Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/02/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The value perception of cropped camera systems is going to plummet solidly in a very few years if not sooner. If you want a return on your investment you might not get it like you'd expect to with much gear you get now. If you got an M8 which you can get now I think for quite cheap despite all the problems involved with it all the glass you accumulated for that camera would then be usable on the M9 or any full frame camera Leica comes up with. I'd go that route then. I'm not seeing teachers in schools telling their students to get a Fuji X100. They'd be telling them to invest in a system which can be upgraded seriously. The Fuji X100 for its existence (I give it four years) will be a play toy for people with available cash who like to buy and sell photo gear. It won't be used much by people taking a potentially serious interest in street or any other kind of photography. Its a here today gone tomorrow special. Yes very retro. The lack of distance scales on the lenses could be thought of as a dead give away. As is looking at examples of 4000 across pixel images which measure 2 inches across your computer monitor and cant be viewed larger. It's an emperors new clothes camera system. We all know deep inside its a waste of our time and resources. Its not about photography It's about playing with new toys. When we started out decades back with an M2 or a Nikkormat the film it shot was still 36mm's across just like all the big boy cameras and all the glass we got could be used on our later big boy bodies. Its good to have later bodies in mind. -------------------- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ mark at rabinergroup.com Cars: http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb > From: Quan Tran <quantran101 at gmail.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 22:28:02 -0800 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] More new Fuji X100 info > > I have been following this camera on and off. Still wonder how one would do > zone focusing without the distance scale on the lens? I want to learn to > do street photography, but could not afford a M9 and 35mm lux. I wonder if > this camera could be good for beginner street photography? > > Anyone wants to offer advise? > -Q. > > On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 1:25 PM, John Collier <jbcollier at shaw.ca> wrote: > >> >> http://www.finepix-x100.com/gallery/images?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&; >> utm_campaign=feb >> >> >> http://www.finepix-x100.com/story/mechanical?utm_source=email&utm_medium=emai >> l&utm_campaign=feb >> >> >> http://www.finepix-x100.com/whats-new/press-release?utm_source=email&utm_medi >> um=email&utm_campaign=feb >> >> John >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > Quan Tran. > blog: http://1lens.wordpress.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information