Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/07

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Subject: [Leica] Panorama with Fuji X-Pro 1
From: steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2012 12:00:28 -0700
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On Apr 7, 2012, at 11:30 AM, Gerry Walden wrote:

> Jayanand
> 
> This is a pretty amazing shot. I hope you are as pleased with the X-Pro1 
> as I am with mine. I have steered clear of the 18mm as yet because I 
> understand that there are other wides on their way, although I was told by 
> the Fuji rep on Thursday that there were no new lenses proposed at the 
> moment (that he knows of) which will be shorter than 18mm, or longer than 
> 60mm. I was also told that the 18mm is a little soft, but your shot(s) 
> tends to suggest otherwise.
> 
> Today I added the 60mm to the stable as I need it more for my type of 
> shooting that the wide, and because I can only afford one additional lens 
> at the moment.
> 
> Please share back with me any comments you have about the camera, either 
> on list or off, as I am very interested


me too, so please send your further thoughts to me as well....


Steve 

steve.barbour at gmail.com




> ; and of course keep these great shots coming.
> 
> Gerry
> 
> Gerry Walden
> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
> +44 (0)797 287 7932
> www.gwpics.com
> 
> On 7 Apr 2012, at 19:07, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
> 
>> My first submission with the Fuji X-Pro 1 is a panorama of a waterhole
>> called Semli in Ranthambhore National Park, India taken a few days ago. It
>> is a composite of six hand held portrait images taken with the Fuji X-Pro 
>> 1
>> and the 18mm f2 lens set at f9 at 1/160s at ISO200, taken as jpg and 
>> stitched
>> together in Photoshop. I have done a little tweaking to the contrast, and
>> slight sharpening in Photoshop as well, to compensate for the size of the
>> finished image. It must have been around 40C that day and the ground was
>> baking, and the colours are pretty much out of camera - . I have posted it
>> pretty large so that detail can be seen. My first impression is that it is
>> a superb camera, and both the 18mm and 35mm lens are really good - I have
>> not shot with the 60mm as yet:
>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Panoramas/Semli-PanoramaP.jpg.html
>> 
>> Please see LARGE.
>> 
>> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome
>> 
>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
>> 
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Replies: Reply from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] Panorama with Fuji X-Pro 1)
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Message from gwpics at me.com (Gerry Walden) ([Leica] Panorama with Fuji X-Pro 1)