Larry Bolch
Well-Known Member
The X-Pro1 is unsuitable for kids or action—so say the wise heads on the DPReview Fuji forum. Secondly, the focus speed on the 60mm (90mm equivalent) is so glacial that it is only useful for stationary objects. So sayeth the sages.
My 60mm arrived on Friday, and on Saturday I was invited to the home of a friend. By 7:00pm the sky was blocked by variable overcast and it was pouring rain. That was the moment that it occurred to young Robbie, that he suddenly needed to master flips on the trampoline—in the deluge.
At ISO6400 and f/5.6 all I could manage was around 1/500th shutter speed—but that was adequate. On top of that, I had to focus through the safety netting with my glacial 60mm, which locked onto the kid quickly and positively. Shutter lag seemed absent and I was able to nail any moment in space—including some less-than-graceful wipe-outs.
Flippin' In The Rain
It has been said that the bumblebee is too aerodynamically deficient to fly, and that may be so, but the bee does not know it so flies about merrily. And the XP1 also does not know it. Were I still shooting sports for meat, the D4 would probably be my choice, but for kids and action in the worst of shooting conditions, the XP1 did a nice job and was a pleasure to use.
My 60mm arrived on Friday, and on Saturday I was invited to the home of a friend. By 7:00pm the sky was blocked by variable overcast and it was pouring rain. That was the moment that it occurred to young Robbie, that he suddenly needed to master flips on the trampoline—in the deluge.
At ISO6400 and f/5.6 all I could manage was around 1/500th shutter speed—but that was adequate. On top of that, I had to focus through the safety netting with my glacial 60mm, which locked onto the kid quickly and positively. Shutter lag seemed absent and I was able to nail any moment in space—including some less-than-graceful wipe-outs.
Flippin' In The Rain
It has been said that the bumblebee is too aerodynamically deficient to fly, and that may be so, but the bee does not know it so flies about merrily. And the XP1 also does not know it. Were I still shooting sports for meat, the D4 would probably be my choice, but for kids and action in the worst of shooting conditions, the XP1 did a nice job and was a pleasure to use.
