A Private Party with the XP1

[bigeye]

Ryan:

Impressed by your shots - 'from the camera' or not. (It's amazing how much better the slide guitar shot is in B&W.)

As with Domagojs's comments on the comparison shots, there are some flared background bits (and some moire inside the picture in the background), that adds some tension to the fuji image.

- Charlie

[willie_901]

I think you are more than good enough to use a $9,000 camera. However your work will not suffer in the least if you keep using what you have now.

[brachal]

Originally Posted by Ryan1938

At the end of the day, what I really want is an M9... or an M10 - whatever that ends up being... But I'm not a good enough photographer to use a $9000 camera.

A friend of mine like to say, "It's not the wand that matters; it's the magician."

[Ryan1938]

Thanks fellas... Maybe I just got lucky and posted images that have some salt to them. In any case, I've got buddies that are real photographers. I'm not one of them and I'm totally cool with that!

As for the XP1, I'm still really enjoying it. So much so, that I'm now starting to think about that wide angle to sit along side my 35mm...

[Landshark99]

Originally Posted by Speedfreak

What you see here is more Silver FX than Fuji. There is nothing "like film" in a digital camera. But it can be tweaked in post. (Which leads me to the question why not just shoot film in the beginning, but whatever...)

Nice shots anyway.

unless you wet print in a darkroom, once you scan negatives you are shooting digital

[Leigh Youdale]

Originally Posted by Landshark99

unless you wet print in a darkroom, once you scan negatives you are shooting digital

A bit pedantic I think, and not accurate anyway. I can't quite see that when the inputs are different in the first place you can say it's one or the other. Hybrid, yes. Digital, partly. Analogue, partly. Does it matter? No.
The image is the end product, whether on screen or print, and that's the objective. Everything else is simply a means of getting there. Some choose one road, others prefer another way. Who cares?

[Ryan1938]

I'm not one to care... at all. I just like take pictures. I prefer my M6, but the XP1 is a ball too...

[paulfish4570]

try the green filter setting for BW people shooting ...

[Landshark99]

Originally Posted by Leigh Youdale

A bit pedantic I think, and not accurate anyway. I can't quite see that when the inputs are different in the first place you can say it's one or the other. Hybrid, yes. Digital, partly. Analogue, partly. Does it matter? No.
The image is the end product, whether on screen or print, and that's the objective. Everything else is simply a means of getting there. Some choose one road, others prefer another way. Who cares?

I agree all that matters is the image in the end.