robert blu
quiet photographer
Another interesting camera...if I decide to go on shooting mainly film and consider digital a simple addition to it, as I'm doing now this could be the candidate to substitute my 6 years old Leica x1...
robert
PS: but if I'll decide to switch more on the digital side than hmmm there are other interesting cameras arrived on the market...
robert
PS: but if I'll decide to switch more on the digital side than hmmm there are other interesting cameras arrived on the market...
Dogman
Veteran
Just one less thing to do during processing. It's also nice to have the original framing preserved in the Raw file. I love that about the GRII.
robert blu
quiet photographer
Yes, I see. Being a LR user I make a virtual copy of there original raw and crop that! Of course the original Raw file is the "original" and good to preserve it for future.
robert
Why? I actually buy its cameras... unlike some who want them to include nontraditional features but still would never buy it.
Go buy your M43 4K wonder and leave these cameras alone. Archlich
Well-known
It's clear, at least to me since day one, that it's a Hexar, not a M. Hexars do autofocus. Fuji had spent 6 years perfecting that idea, what's so wrong of it being itself instead of something it's not?
BillBingham2
Registered User
True... and let's not forget the Contax G series. That said, Fuji may have had all three in mind:
Ko.Fe.
Lenses 35/21 Gears 46/20
aizan
Veteran
what do they mean by it turns into a focus stick? if it means i get to cycle through several customizable focus distances, that would be shout from the rooftops good news.
Archlich
Well-known
Indeed, what I have always been (personally) asking for is a shortcut to prefocus the lens to a specific distance. Not a "hard infinity stop", but what Ricoh had done right from the very beginning (in 1996), the Snap functions on the GR cameras: Push a button and the lens focuses to 2 meters (distance adjustable with a wheel), set the aperture to f/8, and shoot away. No need to fiddle with that pseudo-manual focus ring, which IMO should just be ditched all together.
The mechanical focus rings on the Q and X Typ 113 surely are nice, but they need a real helicoid and in order to put that in, Fuji would have to completely redesign the camera. On the other hand, the Snap function seems like a natural solution for the focus-by-wire lens, and I'm certain it can be done on the software level quite cost-effectively. Yet I haven't seen Fuji promised anything like that...
squirrel$$$bandit
Veteran
Are we expecting a price drop on the X100T? I can't remember what happened with the S when the T came out. Both the T and F are presently $1299 on Amazon! But I'd jump on a new T at $899, if that came to pass.
benlees
Well-known
At my local camera shop the T has dropped $300CDN. I imagine it will be that way everywhere soon.
I think so, soon... probably once the X100F is actually in stock.
danielsterno
making soup from mud
any x100f deliveries yet? Any first impressions?
KEH
Well-known
I had the X100S and never bonded with it. A bit slow to focus and in operation. I picked up an X100F from Stephen a little over a week ago, and have been impressed. Quick and responsive (although the focus is adequately fast, rather than lightning quick), with the new 24mp sensor and the Acros film simulation. Lots of external controls, a logical menu system and simple customization. I never feel like I am fighting the camera.
Here is a grab-bag of shots from around Washington DC:
https://kirkh.smugmug.com/Photography/Fuji-X100F/
It won't replace my film cameras, but that is not the intention.
Kirk
Here is a grab-bag of shots from around Washington DC:
https://kirkh.smugmug.com/Photography/Fuji-X100F/
It won't replace my film cameras, but that is not the intention.
Kirk
damonsong
Established
willie_901
Veteran
I use the X100T.
However zone focus and the remote camera app should be essentially identical with the X100F.
Zone Focus
I occasionally use zone focusing. The EVF/OVF and LCD have the option to display virtual focus bar. This displays the approximate focus distance and DOF range. It's a virtual lens scale. FUJIFILM's DOF range is very conservative. The focus distance and DOF are not lost when the camera is powered off and on. The behavior may be different in MF, AF-S and AF-C. I usually use MF and use the AF manually via the AFL/AFE button or a shutter half-press. .
There are many ways to configure and implement focusing behavior. Initially this can be frustrating. Once you set things up to suit your preferences, all is well.
Remote Access Control
I use the iOS App. Remote access works very well and at one time I used it often. The range is impressive and it's responsive. It is especially helpful with a tablet. There are two disadvantages. WiFi operation shortens battery life... especially if you use live view as a composition tool. The second may be unique to iOS. If you use the app in a location where your mobile device has stored WiFi network settings, it is useful to forget the known network in the iOS Settings. The mobile device will switch to the known network when the camera and, or camera WiFi are turned off. I usually never turned the camera off when I used the remote app. With the X-T1, the WiFi connection would crash for no reason. This was rare, but it did happen.
However zone focus and the remote camera app should be essentially identical with the X100F.
Zone Focus
I occasionally use zone focusing. The EVF/OVF and LCD have the option to display virtual focus bar. This displays the approximate focus distance and DOF range. It's a virtual lens scale. FUJIFILM's DOF range is very conservative. The focus distance and DOF are not lost when the camera is powered off and on. The behavior may be different in MF, AF-S and AF-C. I usually use MF and use the AF manually via the AFL/AFE button or a shutter half-press. .
There are many ways to configure and implement focusing behavior. Initially this can be frustrating. Once you set things up to suit your preferences, all is well.
Remote Access Control
I use the iOS App. Remote access works very well and at one time I used it often. The range is impressive and it's responsive. It is especially helpful with a tablet. There are two disadvantages. WiFi operation shortens battery life... especially if you use live view as a composition tool. The second may be unique to iOS. If you use the app in a location where your mobile device has stored WiFi network settings, it is useful to forget the known network in the iOS Settings. The mobile device will switch to the known network when the camera and, or camera WiFi are turned off. I usually never turned the camera off when I used the remote app. With the X-T1, the WiFi connection would crash for no reason. This was rare, but it did happen.
KEH
Well-known
Thanks.
I have been using back-button focus. You set the focus to manual (using the switch on the body), and set the AF/AE button to lock autofocus. On the street I focus from the waist (pointing the camera at the subject, then pressing the AF button), then quickly raise the camera and shoot - because focus is set to manual, the camera fires without trying to change the focus.
You can also prefocus at a point, e.g. a telephone pole, using back-button focus, then shoot subjects that are about that far away.
Admittedly not true zone focus, but pretty effective. You can also use the virtual focus bar in manual focus, as Willie_901 suggests. I haven't tried remote shooting.
Kirk
I have been using back-button focus. You set the focus to manual (using the switch on the body), and set the AF/AE button to lock autofocus. On the street I focus from the waist (pointing the camera at the subject, then pressing the AF button), then quickly raise the camera and shoot - because focus is set to manual, the camera fires without trying to change the focus.
You can also prefocus at a point, e.g. a telephone pole, using back-button focus, then shoot subjects that are about that far away.
Admittedly not true zone focus, but pretty effective. You can also use the virtual focus bar in manual focus, as Willie_901 suggests. I haven't tried remote shooting.
Kirk
honozooloo
Established
I'm gonna agree with others who cited cameras like the Canonet and other fixed-lens non-zoom cameras as evidence that the x100 series is and always will be relevant. It's a simple recipe that has always worked for a certain kind of photographer. And it is always going to relevant, and in demand.
I'm also gonna agree with others who said that a full frame X100 variant makes no sense - the additional power requirements, cost, and questionable gains in IQ coming from a future FF X100 model vs. an APS-C X100 just don't stack up. Anyone who wanted a fixed focal length 35mm P&S could have spent almost 3x more on an RX1 II - and without actually checking sales, I'm gonna assume based on the seat of my pants estimations that the x100 (in all it's S/T/F variants) have outsold the RX1/R I/II family. And price was likely a big part of the reason for that, although form factor and UI may have also played a part. At this point in the development of their X platform, I'd guess that sharing the same XTRANS sensors throughout their family of cameras is part of what keeps the x100 series affordable.
I would like to chime in here and add one of my own personal "wants" for the Fuji X family in general - I would LOVE to see Fuji back away from the megapixel war a bit and develop a lower resolution (say 12-16MP) APS-C XTRANS sensor optimized for all out ISO performance rather than just more pixels. While I love my X-Pro 2 and X-T2, I'd gladly have traded a few pixels (16MP on the previous gen XTRANS was fine for my needs) for better outright ISO performance. And even faster AF would be nice too of course - from what I've read on Fujirumors and other news sources, it would seem like one of the biggest bottlenecks in AF performance is currently the X100's 23mm lens, which may simply not be able to focus much faster than it already can.
I'm also gonna agree with others who said that a full frame X100 variant makes no sense - the additional power requirements, cost, and questionable gains in IQ coming from a future FF X100 model vs. an APS-C X100 just don't stack up. Anyone who wanted a fixed focal length 35mm P&S could have spent almost 3x more on an RX1 II - and without actually checking sales, I'm gonna assume based on the seat of my pants estimations that the x100 (in all it's S/T/F variants) have outsold the RX1/R I/II family. And price was likely a big part of the reason for that, although form factor and UI may have also played a part. At this point in the development of their X platform, I'd guess that sharing the same XTRANS sensors throughout their family of cameras is part of what keeps the x100 series affordable.
I would like to chime in here and add one of my own personal "wants" for the Fuji X family in general - I would LOVE to see Fuji back away from the megapixel war a bit and develop a lower resolution (say 12-16MP) APS-C XTRANS sensor optimized for all out ISO performance rather than just more pixels. While I love my X-Pro 2 and X-T2, I'd gladly have traded a few pixels (16MP on the previous gen XTRANS was fine for my needs) for better outright ISO performance. And even faster AF would be nice too of course - from what I've read on Fujirumors and other news sources, it would seem like one of the biggest bottlenecks in AF performance is currently the X100's 23mm lens, which may simply not be able to focus much faster than it already can.
Rob-F
Likes Leicas
I have not kept up with the new X100 models. I'm very pleased with my X100. When I need a camera that does what an X100 does, I just grab my X100. When the X100 won't do, I need something very different, like an X20 or a D-lux 6 or a D700. Or a Leica MP or a Hasselblad.