A nice set of pics. The cat shot is superb. But I wonder how Fuji could release a camera with an easily recognizable problem. We fault Pentax for quality control, but at least they don't commit major engineering flubs like this.
Paul On Dec 20, 2011, at 8:01 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: > The "white circle" problem is actually worst at low iso, like 100. It > gets better as the iso goes up. You can see some of them if you zoom > in on this one: > > http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/15174580_3zgwM8#1638663267_CKhHhmV > > It just hasn't been a big problem for me, but I can see how it could > be annoying depending on what subjects you favor. The other problem > I have noticed is that the AF sometimes just misses and you need to > hit the "half-depress" again. Not often but it does happen. The PF > article complained about the handling but you get used to it's quirks > pretty quickly, just not fast enough to write a review ;-) One > confusing thing at first is that the maximum Tv of the leaf shutter > changes with modes. > > I should point out that it's been a long time since i've been this > happy with a camera. > > > On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 7:36 PM, Steven Desjardins <[email protected]> wrote: >> I've had mine about two weeks. It's not perfect, of course, but it >> does a great job for such a small camera. The lens is fast and a nice >> zoom range. The EXR mode is very useful. The camera will drop its >> resolution from 12 to 6 MP and use extra pixels to improve high iso >> noise or DR. The last 10 shots on this page were taken with the X10: >> >> http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/15174580_3zgwM8#1444893114_F2JhRGZ >> >> Oddly, having such a nice small camera has made me more likely to keep >> my DSLR and not expand into micro 43. >> >> >> On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 6:26 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 2:59 PM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On 20/12/11, Cotty, discombobulated, unleashed: >>>>> >>>>>> Some things nobody tells you. The optical viewfinder has no >>>>> information >>>>>> in it other than the view. >>>>> >>>>> I should say that I knew that info above - I was referring to the green >>>>> focus light. Poor writing. >>>>> >>>> >>>> you probably can get information in the optical finder, at least if it >>>> works >>>> like the X100. >>> >>> Nope. It's not a hybrid viewfinder and doesn't have any overlays. >>> The X10 manual says it pretty explicitly: "No information is displayed." >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> >> >> -- >> Steve Desjardins > > > > -- > Steve Desjardins > > -- > 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. -- 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.
