Hello pretty thing..

[Hamish Gill]

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Ooooooooooooo, looks lovely!

 

[Hamish Gill]

Its odd ... its lighter, yet not less insubstantial than i expected ...

 

[Chris Dodkin]

POST SOME PICTURES!!!

Sorry, got carried away.

 

[Pete Askew]

Congratulations! Two babies on one month!

Looking forward to reading your impressions.

 

[Hamish Gill]

couple of fairly boring untouched shots

iso200 f/2.8 1/60 - AF, aperture priority, auto iso

iso200 f/2 1/125 - AF, aperture priority, auto iso

iso500 f/16 1/60 - MF, aperture priority, auto iso

the digital rf is a thing of beauty - i can see me shooting a lot of manual focus with this ... I think coming from using lots of 1950's compacts and the like, this camera makes a lot of sense to me

One thing that strikes me almost instantly about some of the comments on its limitations ...
Its mentioned that it cant be used at f/2 / 1/4000th (and 1/2000) ... this is touted as a limitation that has to be gotten around using the nd filter
toward the bottom http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/FujifilmX100/page17.asp
it occurs to me that they are looking at this from the wrong angle ...
ok, you cant use it at f/2 and 1/4000 ... but you can use it at f/2 and 1/1000 with the smae result using the nd filter ... so whats the issue...
in theory they could have just limited the camera to 1/1000 and no one would be the wiser ... but instead they have allowed the use of faster shutter speeds at smaller apertures ... thats a bonus, not a short coming ... and it has a built in ND!
do you see what im getting at ...

 

[Hamish Gill]

... and i dont want to sound too much like a gear head here ... but check out how smooth the bokeh is ... talk about creaminess!!

 

[Ben Jennings]

Nice, I am as ever jealous!

 

[Hamish Gill]

If it makes you feel any better, the ifbaflex doesnt work
... must reply to your pm...
unless you want to post it (or similar) to a thread ... im sure others would be interested in all of what you said on the vitomatic/jesspos/scanning experience ... not to mention popping that photo post cherry of yours

 

[Thomas brookes]

Sooooo gel!!! More pics please

 

[Thomas brookes]

Swap for a d7000

 

[Hamish Gill]

HA

these were both taken with flash

auto iso - 3200, auto shutter - 1/50, auto aperture - f/2 with the flash switch on

crop

auto iso - 250, auto shutter - 1/60, auto aperture - f/2 with the flash switch on

basically no flash shadow at all ... Im very pleased with the aspect of the camera

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Smart move there Hamish - get some shots of the baby in early to help justify the new toy

 

[Hamish Gill]

I've been trying to use it as an excuse ... You should have seen her face when I said what it cost... Not so happy

 

[Larry Bolch]

On the other hand, an f/2.0 35mm Summicron costs 2.5× what the X100 costs, and you won't see the difference once you get away from test charts. Consider you bought a world class prime lens and Fuji threw in a lovely camera for free. A superb Fujinon with matching sensor.

Even more important than its sharpness, the combination seems to produce sumptuous smooth gradients—thus beautiful skin tones, sky, water and so on where gradients—not fine detail—make the picture.

Do the manual. It is a much simpler camera than our Nikon's but it is very much one of a kind. Going through the manual with camera in hand, reveals many goodies that one would not have any assurance of stumbling across. I have taken the time to fine tune it to my way of working, and it serves me exceedingly well.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

I've been trying to use it as an excuse ... You should have seen her face when I said what it cost... Not so happy

You're a brave man Hamish!

 

[Brian Moore]

That X100 is a thing of beauty. (And that is coming from a guy who prefers to shoot film!)

 

[Paul Lange]

Nice one Hamish. We would like to hear more about what you think of it as time goes by.

 

[Hamish Gill]

On the other hand, an f/2.0 35mm Summicron costs 2.5× what the X100 costs, and you won't see the difference once you get away from test charts. Consider you bought a world class prime lens and Fuji threw in a lovely camera for free. A superb Fujinon with matching sensor.

Even more important than its sharpness, the combination seems to produce sumptuous smooth gradients—thus beautiful skin tones, sky, water and so on where gradients—not fine detail—make the picture.

Do the manual. It is a much simpler camera than our Nikon's but it is very much one of a kind. Going through the manual with camera in hand, reveals many goodies that one would not have any assurance of stumbling across. I have taken the time to fine tune it to my way of working, and it serves me exceedingly well.

Cheers Larry, i shall have a go with the maunal this evening ... my usual approach is fiddle until im vaguely familiar then bury my head in the manual ... as you say it does usually reveal some of the gaps in knowledge that add to the user experience!

I like this idea that i have bought an exceptional lens with stuff stuck to the back of it ... i did have a pang of "should i have spent the money on another lens for the nikon" but i think all in all this will give me more than a lens i would perhaps use once in a while!

 

[Hamish Gill]

Nice one Hamish. We would like to hear more about what you think of it as time goes by.

try and stop me