On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 11:21 AM, Bob W-PDML <p...@web-options.com> wrote: > > Yes, it's 35mm equivalent. I have a Fuji X100, which was the first generation > of that series. It's a nice camera, but my X20 sees far more use, and I may > sell the X100 to fund my French bicycle habit. > > These two Fujis are not, in my opinion, simple to use. The menus and user > interface are a mess. It's all to easy to change settings inadvertently, > without any warning, and I find it really confusing and difficult to restore > them to what I like. They are also not good for manual focusing because > although you can do it, there is no indication in the optical finder of what > you're focused on. On the X20 you can do focus peaking in the optical finder, > but to get it you have to do without other settings (or absence of) which I > find useful. > > Overall it is compromised in my opinion by its excessive complexity and its > attempt to do everything. They need me to tell them what it should be like. > > You can shoot some lovely black and white though, when you set it up right.
I am both heartened and disheartened to hear this. I really dislike a cranky UI, especially one that encourages random changes that are hard to restore. > What Bruce really wants, deep in his heart of hearts, is a Leica M typ 262. > He should bite the bullet, and go out and buy one. And some lenses too. You know something crazy? I see that you are right. The Leica is just about perfect for what I'm looking for, size and price aside. I gently approached this concept with my wife this morning during our dog walk. I said, "it's a bit pricey." She said, "oh, what, like 600 dollars?". I admitted that no, it's actually six thousand dollars. She did not hit me with a blunt object, so I took that as a positive sign. I haven't mentioned lenses yet. -- -bmw -- 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.
