Any love left for the X10?

Congrats, man! I think you did very right. I bought and gave away my X10: it just didn't suit me. If you can handle the EVF quirks you'll love the X-E1.
 
Harry Lime said:
The XF1 has a much slower lens than the X10...

I just wish that Lightroom and Aperture supported their RAW files properly.
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The XF1 has an f/1.8 lens at 24mm (EFOV), which is slightly faster than the X10's f/2 @ 28mm (EFOV). It's only at the telephoto end that it gets slower.

And yeah, I really wish I could process RAW files in Aperture.
 
i dont understand shooting RAW with a p&s, even more so with a fuji where the r&d emphasis is on rendering high quality jpegs. i also dont understand why fuji would market two so dramatically similar p&s lines. i remain extremely skeptical that the x10 will be upgraded, regardless of rumours to the contrary. fuji has never been a company like canon or nikon that cannabalizes a market segment in which they already have a line competing. the x10 was roundly (& imo wrongly) criticized for its 'useless' ovf and lack of pocketability. thus the xf1. dont see who different theyd be going after keeping both lines alive.
 
I will shoot raw plus jpeg with the XF1. I never do that with other cameras (only RAW), but I hate 4:3 aspect ratios. I will use it in 2:3 and go to the raw if the jpeg sucks.
 
With the X20 out, I found an X10 for a bargain price, which I bought for my wife, so she could take some good quality photos of the baby she's carrying. She'd borrowed an X10 from a friend for a day's shooting, and loved it. I have to admit that her photos that day were excellent, and that was partly due to the camera.

This evening, I brought her Fuji home for her, as she didn't want to keep it in hospital with her (she's ok; the baby's on its way a bit early). So I got a chance to play with it. Although it was dark, I took a load of street shots. It handled the conditions well, setting a good high ISO and nice wide aperture. It focussed pleasingly quickly and accurately, and the image stabilisation seemed to be very good.

I found it was a similar size to my 35SP, but felt slightly different because of the half case and neck strap, compared to my usual wrist strap. Otherwise, it handled much like a rangefinder, and the simple controls worked very well, being very intuitive. I liked the exposure compensation dial, and the positioning of the playback button. On/off and zoom were easy, and I preferred the thumbwheel for setting aperture to the fussy wheel on my G11.

It's a joy to use and, while I don't really need one, and harbour a yearning for an x-pro 1, I felt an attack of GAS coming on.

If only it had a flip screen (and, ideally, a rangefinder (i know, I know)), it could become an ideal camera for me.
 
Fun with the X10 on manual. Jpegs work right out of the can with no post-processing,
here in straight B&W mode with medium strong shadows. One umbrella.
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I have serious camera envy at the moment. I bought my wife an X10 to take photos of our new baby. Good thing I bought it in advance, because the little fella was born early. The higher ISO, better stabilisation, less noise, and faster aperture than my digi have all been useful. Today, with the baby in ICU under lights for his jaundice, I even managed to use the custom white balance to correct for the blue light to see how his skin was looking. However, I particularly liked this one:
 
I have been using the X10 for six months now and really like it.

Within the limits of its small sensor, it is more than a simple P&S camera, offering a wide array of choices for the more expert and hard to please photographer.

Of course if you venture a into a never ending pixel peeping exercise you will undoubtedly find that another camera will have less noise or a better autofocus or whatever other good reason not to get you buying a X10...

With the X20 now selling like peanuts, you find the X10 second hand for a very reasonable price. I have used the X20 for a week and found nil in the IQ department which would justify the dumping the X10.

If one can leave without zoom, there are now loads of second hand X100 for sale. With a bit of time and patience you can get one for less than 500 usd, which would also be an excellent choice.
 
Rodchenko said:
I have serious camera envy at the moment. I bought my wife an X10 to take photos of our new baby. Good thing I bought it in advance, because the little fella was born early. The higher ISO, better stabilisation, less noise, and faster aperture than my digi have all been useful. Today, with the baby in ICU under lights for his jaundice, I even managed to use the custom white balance to correct for the blue light to see how his skin was looking. However, I particularly liked this one:
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Great photo and great...news in your life! Congratulations!
robert
 
Rodchenko said:
Thanks.

Funny. I spend ages deciding on my perfect kit, then take a great photo with my wife's.
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It's moments like these that remind me that the gear doesn't matter...the moments do. That picture would have carried meaning with a $100 10-year old P&S or a $4000 flagship DSLR. Congratulations again!
 
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