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EverydayGetaway wrote in post #19380148
Here's a bird shot I actually didn't even bother editing in the past because the noise bothered me too much in it (I think him being in the shadows just made the noise too apparent), but after running it through NoNoise I kinda want to take more time with it

IMAGE LINK: https://www.flickr.com​/gp/everydaygetaway/Kd​2LWU Clingman's Dome Bird by Lucas, on Flickr

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Here's a screenshot showing the before/after slider at 100% crop

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That noise reduction was done via the click of one button. It takes a while to do (at least on my system), but it's very good at clearing up the noise and maintaining detail... enough so that I'm going to worry even less about high ISO in the future.

The last itteration I had of ON1 was 2019 and I've used it from time to time (mostly when needing to do image layers), but I'm really liking the trial of the new version, I'm definitely sold on it, going to place my order this weekend.

Whoa that is indeed crazy good. I'll look it up, but is it separate from other ON1 software?

Finally lunch, I had 30mins in the end as had to set up for a few group shots with flash first. But I’m home early as we flew through things. Just have to edit and deliver before tomorrow as driving a couple of hours to the next shoot. Least I’m being put up in a nice hotel with a pool so that’ll be welcomed.

Apricane wrote in post #19380236
Whoa that is indeed crazy good. I'll look it up, but is it separate from other ON1 software?

You can buy it as a standalone plugin for whatever your favorite editor is, or it's included as part of ON1 RAW. They offer a 14 day free trial of whatever version you want to try, I definitely recommend giving it a go.

One of the shots I did today.

Two Hot Shoes wrote in post #19380402
One of the shots I did today.

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Wow, very cool.

One of the generator rooms at the Hoover Dam.

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Whiteside Overlook in NC via my glovebox setup (X-T1 + Tamron AD2 50-150/3.5... and 7artisans 25mm, but not for these shots)

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FarmerTed1971 wrote in post #19379740
You might be surprised. It's like night and day on the 50-140.

Two Hot Shoes wrote in post #19379921
Don't know, I've had mixed results with the 100-400, mostly being great at wider lengths and more hit and miss at longer lengths. As for AF I havent seen too much of an issue but there have been plenty of times where the lens just won't nab focus for what ever reasoning the past, the X-T4 is pretty good at AF so havent seen much of any issues in the last year or so but I don't shoot with the 100-400 very often anymore either. I'd say hold your pennies for now as the X-Summit is on at the end of this month so probably a few new items launched on the day.
You might be asking a little bit too munch of the X-T30 AF at F/11?

Not sure what I should or shouldn't expect from the X-T30's autofocus, at f/11 or otherwise. I certainly wouldn't expect a whole lot of difference between that and the X-T4 in the situations I'm putting the camera in with my birding, though I have heard before that TCs are very much touch and go.

That being said, I've had some success with boost turned on (might leave that on), but even then I can't say that it's what I would call a night-and-day difference in this particular case. Somewhat of an improvement, but not a significant one - at best the camera feels like a DSLR. Just now I've had more misses than hits, and by quite a fair margin, and in light that doesn't justify it. Even had a narrow miss on what could have been my first blue jay. (Also, is it normal that the zoom ring is rather stiff on this lens, or is it that I'm too used to loose Tamron zooms?)

And still, when all is said and done, I don't regret renting this lens, just like with all things Fuji, when it works as intended the IQ is pleasing indeed - not that Sony isn't good in that area either, but wham I like the IQ of those new birding photos. Will make not being able to afford that 100-400 and having to return it tomorrow that much harder . I'll wait for the end of the month before making any purchasing decisions!

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Was up at 6 Saturday morning, it's now 1 in the morning on Sunday, I'm backing up shots from a very long wedding. But so worth it

Testing my new flash !

Shot from Fridays football, first time using back button focus, used it at yesterdays wedding as well, not 100% sold on it

Some more

gabe212 wrote in post #19381169
Some more

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those are great, this is one cute little baby. Love that second one where it looks like he's (?) sucking both of his thumbs at the same time. It looks like he's looking at the camera on both photos, such a great facial expression.

He's eating solids now, and loving them.

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EverydayGetaway wrote in post #19381177
He's eating solids now, and loving them.

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That second one is so cute...and I really the bib!