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Posted by jk: Thu Apr 12th, 2012 17:52 1st Post
My XP1 arrived today from London.
Very happy with it in every way. It gives me everying the X100 did and also the ability to change lenses.
The only minus is the lack of a flash that syncs at 1/2000 but since I dont us that feature very often I am sure it wont disturb me.

Pictures and more comment to follow in the weeks ahead.



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Posted by Ray Ninness: Sun Apr 15th, 2012 20:52 2nd Post
Expecting a full report soonest :-)

They finally got the interchangeable lenses, now I was an FX sensor, and them an "M" mount adapter. I want I want!!!

One of the members of a camera club I used to go to has a new Sony NX7 and she is raving about it.. And she is a pretty good shooter..

Again a DX sensor, I know I am so jaded :-)

But I would like to see first hand the image quality??

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Posted by jk: Mon Apr 16th, 2012 03:40 3rd Post
This camera is truly stunning much better than the X100.
It is much more controllable than the X100.

I love the lenses on it, I got the 35mm f1.4 and 60mm f2.4 so these behave as equivalents of 50mm and 90mm on a FF camera.
The lenses are tiny, beautifully made and very sharp.
I would like a wide zoom 12-24 f4 when it is released next year.

I have bought a Kipon adapter to allow me to use my Nikon glass on the camera but this is really a less than perfect solution as you lose AF and auto exposure as you need to stop it down for the camera to get the correct eposure.

The 16MP CCD is super just eough pixels without being too many. It is very similar at high ISO to the X100 so I can use it in low light.

AF performance in better than the X100 but not as good as a DSLR. Once you understand the AF limitations then you make allowance and can work around it with MF or prefocussing.

Exposure control is great, I have not had any badly exposed images at all. Some might need a tweak but nothing more than a stop.



The IR performance is similar to that of the X100 so even at ISO3200 the shutter speed/aperture combo is 1/20 @ f4 so it is tripod land.

There is no eyepiece adjustment so you have to buy screw in eyepiece lenses if you want adjustment. The eyepiecel has no lock so the eyepiece can unscrew very easily. I have already lost my one after three days! It makes no difference as the one that comes with the camera is a blank but it needs to be LocTited in! I will get a replacement old style 19mm (off a Nikon FM or the like ) to replace it. Note the size! The new Nikon size is 22mm.



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Posted by jk: Mon Apr 16th, 2012 03:50 4th Post
I'll post some images in my Gallery later today.



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Posted by TomOC: Sat Apr 28th, 2012 20:03 5th Post
Hi Ray-

I'm still waiting for mine. 2 more days ...

I've read a couple of reviews that state IG is equal to or better than an M9, even with the $500 Fuji lens.

There arenoe adapters for less than $100 if you are lucky enough to have some old M lenses laying around...

Tom



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Posted by Ray Ninness: Sun Apr 29th, 2012 10:46 6th Post
TomOC wrote: Hi Ray-

I'm still waiting for mine. 2 more days ...

I've read a couple of reviews that state IG is equal to or better than an M9, even with the $500 Fuji lens.

There arenoe adapters for less than $100 if you are lucky enough to have some old M lenses laying around...

Tom
I have a few laying about along with the 2 M6's that us that stuff that's had to find now days in camera shops, it's called "Film" perhaps you remember it???

I think I will wait for Fuji to release the full frame camera before I jump in.. I would truly love to get some real use of of the 21 f2.8 hiding in the dark back corner of my vault :-)

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Posted by jk: Tue May 8th, 2012 09:45 7th Post
Seems like the RAW support from Adobe is near there.

http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/05/07/Fujifilm-X-Pro1-studio-comparison-shots-including-ACR-conversions

DPReview report that they are using a beta ACR version to support the XP1 RAW files.
So it will be ACR 7.2 or Lightroom 4.2 before we get XPro1 RAW support.



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Posted by jk: Tue May 8th, 2012 09:55 8th Post
Ray Ninness wrote: TomOC wrote: Hi Ray-

I'm still waiting for mine. 2 more days ...

I've read a couple of reviews that state IG is equal to or better than an M9, even with the $500 Fuji lens.

There arenoe adapters for less than $100 if you are lucky enough to have some old M lenses laying around...

Tom
I have a few laying about along with the 2 M6's that us that stuff that's had to find now days in camera shops, it's called "Film" perhaps you remember it???

I think I will wait for Fuji to release the full frame camera before I jump in.. I would truly love to get some real use of of the 21 f2.8 hiding in the dark back corner of my vault :-)

:thumbsup:
Might be wrong but I dont think that Fuji will release a FF edition.

What I will say is that the 16MP DX sensor that they have in the XPro1 is as good as the D3 FF CCD.

I'm now waiting for Adobe and others to release RAW file support for the XPro1.  Since the layout is different to the standard Bayer layout this is taking a little longer.



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Posted by TomOC: Tue May 8th, 2012 14:12 9th Post
I may be way off. It I think the x100 is also as good as D300s



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Posted by jk: Wed May 9th, 2012 07:38 10th Post
TomOC wrote: I may be way off. It I think the x100 is also as good as D300s I think it is better than the D300.  Closer to the D3 except for AF performance.



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Posted by TomOC: Wed May 9th, 2012 17:46 11th Post
Well, I like the way it renders colors better (of course you can correct the d300 to the same mix), and I think it has a bit of an edge at high iso settings. I've been pretty happy with street shots at night at 3200

Tom



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Posted by jk: Thu May 10th, 2012 03:43 12th Post
jk wrote:
TomOC wrote: I may be way off. It I think the x100 is also as good as D300s I think it is better than the D300.  Closer to the D3 except for AF performance.

I should qualify this really.
The XPro1 is better than the X100 from a handling perspective however the IQ is very similar but the new layout in the XP1 CCD and its extra pixels improves its rendering, making it seem better.

The D300 can yield very good image quality in bright sunlight and also in low light up to ISO 2000. However at ISO 3200 it seems very grainy/noisy.



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