I bought the x100 when it first came out. Lovely camera, but focal length didn't suit most of what I was shooting. I would have preferred for it to be just a touch longer. I sold it and bought the x10 instead
Wendy On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 4:55 PM, Steve Cottrell <[email protected]> wrote: > On 26/9/12, DagT, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>We are going for a holiday and although they offered me a preproduction >>K-r I bought a Fujifilm x100 instead as a backup camera (I don¨t need >>another system camera). >> >>The x100 is really nice. Compact and light, sharp lens and it looks very >>similar to my first camera, Olympus 35RC from the 70s. Aperture ring >>around the lens, shutter speed dial on top and even a threaded hole in >>the shutter button for the old fashioned cable release. >> >>The most interesting part for me is the viewfinder. For those who don´t >>know the x100 view finder is a mixture where you can choose between the >>old type glass viewfinder with frame and some information, and an EVF. I >>find that I like the EVF a lot, even if it lags a bit on this camera. It >>is nice to see the effect of the exposure compensation in the >>viewfinder. I think the focus screens of the K-5 (and most other new >>cameras) is not very good with large aperture lenses as you neither are >>able to get an impression of the out of focus background nor the precise >>focus. > > I've briefly handled Bob W's X100 and it feels so good in the hands. I > am seriously considering a black X100 to go with my X10 :) > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ---------- http://www.cottysnaps.com > _____________________________ > -- Wendy Beard Carp, Ontario Canada -- 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.
