Photos taken with the X100 during SXSW in Austin, TX

[Wadcha]

Chad, I have to confessed that I looked at your series as a flickr slideshow and did not have to time to examine the pictures more closely. Possibly, what I thought was out-of-focus was merely subject or camera motion relative, since these pictures were taken "on the go". In fact, I generallt like a "looser" style, as you can see from the series under my signature below.

I think that your pictures show this to be an interesting camera. Many people are looking for very high resolution and fine tone gardation from these digital camera: people seem to want a look that with film was acheived only in medium format. As for me, I prefer the "35mm aesthetic", as typified by Tri-X. Your pictures seem to have that.

—Mitch/Hong Kong
Paris au rythme de Basquiat

No worries Mitch. I went back through and looked at them again and noticed that the very first picture of my friend Sam was focused on his interesting shirt so his face was slightly OOF. That was the intent but I thought maybe it set a precedent in your mind that focus was off in some of the shots.

In general, the X100 focuses very well and quickly. It is not as responsive as say my 5D but once I have focus (in a fraction of a second), there is no perceptible shutter lag once tripped.

I'm not a street shooter in the sense that many on this board are but I think the "zone" like manual focusing using the distance and DOF scale in the OVF will be appealing for some.