On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 8:31 AM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: > I bought a Fuji X100 yesterday. After struggling with the onboard software > for a while I decided to read the manual and get it set up to suit the way I > want to use it. > > Here are the first pictures, taken around Greenwich earlier today: > <http://www.web-options.com/X100/>
Great, I'll be interested to hear your impressions as you become more familiar and comfortable with it. First results show promise ... > ... The optical viewfinder, which is why I bought this rather than some other > camera, is essentially just a framing device - you can't use if for manual > focusing, so you have to be aware of where the focus point is. ... That's one of the reasons why it didn't do much for me. Turn on all the overlays and it's a complicated, fussy view. Turn them off and it's a nice simple framing device, but the X100's EVF is no great shakes for manual focusing. I figured if that was going to be the case, I'd rather have the viewfinder be an option, exchangable with a better quality EVF when needed for precise eye level work. I'm happy to report that the GXR EVF is on par with the Olympus Pen optional and Panasonic Lumix built-in EVFs for quality. > It can't really be compared to a Leica M, despite the reviews, but perhaps > Leica should be thinking about a digital CL along these lines, and about > returning the M10 to the same size as the M3 - the X100 suggests that it can > be done. I agree. For a Leicaphile, the Leica X1 does a better job of maintaing the simplicity and transparency of a Leica M sans the interchangeable lens and rangefinder focusing. I'd love to see Leica go with a CL-D along the lines of the brief I sent them a half dozen years ago now ... An electronically coupled optical rangefinder with manual focus prime lenses ... Stepping back for a moment to reflect: It's delightful that we have so many possibilities for digital cameras now, however. Classic RF system cameras (Leica M), classic SLR derivatives from all the surviving major players and a couple of new faces, medium format hyper expensive machinery, ultra-compact small-sensor fun cameras, mirror-less traditional format system cameras (micro-fourthirds and NEX) and the GXR system notion of a back with interchangeable coupled lens/sensor and other camera expansion module options. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
