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I got mine yesterday, which was a surprise as the shop had told me that Fuji Australia wasn't expecting them until the 17th, and that the shop wouldn't have them until the 20th. So imagine my delight when the shop called yesterday to say it had come in!
I do my personal shooting with the Ricoh GXR, GRD III, and Leica M9, so I have a certain expectation for build quality and ergonomics. The X10 sits fairly well for me, but it will take a little getting used to, due to the different button positions and haptics. It feels very well made, although I have a few preliminary quibbles:
- the responsiveness of the aperture to sudden lighting changes is quite slow, so taking photos from inside a car means that unless you wait for the aperture to catch up, scenes can be very overexposed.
- I NEED a filter so I don't have to mess with this darn lens cap (which is beautifully made, though)
- the battery door seems a touch thin, but the sliding lock makes almost impossible to open accidentally
- you cannot turn off the LCD screen when the camera in continuous AF mode. It has to be in Shot Only or Manual Focus. This drove me crazy at first as I thought I had a dud camera! I was on the verge of ringing the shop to exchange it for another one, until a helpful soul on DPReview mentioned this little quirk.
- the power-on method of turning the lens doesn't actually work sometimes! On a fairly regular basis it seems to miss activation; the lens will reach detent at 28mm but the camera will still be off. I have to turn it back and then on again for it to work properly. This bothers me as it is either a design quirk or a sign of things to come in the long term. It also means that unless I leave the camera on while walking around, there is the chance that I will turn the lens but the camera won't turn on, and I will miss a shot.
I have set up P mode to bring up the shadows, tone down the highlights, and use Auto DR to manage highlights even more. Picture quality seems decent but I haven't played with the setting enough to make it the way I like.
AF is nice and fast, and shot to shot time is excellent for a compact camera. When you turn off the LCD you can almost take photos as fast as you can focus and shoot.
The shutter is very, very quiet, one of the most quiet cameras I've ever used. I love this!
I am about to download some photos I took today in bright daylight. We'll see how the DR function worked, as well as the high-res mode.
I do my personal shooting with the Ricoh GXR, GRD III, and Leica M9, so I have a certain expectation for build quality and ergonomics. The X10 sits fairly well for me, but it will take a little getting used to, due to the different button positions and haptics. It feels very well made, although I have a few preliminary quibbles:
- the responsiveness of the aperture to sudden lighting changes is quite slow, so taking photos from inside a car means that unless you wait for the aperture to catch up, scenes can be very overexposed.
- I NEED a filter so I don't have to mess with this darn lens cap (which is beautifully made, though)
- the battery door seems a touch thin, but the sliding lock makes almost impossible to open accidentally
- you cannot turn off the LCD screen when the camera in continuous AF mode. It has to be in Shot Only or Manual Focus. This drove me crazy at first as I thought I had a dud camera! I was on the verge of ringing the shop to exchange it for another one, until a helpful soul on DPReview mentioned this little quirk.
- the power-on method of turning the lens doesn't actually work sometimes! On a fairly regular basis it seems to miss activation; the lens will reach detent at 28mm but the camera will still be off. I have to turn it back and then on again for it to work properly. This bothers me as it is either a design quirk or a sign of things to come in the long term. It also means that unless I leave the camera on while walking around, there is the chance that I will turn the lens but the camera won't turn on, and I will miss a shot.
I have set up P mode to bring up the shadows, tone down the highlights, and use Auto DR to manage highlights even more. Picture quality seems decent but I haven't played with the setting enough to make it the way I like.
AF is nice and fast, and shot to shot time is excellent for a compact camera. When you turn off the LCD you can almost take photos as fast as you can focus and shoot.
The shutter is very, very quiet, one of the most quiet cameras I've ever used. I love this!
I am about to download some photos I took today in bright daylight. We'll see how the DR function worked, as well as the high-res mode.
