Simple is good, especially with that camera. Every review I've read says set it up right and then treat like an old film camera. Down this path lies happiness.
On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Bob W <p...@web-options.com> wrote: > > >> -----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. > -- 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.
