Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Apr 7, 2012, at 11:30 AM, Gerry Walden wrote: > Jayanand > > This is a pretty amazing shot. I hope you are as pleased with the X-Pro1 > as I am with mine. I have steered clear of the 18mm as yet because I > understand that there are other wides on their way, although I was told by > the Fuji rep on Thursday that there were no new lenses proposed at the > moment (that he knows of) which will be shorter than 18mm, or longer than > 60mm. I was also told that the 18mm is a little soft, but your shot(s) > tends to suggest otherwise. > > Today I added the 60mm to the stable as I need it more for my type of > shooting that the wide, and because I can only afford one additional lens > at the moment. > > Please share back with me any comments you have about the camera, either > on list or off, as I am very interested me too, so please send your further thoughts to me as well.... Steve steve.barbour at gmail.com > ; and of course keep these great shots coming. > > Gerry > > Gerry Walden > +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or > +44 (0)797 287 7932 > www.gwpics.com > > On 7 Apr 2012, at 19:07, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > >> My first submission with the Fuji X-Pro 1 is a panorama of a waterhole >> called Semli in Ranthambhore National Park, India taken a few days ago. It >> is a composite of six hand held portrait images taken with the Fuji X-Pro >> 1 >> and the 18mm f2 lens set at f9 at 1/160s at ISO200, taken as jpg and >> stitched >> together in Photoshop. I have done a little tweaking to the contrast, and >> slight sharpening in Photoshop as well, to compensate for the size of the >> finished image. It must have been around 40C that day and the ground was >> baking, and the colours are pretty much out of camera - . I have posted it >> pretty large so that detail can be seen. My first impression is that it is >> a superb camera, and both the 18mm and 35mm lens are really good - I have >> not shot with the 60mm as yet: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Panoramas/Semli-PanoramaP.jpg.html >> >> Please see LARGE. >> >> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome >> >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information