X100 on the job

[emraphoto]

alright, a few weeks in.

1/ get spare batteries. 2 or 3 if you are shooting the x100 daily.

2/ keep touching that shutter release to keep it awake. it's already a force of habit for me but if it isn't for you, try it out.

3/ the files are stellar. almost too stellar in my opinion. almost. i like grain and it has been hard getting used to such clean files. i guess nik software to the rescue!

the camera has held up very well through the past weeks. a few downpours, some banging about and a night spent under a bridge. not that i care much but the finish seems well prepared for the world. not a scratch on it.

i have been messing about with some poppers and a 283 with a snoot. it has been one occasion where i have LOVED having the old lcd. i am a total luddite and do the old GN number math so the LCD is brilliant for fine tuning it.

again, be forewarned. some images are graphic.

 

[emraphoto]

the ability to take this little beast in very, very close to people's lives makes it very potent. as paranoid and reclusive as these folks are they have stopped paying attention to me and the cameras!

 

[gavinlg]

I'm going to bump this post so that we can get a bit more real world x100 info out, rather than internet damnation and rumors. Plus I was simply enjoying the photographs.

Any updates?

 

[Richard G]

Yeah the files are amazing. My 27" iMac screen at work was filled for a month with a classical facade from Bendigo, a grab shot after 5pm in winter while yelling at the children after seeing the American Dreams exhibition. The detail is extraordinary, the subtle gradations of failing light. I was wondering about trying medium format recently, but I only have one recent film shot on 35mm that comes close to the X100 output and that was on Ektar with a 90 Elmarit M. I'll be sticking with film of course for other reasons but I don't need resolution better than the X100.

 

[Jobin]

I love these photos, every thread that mentions the x100 makes me want one more and more.

 

[Oldskewl808]

I'll throw this one into the mix...

 

[emraphoto]

Lovely colour.

I hope Fuji continues the line with a 28mm equiv however I suspect a 50mm (fast) would the next logical step. For me, a couple of these things in my bag and I am good to go.

Criticisms aside, in my humble opinion the x100 is one of the most potent reportage cameras I have ever used.