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Subject: [Leica] Fuji X-Pro1
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:59:29 -0500
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Hi Gerry,

Very nice tones and details when viewed large.  I gather the teacher is not 
really comfortable with the clarinet, else the fingers of her left hand 
would be in position over the tone holes.  From the student with a hand over 
her ear, I think the note is a high "B".

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gerry Walden" <gwpics at me.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 12:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Fuji X-Pro1


> Here is a link to a full sized jpeg which has had no correction apart from 
> auto change to medium contrast and auto punch in LR4:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gwpics/DSCF0041.jpg.html
>
> Not the best pic I have ever done, but gives and idea of image quality.
>
> Gerry
>
> Gerry Walden
> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
> +44 (0)797 287 7932
> www.gwpics.com
>
> Gerry Walden
> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
> +44 (0)797 287 7932
> www.gwpics.com
>
> On 20 Mar 2012, at 17:33, Gerry Walden wrote:
>
>> Initial impressions on editing are that the lens is very good, and that 
>> exposures are pretty much spot on. I had exactly half an hour between 
>> arriving home from the store and leaving for the shoot, so just fitting 
>> the strap was the only thing I really had time to do apart from setting 
>> the date and time, and selecting raw+jpeg. You can pretty much say I was 
>> shooting straight from the box.
>>
>> Gerry
>>
>> Gerry Walden
>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
>> +44 (0)797 287 7932
>> www.gwpics.com
>>
>> On 20 Mar 2012, at 16:49, Chris Williams wrote:
>>
>>> Keep us posted Gerry!
>>>
>>>
>>> Chris Williams
>>> www.zoeicaimages.net
>>> www.rebirthworkshops.com
>>> 504-231-6261
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mar 20, 2012, at 11:49 AM, Gerry Walden wrote:
>>>
>>>> I acquired the first Fuli X-Pro1 to hit my local dealer this morning, 
>>>> and was shooting with it this afternoon. It is about as close to an M6 
>>>> I have had since leaving Leica, and appears to have functioned well. I 
>>>> did a small job shooting in available light in a school and I shot at 
>>>> 400iso on the 35mm f1.4 lens (equivalent to 50mm) and I have looked at 
>>>> the jpegs and they look fine but they need some colour correction. I 
>>>> shot jpegs and raw, but I have not played with the raw because they 
>>>> only viewable so far in the supplied Silkypix viewer.
>>>>
>>>> May well report more or post an image later, but so far so good!
>>>>
>>>> Gerry
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Gerry Walden
>>>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
>>>> +44 (0)797 287 7932
>>>> www.gwpics.com
>>>>
>>>>
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Replies: Reply from billcpearce at cox.net (Bill Pearce) ([Leica] Fuji X-Pro1)
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Message from gwpics at me.com (Gerry Walden) ([Leica] Fuji X-Pro1)
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