Day one with X100

[tbarker13]

After some fiddling with the X100, I took it out last night to use during an outdoors portrait session. Hoping to post a few shots later tonight.

A few observations.
- Initially, the viewfinder modes were pretty tough to keep straight. But I think I'm getting the hang of it. Love the info overlay - though I haven't customized it yet.
- The menu isn't the easiest thing to use. No surprise there, based on a bunch of the reviews I've read.
- The more I shot with it, the easier it was to get used to the focusing. I would focus on my subject, depress shutter halfway to hold focus, then re-compose. Initially, I ended up with a lot of OOF shots. But this improved a lot as I went along.
- Big style points. My subject was fascinated with the camera. And earlier in the day, I had it sitting on my desk. One of my coworkers (he could only see the front of the camera) dropped by and said "Hey, that's a gorgeous camera. Does it still work?"

 

[willie_901]

Tim,

Sounds good for day 1.

Set the focus audio confirmation beep to On for a while This can help you learn how to focus the camera.

The X100 requires different methods and switching between OVF/EVF for different light conditions and subjet differences. I use focus and recompose a lot... just like I did on my film rangefinders. The learning curve is steep, but if one is willing to learn how to use the camera, focusing is not a problem.

I suggest you start out not using auto ISO or Auto DR (set DR=100).

Finally, when the subject is close (under 4 ft) , use F 4 as the maximum aperture opening.

 

[KM-25]

And earlier in the day, I had it sitting on my desk. One of my coworkers (he could only see the front of the camera) dropped by and said "Hey, that's a gorgeous camera. Does it still work?"

And then you opened the bottom to show him the SD card slot and quipped, "Nah, I can't even fit a roll of film in it!"....