Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B.D. - Glad to hear that your power switch isn't a problem. Mine sure is. The body I looked at recently at Newtonville Camera had the same light detent mine did, too, so I just assumed they all were that way. I have heard about that RAW processing pattern at 100% but haven't seen it myself. Maybe I haven't looked hard enough yet. I'll check it out again when I get home tonight. Thanks. Great camera for sure. Regards, Dick On Jun 26, 2012, at 11:58 AM, B. D. Colen wrote: > I'd only disagree with two things, Dick - First, I have yet to have the > camera turn on or off accidentally - no problems with that on/off switch. > The other is RAW processing. I don't think the Adobe DNG Converter, or > anything else, is getting it right yet. If you blow the converted DNGS up > to 100% you can see a weird pattern - it look as thought it might be the > sensor pattern - over the image. Quite bizarre -to the point where I am > shooting JPGS waiting for a fix. Otherwise, I love it. > > On 6/26/12 11:29 AM, "Richard Taylor" <r.s.taylor at comcast.net> wrote: > >> I've had my X Pro-1 for two weeks now and in thought you might be >> interested in my impressions of the camera. There are many images on >> line testifying to its excellent image quality at low and high ISO so I'm >> not going to add more--at least for now. What they show is all true, >> though, in my experience. >> >> If you've been following the discussions about the camera, not all of >> this will be new to you. >> >> In a nutshell, it is the most M-like digital camera I've yet run across. >> The aperture dial is on the lens where it belongs, ditto for the shutter >> speed dial and exposure correction dials on the body, and you can set the >> Fn button to bring up ISO settings, so everything you're likely to need >> in routine shooting is right out in the open. The body is just a bit >> smaller than the M9 and weighs about half as much. >> >> With the Fujinon lenses, focus is just like the Leica, except it's >> automatic. Aim the focus rectangle in the OVF at the point you want in >> focus, half press the shutter, watch the frame lines jump into place, >> reframe if necessary and shoot. Perfect! When you're close in you've >> got to use the lower right focus rectangle to correct for parallax, but >> otherwise the procedure is the same. Focus speed is more than fast >> enough, but nowhere near as fast as my Panasonic GX-1. >> >> If you place the focus rectangle correctly, the focus will be spot-on. >> >> OTH, the camera, despite the inclusion of a "Multi-Spot" mode, really >> doesn't have one as far as I've can tell. If you put it in Multi-Spot, >> it will choose the single most contrasty spot in the frame to focus on, >> whether it's your subject's eye or a lightbulb in the far corner of the >> frame. I don't see why this method would work under any circumstances, >> but maybe one of you can enlighten me. >> >> The only way you can shoot from the hip is to lock focus on an >> appropriate middle distance and stop way down, again just as you would do >> with an M. >> >> I can see the frames lines and data in the OVF with my regular glasses >> on. If I'm wearing polarizing sunglasses and holding the camera >> horizontally, though, I can't either in the OVF or anything at all in the >> EVF. With the LCD on the camera back it's the other way around. It's >> readable with the camera horizontal, but not vertical. >> >> Opinions can differ on this of course, but for my purposes LR 4 does a >> better job of processing the RAW files than the Fuji RAW converter does. >> There is less blotchy chroma noise and sharpness is almost as good. OTH, >> converting the RAW files to DNG and importing them into LR seems to take >> forever, maybe 3-4 times as long as it takes to import files from my >> D300. >> >> The only thing about the camera that drives me nuts is the power switch. >> Whoever designed it needs to go in for some remedial work on detent >> design. Even the slightest brush of the hand or the side of a camera >> bags turns the camera on. Bad, bad, bad. >> >> Regards, >> >> Dick >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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