Bill, appreciate your insight.
On 15/3/14, Bill, discombobulated, unleashed: >Steve, it's just like using an LX. Set the ISO, set the shutter speed >and move the aperture to center the histogram. >Or, set the shutter to A, set the ISO and move the aperture to set the >histogram. >Bump the ISO if required. >While the camera forces me to use my A series lenses as K lenses, it >seems to get less in the way than the Pentax, I think because even after >10 years of using front and rear dials on the body, slipping back into >using the more traditional controls on top of the camera was like >putting on a comfortable shoe. >This may not be for everyone, but for anyone who has been doing >photography long enough to have used a full manual camera, the control >familiarity is wonderful. >I was also playing stabbing random buttons last night and found out just >how customizable the viewfinder it. In addition to being able to turn >all the overlays off and have a very big unobstructed viewfinder to look >at, one can also set the finder to a somewhat smaller output, probably >about APS-C sized, which makes it much easier to see the corners for us >glasses wearers (but also takes away part of the reason for buying the >X-T1 in the first place), and one can also set up a dual image where the >entire image is on the left side, and on the right side is a view of >just the focus point, much enlarged, which makes manual focus a snap. >On the subject of manual focus, the choice, in all viewfinder modes is >plain screen (no focus aids), what Fuji calls digital split image (self >explanatory), and focus peaking (including in the magnified views). >I know you mentioned that you were interested in what I had to say about >the camera, since I'm not a fanboi, but I have to warn you, I have very >much become a fanboi of this camera. >So far, the only niggles I have with it is the camera shake warning, >which cannot be turned off, and sits there like a wet fart in the >viewfinder. It's annoying, but can be ignored, or put outside the image >area by dropping the image size in the finder, the four way buttons are >certainly on the small side. The people complaining about them have a >valid point. The buttons really need to be sitting about a millimeter >prouder of the body for perfection, and the battery life (which is >pretty ugly coming from Pentax). >There are decent workarounds for all of my complaints, and quit >honestly, they are the camera equivalent of First World Problems. >The vertical grip is not nice when using the camera horizontally, >especially with manual focus, manual aperture lenses, and because of the >traditional control layout and shape of the camera, the camera can be >flipped into what I find is a more comfortable shutter button down >vertical position when shooting. If I am doing a lot of verticals, such >as a portrait session which would pretty much be all verticals, then the >battery grip becomes a thing of beauty (and doubles the shooting life to >something close to a decent number of shots). >In use, this camera is as close as I have seen to an LX in a digital >camera. The control layout is virtually identical, and the size seems to >be very close as well. I might dig out an LX this weekend and do some >size comparisons. >Fuji has, for me, been almost uncanny regarding this camera. It's really >like they read my mind and custom built a digital camera just for me. >The X-T1 doesn't get in the way. >Apparently a lot of people feel the same way, they are selling them >faster than they can build them. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) | Web Video Production ---------- <www.seeingeye.tv> _____________________________ -- 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.
