Fuji X-Pro 1 ISO test and comparison with NEX-5n and GX1 plus a remarkable sensor performance at Soundimagesplus (Click here): “As you will also clearly see the X-Pro 1 is significantly better than the other two 16MP cameras at high ISO’s.”
Dpreview (Click here) posted a first impression review: “You needn’t have read this piece from start to finish to see that I’m very impressed with the X-Pro1. From what I’ve seen so far it looks like Fujifilm has avoided re-introducing any of the more egregious oddities of the X100. And while we’ve yet to subject it to our rigorous testing methodology, we’ve not found flaws of the type that plagued the X100. On balance I think it’s safe to say that the X-Pro1 is a camera that gets much more right than it does wrong.”
Sounds all good!!! 🙂
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Evening.
Just spent the last couple of days debating with myself the merits of the X-Pro 1 that was delivered to me the other day.
Too many trouble spots for my taste. Noisy (and who ever heard of a noisy little rangefinder!) and amazingly slow auto focus acquisition. Who would have thought? Plus really slow RAW in camera processing speed. Really slow! A corded battery charger? A front lens cap that can barely be removed by normal adult male fingers? A cluttered and somewhat garish viewfinder. And a non spring loaded dual battery and card slot cover?
The lenses seem like factory seconds of the retro looking Japanese Zeiss lenses due to the thin knurling and non silky helical manual focus feel. And you’ll need manual because the thing focuses so slow.
Honestly, I was excited to play with this model and even consider it as a junior
M9 but, to paraphrase what a Texan boot maker once taught me, the X-Pro 1’s “hand” just isn’t much good to my taste.
Sadly it”s all going back tomorrow. The 5D mkllls we got a couple of weeks ago are, with all due respect to their different weight, size and form factor, far more user friendly and project a sense of class and design level that is the minimum I had hoped to see with these fairly little cameras.
Darnitall. And, of course, just one professional users opinion. Mine.
10-4
I fully understand that this camera can be a poor fit for many people. But I do get irritated when someone pans the camera with intensity yet clearly never took the time to learn how it works.
Did you know that the “cluttered and somewhat garish viewfinder” is fully user configurable? You can turn all heads-up information on or off individually?
rtfm
What’s wrong with a corded battery charger? Some of us prefer battery charges with a cord. I have one non-corded battery charger (Nikon J1) and only one place to charger it, unless I unplug other chargers/cords.
Yes Fudji is better at very high ISO than Sony 5n but with much more expensive body and prime lens (against cheap sony body with average zoom lens). Does it worth the small difference in high ISO IQ? And is it really Fuji;s sensor high ISO overstated? Still we don’t know that. And what if Sony is with those cheap legacy good prime lens mounted on cheap adapter? And of course Sony has better AF too. The result is:
http://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Electronics-Compact-System-Cameras/zgbs/electronics/3109924011