Excellent images, Tim. I am green with envy. I haven't been to Japan since 1966, and I am dying to go back.
Dan Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 2:47 PM, Tim Bray <tb...@textuality.com> wrote: > Had a little pleasant monetary surprise, and had trips scheduled to > Tokyo and The Big Island in March, so on impulse got a Fujifilm X-E1 > with the 35mmF1.4 and the 18-55 “kit” zoom. > > It’s interesting, because the sensor size and useful ISO range is more > or less identical to the K-5, but the ergonomics and view-finding > could hardly be more different. > > Conclusion: If you can put up with an EVF viewfinder, the advantages > of the lighter weight are, well, pretty major. And that 35mmF1.4, > well wow. I’m not sure about the future of SLRs in the mirrorless > age. > > Anyhow, some photos: > > Blog about the camera, with comparative Canon S100, X-E1, K-5 size > shot: http://goo.gl/BxeO8 > Tokyo by night: http://goo.gl/aKomn > Imperial Palace Garden Gates: http://goo.gl/y9nTg > Ghostly garden: http://goo.gl/gHSsU > Green light: http://goo.gl/XH226 > Shrine: http://goo.gl/Y8i5I > Stadium: http://goo.gl/SuJyM > Blog about the future of mirrorless: http://goo.gl/E95Do > > Am I done with the Pentax? Nope, because I have the 100mm macro and > the 50-135 and the big ol’ Tokina 400mm, and I can’t see any point in > replicating those on the Fuji. But I think the 40mm pancake and Sigma > 30mm F1.4 might not be getting much love in future. > > -T > > -- > 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.
