I'm having high fever for Mirrorless- Retro - Design(X100s)

[Dylan777]

Me too

Hi Dylan777, have been reading this thread with interest, I had a Leica M9, several Leica Lenses, sold the lot after about 12 Months, just didn't like the M9, mostly because of the rangefinder system, my eyes just aren't up to it, but I disliked the poor menu system (1950's Camera look I like, 1950's tech I dislike), pricing is ridiculous, but, and there's always a but, I liked the feel of the Camera, the size and the Look.

So, I've been looking at the Fuji X-Pro 1, but I may wait for the Pro 2 which I believe is an early 2014 release (and hope it's FF), could be a decent system, smallish, lot of great 3rd Party lenses available, discreet (compared to the 1Dx), takes a reasonable Image, up to date tech from the Japanese, all round looks like a great walk about Camera (which the 1Dx, again, is not).

Interested in any comments from anyone that has the Pro 1 and normally shoots DSLR.

I'm also glad Dylan777 that you qualified who (your wife) was the owner of the new Pink Camera Cover :

And it's nice to know others have the NGAS (New Gear Acquisition Syndrome), I understand it's hereditary, no cure known.

Thanks for the info on Pro2 eml58.

I see M9 at local camera store for many-many times, but never want hand-on it. It just one of those things I don't want to touch :

Believe it or not, my wife knows when to use Av and Tv on the RX1 now

She took some great photos from the kids. Yup, the only missing accessory for her was a "pink" case for RX1.

 

[Botts]

Thanks for the info on Pro2 eml58.

I see M9 at local camera store for many-many times, but never want hand-on it. It just one of those things I don't want to touch :

Believe it or not, my wife knows when to use Av and Tv on the RX1 now

She took some great photos from the kids. Yup, the only missing accessory for her was a "pink" case for RX1.

Does she shoot it with either optical or digital viewfinder, or just the screen?

 

[Dylan777]

Does she shoot it with either optical or digital viewfinder, or just the screen?

Just back screen for now

 

[Dylan777]

i think you would love it more when using both build in neutral density (nd) and graduate nd filter for landscape. one of my friend has this one and it is kinda fun to play around with. the draw back is that you can not do much with candid type since this one is a fixed lens camera.

Haven't try that yet....I prefer not to come back to camera store to try it ;D

Went out for lunch with some co-workers today, I stopped by the camera shop to try build in ND + grad filters --- well the last 2 x100s were sold :-\

 

[jaduffy007]

I brought my wife to local camera store last week. She wanted a "pink" camera bag for the RX1. While I was there, I got a chance to play with x100s.

I'm NOW having a high fever for it : : :

Just surrender, you won't regret it. Warning, your DLSR will gather dust.

If you get it and want to shoot raw, get Iridient Developer for raw conversion. Capture1Pro7 is really good too. LR, not so much.

 

[Dylan777]

I brought my wife to local camera store last week. She wanted a "pink" camera bag for the RX1. While I was there, I got a chance to play with x100s.

I'm NOW having a high fever for it : : :

Just surrender, you won't regret it. Warning, your DLSR will gather dust.

If you get it and want to shoot raw, get Iridient Developer for raw conversion. Capture1Pro7 is really good too. LR, not so much.

Thanks for the tips jaduffy007.

I plan to keep my 5D III and L lenses for another 4-5yrs. Hopefully by then, Sony, Fuji or Olympus will have much faster AF system and better tracking AF system for mirrorless.

 

[dr croubie]

I got rangefinder fever once. Bought a Bessa R3A, Nokton 40mm f/1.4, Apo-Lanthar 90mm f/3.5, and a few 100' rolls of Tri-X 400 for about $800 all up. GAS solved.

 

[Factor7]

I brought my wife to local camera store last week. She wanted a "pink" camera bag for the RX1. While I was there, I got a chance to play with x100s.

I'm NOW having a high fever for it : : :

Just surrender, you won't regret it. Warning, your DLSR will gather dust.

If you get it and want to shoot raw, get Iridient Developer for raw conversion. Capture1Pro7 is really good too. LR, not so much.

This ^^

Ever since I got it (999€ ) my 5D3 has seen very little of the outside world (okay, maybe just a little cause the 24-70II deserves it too).

Not you, 60D. Go back to your bag.

 

[Botts]

Went out for lunch with some co-workers today, I stopped by the camera shop to try build in ND + grad filters --- well the last 2 x100s were sold :-\

You just made me sad I forgot about the built-in ND filters when I had the X100s rented.

 

[Dylan777]

Went out for lunch with some co-workers today, I stopped by the camera shop to try build in ND + grad filters --- well the last 2 x100s were sold :-\

You just made me sad I forgot about the built-in ND filters when I had the X100s rented.

Opppsss ???

I didn't know about the build in filters until ishdakuteb mentioned.