My history with Fuji digital cameras ... - I had a Fuji F30 for a time. I bought it because I wanted something compact that worked at least decently in low-ish light, and it did. However, I gave it away because I realized that in two to three years, I'd only made 300 exposures with it. Why? Because the menu was very nearly impenetrable to me.
- When the Fuji X100 was announced, I was gung-ho for it. It looked beautiful. But as soon as I handled one, I put it down. Beautiful as the design might be, the locations of the controls and ergonomics in use were hopeless for my hands. The menus were the same as for the F30: nearly impenetrable. That's when I discovered the Ricoh GXR. I have not regretted buying the GXR for one second: it is a superb camera. The A12 Camera Mount is astonishingly good. Cotty got the Fuji X10 raved how wonderful it was. It piqued my interest because the combination of a manually controlled zoom with a zooming optical finder seemed intriguing. I bought one. My sum up ... - I never saw any of the saturation blobs in my photographs that people seem to be so upset about. Just didn't find anything that created them, I guess. - Overall, the picture quality was excellent but somehow lacking to my eye. Maybe I've gotten spoiled, but even my partner who isn't a photographer at all said, "They look nice. But they're flat, they don't seem to have the look that your other pictures do." - I find several niggles with the control layout: confusing menus and options, buttons that don't fit my hands or where I expect to reach to use them, an overall feel of too many bits and buttons in too little space for my comfort. - The manual zoom control and matched, zooming optical viewfinder are certainly very nice. And the viewfinder is pretty good quality. The focusing speed and shot to shot response is very good. Lots of fun imaging effects in it too. - The 2/3" sensor is very good for providing lots of DoF, but that's also the negative side of the X10 for me: such a small sensor means too little focus zone control for my preferences. - Not Fuji's fault, but the fancy sensor dynamics seemed to cause no end of problems in processing raw files with Lightroom v3.6. In the end, I couldn't think of a reason why I'd prefer to carry the Fuji X10 instead of my Ricoh GXR other than the availability of a short zoom lens with matched optical finder. That was just not enough. It's a good camera, just not for me. Back to the dealer it went. So there's a new Fuji with a larger sensor and interchangeable lenses. They'll have to do a *heck* of a lot better on the control ergonomics, a *massive* amount better on the menus to even interest me. They're providing an M-bayonet lens adapter ... they're going to have to do a *HUGE* amount better than the GXR on RF lens compatibility to get my attention. The new Fuji lens line might be very nice ... but I already have several thousand dollar invested in M-Bayonet lenses that I like a lot so I'm totally uninterested in buying another new set of lenses. And then there's the raw support issue. Sorry, but I'll pass. Too many issues. I may eat my hat at some time in the future (I'll get recipes from Cotty :-), but for the moment I have zero interest in it. On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 3:32 AM, Miserere <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm surprised none of you are talking about this camera: > > http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/FujiFilmMirrorless_2.jpg > > There was interest on the list for the Fuji X100, and now Fuji are > finally releasing an interchangeable lens version, called X Pro 1, > with (initially) 3 primes: > > * 18mm f/2 > * 35mm f/1.4 > * 60mm f/2.4 macro > > Registration distance is said to be 17.7mm and the mount will > accomodate Leica M lenses. It'll have a 16MP APS-C sensor with "RGB > filter [...] arranged in random blocks of 6x6 pixels which avoids the > need for AA filter." I'll wait for the official release to see what > this means exactly. As for price, in the EU it's rumoured to be 1,300 > Euros for the body + 35mm lens. > > I, for one, am excited about this camera, which to my mind is what the > X100 should've been from the start. > > More info: > > http://photorumors.com/2012/01/07/detailed-fuji-x-pro-1-specs-you-must-read-this > > It's going to be announced tomorrow, Monday 9th. > > Cheers, > > > —M. > > \/\/o/\/\ --> http://WorldOfMiserere.com > > http://EnticingTheLight.com > A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment > > -- > 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. -- 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.
