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There are loads of samples up on Flickr as well.
Here's another look at the camera too http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2011/...from-a-rangefinder-shooter-by-pieter-franken/ (be warned, lots of Leica fanboy-ism in the comments). Looks like it's about the same size as an M, which is a good thing imo.
, where do you get your "facts"?..... but never got on with the rangefinder idea and its inherant flaws, which is after all the fundamental problem that SLRs were invented to resolve...
, where do you get your "facts"?
Allan
I was quite excited about it when I heard the release, but is it just me thats underwhelmed by the official released pictures taken with it?
Facts like parallax error making anything closer than three feet hit and miss, and macro impossible, plus the inability to focus anything longer than 135mm.
I dont think slr cameras were invented because of the shortcomings of rangefinders which is the point you were trying to make, and the point I left in quotes. Now you give different reasons to support your claims. Sure, rangefinders were never intended to do macro or telephoto and never claim to be able to. They do however excel at wide angle and low light and allow the user a greater degree of manual control. Knocking a rangefinder camera for how it works and how it was intended to work is like comparing a bus to a lorry then complaining a lorry cant carry passengers!
They are different things and cant be compared on a like for like basis.
However, the thread is about the Fuji x100, a camera that hasnt been released and the only authorised images we have seen have probably been edited to show their best.
I have heard rumours of slow and inaccurate autofocus, certainly slower than a GF1. The lens is advertised as being at its best stopped down... read, not very good at its widest aperture. Its designed to look like a retro rangefinder but isnt one, but in my opinion, it looks quite a nice camera and I hope it performs well well when it released. Only time will tell. I wont buy one though.
Meanwhile, making wild claims about things without any substantiation or evidence seems just plain stupid.
Leica losing money and disappearing as a manufacturer by the end of the decade?
Allan
The only thing I don't really like about it is having to press a button and go through menus to change ISO, i would have really liked a dedicated physical ISO dial, I generally only change Aperture, Exposure Compensation and ISO, so having physical dials for all of those functions would be great.
Leica will not see the end of the decade. They just don't have the technology (and Panasonic won't give it to them) and there can't be many more philanthropic billionaires left. Most newcomers have not even heard of Leica, and why should they. Sadly, they will join a long and very distinguished list. Hasselblad and Pentax next...
What a bizarre statement, especially considering Leica have recently announced their best results probably of all time. (The report says since 1996, but that was only when they became a separate legal entity)
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Just had another play with an X100. It's the same one I looked at on Friday at LCE and a pal of mine bought it today....
Do people really fart about changing ISO settings that much?
Either way, simply designate the top function button to select ISO and use that.
Seeing pictures taken with the X1 vs X100 that are trickling out the X1 still looks better.
That is a hateful video. Tempting me like that... Hateful.
This looks to be more or less exactly what I've been waiting for. It's what the GF1 should have been and what the GF3 maybe could be. If the GF1 had that viewfinder and a quieter shutter I'd probably not give the X100 another thought as I'm petty happy with GF1+20mm image quality. I hope Panasonic watch that video and get their thinking caps on.
I don't know why people don't like this camera, maybe I'm too old.
Do people really fart about changing ISO settings that much?
Do people really fart about changing ISO settings that much?
Either way, simply designate the top function button to select ISO and use that.
looked at these recent links and all the pics- maybe its just me but they dont look sharp:thumbsdown: they look nice images but certainly not sharp the way a grands worth of camera and prime should be imo
gutted as I thought this was going to be 'theone'
Are those claim you have just made any more substantiated than anybody else's?
I havent made any claims, I said I have heard rumours.
I would be interested to hear what funny things leaf shutters do with depth of field at very high speeds and low f/numbers though.
Allan