donphotog

Dan - Just noticed your post and wanted to reply because I too am from Virginia (Keswick near Charlottesville) and also shoot Fuji X100S and X-T1. Like you, I began in school, 1950 to be exact with a Leica IIIf which I still have in perfect operating condition along with a 1957 Zeiss Super Ikonta BX/M also in perfect operating condition. Rented the X100S in 2013 and fell in love with the X-Trans sensor and its processor. With my Canon 5DIII, i shoot RAW but, with the Fujis, the JPEGs are so outstanding, especially using that beautiful EVF, that i now shoot only JPEGs with the Fujis. You can see my website at www.donphotographs.shutterfly.com. Would love to hear from you. Don Danilek (donphotog).

Amazing how often we're hearing this same story ; I have the 5DIII (with expensive L glass) but rarely use it anymore in favor of the X100S and X-T1. I rented the X100S in 2013 and, after sixty years of film and digital photography, found the jpeg quality, especially with film simulation, to be outstanding. With the Canon, I shoot RAW and post process but with the Fujis, the jpeg images right of the camera are amazing. And I've enlarged the X100S jpegs to 20X30 and they are sharp corner to corner. So much easier to work with jpegs. Fuji has designed the X-Trans CMOS sensor, EXR Processor II and various Fujinon lenses to work together including lens corrections right in the camera. Truly amazing - and I'm a Leicaphile who still has his original 1950 Leica IIIf in perfect operating condition. Fuji is leading the way.