stevemargulis

I recently moved from Micro Four Thirds to an X-Pro2 and I absolutely love the images I've been getting. But I missed having a small bodied camera that was easy to carry everywhere. I was hesitant about the X70 because of the lack of viewfinder and the 28mm equivalent focal length. Based on the great reviews I had read online, I tried the Sony RX100 IV but found it awkward to hold with image quality that was not nearly as good as I expected. So I returned it the next day. After striking out with the Sony, I decided to give the X70 a try. I've had it for a few days now, but the weather has been dreary in Philadelphia all week, and I wasn't really able to put the X70 to the test until today. After a couple hours walking around South Street, I'm really pleased with the camera and the images I'm getting from it. It's very easy to shoot one handed, quick to focus and I only missed a few shots. It's great for street photography because no one seemed to take any notice of me. And I didn't miss the viewfinder at all. Here's a few images from today.
 

Philly Jesus
 
Hookah
 
Cigarette
 
Doggies
 
Pull Ups
 
1941
 
Dreads

I recently moved from Micro Four Thirds to an X-Pro2 and I absolutely love the images I've been getting. But I missed having a small bodied camera that was easy to carry everywhere. I was hesitant about the X70 because of the lack of viewfinder and the 28mm equivalent focal length. Based on the great reviews I had read online, I tried the Sony RX100 IV but found it awkward to hold with image quality that was not nearly as good as I expected. So I returned it the next day. After striking out with the Sony, I decided to give the X70 a try. I've had it for a few days now, but the weather has been dreary in Philadelphia all week, and I wasn't really able to put the X70 to the test until today. After a couple hours walking around South Street, I'm really pleased with the camera and the images I'm getting from it. It's very easy to shoot one handed, quick to focus and I only missed a few shots. It's great for street photography because no one seemed to take any notice of me. And I didn't miss the viewfinder at all. Here's a few images from today.
 

Philly Jesus
 
Hookah
 
Cigarette
 
Doggies
 
Pull Ups
 
1941
 
Dreads

I recently moved from Micro Four Thirds to an X-Pro2 and I absolutely love the images I've been getting. But I missed having a small bodied camera that was easy to carry everywhere. I was hesitant about the X70 because of the lack of viewfinder and the 28mm equivalent focal length. Based on the great reviews I had read online, I tried the Sony RX100 IV but found it awkward to hold with image quality that was not nearly as good as I expected. So I returned it the next day. After striking out with the Sony, I decided to give the X70 a try. I've had it for a few days now, but the weather has been dreary in Philadelphia all week, and I wasn't really able to put the X70 to the test until today. After a couple hours walking around South Street, I'm really pleased with the camera and the images I'm getting from it. It's very easy to shoot one handed, quick to focus and I only missed a few shots. It's great for street photography because no one seemed to take any notice of me. And I didn't miss the viewfinder at all. Here's a few images from today.
 

Philly Jesus
 
Hookah
 
Cigarette
 
Doggies
 
Pull Ups
 
1941
 
Dreads

I recently moved from Micro Four Thirds to an X-Pro2 and I absolutely love the images I've been getting. But I missed having a small bodied camera that was easy to carry everywhere. I was hesitant about the X70 because of the lack of viewfinder and the 28mm equivalent focal length. Based on the great reviews I had read online, I tried the Sony RX100 IV but found it awkward to hold with image quality that was not nearly as good as I expected. So I returned it the next day. After striking out with the Sony, I decided to give the X70 a try. I've had it for a few days now, but the weather has been dreary in Philadelphia all week, and I wasn't really able to put the X70 to the test until today. After a couple hours walking around South Street, I'm really pleased with the camera and the images I'm getting from it. It's very easy to shoot one handed, quick to focus and I only missed a few shots. It's great for street photography because no one seemed to take any notice of me. And I didn't miss the viewfinder at all. Here's a few images from today.
 

Philly Jesus
 
Hookah
 
Cigarette
 
Doggies
 
Pull Ups
 
1941
 
Dreads

I recently moved from Micro Four Thirds to an X-Pro2 and I absolutely love the images I've been getting. But I missed having a small bodied camera that was easy to carry everywhere. I was hesitant about the X70 because of the lack of viewfinder and the 28mm equivalent focal length. Based on the great reviews I had read online, I tried the Sony RX100 IV but found it awkward to hold with image quality that was not nearly as good as I expected. So I returned it the next day. After striking out with the Sony, I decided to give the X70 a try. I've had it for a few days now, but the weather has been dreary in Philadelphia all week, and I wasn't really able to put the X70 to the test until today. After a couple hours walking around South Street, I'm really pleased with the camera and the images I'm getting from it. It's very easy to shoot one handed, quick to focus and I only missed a few shots. It's great for street photography because no one seemed to take any notice of me. And I didn't miss the viewfinder at all. Here's a few images from today.
 

Philly Jesus
 
Hookah
 
Cigarette
 
Doggies
 
Pull Ups
 
1941
 
Dreads

I recently moved from Micro Four Thirds to an X-Pro2 and I absolutely love the images I've been getting. But I missed having a small bodied camera that was easy to carry everywhere. I was hesitant about the X70 because of the lack of viewfinder and the 28mm equivalent focal length. Based on the great reviews I had read online, I tried the Sony RX100 IV but found it awkward to hold with image quality that was not nearly as good as I expected. So I returned it the next day. After striking out with the Sony, I decided to give the X70 a try. I've had it for a few days now, but the weather has been dreary in Philadelphia all week, and I wasn't really able to put the X70 to the test until today. After a couple hours walking around South Street, I'm really pleased with the camera and the images I'm getting from it. It's very easy to shoot one handed, quick to focus and I only missed a few shots. It's great for street photography because no one seemed to take any notice of me. And I didn't miss the viewfinder at all. Here's a few images from today.
 

Philly Jesus
 
Hookah
 
Cigarette
 
Doggies
 
Pull Ups
 
1941
 
Dreads

The Dutch Cowboy

Istanbul has many great things but its masses of tourists are not one of them. I often travel through Istanbul as it is well connected to Asia and to my home base of Dublin. After my last trip to Iran, I was overwhelmed at the hordes of selfy-stick-wielding tourists that had overtaken Sultanahmet.
 
I could describe it further but I strongly believe an image is worth a thousand words. I think the look on the children's faces says it all...
 
Do you mind? by Photolographer, on Flickr

About enjoyment, chimney & steel

Hi,
 
My name is Steve and I am new to Fujifilm. I've been shooting Olympus Micro 4/3 for the past four years and prior to that, Canon. In 2009, I purchased a Panasonic GF1 as a lightweight alternative to my 5Dmii. It was lightweight and provided pretty good images. But when the OMD-EM5 came out, it was a game-changer. It responded quickly, had good image quality and over the past few years, some great lenses to go along with it. However, as the new Olympus cameras came out (EM1, EM5mii), the sensor and image quality stayed the same. I sat on the sidelines watching Sony and Fujifim release cameras that provided much better IQ. However, Sony is much too expensive, and the A7 body and lens combination too big and heavy for my taste. So this week, I decided to dive into Fuji. I purchased the X Pro2 with the 23 1.4 and 85 1.2 lenses. And I did it just in time for a trip to the Netherlands (I live in the states, but work for a Dutch company). After a jet-lagged day walking around Amsterdam, I am learning how to use the X Pro2 and so far, loving the images that I'm getting. I'm used to spending 5-10 minutes processing my Olympus images in Photoshop, but find the jpegs from the Fuji require little if any tweaking. 
 
I do want to thank the contributors to this forum. I did a lot of research before I made my investment in Fuji and found this forum to be extremely helpful.
 
Steve

These are beautiful portraits, Goran. I'm really taken with the second image (backlit woman smoking). Fantastic work.

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