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Subject: [Leica] 2012 NYLUG Meeting & Fuji X Pro-1 Comments
From: philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard)
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:13:24 +0200
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+1

Always happy to see distant relatives on the Leica branch of the  
family tree :-)

Amiti?s
Philippe

Le 14 ao?t 12 ? 21:45, Nathan Wajsman a ?crit :

> Thanks for sharing these. Always great to see some familiar and not- 
> so-familiar LUG faces.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
> http://www.greatpix.eu
> http://www.nathanfoto.com
> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
>
>
> YNWA
>
>
>
> On Aug 14, 2012, at 2:33 PM, Richard Taylor wrote:
>
>> Thanks to John Lee we had another fine NYLUG meeting at ICP in  
>> Manhattan last Friday.  Our lecturers were Tina Manley on  
>> "Documentary Photography" and Karen Nakamura on "Visual  
>> Anthropology"--two topics that went well together.
>>
>> I've posted a few pictures from the meeting.  These were all taken  
>> with a Fuji X Pro-1 and the 35 mm Fujinon at ISO 1600 and ISO 6400  
>> using in-camera jpgs.  The high ISO performance still astonishes me  
>> and the 35 mm lens is wonderful.  The camera is a slow focuser,  
>> though, by current standards but wonderfully useful in this kind of  
>> situation.
>>
>> Two X Pro-1 quirks you might want to be aware of:  1) Uploading  
>> images to an iPad via the Camera Connection Kit leaves residual  
>> iPad files on the SD card.  These files make the camera turn-on  
>> *VERY SLOW*--like 8 seconds.  The cure is to reformat the card  
>> after putting it back in the camera.  2)  There is no way to lock  
>> manual focus--at least that I've found.  That means that any  
>> jiggling of buttons on the camera or the focus ring refocuses the  
>> camera.  The net result is that the camera is useless for zone  
>> focusing.  Fuji, are you listening????  These issues need to be  
>> addressed.
>>
>> Pictures:
>>
>> Karen and Chris Saganich admire Karen's Ricoh M-module camera.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2012_nylug/DSCF0539.jpg.html
>>
>> Tina lecturing.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2012_nylug/DSCF0558.jpg.html
>>
>> Roger Rubin and Lew Schwartz listening.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2012_nylug/DSCF0569.jpg.html
>>
>> Karen Lecturing.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2012_nylug/DSCF0566_001.jpg.html
>>
>> Ed and Marcia Meyers.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2012_nylug/DSCF0562.jpg.html
>>
>> Tom and Tina Manley.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2012_nylug/DSCF0577.jpg.html
>>
>> Roger and Lew as Lew accepts his door prize.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2012_nylug/DSCF0574.jpg.html
>>
>> C&C always welcome.  Enjoy.
>>
>> Dick
>>
>>
>>
>>
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