one vs another

My main camera is an R-D1s, with lenses from 25mm to 105mm, but I mainly use 28mm and 35mm lenses. With the crop factor, that means 42mm or 53mm equivalent. (I'd say the breakdown recently by focal length is: 10% 25mm, 25% 28mm, 40% 35mm, 20% 50mm, 5% everything else.) So the X100 would be a bit wider than my usual rig.

What attracts me to the X100 is the combination of AF with a real viewfinder. (That the hybrid VF technology is so totally cool is a plus. That the VF magnification is 0.5x vs. the R-D1's 1.0x is a minus.) But the AF is what I'm really looking for, in a simple, well-made camera that makes me want to pick it up and use it.

So I'm definitely going to at least try the X100. Will it turn out that I'm really a 50mm-equivalent shooter and the Fuji isn't for me? Could be. Will it turn out to be true love, and my R-D1s and 20-odd lenses languish untouched ever after? Also could be.

But to Joe's main question: Why the X100 over another R-D1 body, if you already have the extra lenses? For me, the simple answer is "auto-focus".

::Ari
 
kermaier said:
My main camera is an R-D1s, with lenses from 25mm to 105mm, but I mainly use 28mm and 35mm lenses. With the crop factor, that means 42mm or 53mm equivalent. (I'd say the breakdown recently by focal length is: 10% 25mm, 25% 28mm, 40% 35mm, 20% 50mm, 5% everything else.) So the X100 would be a bit wider than my usual rig.

What attracts me to the X100 is the combination of AF with a real viewfinder. (That the hybrid VF technology is so totally cool is a plus. That the VF magnification is 0.5x vs. the R-D1's 1.0x is a minus.) But the AF is what I'm really looking for, in a simple, well-made camera that makes me want to pick it up and use it.

So I'm definitely going to at least try the X100. Will it turn out that I'm really a 50mm-equivalent shooter and the Fuji isn't for me? Could be. Will it turn out to be true love, and my R-D1s and 20-odd lenses languish untouched ever after? Also could be.

But to Joe's main question: Why the X100 over another R-D1 body, if you already have the extra lenses? For me, the simple answer is "auto-focus".

::Ari
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Dear Ari,

That's an advantage?

To me it looks like a drawback.

Cheers,

R.
 
Roger Hicks said:
Dear Ari,

That's an advantage?

To me it looks like a drawback.

Cheers,

R.
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I agree, for many things it's a drawback. for some things, however, like taking pictures of fast-moving kids, or situations where I can't reliably have both hands free, AF is a definite advantage. But I hear you -- a fixed-lens AF camera isn't likely to replace an interchangeable-lens MF camera, unless I'm kidding myself that the latter is actually useful for me.

::Ari
 
i think af would be an advantage...it would likely be faster than my focusing a 35...
larger files might be nice for the occasional time i would like a large print.

i am a rangefinder shooter so going for a dslr is not an attractive option for me so the x100 could be like a mistress...close to love but not quite ;)
 
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