Anyway, I took the youngest off to the Mandarin Court, a restaurant that I've been going to for nearly 30 years. While we were chatting, waiting to eat, and eating I couldn't help but fool around with this cam.
I was able to finally shoot using pro focus mode. It seems to like to underexpose quite a bit. Not sure why. I had to go black and white on it because of the damage done by the under exposure.
It also left all sorts of weird smears on the face. All in all, I still think this is a bright light feature with people. On the other hand, with inanimate objects, it works pretty well. Here are two shots in a row, one without and one with pro focus mode.
By the way, those are all 800 ISO and they are quite clean.
I thought I'd see if pro low light mode would work on him, and these two attempts pretty much answer the question on compatibility with humans ...
As in not very ....
Both of those are 1600 ISO ... so the cam chooses a lower ISO for pro focus mode and a higher one for pro low light mode. Makes sense I suppose ... faster shutter speeds improve the odds of a clean meld of 4 images.
Again, with inanimate objects, I had much better luck ... all four at 1600 ISO and I felt no need whatsoever to use Neat Image ...
That last one ... foreground is Diced Chicken Hunan and Background is Shredded Chicken in Garlic Sauce ... neither is on the menu any more, but they still make them for old timers ...
When I shoot at wide angle into the restaurant proper (this is one of two rooms), it chooses 800 ISO and again there is no need whatsoever for Neat Image. I must say that I am quite pleased at the high ISO performance. It is not bad at all ... weird modes aside :-)
I finished this farting around with a try at the super intelligent flash. I love a pretentious name as much as the next guy ... but surely they did not need to add super to iFlash just for marketing points ...
This shot works fine for a snap ... but the mixed colors (auto white balance must match to the flash, which is daylight equivalent) make for a mess. So this sort of image is pretty much forced into a black and white treatment.
That's a bit better ... and, as with all Fujis since the F10, the F70EXR chooses 800 ISO. But the images are so very clean ...
The final image is a close up shot at 800 and the hair texture is excellent.
There is no doubt left in my mind now ... this thing is a keeper ... pending the final video / audio tests of course.
