Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/05

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Subject: [Leica] Fuji XE-1
From: leowesson at gmail.com (Leo Wesson)
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 16:27:18 -0500
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I just looked at an X1 pro, didn't like it.  I could never get use to the
viewfinder and the fact that you can't see what is focused, it's just plain
glass.  I have to have groundglass or a split image.

Leo Wesson
Photographer/Videographer
817.733.9157
www.leowesson.com


On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 10:51 AM, FRANK DERNIE
<frank.dernie at btinternet.com>wrote:

> Lets not forget we are talking about Fuji here, they know quite a lot
> about imaging...
>
>
> I am shooting jpeg and raw on my X-Pro-1. The default Adobe chose for
> Lightroom (and presumably Photoshop) in their raw converter is not as good
> as Fuji have chosen for the camera. It may be one day, but it ain't yet.
> Also, Fuji include an in camera raw to jpeg conversion which is a bit
> clunky but better than Adobe have managed so far.
> Also lets not forget that jpegs, despite being a lossy compression,
> contain far more data than any printer so far invented can print.
>
> I keep my raw files for archival reasons, just like my negatives, and in
> case I want to modify them before printing. The Fuji jpegs give excellent
> prints. They also offer the emulation of the look of some of the Fuji
> films, but I haven't tried one of those yet!
>
> FD
>
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Replies: Reply from Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie) ([Leica] Fuji XE-1)
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