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archeophoto
11-15-2011, 17:29
I have to say I was very skeptical about the X100. All that hype, the relatively high price, the hybrid viewfinder. All very suspicious!
Then I saw an ad in a local "for sale list". $800 for a used one. I'm not kidding about the price. For that price I wanted to try it and then sell it for a profit because I won't like it anyway, I thought.
My wife and I had a three week vacation planned anyway, so I took the X100 as a "sidekick" to a D700 and a Rolleiflex.
Our trip took us from Canada to the four corners region, Grand Canyon, Las Vegas etc.
Boy, did I ever appreciate the X100! What a fantastic little camera. Especially in Las Vegas the X100 was a dream. The high ISO performance is great and the camera is so quiet and unobtrusive. While it won't replace my D700, it sure is a great walk around camera.
I was never so glad to be wrong about something...

Here some shots from the trip:

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6110/6320841392_35ffe8167c_b.jpg
Hopi Indian Reserve
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6055/6320968362_174169b003_b.jpg
The Flamingo Hotel in Vegas
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6117/6321220728_1b9863dd50_b.jpg
Some ladies having a girls night out in Vegas

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6229/6320960326_d4ac2b5502_b.jpg
Somebody is always watching in Vegas

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6039/6320968382_7594b91faf_b.jpg
The lights of the "Planet Hollywood"

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6116/6321090106_76f8dc8866_b.jpg
Halloween in Vegas

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6235/6320790092_6e1dbbb61c_b.jpg
Navajo country

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6211/6321244358_082fe484c0_b.jpg
and Vegas again

DamenS
11-15-2011, 17:57
Some great photos there - I especially like the "Flamingo Hotel", even though it looks a bit like something Andreas Gursky might have done (I'd personally rate yours a bit higher), and that particular thread did my head in ! The "somebody always watching in Las Vegas" would be my next favourite.

GaryLH
11-15-2011, 18:03
Some nice shots. I did not appreciate the x100 high iso capability until my last vacation. With the silent leaf shutter, no one really noticed when I took the shot or that I was taking a lot of pictures during a performance at preservation in new Orleans...

Since I was in the back, standing room area... I was not distracting anyone including the artist.

Have fun with your new camera
Gary