Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ed - I can't make a comparison to the Nikon RAW processor since I've never used it. The Fuji RAW processor--at least on the few images I've tried it with--seems to produce slightly sharper images but they have noticeable splotchy color noise that I do not see using the Adobe RAW converter. The splotchy noise isn't at all bad, but it is noticeable and I'd rather not see it at all. I convert all my RAW files to DNG on import just as you do. The camera will be with me when I go to Maine and by then we should know whether or not it's going to be a useful platform for my neglected Leica lenses. Regards, Dick On Jun 26, 2012, at 11:56 AM, Edward Kowaleski wrote: > Thanks for the update. I'm looking forward to handling it when I see you > in > Bar Harbor. > > Do you have an opinion of the quality of images generated from DNG files > that have been converted from proprietary Fuji or Nikon RAW files? I know > you find the conversion a little (or lots) longer but is there any > qualitative difference? > > I have been converting all my Panasonic or Nikon RAW images to DNG as soon > as I take the chip out of the camera. It makes subsequent processing and > storage simpler (to me) and keeps all my RAW files on one platform which I > feel confident that Adobe will maintain similar to their Acrobat PDF files. > I'd appreciate your thoughts on this. > > Ed > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+ekowaleski=twmi.rr.com at leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+ekowaleski=twmi.rr.com at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > Richard Taylor > Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 8:29 AM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: [Leica] Using the Fuji X Pro-1 > > I've had my X Pro-1 for two weeks now and in thought you might be > interested > in my impressions of the camera. There are many images on line testifying > to its excellent image quality at low and high ISO so I'm not going to add > more--at least for now. What they show is all true, though, in my > experience. > > If you've been following the discussions about the camera, not all of this > will be new to you. > > In a nutshell, it is the most M-like digital camera I've yet run across. > The aperture dial is on the lens where it belongs, ditto for the shutter > speed dial and exposure correction dials on the body, and you can set the > Fn > button to bring up ISO settings, so everything you're likely to need in > routine shooting is right out in the open. The body is just a bit smaller > than the M9 and weighs about half as much. > > With the Fujinon lenses, focus is just like the Leica, except it's > automatic. Aim the focus rectangle in the OVF at the point you want in > focus, half press the shutter, watch the frame lines jump into place, > reframe if necessary and shoot. Perfect! When you're close in you've got > to use the lower right focus rectangle to correct for parallax, but > otherwise the procedure is the same. Focus speed is more than fast enough, > but nowhere near as fast as my Panasonic GX-1. > > If you place the focus rectangle correctly, the focus will be spot-on. > > OTH, the camera, despite the inclusion of a "Multi-Spot" mode, really > doesn't have one as far as I've can tell. If you put it in Multi-Spot, it > will choose the single most contrasty spot in the frame to focus on, > whether > it's your subject's eye or a lightbulb in the far corner of the frame. I > don't see why this method would work under any circumstances, but maybe one > of you can enlighten me. > > The only way you can shoot from the hip is to lock focus on an appropriate > middle distance and stop way down, again just as you would do with an M. > > I can see the frames lines and data in the OVF with my regular glasses on. > If I'm wearing polarizing sunglasses and holding the camera horizontally, > though, I can't either in the OVF or anything at all in the EVF. With the > LCD on the camera back it's the other way around. It's readable with the > camera horizontal, but not vertical. > > Opinions can differ on this of course, but for my purposes LR 4 does a > better job of processing the RAW files than the Fuji RAW converter does. > There is less blotchy chroma noise and sharpness is almost as good. OTH, > converting the RAW files to DNG and importing them into LR seems to take > forever, maybe 3-4 times as long as it takes to import files from my D300. > > > The only thing about the camera that drives me nuts is the power switch. > Whoever designed it needs to go in for some remedial work on detent design. > Even the slightest brush of the hand or the side of a camera bags turns the > camera on. Bad, bad, bad. > > > Regards, > > Dick > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information