carstenw wrote:
Then why do so many of us buy DSLRs? They are the swiss army knives of photodom. Flexible compromises.
I find that I make better photos with more limited equipment
It is an obsession & the mind also thinks that more choices and possibilities make you more creative or something. While the opposite is true.
Cartier Bresson is the classical example: 1 lens most of the time, manual everything. Took hundreds of killer photos which almost none of the guys with 25 lenses can even dream about...
No choice (1 fixed lens) makes you forget your equipment and just shoot. I personally am not a 35mm guy, I'd prefer something like 40-45mm, but otherwise I agree: Less is more.
At the same time, if I had gone on my recent trip to Ireland with only a 35mm lens.. I would have lost a lot of great possibilities, both on the wide and long end.. Moderation is good, even when it comes to moderation and other similar and related issues.
Can it be good, healthy and fun to limit oneself to one lens only for a week? for a month? yeah, for ever? Well, not for me.
ulrikft2 wrote:
At the same time, if I had gone on my recent trip to Ireland with only a 35mm lens.. I would have lost a lot of great possibilities, both on the wide and long end.. Moderation is good, even when it comes to moderation and other similar and related issues.
Can it be good, healthy and fun to limit oneself to one lens only for a week? for a month? yeah, for ever? Well, not for me.
Yeah, it's definitely personal taste. While Cartier-Bresson preferred just a few pieces of simple gear, Ansel Adams was the classic gear collector. Lots of different lenses, cameras and formats. He used a lot of variety in his photography.
Me personally, I love the concept of the X100. 35mm is my happy place, and I use that focal length for a lot of stuff.
carstenw wrote:
Then why do so many of us buy DSLRs?
... and how many users actually buy a second lens for their 'swiss army knife' DSLRs? The percentage is pretty low. The vast majority of users stay with their kit lens and never upgrade to something different. They buy into the DSLR thing because they want better quality than their P&S, but still don't want the hassle of dealing with lots of lenses. Most of my friends who have DSLRs only have their kit lens, and barely know how to use their camera. They treat it like a big P&S.
photosmart42 wrote:
... and how many users actually buy a second lens for their 'swiss army knife' DSLRs? The percentage is pretty low. The vast majority of users stay with their kit lens and never upgrade to something different. They buy into the DSLR thing because they want better quality than their P&S, but still don't want the hassle of dealing with lots of lenses. Most of my friends who have DSLRs only have their kit lens, and barely know how to use their camera. They treat it like a big P&S.
I did say "us", not "them" I meant here at FM. I don't try to speak for people into whose minds I have no insight.
carstenw wrote:
I did say "us", not "them" I meant here at FM. I don't try to speak for people into whose minds I have no insight.
Point taken . By that same token, "us" are not just buying DSLRs, but also rangefinders, mirrorless cameras, high-end P&S cameras, MF and LF film cameras and digital backs, etc. so we're not exactly homogeneous either. We recognize these cameras for what they are - tools for the trade of capturing our vision. Every now and then a camera like the X100 comes along that is, in itself, a capture of a vision a lot of us have for what the ideal camera might be. And THAT's why the promise of the X100 is exciting. Whether or not the actual product delivers on that promise remains to be seen.
This will be my next camera.
I don't mind how it looks, as it will see much beating.
The price is OK. I just calculated that my little Rollei would have cost me 2500$ by todays prices, all film included.
But how about the viewfinder? Will I be able to shout both eyes open.
By the way is that a hole for a wire release? I love that.
The next model should have a fixed 1,2/38 ( Zeiss).
And please leave it to me, to srew on a ND-filter.
For sure we are heterogeneous. I have a Leica M8, Nikon D3, a Contax 139Q, three medium format and one large format cameras, and I continually see more stuff I want, but I think that if you make a survey of everyone on FM, almost everyone has a DSLR, and almost everyone has more than 1 lens. On the Alternative forum, I would guess that most have more than 1 camera, and more lenses on average than FM on average.
I just hope that we will se some kind of fullframe nikon/canon/someone with a M-mount that costs a fraction of the m9... Until that happens, this is a great cam, for day-to-day stuff!
Has the focus by wire ring been confirmed somewhere? I think the lack of a distance scale on the focus ring almost implies it will be a focus by wire system but I'm wondering if this has been officially confirmed or confirmed by someone who's personally handled the camera.
Thank you,
Roma
Miserere wrote:
From what we know so far, there is an AF sensor rectangle in the OVF that can be placed (maybe) anywhere in the frame and can be different sizes. I imagine the rectangle will flash, change colour or something similar to signal focus has been achieved (there will probably be a beep too).
As for manual focus, we know for sure it can be done in EVF mode, but in OVF? We don't know. Here's something that I would like to see that I expect old-school rangefinder users would love: Have the LCD project onto the OVF only the portion of the total image within the user-defined AF rectangle, which would make manual focusing similar to traditional rangefinder focusing. I don't know if this is technically feasible with Sony's CMOS sensor, but if it is, I hope Fuji implement it.
We don't know, but it would be silly if it didn't.
It is focus by wire, but that doesn't mean the ring has to be infinitely turning. However, it probably will be.
Moderation is good, even when it comes to moderation and other similar and related issues. 
Time for bed.