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Warren T. said:
Hey Joe, nice shots! I agree w/Ray, nice color, clarity, WB, DR, etc. So how many shots and/or hours did you get out of the one battery? (just curious)

...must...resist...GAS

--Warren
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hard to say warren...i have been playing with the camera since monday, trying to learn it...i do know there were 3 bars (full battery) indicator when i started the day and within a few minutes it was down to 2...so clearly i had used a bit of juice prior to the start of today.

the image quality is hard to argue with...these are jegs, with a bit of tweaking...raw will have to wait till i buy a copy of lightroom.
 
Auto ISO is great with this camera, although unnecessary for that parade. Harry mentioned the tedium of adjusting ISO indoors with kids - much better to set ISO to two hundred, put it on auto ISO and set the upper limit, the high ISO is so good. Even for another day out in the sun, if you like 400, still set it at 200 with auto ISO and then dial in your minimum acceptable shutter speed. That might be 250 for street shots, but if you do want to try wide apertures the camera will drop from the 400 it probably would have selected for the shot of those three girls down to 200. It's important because at f2 and f2.8 your maximum shutter speed is 1/1000s and you get 1/2000 max for f4 and f5.6 with 1/4000 only available for f8 and smaller. The other thing you can do with 1/250 and f5.6 is focus on something at the hyper focal distance, make the AFL/AEL button a focus lock button only and it's your rangefinder set up exactly. The auto ISO Is great for shooters like my daughter who just want to choose f16 and 1/125 regardless of the light. This is not a slow camera. Do keep it.
 
Well ... spare batteries aren't axactly expensive ... not to mention that the one the camera actually comes with is Chinese I noticed!

Stop comparing it to your RD-1! :D
 
back alley said:
these were aperure priority.
why auto iso?
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Basically (exactly), what Richard said. The high ISO IQ is very good, so you shouldn't have to futz with changing the setting. You can let that variable slide and work the other two as you like (one of the great things about having great high-ISO quality).

Agree too. This is not a slow camera (not as fast as film, but close).



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I didn't imagine you'd fall for this camera... but then, I'm glad you did. VERY nice photographs, joe...

To your credit: I was totally turned off by this camera after Keith's review. But the colors and sharpness of your shots have convinced me that it is a good machine. I am now feeling curious...

Take care!
 
back alley said:
the fuji version is 90 bucks locally!!
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Yes ... well I was thinking more along the lines of eBay. There's a zillion options.

I currently have my eye on a little USB charger that actually comes with a battery for twelve dollars! :eek:

Made in china of course so we know it's good. :)

I meant to mention Joe .... I love the colours in those pics you posted!
 
I'm not a real fan of auto ISO sorry. A large part of shooting digital for me is being able to use ISO in the same way you use shutter speed and aperture ... to control the look of your final output. This is where the three stop ND filter of the X100 is very useful.
 
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The real thing I hate with this camera (so far) is that every major change you want to make, be it Auto ISO or ND filter, you have to stop and wade through menus to activate/deactive it.

On my DSLR's and film cameras every function I use is at my fingertips, with a button or dial.
 
Nice pics and happy Canada Day, it looks like a fun time. These descriptions I'm reading here aren't exactly selling this camera to me. Too slow? Have to keep the camera awake? Reminds me of the Contax G2 I had, after awhile the motor noise in the lens drove me crazy. When the focus was on it was great, but when it was off it was off by a mile, and sometimes just too slow. I'm faster with an M or an OM and certainly a DSLR. I don't get the point of a compact auto everything type camera that gets in your way when life moves too fast for it. But hey, I've never shot with one so I'm certainly missing something and there are plenty of cameras out there that people love that are just not for me, and likewise for others.
 
erik said:
Nice pics and happy Canada Day, it looks like a fun time. These descriptions I'm reading here aren't exactly selling this camera to me. Too slow? Have to keep the camera awake? Reminds me of the Contax G2 I had, after awhile the motor noise in the lens drove me crazy. When the focus was on it was great, but when it was off it was off by a mile, and sometimes just too slow. I'm faster with an M or an OM and certainly a DSLR. I don't get the point of a compact auto everything type camera that gets in your way when life moves too fast for it. But hey, I've never shot with one so I'm certainly missing something and there are plenty of cameras out there that people love that are just not for me, and likewise for others.
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Lots of threads and posts on RFF on just how good this is. The small unit, the interface, the lens and the sensor are all fantastic. DSLR quality in a tiny package. Option for manual controls. There are some very experienced guys on this forum, street shooters with RFs and DSLRs, who recognize the clear quality of the X100. This is an auto everything that doesn't get in your way, with the option of manual everything.
 
Harry ... I don't understand the theory about the hardship of having to dive in and out of menus to change certain settings. The basics seem to be there at your fingertips to me ... aperture, shutter speed and EV compensation. Sure my D700's ISO can be changed with a touch of a button and the quick flick of a command dial but it's like a Mack truck compared to the little Fuji!

I think these cameras are spoiling us! :D
 
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