DigitalRev review the 3 X-Pro1 Lenses

Chris Dodkin

West Coast Correspondent
i watched this the other day, he dont seem over impressed does he :-( Saying that hes a big Leica M9 Fan............!!
 
I get the feeling he's going against the hype to get more hits, being a little controversial.

He starts of the video taking about 'not jumping on the bandwagon'...

The lens hoods are odd - he has a point on that one - but the shape reminds me of hoods I've seen on Leica, which I'm sure was the part of the design strategy from Fuji.

He picks on the AF - which is not as fast as a DSLR, agreed.

He goes after lens sharpness - I've not seen any issues here, but I've not done any pixel peeping. The one shot where I cropped in, Ballon Man, I was more than happy with the detail and sharpness at f2.8

He picks on BOKEH - again, not done a side by side comparison with say a fast Canon L lens - I can do so - but I'll be comparing a $600 lens with a $1600 lens, so that may not be a fair test?

EVF - does have a split second jump as you focus - faster than the X100 though, and still light years ahead of say Canon in viewfinder tech.

Lens caps are completely crap - agreed - both the on lens caps, and the on hod caps - I bet someone will do better 3rd party items in the near future as an 'upgrade item'.

He focusses on the 60mm as a 'macro' - I see it more as a portrait lens, given the effective final length. I'll shoot some more then decide if the 'laggy evf' is an issue.

Kai has access to way more cameras/lenses than I do - so he has a unique perspective - he's also playing to the camera/Internet, so I'm taking his comments with a bucket of salt :)

On the flip side - the hype around this camera system has been intense - so somewhere in the middle is probably more realistic.

I'll do my own write up after a little more camera time - and compare with the Canon 5DII system, and the Fuji X100.

I will say that I'm very happy I bought the kit - would buy again - no regrets.
 
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