Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/08/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I will also mention that the camera adds about 10 years and 10 pounds to everybody it photographs. Fuji really needs to do something about that!! ;-) Thanks, Dick! It was great seeing everybody. We are still in NYC but ready to leave the crowds and get back to our chickens. Tina On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 8:33 AM, Richard Taylor <r.s.taylor at comcast.net>wrote: > Thanks to John Lee we had another fine NYLUG meeting at ICP in Manhattan > last Friday. Our lecturers were Tina Manley on "Documentary Photography" > and Karen Nakamura on "Visual Anthropology"--two topics that went well > together. > > I've posted a few pictures from the meeting. These were all taken with a > Fuji X Pro-1 and the 35 mm Fujinon at ISO 1600 and ISO 6400 using in-camera > jpgs. The high ISO performance still astonishes me and the 35 mm lens is > wonderful. The camera is a slow focuser, though, by current standards but > wonderfully useful in this kind of situation. > > Two X Pro-1 quirks you might want to be aware of: 1) Uploading images to > an iPad via the Camera Connection Kit leaves residual iPad files on the SD > card. These files make the camera turn-on *VERY SLOW*--like 8 seconds. > The cure is to reformat the card after putting it back in the camera. 2) > There is no way to lock manual focus--at least that I've found. That > means that any jiggling of buttons on the camera or the focus ring > refocuses the camera. The net result is that the camera is useless for > zone focusing. Fuji, are you listening???? These issues need to be > addressed. > > Pictures: > > Karen and Chris Saganich admire Karen's Ricoh M-module camera. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2012_nylug/DSCF0539.jpg.html > > Tina lecturing. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2012_nylug/DSCF0558.jpg.html > > Roger Rubin and Lew Schwartz listening. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2012_nylug/DSCF0569.jpg.html > > Karen Lecturing. > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2012_nylug/DSCF0566_001.jpg.html > > Ed and Marcia Meyers. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2012_nylug/DSCF0562.jpg.html > > Tom and Tina Manley. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2012_nylug/DSCF0577.jpg.html > > Roger and Lew as Lew accepts his door prize. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2012_nylug/DSCF0574.jpg.html > > C&C always welcome. Enjoy. > > Dick > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com