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Subject: [Leica] Fuji X-Pro1 - Jim
From: philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard)
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 21:48:37 +0100
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No dispute about this Sir, case settled my friend? :-)

Amiti?s
Philippe

Le 20 mars 12 ? 21:37, Jim Nichols a ?crit :

> Hi Philippe,
>
> My point is that the true masters of an instrument such as a  
> clarinet make it look so easy to produce enchanting music that most  
> of the audience have no idea of the amount of work and practice that  
> it took to get to that point.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "philippe.amard" <philippe.amard at 
> sfr.fr 
> >
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 3:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Fuji X-Pro1 - Jim
>
>
>> I beg to differ - I'd rather "consume genius" than "produce s..t"  
>> if  you see what I mean ;-)
>>
>> Source : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaM_GiCUsOk
>> (Love the "Voi chi Sapete" piece here)
>> Amiti?s
>> Philippe
>>
>> Le 20 mars 12 ? 21:18, Jim Nichols a ?crit :
>>
>>> Philippe said,
>>> "OTT I usually listen to music with my eyes half closed, so the
>>> musician's fingers are no problem for me, at least."
>>>
>>> But you have to have attempted to master the instrument in order  
>>> to really appreciate what they can do with it.
>>>
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "philippe.amard" <philippe.amard at 
>>> sfr.fr
>>> >
>>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 3:10 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Fuji X-Pro1
>>>
>>>
>>>> Mark, it might be a new way of collecting light - diagonals  
>>>> rather than horizontal ?  remember when you shot TV screens at  
>>>> high speeds?
>>>>
>>>> Reviewer says:
>>>> "With the X-Pro 1, Fuji have randomised the bayer pattern to  
>>>> avoid moire and aliasing and therefore have been able to remove  
>>>> the anti- aliasing filter for higher resolving power. "
>>>>
>>>> Could this account for the excellent result a shown here?
>>>>
>>>> OTT I usually listen to music with my eyes half closed, so the  
>>>> musician's fingers are no problem for me, at least.
>>>>
>>>> Nice take indeed and nice instruments too.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Keep them coming Gerry :-)
>>>>
>>>> Amiti?s
>>>> Philippe
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Le 20 mars 12 ? 20:44, Mark Rabiner a ?crit :
>>>>
>>>>> Seems very Leicalike to me.
>>>>>
>>>>> I wonder what this is all about?
>>>>> X-TransTM CMOSTM
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Fujifilm has developed a new CMOS sensor called X-TransTM  
>>>>> CMOSTM which is
>>>>> able to provide a response similar to that of a sensor "full  
>>>>> frame".
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Mark Rabiner
>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> From: Gerry Walden <gwpics at me.com>
>>>>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>>>>> Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:33:44 +0000
>>>>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Fuji X-Pro1
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Initial impressions on editing are that the lens is very good,   
>>>>>> and that
>>>>>> exposures are pretty much spot on. I had exactly half an hour  
>>>>>> between arriving
>>>>>> home from the store and leaving for the shoot, so just fitting   
>>>>>> the strap was
>>>>>> the only thing I really had time to do apart from setting the   
>>>>>> date and time,
>>>>>> and selecting raw+jpeg. You can pretty much say I was shooting  
>>>>>> straight from
>>>>>> the box.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gerry
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gerry Walden
>>>>>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
>>>>>> +44 (0)797 287 7932
>>>>>> www.gwpics.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 20 Mar 2012, at 16:49, Chris Williams wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Keep us posted Gerry!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Chris Williams
>>>>>>> www.zoeicaimages.net
>>>>>>> www.rebirthworkshops.com
>>>>>>> 504-231-6261
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mar 20, 2012, at 11:49 AM, Gerry Walden wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I acquired the first Fuli X-Pro1 to hit my local dealer this  
>>>>>>>> morning, and
>>>>>>>> was shooting with it this afternoon. It is about as close to   
>>>>>>>> an  M6 I have
>>>>>>>> had since leaving Leica, and appears to have functioned  
>>>>>>>> well.  I did a small
>>>>>>>> job shooting in available light in a school and I shot at   
>>>>>>>> 400iso on the 35mm
>>>>>>>> f1.4 lens (equivalent to 50mm) and I have looked at the  
>>>>>>>> jpegs  and they look
>>>>>>>> fine but they need some colour correction. I shot jpegs and   
>>>>>>>> raw, but I have
>>>>>>>> not played with the raw because they only viewable so far in   
>>>>>>>> the supplied
>>>>>>>> Silkypix viewer.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> May well report more or post an image later, but so far so  
>>>>>>>> good!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Gerry
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Gerry Walden
>>>>>>>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
>>>>>>>> +44 (0)797 287 7932
>>>>>>>> www.gwpics.com
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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