Just dusted off my X-Pro1 to use again - it's the one camera I have I'd rescue in a house fire!

Absolutely love that camera despite its foibles

 

I agree, foibles is a great word as well lol

 

Much better than idiosyncrasies.

 

Definitely foibles, I quite like the X-Pro2, but it's a lot like the X-Pro1 without foibles and foibles are good

 

Why am I more excited about getting a 35/1.4 R than I was getting my Canon 35L mk2....

I think it may be to do with how retro cool it'll look on my X-Pro 1 with that square metal hood.

 

It's a great lens, it produces lovely images, if you can put up with its slow focus and the whirring clicky clattering noise it makes. Unfortunately I couldn't and to be honest 35mm on an crop,sensor isn't a focal length I'm fond of.

 

I also have the 23 and 35 WR 2.0 lenses, I just like the metal hood...and 50mm focal length on street works quite well. 35mm is my prefer go to focal length but the 23mm R and WR looks like arse and I find the WR lenses too small, there's nothing to hold on to with my left hand.

 

It's a great lens, I like the whirring and crunching of the AF and even more the photographs it's capable of making. I rarely shoot mine above f2.8 such is my love for the look wide open or close to it produces

 

I had it for a day and I like it, just been on my mind for ages and I thought I buy it and get it over with. It will sell for roughly the same I paid anyway so risk is low.

I might leave it permanently on the X-Pro 1 though as they seem to be made for each other, design wise. It reminds me of old Leica cameras.

 

It seems a bit marmite for some. Personally I love it, I think it's Fuji's best lens. Then again, I love the old 18mm f2 and that creaks and groans even more

 

I read that although it's not the sharpest lens but any softness has a nice pleasing look to it.

We'll see.

 

Yeah, sharp in the middle less so in the corners but actually I like that. Great little lens for the money they go for second hand now.

 

I have been absent from this forum for quite a while simply because I had forgotten that I had joined!!

Too be honest I spend most of my free time on HifiWigwam on their photography forum.

But somehow/somewhere today the name talkphotography cropped up & I sort of recognised it, hence me being here, again!!

Anyhow to why I'm here in this section of the forum.

I have had an XPro1, second hand mind, for over three years now & it has to be the best camera that I have had.

I like street/candid photography & whenever I am out & about the XPro1/35mm f/1.4 lens attached is with me.

I have had it set on RAW but find that the JPEG images are more than good enough for me.

Feel free to have a look at some of them on my Flickr account, just look on Flickr for...........................Mick Batey....................aka Willie Garvin

It's nice to be back here.

Cheers,

willie g

 

X-Pro 1 with my new 35/1.4

 

+1 X-Pro 1 and 35/1.4 are a match made in heaven. Then 14/2.8 if I really have to separate the two

 

Spent yesterday walking the Purbecks with my X-Pro1/10-24 and my X100F. I tried using a Polarizer filter on both cameras but it rather overdid things and my success rate was poor. Still, I've learned a lesson so mustn't grumble. Here is one taken with the X-Pro1 from just above Kimmeridge with the Clavell Tower in the distance - the conditions were very hazy - a lovely walk though

 

River Ribble at Settle. The main point in posting this was to illustrate the potential of the Hoya 24mm f2.8 lens when coupled to a Zhongyi LensTurbo on an X-Pro1.

River Ribble at Settle by Stephen Lee, on Flickr

 

I was going to say that looks a bit soft but in flickr it's not!

 

My X-Pro1 has long since been replaced by my X-Pro2

I was going through my archives recently and found a few X-Pro1 RAFs I'd never got round to editing

I miss that hard to define, slightly more ""organic"" looking X-Trans I sensor look... it may not have the acuity or DR of the later cameras, but it just makes a pleasing image!

Surf School by Adam Bonn, on Flickr


Beach Scooter by Adam Bonn, on Flickr

 

This is Newton Ferrers taken early one morning from across the Newton Creek at Noss Mayo in South Devon



X-Pro1 with 10-24

 

The start of a lovely walk.....



X-Pro1 and 10-24 - cropped

 

Just love those colours.

 

Yes, the 10-24 and X-Pro1 is a great combo - but I still don't like carting it around when I'm out walking - that is why I've acquired an XF18mm which hopefully will provide me with a lighter solution albeit at the expense of IQ and reach - I'll give it a try anyway.

 

Sometimes I wish I had 2x 35mm f/1.4 for my Fujis. It's usually on my XT-1, but as I prefer that for manual focus shooting than the pro1, I switch them over a lot. The 35 sits on the Xpro1 when I'm MF shooting with the T1. I love the lens, it's the best 35 I've owned along with maybe the Sigma 35 1.4 'Art' - which I used on my old D800E - a perfect match. This fuji 35 1.4 is every bit as sharp IMHO, and I think I prefer it's rendering. It shoots beautifully on both cameras, it is a lot faster to lock on with the XT-1, but using either set up I have never been irritated or put off by any hunting or noise that you hear people over dramatize about.

I have considered the 18mm F2 for the pro 1 as a more perma fixture, but I heard they plan to release a MKII version so holding out a bit.

 

Another couple of shots from my walkabout in Blewbury yesterday...with the X-Pro1 and XF18mm.

Anyone for Croquet???


Herbaceous border


How the other 'arf live ehhh

 

Was in manchester trafford centre yesterday and John Lewis got a X Pro 1 with original package for £250 that comes with 2 year warranty. Just want to mention this if anyone is interest and is in manchester.

 

An absolute bargain - don't forget to upgrade the firmware if necessary. Where else can you get such quality for 250 quid??

 

Yesterday was sat on the sofa working my way through the x-pro1 manual (I do this every so often in the hope that one day all the little intricacies will stick) and the daughter-in-law's dog was sat watching. Must admit I'd love a 2 one day, but I suspect it'll never happen, but meanwhile I do still enjoy the results the 1 gives me.

 

Yeah, I already bought a XE2s from the fuji refurbish store a few weeks ago as a second fuji camera. If i haven't I probably bought this one instead.

 

There's nothing wrong with that - lovely

 

I am finding the colour profit to the X-T1 slightly different...have to change my processing to suit.

 

Yes, I agree. And I still maintain there are subtle differences between the X-Pro2 and the T2 - but that discussion is for another forum!

 

Another from Noss Mayo in South Devon - shame about the sky





X-Pro1 and 10-24 but heavily cropped

 

I've recently and still am considering chopping the Xpro1 in for an XT2 in the meantime I've been out with it to day

These are SOC

DSCF3751 by Mark Gameson, on Flickr

DSCF3747 by Mark Gameson, on Flickr

DSCF3743 by Mark Gameson, on Flickr

 

Every picture needs some processing- as you've just proved!

 

Agreed not had time to do them yet so thought I'd share the jpegs soc.

 

A quick macro from yesterday, using the Xpro1, 35mm 1.4 + a macro ring:

Rizzla moth by Enticing Imagery, on Flickr

 

The Xpro1 is dead, long live the Xpro1!!!

A few from today:

I really hope there wasn't a body attached:
Footprint on algae by Enticing Imagery, on Flickr

Xpro1 with the ol' Super Takumar 200mm F4 adapted
Duck by Enticing Imagery, on Flickr

Boyne ducks by Enticing Imagery, on Flickr

And with the Helios 44-2
Summer's end by Enticing Imagery, on Flickr

 

I recently re-acquired the x-pro1 (for the third time lol)

Here's a couple of images from the latest one

Walking/Watching/Playing by Adam Bonn, on Flickr


Her Eyes Only by Adam Bonn, on Flickr


And a couple from the middle one

Watching. Waiting. by Adam Bonn, on Flickr


No Flies on Me by Adam Bonn, on Flickr

That I recntly re-processed

 

Really nice, the second one looks like a film photograph the xpro1 has that film-esque feel about it