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Subject: [Leica] OT: Fuji X100
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 20:29:23 +0200
References: <CAOfQYBsJ0MgZEW32N=8KxG_JRNeT5VpQUPbP2c477NdW+-wRUQ@mail.gmail.com>

Maybe exaggerated, but certainly the X100 is a very worthwhile camera. It is 
my "take everywhere" camera because it is small and light, and sometimes it 
is liberating just to have one (very useful) focal length and nothing else. 
And the image quality is superb--close to M8 in good light, and better than 
M8 in bad light.

So far I have 2040 pictures YTD in my Lightroom library for 2012 (this means 
that I have probably taken around 3000, but these 2040 survived the initial 
post-import cull). Of those, 772 were taken with the M8, 637 with the Pentax 
K5, and 533 with the Fuji. The rest with the LX3, the iPhone and various 
visiting friends' cameras. So the X100, while only in 3rd place, is a major 
part of my photography.

Tonight I am going to a bar to watch Spain-Croatia with a friend from work, 
and I will take the Fuji.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
http://www.frozenlight.eu
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http://www.nathanfoto.com
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YNWA



On Jun 18, 2012, at 8:18 PM, Phil Swango wrote:

> Jeffery Smith wrote:
> 
>> If I ever have to sell everything on ebay inorderto eat, I will keep the
> Fuji X100. Everything else is too big, too heavy, too fussy (film), too
> unreliabe, foo loud, or too attention-getting.
> 
> I've been thinking about getting one of those but I can't find one here in
> town to check out in person.  Jeffery's comment made me think of a review I
> read recently -- another guy who would keep his X100 if he had to sell
> everything else.  Here's the link:
> http://zackarias.com/for-photographers/gear-gadgets/fuji-x100-review/
> 
> Have to warn you, though -- the writing is pretty annoying in places and
> can grate on you, but in the end I found him to be informative.  He doesn't
> try to hide the warts either.
> 
> -- 
> Phil Swango
> 307 Aliso Dr SE
> Albuquerque, NM 87108
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