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Posted By David_Manning

Thanks everyone for replying. I met up with a...

Thanks everyone for replying. I met up with a Flickr contact for some street shooting. It was a good day. I'll revive this thread next time I get to Frankfurt/Mainz.

Manfred Jochum, artist and...

Forum: Fuji X-Pro1 / X-E1

3 Weeks Ago

Replies: 8

Christmas in April

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Posted By David_Manning

A couple of the first with the lens. I've been...

A couple of the first with the lens. I've been shooting a normal lens on the XP1 for a while now, so the 28mm FoV seems so W I D E...

Forum: Fuji X-Pro1 / X-E1

3 Weeks Ago

Replies: 8

Christmas in April

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Posted By David_Manning

The 18mm finishes my kit...at least I think so. I...

The 18mm finishes my kit...at least I think so. I like a 28/50 two-lens kit and this is it.

I have it in the car and I can't wait to get it home and on the camera body. Now, time to sip my...

Forum: Rangefinder Photography Discussion

3 Weeks Ago

Replies: 54

Confession time - your most embarrassing or humiliating photographic moment

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Posted By David_Manning

About two weeks after I bought my first and only...

About two weeks after I bought my first and only M6, which I had been dreaming about for quite some time, I was shooting pictures on a large bridge near downtown Nashville, Tennessee. I was in the...

Forum: Fuji X-Pro1 / X-E1

3 Weeks Ago

Replies: 8

Christmas in April

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Posted By David_Manning

Can't wait to start working in 28mm on the XP1...

Can't wait to start working in 28mm on the XP1 :)

From online pictures, it seems about the same length (with hood on) as the 35/1.4 without a hood. Nice.

Forum: Fuji X-Pro1 / X-E1

3 Weeks Ago

Replies: 8

Christmas in April

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Posted By David_Manning

Christmas in April

Leaving in an hour to pick up my XF 18mm prime for my X-Pro 1.

Yahoo!!! :D

Forum: Travel

4 Weeks Ago

Replies: 7

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Posted By David_Manning

Thanks anyway Kent. I'm sure I'll be back. I'm...

Thanks anyway Kent. I'm sure I'll be back. I'm here now, and it's perfect shooting conditions...cool and overcast :)

---David.

Forum: Travel

4 Weeks Ago

Replies: 7

Views: 250

Posted By David_Manning

Sorry for the thread self-bump...trying to get...

Sorry for the thread self-bump...trying to get responses by tomorrow!

Forum: Travel

4 Weeks Ago

Replies: 7

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Posted By David_Manning

German RFFers, part Zwei...Mainz?

...Not to be confused with benji77's May travel thread :D ...

I'll be in Frankfurt...actually flying into Frankfurt, but staying in Mainz...tomorrow (Monday, April 22nd). I only stay 24 hours and...

Forum: Other Digital Advanced Fixed Lens Compacts

4 Weeks Ago

Replies: 239

Coolpix A

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Posted By David_Manning

I handled a Coolpix A in my local camera store...

I handled a Coolpix A in my local camera store this week. My takeaways:

1. It's a very nice camera, and the online pictures don't do it justice (the black/slate gray is very nice).

2. It's...

Forum: Film / Developing / Chemistry

4 Weeks Ago

Replies: 34

subdued pastel colors with c41

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Posted By David_Manning

I know all the advice here is for shooting the...

I know all the advice here is for shooting the film in-camera, but I just want to point out that you can expose normally, and get a good negative, and then manipulate it in post. It's antithetical...

Forum: Sony RX 100

4 Weeks Ago

Replies: 19

Views: 937

Posted By David_Manning

Tim, bravo! Ensuring the camera learns the way...

Tim, bravo!

Ensuring the camera learns the way you want to store the settings was the unclear portion of the user manual. Now that it learned, voilà! I've got a digital T3 :D

35mm lens...

Forum: Sony RX 100

4 Weeks Ago

Replies: 19

Views: 937

Posted By David_Manning

Tim, I'll check again. That would indeed be a...

Tim, I'll check again. That would indeed be a nice surprise.

Forum: Sony RX 100

4 Weeks Ago

Replies: 19

Views: 937

Posted By David_Manning

Thanks Jamie. No, those color Rio shots on my...

Thanks Jamie. No, those color Rio shots on my Tumblr were made with a Fuji X100 :)

Forum: X100

4 Weeks Ago

Replies: 22

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Posted By David_Manning

Also, the X-Trans sensor is supported by adobe...

Also, the X-Trans sensor is supported by adobe now, AND Fuji is the most proactive camera manufacturer I've seen with regards to firmware upgrades and improving their products. I don't think anyone...

Forum: X100

4 Weeks Ago

Replies: 22

Views: 819

Posted By David_Manning

Derek, I don't shoot sports... but the X100...

Derek, I don't shoot sports... but the X100 focused fine, and the X-Pro 1 feels even snappier (about like my 5DmkII). There is an XF 60mm portrait lens for formal portraits, too.

In either case, I...

Forum: X100

4 Weeks Ago

Replies: 22

Views: 819

Posted By David_Manning

Good points. The X100s, of course, focuses...

Good points.

The X100s, of course, focuses fast. And, all the cameras can switch to EVF for critical framing/100% coverage.

The X series is actually incredibly flexible.

Forum: X100

4 Weeks Ago

Replies: 22

Views: 819

Posted By David_Manning

I traveled for almost a year exclusively with an...

I traveled for almost a year exclusively with an X100...and got great pictures. I enjoy the OVF experience of an RF-style camera.

I began to feel stagnant at 35mm field of view. I moved up to an...

Forum: Other Digital Advanced Fixed Lens Compacts

4 Weeks Ago

Replies: 556

GR Digital V to have APS-C sensor

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Posted By David_Manning

Thanks for the additional comments Jim. I've...

Thanks for the additional comments Jim. I've heard time and time again that Ricoh users love the ergonomics of their GRs.

I wasn't trying to tear down the GR, or the Coolpix A...I was simply trying...

Forum: Other Digital Advanced Fixed Lens Compacts

4 Weeks Ago

Replies: 556

GR Digital V to have APS-C sensor

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Posted By David_Manning

I love shiny new toys, but since I just recently...

I love shiny new toys, but since I just recently bought an RX100, I'm desperately trying to justify keeping it instead of buying a new GR or Coolpix A.

A few things that jumped out at me...

At...

Forum: Other Digital Advanced Fixed Lens Compacts

4 Weeks Ago

Replies: 4

Uh oh...fondled some cameras today

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Posted By David_Manning

Uh oh...fondled some cameras today

You know the story all too well...I was in town, just happened to be near the camera store...I need a battery anyway, so I'll just stop and look around...

I got to handle the RX1 and the Coolpix A. ...

Forum: Fuji X Series

4 Weeks Ago

Replies: 36

X-system users: Fuji has a road-map, but do you?

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Posted By David_Manning

I'm very happy with the XP1 and the 35/1.4...my...

I'm very happy with the XP1 and the 35/1.4...my strategy is to get the 18/2 as soon as I can.

I *might* get an M-mount MF ultra-wide just to play with...I have a Kipon M-mount adapter.

Forum: Sony RX 100

04-15-2013

Replies: 19

Views: 937

Posted By David_Manning

The top two portraits were shot at 35mm...

The top two portraits were shot at 35mm equivalent on the RX100, about the same focal length as the T3. The user-defined memory is great for pre-setting the camera, but unfortunately lens zoom isn't...

Forum: Sony RX 100

04-15-2013

Replies: 19