Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/08/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]+1 Always happy to see distant relatives on the Leica branch of the family tree :-) Amiti?s Philippe Le 14 ao?t 12 ? 21:45, Nathan Wajsman a ?crit : > Thanks for sharing these. Always great to see some familiar and not- > so-familiar LUG faces. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > > YNWA > > > > On Aug 14, 2012, at 2:33 PM, Richard Taylor wrote: > >> Thanks to John Lee we had another fine NYLUG meeting at ICP in >> Manhattan last Friday. Our lecturers were Tina Manley on >> "Documentary Photography" and Karen Nakamura on "Visual >> Anthropology"--two topics that went well together. >> >> I've posted a few pictures from the meeting. These were all taken >> with a Fuji X Pro-1 and the 35 mm Fujinon at ISO 1600 and ISO 6400 >> using in-camera jpgs. The high ISO performance still astonishes me >> and the 35 mm lens is wonderful. The camera is a slow focuser, >> though, by current standards but wonderfully useful in this kind of >> situation. >> >> Two X Pro-1 quirks you might want to be aware of: 1) Uploading >> images to an iPad via the Camera Connection Kit leaves residual >> iPad files on the SD card. These files make the camera turn-on >> *VERY SLOW*--like 8 seconds. The cure is to reformat the card >> after putting it back in the camera. 2) There is no way to lock >> manual focus--at least that I've found. That means that any >> jiggling of buttons on the camera or the focus ring refocuses the >> camera. The net result is that the camera is useless for zone >> focusing. Fuji, are you listening???? These issues need to be >> addressed. >> >> Pictures: >> >> Karen and Chris Saganich admire Karen's Ricoh M-module camera. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2012_nylug/DSCF0539.jpg.html >> >> Tina lecturing. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2012_nylug/DSCF0558.jpg.html >> >> Roger Rubin and Lew Schwartz listening. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2012_nylug/DSCF0569.jpg.html >> >> Karen Lecturing. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2012_nylug/DSCF0566_001.jpg.html >> >> Ed and Marcia Meyers. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2012_nylug/DSCF0562.jpg.html >> >> Tom and Tina Manley. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2012_nylug/DSCF0577.jpg.html >> >> Roger and Lew as Lew accepts his door prize. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2012_nylug/DSCF0574.jpg.html >> >> C&C always welcome. Enjoy. >> >> 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