On 18 May 2011 13:26, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote:
It's just different to what I was once used to, to me, not
unenjoyable. The Olympus focus by wire is excellent and nets a good
feel IMO with their better lenses.
Agreed! The best focus-by-wire I've used so far (out of Oly,
On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote:
The Ricoh 28mm isn't quite so, but
like with any very wide lens I either zone focus or use spot AF, which
eliminates the problem. The 50mm I tried yesterday focuses very
smoothly and precisely in manual mode.
On 17/5/11, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed:
If I had a bit more (any) free time, it would be tempting to start my
own photo website and invite the members of PDML to write for it.
We, the undersubscribed, hereby enable you with more time.
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On 17/05/2011 6:16 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/fujifilmx100/
They were clearly exasperated with the combination of wonderful
camera
and stupid flaws. I have to admit
(I haven't read the DPR review and likely won't. Never did put much
faith or find much credibility in what they have to say. But Cotty:
I agree with you .. I'd much rather have an R-D1 or an M8 than an
X100, even with only one lens.)
I was all prepared to swoon over the X100 but playing with one
On May 18, 2011, at 12:44 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
BTW: face detect AF on the G1 was actually quite useful for a good bit
of my people shooting. I wouldn't dis a camera for having it, but
neither would I go out of my way to get it. It's much like video: nice
to have, occasionally useful
OK, so neither Godfrey nor Bill was impressed with the X100. That's
money back in the homeless lens jar.
I'm OK with electronic viewfinders and LCDs. This is not a
philosophical position, since I actually use both and I'm fine with
them. If micro43 is on the horizon for anyone, EVFs are more
On 18/5/11, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed:
(I haven't read the DPR review and likely won't. Never did put much
faith or find much credibility in what they have to say. But Cotty:
I agree with you .. I'd much rather have an R-D1 or an M8 than an
X100, even with only one lens.)
I
On 5/18/2011 14:42, Cotty wrote:
On the latter, you turn the focus ring and it has a set and finite
movement. It's instinctive. The more you use it, the better you know
where closest focus is and where infinity is. It has 'end stops' - the
points at which it won't turn anymore.
I can relate to
On 18/5/11, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed:
And I totally agree with your sentiment that focus by wire is simply
different mechanical realization of the same electronic switch (such as
rocker switch)... I believe it may be possible to make it closer to
the good olde mechanical focus
But hey, you pays your money and you takes your choice :)
A lot of money in this case.
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 7:55 AM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote:
On 18/5/11, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed:
And I totally agree with your sentiment that focus by wire is simply
different
On 5/18/2011 14:55, Cotty wrote:
I think what it boils down to is that you can't please all of the people
all of the time. Clearly most people shoot using AF these days and it's
too expensive to make lenses fully manual with an automatic override. So
they made an automatic lens with a manual
But what on a still camera? I'm afraid I still want the manual focus on
a camera like this. Maybe if they release an X100 version with
interchangeable manual focus lenses (M mount? not gonna happen) then
I'll look again
The difference is that on a still camera, you do not do focus pulls.
On 18/5/11, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed:
But what on a still camera? I'm afraid I still want the manual focus on
a camera like this. Maybe if they release an X100 version with
interchangeable manual focus lenses (M mount? not gonna happen) then
I'll look again
The
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On 18/5/11, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed:
(I haven't read the DPR review and likely
It's just different to what I was once used to, to me, not
unenjoyable. The Olympus focus by wire is excellent and nets a good
feel IMO with their better lenses. The Ricoh 28mm isn't quite so, but
like with any very wide lens I either zone focus or use spot AF, which
eliminates the problem. The
On 18/5/11, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed:
It's just different to what I was once used to, to me, not
unenjoyable. The Olympus focus by wire is excellent and nets a good
feel IMO with their better lenses. The Ricoh 28mm isn't quite so, but
like with any very wide lens I either zone
On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 9:40 PM, William Robb
anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote:
But it sure is pretty.
Think of it as the camera equivalent of Paris Hilton.
A Mark of course.
Fix the grammatical errors first, at least.
Darned red wine
What errors
Dave
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I have noticed on the E-P1 that it is easier to manually focus the old
Tak 55 than the micro43 Lumix 20. I wondered why this is true and
never considered that the 20 is focus by wire. Interesting.
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 1:26 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote:
It's just different
Cotty burbled:
The big downer for me seems to be the fact that the manual focus is
'fly-
by-wire'.
they use fly-by-wire on the Olympus E series cameras. It's very good indeed
and I don't have any issues with it. Whether it's the same experience on the
X100 remains to be seen, but it's
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote:
I have noticed on the E-P1 that it is easier to manually focus the old
Tak 55 than the micro43 Lumix 20. I wondered why this is true and
never considered that the 20 is focus by wire. Interesting.
It's also almost
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote:
... you can buy my M8 off me when I get an M9. I give you special price my
friend.
Humpf! I wish I was your friend ... ]'-)
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On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote:
... you can buy my M8 off me when I get an M9. I give you special
price my
friend.
Humpf! I wish I was your friend ... ]'-)
I give you extra special price my very good friend. But first you wrestle my
friend Cotty,
On 18/5/11, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed:
With the A12 50mm it is much easier to grasp and operate the
focusing ring... !)
Steady boy.
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On 18/5/11, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:
you can buy my M8 off me when I get an M9. I give you special price my
friend.
Throw in a few kennel maids and the job's a gudun.
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On 18/5/11, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:
I give you extra special price my very good friend. But first you wrestle my
friend Cotty, yes?
Pinot Grigio -- keyboard. cheers.
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On Wednesday, May 18, 2011, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote:
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote:
... you can buy my M8 off me when I get an M9. I give you special
price my
friend.
Humpf! I wish I was your friend ... ]'-)
I give you extra special price
... you can buy my M8 off me when I get an M9. I give you special
price my
friend.
Humpf! I wish I was your friend ... ]'-)
I give you extra special price my very good friend. But first you
wrestle my
friend Cotty, yes?
The bigger they are ... Um ... Maybe work on
From: Cotty
I think what it boils down to is that you can't please all of the people
all of the time.
True, but according to A. Lincoln, you *can* fool some of the people all
of the time.
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... you can buy my M8 off me when I get an M9. I give you special
price my
friend.
Humpf! I wish I was your friend ... ]'-)
I give you extra special price my very good friend. But first you
wrestle my
friend Cotty, yes?
The bigger they are ... Um ... Maybe work on staying
On 11-05-18 5:19 PM, Bob W wrote:
you one slippery customer, Mr Godfrey!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2keIfaPHgw
Oh my. Bunch of wankers.
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I have a Zuiko 50 as well as a Lumix 45-200. I'll try these as well.
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote:
I have noticed on the E-P1 that it is easier to manually focus the old
Of course, the very fact that I own all this crap means that I'm not
exactly hostile to these systems. I did finally sell the E-P1 and
bought a refurbished E-P2. Essentially the same camera but the E-P2
accepts the excellent 1.44 MP clip on EVF. This makes it easy to MF
the old lenses. It's a
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/fujifilmx100/
They were clearly exasperated with the combination of wonderful camera
and stupid flaws. I have to admit I'm not that tempted. I would do
better to buy some nice glass for the E-P1, or get the E-P2 with the
EVF and then get some nice glass. I'm
On 5/17/2011 15:16, Steven Desjardins wrote:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/fujifilmx100/
They were clearly exasperated with the combination of wonderful camera
and stupid flaws. I have to admit I'm not that tempted. I would do
better to buy some nice glass for the E-P1, or get the E-P2 with
On 17 May 2011 08:41, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote:
Just wait, Steven, until Godfrey amazes us with his Ricoh camera and until
Ricoh introduces rumored Leica M-mount module for Godfrey's camera...
Boris
Is Godders the *only* person who bought a Ricoh GXR? ;-)
—M.
On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 8:16 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/fujifilmx100/
They were clearly exasperated with the combination of wonderful camera
and stupid flaws.
They listed No face detection AF system as a Con. Is this really a
selling point
On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 7:11 PM, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote:
Is Godders the *only* person who bought a Ricoh GXR? ;-)
—M.
He's the only one I know of.
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On 17 May 2011 12:27, Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 8:16 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/fujifilmx100/
They were clearly exasperated with the combination of wonderful camera
and stupid flaws.
They listed No
On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 7:42 PM, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote:
I am not a soccer mum and I love face detection.
I am not a soccer mum either and I don't care for face detection...
Kind of anonymous alcoholic statement, you know...
I don't think that my K-5 is doing too good with all of its
On 17 May 2011 12:50, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 7:42 PM, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote:
I am not a soccer mum and I love face detection.
I am not a soccer mum either and I don't care for face detection...
Kind of anonymous alcoholic statement, you
On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 7:53 PM, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote:
I didn't find the K-5's face-detection to work as well as that on the
mirrorless cameras I've used it on. I suspect LiveView AF was not at
the top of the priorities list of the K-5 team.
Oh! Uhmm... Time to scratch my head.
On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 12:42 PM, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote:
On 17 May 2011 12:27, Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 8:16 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/fujifilmx100/
They were clearly exasperated with
I did notice that DP said if you use the X100 like an Olde Tyme Camera
it's wonderful. I will admit, the Face detection on the E-PL1 works a
treat and makes parties a bit easier. Of course, I'm not a bit fan of
jockeying around the focus point and at short range the focus and
compose approach
Miserere wrote on Tue, 17 May 2011 09:11:43 -0700
Is Godders the *only* person who bought a Ricoh GXR? ;-)
Nope, I bought one too - in large measure because of what Godfrey has said
about it and after looking at the work he is doing with it. Certainly it's not
a camera for the masses, and
It is stupid and pointless as DPR can get.
Plain and simple.
Such niche camera should be reviewed with their niche target in mind IMO.
As usual, DPR misses the boat entirely in the way they present the thing.
2011/5/17 Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com:
They listed No face detection AF
On 17/5/11, Steven Desjardins, discombobulated, unleashed:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/fujifilmx100/
They were clearly exasperated with the combination of wonderful camera
and stupid flaws. I have to admit I'm not that tempted. I would do
better to buy some nice glass for the E-P1, or get
My hero. ;-)
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Subject: Re: DPreview Review of Fuji X100
On 17/5/11, Steven Desjardins
On 17/05/2011 6:16 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/fujifilmx100/
They were clearly exasperated with the combination of wonderful camera
and stupid flaws. I have to admit I'm not that tempted. I would do
better to buy some nice glass for the E-P1, or get the E-P2
On May 17, 2011, at 9:21 PM, William Robb wrote:
On 17/05/2011 6:16 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/fujifilmx100/
They were clearly exasperated with the combination of wonderful camera
and stupid flaws. I have to admit I'm not that tempted. I would do
better
On 17/05/2011 7:33 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
On May 17, 2011, at 9:21 PM, William Robb wrote:
On 17/05/2011 6:16 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/fujifilmx100/
They were clearly exasperated with the combination of wonderful camera
and stupid flaws. I have to
On May 17, 2011, at 1:51 PM, Thibouille wrote:
It is stupid and pointless as DPR can get.
Plain and simple.
Such niche camera should be reviewed with their niche target in mind IMO.
As usual, DPR misses the boat entirely in the way they present the thing.
One of the issues that I ran into
Bill, you should definitely write reviews.
On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 9:21 PM, William Robb
anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote:
On 17/05/2011 6:16 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/fujifilmx100/
They were clearly exasperated with the combination of wonderful camera
On May 17, 2011, at 7:17 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote:
Bill, you should definitely write reviews.
I agree, he does have a way with words.
If I had a bit more (any) free time, it would be tempting to start my own photo
website and invite the members of PDML to write for it.
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