So, who's happy with the X-Pro1?

[nfbuckeye]

LOVE it. IQ surpasses the M8 it replaced , IMO.

[fiddlergene1]

Very happy with the output of mine. The details are amazing. Now if I could just tame the AF

[AusDLK]

i also recommend the grip. didn't think i would but i went back and bought the 18mm lens.

frankly, i have NO interest in using my M lenses. don't see the point but the reports of easy manual focusing is interesting nonetheless.

this is the first time i've ever been able to say this -- i see now the possibility of life WITHOUT a Leica M digital. if they're not worried, May 10th better bring a something pretty special or only jewelry collectors will have a compelling reason to buy a digital M.

selling all of my Leica stuff (except my Frankenleica M3 and my IIIf) would easily net me enough for a digital back for my Contax 645 which i now believe is the finest camera and system ever created by man.

[hub]

Very happy with mine. Not a perfect camera though.

I'm tempted to get rid of the Olympus now (still have the 5DMkII for DSLR need, and the film gear)

[jsrockit]

Before I owned the X-Pro1, I would've said M8. After owning the X-Pro1, I say X-Pro1. It's that good of a camera. However, if you like the feel of the digital M cameras... the X-Pro1 is not a replacement.

[rasterdogs]

Really enjoying mine. Size/weight are great. No complaints about AF. My Canon gear is sitting around feeling lonely. Very much like the OOC jpegs. Use the OVF exclusively except for macro things. Have the 35 mm and 18 mm lenses. Both are fine, the 35 is exemplary. Making pictures no longer involves a photo expedition. Women and children no longer run screaming from the streets when I walk by. I attribute this to the Xpro-1 but who knows?
-Rasterdogs

[Landshark99]

I have two and love them both

[Lax Jought]

Originally Posted by jsrockit

However, if you like the feel of the digital M cameras...

What do you mean by the feel?

[Lss]

Originally Posted by jsrockit

Before I owned the X-Pro1, I would've said M8. After owning the X-Pro1, I say X-Pro1. It's that good of a camera. However, if you like the feel of the digital M cameras... the X-Pro1 is not a replacement.

I guess feel includes focusing.

[macjim]

Originally Posted by Lax Jought

What do you mean by the feel?

Its the way the camera feels in the hand, and the way it takes photographs too. There's a lot of talk about the look of an M9 image wise too and many *** *** this but, it is true! Images taken with an M9 definitely have a different look to them. Can't say why, maybe it's the full frame sensor, maybe it's the lenses, or it could just be both but there is a quality to these images. Now there's also the feel of the camera, it's weight and size, the placement of the controls, etc. it has a solidity to it. My only real dislike is the with the zoom lever on my 35mm Leica lens, it's not the most comfortable way to control the focus but it could just be me as I'm relatively new to Leica's!
Now, the X-Pro1 has a feel of its own and I have to say, it's similar to the M9. Not in weight of course, as it's much lighter but in the way you hold it and the image quality too. It's also just as frustrating as the M9 in its own way!

[macjim]

Originally Posted by macjim

There's a lot of talk about the look of an M9 image wise too and many *** *** this but, it is true!!

Don't know what happened here but the *** *** was typed as pooh pooh without the H's.

[jsrockit]

Originally Posted by Lax Jought

What do you mean by the feel?

Solid, heavy M shaped body (it is unique), manual focus lenses, simplified menus, etc. Totally different experience to the Fujis.

[Lax Jought]

Originally Posted by macjim

Images taken with an M9 definitely have a different look to them. Can't say why, maybe it's the full frame sensor, maybe it's the lenses, or it could just be both but there is a quality to these images.

I love Leica images too. I would trawl the Leica/photography forums and drink in all the awesome photos I'd see.

I've been saying for a while, even if it's pure speculation, that this might be because Leicas cost so much so only serious enthusiast photographers would buy one. Serious photographers are more likely to have photographic experience behind them, and therefore are more likely to produce the amazing photographs I see.

Inexperienced or beginner photographers generally go for the DSLRs only and every Tom, Dick, and Harry who calls themselves a photographer (beginner or experienced, good or bad) has one. In the more general photography forums I see a lot more mediocre photography, even with good DSLRs (although there are definitely some really amazing DSLR photographers of course).

Anyway, I see better photography in specialty forums like the Leica and RFF forums.

That's how I rationalise it.

[Lax Jought]

Originally Posted by jsrockit

Solid, heavy M shaped body (it is unique), manual focus lenses, simplified menus, etc. Totally different experience to the Fujis.

ah I thought you were talking about the IQ too.

[jsrockit]

Originally Posted by Lax Jought

ah I thought you were talking about the IQ too.

Well, there is a distinctly Kodak look to the M8/M9 files...and obviously a distinctly Fuji look to the X series files. You may laugh, but there is a difference in look between the two (outside of high ISO, etc.) There are days (bright sunlight, etc) were the M9 files look like Kodachrome.

[bigeye]

Originally Posted by Lax Jought

I love Leica images too. I would trawl the Leica/photography forums and drink in all the awesome photos I'd see.

I've been saying for a while, even if it's pure speculation, that this might be because Leicas cost so much so only serious enthusiast photographers would buy one. Serious photographers are more likely to have photographic experience behind them, and therefore are more likely to produce the amazing photographs I see.

That's how I rationalise it.

I believe this, too. The X100 seems to be the 2nd camera to a lot of serious/pro photographers also, and its portfolio benefits from that.

[Spyro]

Originally Posted by jsrockit

Well, there is a distinctly Kodak look to the M8/M9 files...and obviously a distinctly Fuji look to the X series files. You may laugh, but there is a difference in look between the two (outside of high ISO, etc.) There are days (bright sunlight, etc) were the M9 files look like Kodachrome.

ha funny you should say that, I just downloaded some kodachrome lightroom presets and tried them on my xp1 tiff files. Then it dawned on me... I'm trying to make a fuji sensor look like kodak trannies! No wonder it didnt work.
See if it works for you:
http://x-equals.com/blog/wp-content/...load.php?id=56

[jsrockit]

Thanks Spyro, I'll check it out.

[RealXenuis]

LOVe it. Couldn't be happier. Have all 3 lenses. Took it with me on a week-long trip (got back Sun night) and used it extensively. In fact, it was glued to me. Never wanted to use a camera so much as this one. I think that implies more than any description could.

[PrecisionCamera]

Originally Posted by RealXenuis

LOVe it. Couldn't be happier. Have all 3 lenses. Took it with me on a week-long trip (got back Sun night) and used it extensively. In fact, it was glued to me. Never wanted to use a camera so much as this one. I think that implies more than any description could.

Glad to hear that worked well for you! How was Boston?

[furcafe]

While I can't say that I'm happy, I am a satisfied buyer. I got the X-Pro1 primarily for its high ISO performance & OVF, potentially as a replacement for my D700 (which I had also bought primarily for its high ISO performance, not its AF & other typical pro SLR features) & also as a backup for my M9, so I had relatively high expectations for the sensor & low expectations for the AF & user interface. By those personal measures, the X-Pro1 succeeds. My dream camera (the M10 maybe?) would combine the Leica M optical RF/VF w/a Fuji-quality full-frame sensor, but until that day arrives, having to use both the M9 & X-Pro1 is a 1st World Problem, i.e., not the end of the world.

[RealXenuis]

Originally Posted by PrecisionCamera

Glad to hear that worked well for you! How was Boston?

It was great! Actually, I didn't get to see Boston proper, rather, Waltham, MIT, Harvard area. It was ok...
NYC was lovely, blooms everywhere, great weather.

Virginia...now..gorgeous. Granted, the area I explored was a novelty to some extent - a nature-protected oasis on the bank of a beautiful lake. Pictures (and review) to come!

[BobYIL]

Dear Members,

Would you :

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/foru...hreadid=118420

[Bill Pierce]

A very fast handling street camera… Prefocus and then lock the focus with a one button push. This is what most folks do with a rangefinder camera, focus and then shoot frames until you have to refocus. The Fuji does it superbly and quickly. And, if you understand contrast detection focus (which isn’t so different from rangefinder focus) rather than trying to focus on something with no real tonal differences, the comments I’ve read on the web about focus problems just disappear. That and the excellent high ISO performance also make it a good available light camera.

[Bike Tourist]

I'm in the process of selling my D7000 kit with an eye toward getting the X Pro 1. Meanwhile, I will continue to explore and learn from the X100.