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Subject: [Leica] Fuji X-Pro1 - Steve
From: steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:02:28 -0700
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On Mar 21, 2012, at 6:59 AM, Gerry Walden 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.


thanks Gerry, we'll stay in touch. Where did you buy the camera?

Steve


> 
> 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?
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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