Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gerry, Who is your dealer in the UK? Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 7:29 PM, Gerry Walden <gwpics at me.com> wrote: > Too early for me to tell you Steve, but I will try to give you an > indication as soon as I have shot some more. Thanks to finally having time > actually read the manual, I have now found how to move the focus spot. > There is a new review of the camera on LuLa which is a little critical of > the controls for moving the focus spot, but I do not feel it will be a > problem in practice. There is also some comment about Fuji not co-operating > with Adobe over the raw processing but I find this difficult to believe as > they appear to have always done so in the past, and I feel it is just a > timing thing. Here is the LuLa link: > > http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/.shtml > > BTW, it may be different in the US but my dealer has a cash-back scheme on > the lens which reduced it by about $60, and he also knocked about $150 off > the body price so I was a pretty happy bunny. > > Gerry > > Gerry Walden > +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or > +44 (0)797 287 7932 > www.gwpics.com > > On 21 Mar 2012, at 13:15, Steve Barbour wrote: > > > > > On Mar 20, 2012, at 9:41 PM, Gerry Walden wrote: > > > >> Sorry - two possible interpretations of the same question. > >> > >> Shooting for the first time I missed a couple of shots early on but I > think that was more to do with having the right pressure on the button > and/or the lens not being in focus because I was unclear about the focus > spot. certainly my first few frames were out of focus which I am 100% sure > was operator error. Once I had gotten used to things a bit more there was a > very limited amount of shutter lag, nothing which bothered me. Please bear > in mind I have only taken about 40+ shots, and I was under a bit of > pressure at the time, so I was not paying too much attention to camera > niceties. > > > > > > > > > > with my M9 I enjoy manual focus, however a major reason to consider the > X Pro-1 would be for the auto focus it provides.... > > > > for me to buy it would have to provide rapid sure focus/minimal shutter > lag... > > > > so I continue to be very interested in that capability Gerry, > > > > and needing badly to answer that question. > > > > > > Steve > > > > > >> > >> Gerry > >> > >> Gerry Walden > >> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or > >> +44 (0)797 287 7932 > >> www.gwpics.com > >> > >> On 21 Mar 2012, at 04:24, John McMaster wrote: > >> > >>> How fast to focus is what I think Steve meant? The X100 will often > miss a > >>> shot while it decides to focus... > >>> > >>> john > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> > >>> f1.4 - the 18mm (= 27mm) is f2 and the 60mm (= 90mm) macro is f2.4. The > >>> whole thing looks and feels right, if you know what I mean. It is > almost the > >>> same as the M9 size-wise, and just a little lighter (body only). In my > >>> opinion Fuji have really done there homework on this one. The 35mm > lens hood > >>> is metal and square with a plastic cap and marked with the lens size. > >>> > >>>>> > >>>>> At the moment I only have the 35mm (= 50mm f1.4) but the autofocus > seems > >>> spot on. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> how fast is it? > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >