so great straight out of the camera.