Was Panasonic LX100 mentioned? On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 9:03 PM, Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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.
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