Ctein at The Online Photographer is not saying the Fuji X-Pro1 sucks, but he is saying that several of the flaws from the camera make it a bad choice for him. The eye level viewfinder is a letdown. I’m left-eyed, which means whenever I use that viewfinder I put a great big greasy nose print… Continue reading “I Am NOT Saying the Fuji X-Pro1 Sucks…”
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New X-Pro1 lenses roadmap
Yesterday, Fujifilm gave the roadmap for the X-mount lenses in 2012 and 2013. For fall 2012, a 14mm f/2.8 wide angle (equivalent to 21mm) and a “standard” 18-55mm (equivalent to 27-84mm) zoom with stabilisation and wide f/2.8-4 aperture. For 2013, more primes and zoom: the anticipated 23mm f/1.4 (equivalent to 35mm), a 27mm f/2.8 pancake… Continue reading New X-Pro1 lenses roadmap
Mirrorless: what is the right price?
Sansmirror raise the question What’s the Right Price? when it comes to mirrorless cameras. Most of the new higher-end mirrorless cameras are more expensive than low-end DSLRs. Also he mention that the Olympus E-PL1 is still on sale for much less. Not sure whether it is because of stocks (ie over production) or just Olympus… Continue reading Mirrorless: what is the right price?
Taking apart the Fuji X-100
James Maher took apart his X-100: Let me give you all a piece of wisdom that I recently learned the hard way. If you go on a fishing trip called ‘Hit em’ Hard’ and the captain tells you that you should take your bag off and put it in the ‘dry container’, what he really… Continue reading Taking apart the Fuji X-100
X-Pro1 lenses tests
Here are detailed reviews of the X-mount lenses are available with the X-Pro1 done by ephotozine. XF 18mm f/2 XF 35mm f/1.4 XF 60mm f/2.4 Macro
More X-Pro1 reviews
I just go my X-Pro1 Friday afternoon. In the mean time, here are a few links to some reviews I find interesting. Nick Devlin for Luminous Landscape: part 1 and part 2: The X-Pro1 is an interesting creature. This is not a camera which provokes indifference. In my brief time with it, X-Pro1 has left… Continue reading More X-Pro1 reviews
What slide film taught me
The essay What slide film taught me (Archived at the Wayback machine) from Luminous Landscape relate what I basically feel about film photography, what happened with digital: With digital, I have become sloppy. I can fix it in post processing — whether it is exposure (thanks to “RAW headroom”) or framing — crop with a… Continue reading What slide film taught me
Price hike on Kodak film
After the discontinuation of Ektachrome, Kodak is hiking the price of film, 15% across the board. (via Amateur Photographer) That was expected I guess. It is also the price hike of 2004 on Fujifilm slide film that made me buy a 20D.
Goodbye Ektachrome
In Kodak bankruptcy reorganisation, the announcement of Ektachrome being discountinued mark the end of the Kodak slide film, after discontinuing Kodachrome in 2009 and stopping development at the end of 2010. The won’t stop producing E-6 chemistry though. This is very hard on slide film shooters. Now the only source for colour reversible film is… Continue reading Goodbye Ektachrome
X-Pro1 reviews
Fuji X-Pro1 reviews are starting to appear. Japan Camera hunter ask whether the Fuji X-Pro1 is the first real consumer rangefinder (archived from the original) or not. It could be said that this site has a bias towards film cameras, but that is not entirely true. I just don’t often find digital cameras that I… Continue reading X-Pro1 reviews