brian_donaldson3

Fuji X100 250 f/8

So I went ahead and got one. Works great. No issues with TTL. I do appreciate all the answers. Normally I would use a light meter and off camera flash. But sometimes I want a quick shot and the internal flash either has too much or not enough depending on the subject. Again, thanks.

Thanks rodeo_joe. TTL has its quirks. The camera and its internal flash are good, but sometimes I might need a little more light. I want the camera to control that light. I have a lot of flashes but not compatible with the Fuji.

Fuji X-100

I didn't see a seperate forum for the X100 so forgive me if I place my question here. I have the first iteration of the X100. Love this little guy. Takes great photos. But the flash is wanting. So I am looking for a third party flash. I see the Godox TT350F is small and light weight which is perfect for the X100. The specs say it will work with the T and F model. Not sure what the major difference between the models when it comes to external flash. Before I run off and waste money on something that might not work, is there anyone here with the first release X100 using the TT350F? If so can you confirm the TTL status? If you have a different flash, i.e. Nissin, Neewer, or whatever, can you tell me what you have and if it works in TTL mode. Not interested in a Fuji flash, they are a little on the high price side. I know, you get what you pay for. Thanks in advance. Brian D

Update... I know this has been over a year, but closure is important. I found the part at Pro Camera Repair. It cost $6 and change to $3 and change for shipping. The part is actually for the AT-X Pro lens. I have that lens and I checked to see if it would fit on my older lens. It does. Whoot! Sorry to revive an old thread, but like I said, closure. Again, thanks to everyone for your help and advise.

ROFLMAO... Live View. I completely forgot about that feature. Sorry guys, my main gear is Canon. I wanted the Nikon so that I could be ambidextrous photography wise. I think I should spend a little more time with the D700. I just tried the focus via LV and the camera's zoom feature. Focus was snot on. Brilliant. My faith in oxygen has been restored. LOL Thanks tons for your help

Thanks for that info. I tried once before with AF Fine Tune but gave up on it. I just started again. But will probably give up again. You do make a fine point about zoom and focus issues. I will just keep shooting around f8 or so. I am not following what your are saying in the quote above. Can you elaborate?

Thanks ShunCheung. I think I would have a better understanding if I knew what was happening. Is the compensation stored in the camera or in the lens' CPU? And yes, the lens is registered twice in my camera. I just select which offset I want to use by selecting the save parameters.

Seems I am getting some back focus from my Tokina AT-X Pro 28-70 f2.8. I have download some test charts and ran some tests and the results are the same. Better focus above my focus point. To try and compensate, I went into the AF Fine Tune on my D700. The camera recognizes that I am using a Tokina lens. I turn on the AF Fine Tune and do some test shots. I get the same results as if the AF Fine Tune is turned off. I adjust in the positive side and the negative side. I really do not see any difference. I am wondering (out loud here) if the AF Fine Tune is just for Nikon lenses. I don't know. Just a SWAG. Am I out in left field thinking this? The default value is 0 while I make adjustments with, and save the other values. Anyone have any thoughts on this? Thanks

Yeah, but again, you're a stand up guy to take a part off you lens and send it. In the meantime, I will work on trying to weld my tiny part back together. A toothpick amount of epoxy might do the trick (while viewing under a 20x microscope). Thanks again Matthew

My Canon gear came from KEH - very conservative rating system. The camera was rated good and the lens (all L series) as bargains. They really looked almost new. My Nikon D700 came from Ebay RobertsCamera - I have also purchase Canon flashes from them. I think they are really good. My Nikon F and F2 came from Ebay Japan - The Japanese really give more detail about an item and tons of photos. I once received the wrong F2 and the seller was very apologetic and offered a very generous partial refund.

New to me D700 with Tokina AT-X AF 28-70mm. ISO 200 / f16@1/200s

Thanks, Matthew. Got it that is just mechanical. But functionality is important to me.

Interesting enough, I accidentally pushed to slide off the lens today. I turned off the camera and turned it back on (without touching the lens) and the display was ◿F6. I took the lens off, put the slide back on, put the lens back on it stilled showed◿F6. Had to do the remove lens when power is on to fix it. But now it is back to working. Might invest in another lens. Either a newer AT-X PRO or the Tamron mentioned by rodeo_joe.