I've had more cameras than most people have had hot dinners, and I was going to get a Nikon V1 as an ultralight system but a camerashop owner and friend persuaded me to get this instead.
Now I'm well used to very good kit, with Canon 1Dsiii and 1Div my standard current bodies, but I do like a small camera, or indeed small handy cameras as well. My current smallest is a Canon S90.
donie 442 by gearoidmuar, on Flickr
This Fuji is extraordinary. There is an "issue" with it which is burning the photography forum about "orbs". These are small overblown hightlights which can have a hard edge and you can reproduce them (I have) but they are not any problem in my photography and I wouldn't have even noticed them in the odd occasion I've seen them, had I not read about them.
What I find extraordinary about this Fuji is the instant shutter, the quick autofocus, the really fast lens, the fact that you can opt for 6mp and get very low noise, or increased dynamic range. The lens is as sharp as you get on a small camera. Don't use F11 as there's serious diffraction. Sharp from wide open to F8. Very slight diffraction at f8.
Anyway, the above snapshot gives and idea of how good it is.
It has a superb LCD with all kinds of aids, including a level, and a simple optical viewfinder with no info at all. I would use this for following action.
Now I'm well used to very good kit, with Canon 1Dsiii and 1Div my standard current bodies, but I do like a small camera, or indeed small handy cameras as well. My current smallest is a Canon S90.
donie 442 by gearoidmuar, on Flickr
This Fuji is extraordinary. There is an "issue" with it which is burning the photography forum about "orbs". These are small overblown hightlights which can have a hard edge and you can reproduce them (I have) but they are not any problem in my photography and I wouldn't have even noticed them in the odd occasion I've seen them, had I not read about them.
What I find extraordinary about this Fuji is the instant shutter, the quick autofocus, the really fast lens, the fact that you can opt for 6mp and get very low noise, or increased dynamic range. The lens is as sharp as you get on a small camera. Don't use F11 as there's serious diffraction. Sharp from wide open to F8. Very slight diffraction at f8.
Anyway, the above snapshot gives and idea of how good it is.
It has a superb LCD with all kinds of aids, including a level, and a simple optical viewfinder with no info at all. I would use this for following action.
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