Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2023/12/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Are you using the new Fuji app (X)? It?s 1,000 times better than the old one. I use it all the time for work and personal use (Fuji XH2 and XH2s). Sometimes it can disconnect if there?s a lot of electronic interference (concert venues, crowded rooms if everyone is on their phone). The Fuji 100-400 is not the best for fast focusing and tracking. I use the 200/2 which is a speed demon for focusing. Yes of course it?s much more $$$. The 50-140/2.8 is a good alternative. You can customize the AF-S mode for tracking animals but you really need the faster lenses for that. Enjoy! Chris Williams www.zoeicaimages.com 504-231-6261 > On Dec 27, 2023, at 4:05?AM, Adam Bridge via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > ?I had two choices of cameras to take on the cruise: the Fujifilm and my > Leica SL2-S. I chose the Fuji because it?s smaller and, with lenses, > vastly lighter. There?s a price for using full-frame lenses and weight is > not the least of them. > > I found that the X-H2S had real problems separating foreground objects > (like birds and dolphins) from the waves. Even choosing to use the ?Bird? > focus mode the camera was much more interested in white-caps than > creatures. Also, its exposure control consistently fought me in wanting to > over-expose whites (again in ocean scenes.) > > I?ve had very good luck with the SL2-S ability to keep the whites from > being blown out. There?s an exposure setting exactly for that and it seems > to work brilliantly. I haven?t tested it in the same manner as I did the > Fuji, though. > > I suspect some of the issues came from the 100-400mm lens which just > seemed to struggle with focusing well. But the Fuji can shoot 30fps bursts > into a very fast memory card. The Leica is much slower. > > My biggest problem on the cruise was the humidity which was very high - > often over 80%. I?d take the camera outside and the lens would instantly > be covered with mist. The same with binoculars. I started to wake up and > put the camera outside on the veranda so I?d be able to use it at need. > I?ve never had this experience before. > > The human factors one the Leica are simply better than the Fuji - as is > the app on my iPhone to pass along GPS location data. More than half the > time the Fuji app just didn?t work and had to be restarted so I lost > location information. This made me very grumpy. > > I?m pondering buying an SL2 (used) or perhaps waiting for an SL3 that uses > the Q3 sensor. But, man, the kit is heavy. > > Adam > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information