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Subject: [Leica] 2012 NYLUG Meeting & Fuji X Pro-1 Comments
From: r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard Taylor)
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:57:10 -0400
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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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