> -----Original Message----- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Steven Desjardins > > I knew someone would cave in. You were high on my list, Bob. > > It seems nice ad sharp. Uniform lighting exposure is excellent. DR > rears it's head in a few shots, but nothing you can't live with. I > really don't know how another camera would have done. I have some DR > issues with my micro43 bodies, but of course that's a somewhat smaller > sensor. > > I'm very jealous, BTW.
yes, first results not bad. The DR head-rearage may be a result of almost all the shots being several stops under-exposed. Now that I know I have to check the dials assiduously to get the exposure right. There's something in the menu system about HDR, but I can't be bothered will all that sort of stuff. I like to keep it simple. B > > On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Bob W <p...@web-options.com> wrote: > > I bought a Fuji X100 yesterday. After struggling with the onboard > software > > for a while I decided to read the manual and get it set up to suit > the way I > > want to use it. > > > > Here are the first pictures, taken around Greenwich earlier today: > > <http://www.web-options.com/X100/> > > > > Hard to judge it properly yet. I think it's going to work well for my > > purposes, which is to take pictures at lunch time in the area where I > work. > > It was a pleasure to use today in the market, but it has its quirks. > First > > off, the dials are too easy to change by accident, so most of these > were > > shot at 1/500 on auto aperture, rather than both on auto. That has > meant I > > had to recover most of the exposures in Lightroom. > > > > The optical viewfinder, which is why I bought this rather than some > other > > camera, is essentially just a framing device - you can't use if for > manual > > focusing, so you have to be aware of where the focus point is. In > some of > > the pictures it's clear that I wasn't thinking of that when I pressed > the > > shutter. > > > > But it's early days and I think I'll emjoy using it. It's > unobtrusive, easy > > to shoot one-handed (you can see your humble servant using it this > way in a > > reflection in one of the pictures), responsive and quick. > > > > It can't really be compared to a Leica M, despite the reviews, but > perhaps > > Leica should be thinking about a digital CL along these lines, and > about > > returning the M10 to the same size as the M3 - the X100 suggests that > it can > > be done. > > > > B > > > > B > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. > > > > > > -- > Steve Desjardins > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
