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still no great art...but we are getting along much better now...i have the x100 set to auto iso, ap, smallest af square and in good light it does it's thing quite handily.

i walked into city hall today and found myself in the middle of some sort of graduation ceremony...

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this chap was photographing the grad line up.

i have started to 'look up' more when i shoot...

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and just outside of the city hall building...

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i am amazed at the sharpness of the images this camera produces.
 
Very few digital cameras/sensors represent sky blue accurately IMO ... the x100 sure does!

I'd be interested to see the same shot scenario from the Epson.
 
I know what you mean about the sharpness. I was never one to do this before, but I now find myself pixel peeping just to see how far the sharpness extends into the photo.



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["i am amazed at the sharpness of the images this camera produces."]

Joe, this is exactly the thought I had when I first used a Konica Hexar AF. I ended up using that as my only camera for several years. I now have the X100 and feel just the same. And, as with the Konica, its taking a bit of time to get it dialed in to operate the way I feel natural with. But its definitely coming! 🙂
 
i thought that hair would generate a few more comments...

i think the x100 is gonna be a keeper...not sure what frustrated me about it at first...it seems simple enough now that i have the settings locked in to my liking.
 
We had some students this year that combed their hair in a similar fashion - they were hoping for a response from the teachers. I just showed them a picture of a hooded merganser. The hair went away -lol. It was priceless.
 
Sparrow said:
It certainly seems to be taking nice photos for you, how do you get on with the focus?
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focus is actually pretty good...like using a rangefinder, i have to anticipate when the action is gonna happen and hit the shutter just before that. the hard part is getting used to the timing of the x100 which is very different from the rd1.
and also like a rangefinder, close focus is non existent...until you put it in macro mode than it's way fun.
 
back alley said:
focus is actually pretty good...like using a rangefinder, i have to anticipate when the action is gonna happen and hit the shutter just before that. the hard part is getting used to the timing of the x100 which is very different from the rd1.
and also like a rangefinder, close focus is non existent...until you put it in macro mode than it's way fun.
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If you've locked the command wheel, and even if you haven't, a good path to reliable close focus is to switch to manual focus and use the AFL/AEL button to focus. Very quick very reliable. To paraphrase Homer Simpson: "The X100: is there nothing it can't do?". He said that of donuts, of course.
 
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