M Lenses on the X-Pro 1, a few results

Wintoid - regarding "shutter lag" - I personally don't see any - and that's with the M lens mounted and manual focusing turned on. It's really a no brainer - and IF there's any shutter lag, it's going to be a "tough" call to make because, unless you're used to something that is absolutely instant, EVERY camera has some shutter lag - this camera is no different, imho, than my M7's or any other M I've used. Your mileage may vary in this aspect however - try it out, if you can, and see.. I'm sure it's not as bad as others have claimed or as others may have been led to believe. :)

Ben - I don't have any ultra wides - the widest I have is the Zeiss 25mm (sharp bugger too :D) - I just shot four quick photos and have uploaded them to Flickr as an example for anyone looking to see "smearing" at various f stops - f2.8 through to f8 at ISO800 are shown. I personally don't not much "smear creep" on this lens. I do not have the CV 15mm anymore but may be able to borrow one to shoot with it to see... regardless, as you said, if you're shooting wide open, there's very little to smear and as I have said, it really depends on the end user and how/if they feel that the corners are an issue for them. IF the X-Pro1 were a full frame camera, this "smearing" may be more evident (at least that's my theory anyway) but as of right now, I'm freaking happy with the results of the M lenses on the camera. The 25mm is as close as i can currently get to a "35mm" field of view (that being about 37-38mm I guess due to cropping).

I just wonder what Fuji will do when they release their adapter - that is, what will be 'different' about it compared to this Kipon third party adapter.

Cheers,
Dave
 
For those that don't want to go to my Flickr - here's some results at 800px -
  1. f2.8

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  2. f4

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  3. f5.6

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  4. f8

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Cheers,
Dave
 
Now that is interesting Dave. With the 25, I can definitely see "something" going on in the lower corners of the image at f:2.8. But I had to look at the "original size" image on flickr to see it. The issue seems considerably resolved by f:8. So I guess the question is: does it matter? For me: no. I don't think that the corner issue identified is likely to pose a problem for my photography. Thanks for posting those.

Ben
 
Glad you liked it, Dave. :)

Thanks again for posting your test shots and reporting back with your X-Pro1 experiences ... there's many of us here (myself included) that are very interested in jumping in and purchasing this particular camera. Your feedback has been very valuable.
 
bobby_novatron said:
Glad you liked it, Dave. :)

Thanks again for posting your test shots and reporting back with your X-Pro1 experiences ... there's many of us here (myself included) that are very interested in jumping in and purchasing this particular camera. Your feedback has been very valuable.
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You're welcome :)

I just dropped a couple more up there using "outdoor"/"real world" samples.

Cheers,
Dave
 
BTW, an announcement for Canadians:

When I checked the Vistek website last night, there were a few X-Pro1's available in Canada ... Toronto and Ottawa locations, I think. Just a couple clicks away, and you can buy one through the website.

For those of us outside of those two cities, I think shipping is pretty simple.
 
Our local camera store has one or two also, so they are out there now in Canada.

Bob
 
Benjamin Marks said:
Now that is interesting Dave. With the 25, I can definitely see "something" going on in the lower corners of the image at f:2.8. But I had to look at the "original size" image on flickr to see it. The issue seems considerably resolved by f:8. So I guess the question is: does it matter? For me: no. I don't think that the corner issue identified is likely to pose a problem for my photography. Thanks for posting those.

Ben
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I'm not sure I can see anything going on there that I didn't also see going on when I used that lens on my M8. I haven't tried it on my Fuji yet as the lens is loaned out, but I will at some point soon. I can tell you that I've used a 50 summicron DR and seen absolutely nothing that is inconsistent with that lens's performance on my M8. Which would be unsurprsing except that the test pictures everyone's talking about (vines against the stone wall) made the 50 lux look bad as well.

And at this point I'm still a bit of a smearing skeptic. I agree that the corners in those viney wall shots looked terrible, but I really couldn't get a sense from them of how much of that terrible was wind blur (some of it unquestionably is) how much of it is due to a focus point that seems a bit in front of the wall and in the viney area, how much of it is due to the camera being canted so the sensor isn't parallel to the wall &c. I've just not seen much using wide M lenses other than those photos where the corners are even potentialy in the plane of sharp focus; and those wall photos are a bit problematic.
 
Has anyone tried any of the SLR adapters? I'm tempted by the Kipon OM adapter so I can uses my Zuikos on the X-Pro. Would using retrofocus SLR wideangles be a better solution to avoid smearing etc. than rangefinder lenses? Thoughts appreciated as I'm a legacy lens novice!
 
I put my Nikon 14-24 f2.8 AFS lens on the Kipon adapter, after jamming the aperture lever open:
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Unfortunately this combination is rather heavy... ;)

Full-size here.
 
What are your setting for using Leica lens?

I can't seem to get any metering or any other control. More or less shot and adjust / repeat to find the right setting.
 
In the hand, its quite another matter. I held one a couple of days ago and it 'falls to hand' perfectly. Great balance, light weight, the best viewfinder I've looked through in ages... feels like a no-frills photo machine ready to rumble! :)
 
jskjsk said:
What are your setting for using Leica lens?

I can't seem to get any metering or any other control. More or less shot and adjust / repeat to find the right setting.
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Aperture priority, shoot without lens, set ISO, focus, shoot...
 
digitalintrigue said:
Aperture priority, shoot without lens, set ISO, focus, shoot...
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Are you getting accurate metering from what you see on EVF?

My issues are:
- no metering indication (I see the metering bar but nothing moving)
- what ever I see on EVF does not come close to picture taken.
 
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