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Subject: [Leica] 2012 NYLUG Meeting & Fuji X Pro-1 Comments
From: r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard Taylor)
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 07:43:44 -0400
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Yeah, I know, I know...   it really needs improvement in that area...  all 
that extra weight and grey hair...  Jeez...    Have a great trip home Tina. 

Regards, 

Dick



On Aug 14, 2012, at 4:21 PM, Tina Manley wrote:

> 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
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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> 
> -- 
> Tina Manley, ASMP
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