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Any of you lot using one? How you getting on with it? Do you find the fixed lens limiting for a compact camera?
Fuji X100
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I don't find the lens limiting at all...although I have been using primarily primes for a long time now. It's a cracker of a lens too, blows the socks off the 20mm f1.7 on my G1, nicer focal length too.
My only complaint really is the AF, which takes some practice. It has an annoying tendency, if you are taking a full length shot of someone, to lock focus on the background if it has lots of high contrast areas (railings/trees etc). Easy enough to deal with if you know what you're doing.....but you can't just hand the camera to someone to take a snap with. It takes some skill!
It does take beautiful pictures, and it is a thing of beauty in it's own right! Constantly complimented on it.
On a related note, I was on holiday a couple of weeks ago, and someone went through my rucksack on the beach while I was having a swim in the sea. They stole a wallet and knackered old iPhone....but left the X100, presumably thought it was ancient and not worth nicking, hah
My only complaint really is the AF, which takes some practice. It has an annoying tendency, if you are taking a full length shot of someone, to lock focus on the background if it has lots of high contrast areas (railings/trees etc). Easy enough to deal with if you know what you're doing.....but you can't just hand the camera to someone to take a snap with. It takes some skill!
It does take beautiful pictures, and it is a thing of beauty in it's own right! Constantly complimented on it.
On a related note, I was on holiday a couple of weeks ago, and someone went through my rucksack on the beach while I was having a swim in the sea. They stole a wallet and knackered old iPhone....but left the X100, presumably thought it was ancient and not worth nicking, hah
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I was really tempted by this camera and very nearly bought one. However I did have concerns about how limiting it would be as a main camera.
In the end I bought a used Nikon 24mm lens to go with the D7000 which I owned at the time and was so pleased I didn't invest in the Fuji.
The D7000/24mm setup gave the same focal length in a setup that really wasn't much bigger than the Fuji. I also got all the flexibility and better (IMO) ergonomics that the Nikon offered.
In the end I bought a used Nikon 24mm lens to go with the D7000 which I owned at the time and was so pleased I didn't invest in the Fuji.
The D7000/24mm setup gave the same focal length in a setup that really wasn't much bigger than the Fuji. I also got all the flexibility and better (IMO) ergonomics that the Nikon offered.
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I spent a week with one, at the end of which I returned it to the store as defective. The AF system is appaulingly bad. The speed is bad enough but it also has a tendancy to lock onto the background every so often rather than the active focus point (as Chris mentioned).
The build quality is amongst the best I've seen. Image quality is superb and rivals anything I've seen on a crop. It certainly stands up against the D7000 both in IQ and ISO performance upto 3200.
The lens will be limiting for those who primarily use zooms but the 35mm field of view is perfect for what this camera is. If you like shallow depth of field and don't like to get up close and personal then this isn't the camera for you. Although you'd have the same problem with any crop camera and a 35mm lens.
My advice would be this:
Great second camera for carrying with you if image quality is more important that consistent or speedy AF.
* This can be less of an issue if you start to look at pre-focusing your shots and shooting old style.
Poor camera if it's going to be your primary body or you need reasonable AF.
The build quality is amongst the best I've seen. Image quality is superb and rivals anything I've seen on a crop. It certainly stands up against the D7000 both in IQ and ISO performance upto 3200.
The lens will be limiting for those who primarily use zooms but the 35mm field of view is perfect for what this camera is. If you like shallow depth of field and don't like to get up close and personal then this isn't the camera for you. Although you'd have the same problem with any crop camera and a 35mm lens.
My advice would be this:
Great second camera for carrying with you if image quality is more important that consistent or speedy AF.
* This can be less of an issue if you start to look at pre-focusing your shots and shooting old style.
Poor camera if it's going to be your primary body or you need reasonable AF.
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