New Leica M may cause me to buy X-Pro1

[Gabriel M.A.]

The only reason to get an X-Pro 1 is money....otherwise, there is really no comparison between these 2 very different devices. I would much rather have a GXR than an X-Pro as a backup camera....and would also much rather have an M8 (or even an R1DS) over an X-Pro 1.

Ding ding ding ding ding.


I'd rather have a Leica M(10) but have an M8. I'd rather have a Canon 5D Mark III but I have the original Canon 5D. I'd rather have a penthouse with a clear view of the Eiffel Tower, but have to settle for this first-floor 32 square-meter apartment at the other side of the city.

Money made me do it™

 

[douglasf13]

...is largely a myth. It depends enormously on how you do your RAW development.

It is not a myth, and I've processed raws and been involved in threads about it ad nauseum at this point. RAW converter choice certainly makes a difference, and none of them are doing a great job at processing X-trans files, yet, so things will certainly only get better. However, even if there ends up being a sophisticated, multi-pass raw converter available, X-Trans inherently gives up chroma resolution to bayer, which is great at high ISO, but not necessarily so at low ISO.

I'm not saying one is better than the other, in terms of bayer vs. X-trans. I'm just saying there are trade offs one needs to recognize, and each excels at different things. Heck, I'm not even saying that most users will notice, either way.

The X-Pro1 and M9 are both fantastic cameras in different ways.

 

[Ruhayat]

Meh. Given the justifications, you could argue why even bother with the Fuji when you can have the superb Ricoh GXR with M module instead?

It has similar APS-C size but costs thousands less, works fantastically well with wide angle M lenses up to teles, allows use of R and other SLR (m42!) lenses simply by attaching the appropriate adapters, the Mode 2 focusing beats optical focusing hands down (the EFV makes it better still), and the camera feels like a camera.

It's simply a better camera than the Fuji, to me.