Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Very handsome, Howard! :-) On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 1:51 AM, H&ECummer <cummer at netvigator.com> wrote: > Here I am in the camera shop this morning. Taken with the 35mm f1.4 on the > X Pro. > ISO 200 1/14 @ f2.8 Processed to B&W in CS 5 > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/XPRO/HC35bw.jpg.html > > http://tinyurl.com/cwkba9c > > Here is Pete from Mirama Camera taken with the 18mm f2.0 > ISO 400 1/90 @f2.0 Processed to B&W in CS5 > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/XPRO/Pete18bw.jpg.html > > http://tinyurl.com/clobqft > > First impressions are mixed. Picture quality looks very good - bokeh is > pleasant. > Lack of eye piece diopter adjustment is annoying. Inability to set minimum > shutter speed > with auto ISO is IMHO a retrograde step compared to the X100. (Maybe you > can but that means > I'll have to read the manual!!!) Erase function is now first on playback > instead of third as on X100. That is progress. > Focus speed and shutter lag seem better than the X100, even with the 1.20 > upgrade to the X100. > The 35mm f1.4 has a clunking sound as it starts to focus which is > disconcerting but apparently "normal". > > Please look large > C&C always welcome > Howard > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>