Over fifty years I've purchased about 40 cameras for professional use and pleasure. All forty were capable of producing sharp, high quality images. If they couldn't do that I wouldn't have bought them in the first place!
However, about six of those cameras were special, especially camera numero uno - my Hanimex X35 I bought in 1959. Then there was the Nikon F2 Photomomic, the Yashica 124G black box, The Nikon F100, my tank the Pentax 67, the Nikon D700 and now the Fujifilm X100. I'm not sure whether I fell in love with them or they fell in love with me. It doesn't matter. But these cameras fire me full of passion for photography.
These cameras felt like an extension of myself as a photographer. Those special cameras had intuitive logic in their design (easy to learn to use and operate), they felt good in your hand and they never let you down.
Author and long-time student Helen Bareham in FACEZ studio. Both X100 officinados!
Fujifilm's X100 slips comfortably into my list of top cameras I have ever owned. When i first used teh X100 I was delighhted with it and predicted it would become a cult camera. Its one camear I would never ever sell.
However, the X100 is neither perfect or faultless, a bit like the owner! There were some initial problems with over expsore at small apertures (now solved) and lack of RAW conversion software but the superior image quality more than compenasted for that. Its retro design, high-efficiency functionality and magnificent performance at high ISO make it a leader in compact cameras.
Fujifilm are shortly to release the replacement for the X100 - the X100S. The exterior will look much the same but inside there's a new sensor - the Fujifilm-designed 16.3MP APS-C X-Trans CMOS II. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that Fuji make the best sensors available - particularly in relation to the reproduction of skin tones.
However, about six of those cameras were special, especially camera numero uno - my Hanimex X35 I bought in 1959. Then there was the Nikon F2 Photomomic, the Yashica 124G black box, The Nikon F100, my tank the Pentax 67, the Nikon D700 and now the Fujifilm X100. I'm not sure whether I fell in love with them or they fell in love with me. It doesn't matter. But these cameras fire me full of passion for photography.
These cameras felt like an extension of myself as a photographer. Those special cameras had intuitive logic in their design (easy to learn to use and operate), they felt good in your hand and they never let you down.
Author and long-time student Helen Bareham in FACEZ studio. Both X100 officinados!
Fujifilm's X100 slips comfortably into my list of top cameras I have ever owned. When i first used teh X100 I was delighhted with it and predicted it would become a cult camera. Its one camear I would never ever sell.
However, the X100 is neither perfect or faultless, a bit like the owner! There were some initial problems with over expsore at small apertures (now solved) and lack of RAW conversion software but the superior image quality more than compenasted for that. Its retro design, high-efficiency functionality and magnificent performance at high ISO make it a leader in compact cameras.
Fujifilm are shortly to release the replacement for the X100 - the X100S. The exterior will look much the same but inside there's a new sensor - the Fujifilm-designed 16.3MP APS-C X-Trans CMOS II. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that Fuji make the best sensors available - particularly in relation to the reproduction of skin tones.
There's a new engine under the bonnet - the EXR Processor II image processor. I've heard on the grapevine that shutter lag has been reduced to a Billy the Kid gunslinger time of 0.08 sec. You can read an expanded review of the new Fujifilm X100S at www.dpreview.com
If you want to learn about cameras, photography and how to use light creatively join me in one of my structured, sequential UWA workshops in 2013.
If you want to learn about cameras, photography and how to use light creatively join me in one of my structured, sequential UWA workshops in 2013.
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