[Leica] The Fuji XPRO-1

[r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard Taylor)]

On Jan 05, 2012, at 1:32 PM, George Lottermoser wrote:

> 
> On Jan 5, 2012, at 12:18 PM, Richard Taylor wrote:
> 
>> Piece of cake, and I can do it in far less time than I can manually focus 
>> a M-camera.  90% of the time it's spot-on, even at f1.7 or f1.4.  With no 
>> center dot in the optical finder as an aiming device I have to guess at 
>> the center and think about parallax, so I miss sometimes, but 90% of the 
>> time it's perfect. Anyone who has used a LTM Leica should feel right at 
>> home. 
> 
> It's wonderful that you like the auto focus on your cameras of choice 
> Richard.
> 
> Yet that does not equate to the RF view/manual focus experience
> (or the use of manual focus lenses on these auto focus or EVF cameras).
> 
Well, it's hard to argue with that since were both expressing personal 
preferences.  Yet, I've used Leica M's for over 50 years and to me the 
handling experience is so similar as to make no never mind as my grandmother 
used to say.  

> I'm not saying one is better than the other.
> Simply saying its a totally different experience.
> And those who've attempted to bring their M glass to the EVF find it a 
> less than satisfying experience;
> in the same way that I find bringing my R glass to my 5D less than 
> satisfying.
> 
> These system cameras work best with their system designed lenses.
> 
I agree.  The M lenses are useable but the operational experience is better 
with the system lenses.  I wish Leica would release more lenses for this 
system.  The 25 mm Summilux is terrific.  I wish they'd work with Panasonic 
to release a 14mm, or even better, a 7 or 8mm lens.  

Dick