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Subject: [Leica] 2012 NYLUG Meeting & Fuji X Pro-1 Comments
From: lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:06:02 +0200
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Thank you Dick!

cheers
Lluis



El 14/08/2012, a las 21:57, Richard Taylor escribi?:

> My pleasure, Lluis.  Nice to see you're still here and shooting such  
> great stuff, too.
>
> Dick
>
>
>
> On Aug 14, 2012, at 2:11 PM, Lluis Ripoll wrote:
>
>> Thanks for sharing this Richard
>>
>> cheers
>> Lluis
>>
>>
>> El 14/08/2012, a las 14:33, Richard Taylor escribi?:
>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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