Spyro P. wrote:
I got mine today, finally.
It feels good, size, weight and general feel and quality reminds me a lot of my zeiss ikon and less of my Contax G. Definitely a japanese aesthetic but one of the better ones, more lexus than toyota sort of thing.
I like it
I ordered the 35 initially, but then seeing that M wides on this camera are pretty much crap, I decided to add the 18 as well. Now my only hope of using M lenses is on the tele front, I'm waiting on the adapter (been in the mail from Hong Kong for 3 weeks now) to see how my Nokton 50/1.5 will do.
I would like to officially thank everyone who preordered for beta-testing this camera. Your aggravation, fits of anger, and RAW profiling will be worth it. Your feedback to (insert manufacturer) will be invaluable for product development...and our usage. Thank you!!!
Yes, I was very close to ordering myself. Logic won out in the end. No decent raw support and what looks to be a major issue with the red channel (I just hope this is not an issue that comes along with the new CFA arrangement).
If you compare it with 5N at equivalent exposure: f8, 1/500s, ISO6400 on XPro-1 and ISO3200 on 5N (note that Fuji label their ISO one stop higher than that of 5N and Nikon), you will see that the X-Pro is very mushy and noisy. Wonder if there is anything wrong with the sample they have?
Tariq Gibran wrote:
Yes, I was very close to ordering myself. Logic won out in the end. No decent raw support and what looks to be a major issue with the red channel (I just hope this is not an issue that comes along with the new CFA arrangement).
At least I saw a couple posts over on LL from Eric Chan that they are working on it. Said it would take a little longer than normal due to the new de-mosaic algorithm. Hopefully that can get more out of it than Silkypix.
I suppose if Capture One supports it soon I could use a trial version of that while I wait, they have seemed to support some cameras quicker.
If you compare it with 5N at equivalent exposure: f8, 1/500s, ISO6400 on XPro-1 and ISO3200 on 5N (note that Fuji label their ISO one stop higher than that of 5N and Nikon), you will see that the X-Pro is very mushy and noisy. Wonder if there is anything wrong with the sample they have?
The IR studio shot also clearly shows the red channel issue with the X-Pro1. I'm curious if this will be able to be properly corrected in other raw converters once they show up. This is ISO 200 - NEX5N and X-Pro1. Guess which side is the X-Pro1. http://www.gibranstudio.com/xr1.jpg
IF one looks at the rest of the shot, the focus is fine. I think in the crop I posted, the issue has to do with the X-Pro1 red channel problem. Detail is lost along with color accuracy when the red channel blows out.
