Fuji X100 Manual Now Online - PDF

I thought there would be parallax compensation lines in the optical viewfinder overlay. But, the manual says, "The viewfinder window is, however, at a slight distance from the lens, with the result that the display in the viewfinder may differ slightly from the final photograph due to parallax."

Darn.
 
Well, the close focus distance with the OVF is very rangefinder like. But, it's hard to understand why they didn't use an overlay in the OVF to indicate parallax compensation. Seems like a no brainer.
 
From Steve Huff's guest review/hands-on with the X100

Frame lines - as you shoot near or far, the frame lines in the optical vew finder change accordingly to ensure precise composition. Especially when shooting macro this is very handy. The frame lines are adjusted after setting focus, so you need to compose near shots after getting the focus right. When shooting manual focus, this works best. The frame-lines are conservative, and you always get a bit more then shown.
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I presume the warning exists in the manual since the parallax can only correct after focussing. And it's not likely to be 100% accurate. Although contrary to the quote above I was pretty sure the OVF disables in macro mode.
 
The manual says that OVF is not available in macro mode.

BTW: After reading the entire books, is anyone else concerned about battery life? It really reads like as soon as you turn off power conservation model the battery life or number of shots per charge is cut in half, plus any other options enabled. I pray this camera is not a battery hog like my old Nikon D1/D1h/D1x was where I could only get hundred shots in RAW before the battery needed changed.
 
I suspect that the 300shots/charge quote is based on the most conservative setting.
If you have those power saving features off, the figure may drop to 150shots/charge.
 
A closer reading of the manual suggests a doubling of shots/battery if power conservation is applied. ie from 300 to 600.
 
I assume those numbers are if you are shooting JPEG, not RAF or JPEG+RAF

IDK how I feel about trusting those $5 knock off batteries.
 
Pickett Wilson said:
I thought there would be parallax compensation lines in the optical viewfinder overlay. But, the manual says, "The viewfinder window is, however, at a slight distance from the lens, with the result that the display in the viewfinder may differ slightly from the final photograph due to parallax."

Darn.
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You talk about frame lines, but the manual talks about the image. Even if the frame lines would be parallax corrected, the image from the optical viewfinder can not be parallax corrected. These are two different things. Let's hope they got it right and correct the frame lines as they should!
 
After reading through the manual, I think this is an ideal camera for people who want to publish their pictures while travelling:

The camera features an integrated RAW editor which permits the photographer to develop their RAW shots after shooting and allows him to save developed copies. Also, there are croppping and resizing functions.

In this way, you don't need to travel with a powerful notebook computer with an installed image editor to publish your shots - a simple netbook will do.
 
Lets not split too many hairs here ... if it has a good sensor, a good lens and corresponding decent IQ up to 6400 ISO I'll be happy. :)

Minimim focusing distance of two and a half feet seems reasonable considering it's 12 megapixel ... crop a little.
 
I like so many things on page 47! :)
Using AFL button in Manual focus mode to quickly prefocus - that's like MF override that I was wishing for, so nice! I'm not in the market for this camera, still not, but I really like what I read about it's functionality. Just makes sence to me.
(Heh, even focus ring is customizable which way to rotate it? Can that be right? :eek: )
 
Phantomas said:
I like so many things on page 47! :)
Using AFL button in Manual focus mode to quickly prefocus - that's like MF override that I was wishing for, so nice! I'm not in the market for this camera, still not, but I really like what I read about it's functionality. Just makes sence to me.
(Heh, even focus ring is customizable which way to rotate it? Can that be right? :eek: )
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I like the display of the focus distance and the depth of field when manual focusing. As the camera calculates that, it ought to be possible to have the camera automatically focus to the hyperfocal distance for any selected aperture setting. I can't find that in the manual - maybe they're saving it for a firmware upgrade. :) Even without that (I think some makers call that "snap" mode), setting the focus manually to the hyperfocal distance should be pretty easy. That should reduce shutter lag to a very low figure.

F/8 and be there. ;)
 
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