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Subject: [Leica] A couple of X Pro photos
From: ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 05:27:13 -0400
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i was thinking mischievous 
;^)

ric


On Mar 27, 2012, at 4:51 AM, H&ECummer wrote:

> Here I am in the camera shop this morning. Taken with the 35mm f1.4 on the 
> X Pro.
> ISO 200 1/14 @ f2.8 Processed to B&W in CS 5
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/XPRO/HC35bw.jpg.html
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/cwkba9c
> 
> Here is Pete from Mirama Camera taken with the 18mm f2.0
> ISO 400 1/90 @f2.0 Processed to B&W in CS5
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/XPRO/Pete18bw.jpg.html
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/clobqft
> 
> First impressions are mixed. Picture quality looks very good - bokeh is 
> pleasant.
> Lack of eye piece diopter adjustment is annoying. Inability to set minimum 
> shutter speed
> with auto ISO is IMHO a retrograde step compared to the X100. (Maybe you 
> can but that means
> I'll have to read the manual!!!) Erase function is now first on playback 
> instead of third as on X100. That is progress.
> Focus speed and shutter lag seem better than the X100, even with the 1.20 
> upgrade to the X100.
> The 35mm f1.4 has a clunking sound as it starts to focus which is 
> disconcerting but apparently "normal".
> 
> Please look large
> C&C always welcome
> Howard
> 
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