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Part25 of my X-Pro1 Story. You've perhaps been following my X-Pro1 story... Which you can pick up in this thread http://www.fuji-x-forum.com/topic/2194-the-x-pro1-still-perfectly-valid/ I was curious. Too curious... I'd read what everyone else had to say, but I needed to know what I had to say. I think some of you might be curious too...? So here it begins. The X-Pro2 review! Part One: Compared to the X-Pro1, because obviously the X-Pro2 is better in every single way, right? Er, not so much... The X-Pro2 Review Part One: Vs the X-Pro1

FYI I'm the local organiser of the Portugal/Porto event. If anyone is in down, PLEASE come on down! We're meeting at Sao Bento Railway station at 1pm

Go to the facebook event page and clicked attending. If you don't have a FB account... Go to the FB event page (which should be public) get the details, and just show up on the day

in high performance mode, my XP1 does about 300 shots in standard mode, my XP2 managed about 370 The XP2 in standard mode is working a LOT harder than the XP2 in high perf. mode, so that's a reasonable improvement IMO (if you can live with slower AF and massive OVF shutter lag, then the XP1 in power save mode, easily does over 500 shots) My figures are for raw + jpeg fine, so when I say '500' I mean I came home with 1000 files (RAW + Jpeg) total On the one hand I'm not one for chimping and leaving my camera on the whole time, but on the other hand, I'm not one for religiously never using my camera in a way that makes it draw lots of power either.

Part 24 of my X-Pro1 story! The X-Pro1 + 56 x 11. So what does that add up too then? http://adambonn.com/my-love-affair-with-the-fujifilm-x-pro1/xp1-twenty-four/

The xp1 does several things better than the xp2 OVF and menu: on the xp1 if you're in OVF mode and you press menu, the menu arrives on the LCD PDOF, preview depth of feild mode allows to take a shot with the blades stopped down from the OVF, the xp2 doesn't The xp1 SS dial feels nicer and more clunky to turn

Thanks very much guys

OK! Part 23 of my X-Pro1 story, now I can't say that I'm not getting tempted by the X-Pro2... But that doesn't mean that I've stopped loving and respecting my X-Pro1 at all!! So this week I ask... Great shots: Camera or coincidence?! Enjoy! http://adambonn.com/my-love-affair-with-the-fujifilm-x-pro1/xp1-twenty-three/

Continuing the X-Pro1 story and continuing the article about the Q Menu. I tell you how I have my Q menu set up and why I select those settings, maybe they'll help you too? Let me know! http://adambonn.com/my-love-affair-with-the-fujifilm-x-pro1/xp1-twenty-two/

does anyone support auto mask for X-Trans?

One from yesterday... Love at First Sight by Adam Bonn, on Flickr

It's time for another update to my X-Pro1 Story! This week I begin the first of 2 parts explaining just exactly what the Q Menu is and how to use it... I also divulge what I think is a very handy tip.... Check it out! http://adambonn.com/my-love-affair-with-the-fujifilm-x-pro1/xp1-twenty-one/

100% agree! On my XP1, using power save mode, I generally get an extra 200+ shots per battery. I'll end up writing about this on my X-Pro1 site, but IMO for general 'walk about' photography, I don't need the extra speed, and the extra life is nice. Of course, if I need the speed (sic) of the XP1, I just turn power save mode off I'm still excited about a improved capacity battery through It's about the only thing I miss from the DSLR days... battery life... yes, yes I know - batts are small, cheap and easy to carry on MILC, but there's something nice about having a longer battery life! Want to know another inconsequential, yet pleasing aspect of using power save mode on the XP1? When the battery gague drops to "60%" (ie only 2 bars remaining) it means you have about 150 shots left, rather than about 30 !!!!

The X-Pro1 is a great camera IMHO, if you can live with a slower camera, then it doesn't give away much in IQ to the newer bodies, and many prefer its rendering (that's HIGHLY subjective though) It's not a 'run and gun' camera, that's for sure, but if you set focus traps, or zone focus you can capture moving targets... Swing by Adam Bonn, on Flickr

My pleasure, I'm glad it's useful I think we can simplify that a bit! The below is my PERSONAL preference, there's no absolute right or wrong here! Set camera to Auto ISO 200-1600 and whatever min SS shutter speed you feel comfortable with... (which for me is 1/100*, YMMV) Set SS dial to A (aperture priority) I see a scene I want to react quickly too! 1) press Fn, set to preview DOF, as I raise the camera to my eye 2) BB Button focus, visually confirming focus with the focus peaking 3) If necessary, make any SS adjustments using the EV dial 4) Take the shot Preview DOF is the fastest you'll get the camera to be ready to shoot, minus the time taken to perform any automation (focus, ISO, SS etc) Notes on the EV dial On the X-pro1 it only works if the camera is automating SS &/or Aperture (on later cameras it will also adjust auto ISO) - in full manual (even with auto ISO) it will do nothing It's easier and quicker to make SS adjustments with A mode, and the EV dial, that it is using the SS dial, especially if you need 1/3rd stops (which on the X-Pro1 are obtained using the D-Pad) Yes! a positive value on the EV dial (eg +1 or +2 etc) brightens the image, by decreasing the SS A negative value on the EV dial (eg -1 or -2 etc) darkens the image, by increasing the SS I'm getting approx. 60% more shots per battery charge using the power save feature on the X-Pro1... it does slow it down though.... But IMHO not where it really matters! The AF-L button ALWAYS makes BB button focus, if the camera is set to MF (on the front dial) The menu settings for the AF-L button 'focus when pressing / on-off / lock focus - lock focus and exposure' refer to how the button behaves when the camera is in AF mode Your XE2 will behave in about the same way, the X100T can use the EV dial to adjust ISO in full manual mode (I think...) Cheers Adam *Adam's hot tip: use the C1-7 menu to have different derivatives of auto ISO, eg 200-1600 & 1/100 / 200-1600 & 1/250 & 200-1600 & 1/60 (etc), if you keep the other settings the same, film sim/NR etc then you have up 7 instantly recallable specialist ISO settings

It can't do an 'absolute' shutter speed if you're asking it to automatically meter the SS part of the exposure, because you're effectively telling it to ignore your settings if it doesn't agree with them However, as you say, you can set a manual SS and leave it on auto ISO, then even when ISO tops out it will still apply your min SS Mirrorless cameras have the shutter open all the time. Fujis also stay at max aperture to give a bright EVF. So when you want to take a shot, the shutter needs to close first, before it can open, and the aperture needs to stop down to the set value (assuming it's not set to max open) It still does this when using the OVF If you use the powersave mode on the XP1, when using the OVF the camera basically turns the sensor off, so when you want to take a shot, not only only does it need to do the shutter and aperture thing I mention above, it also has to turn the sensor back on! The work around for fuji shutter lag is to use the 'preview DOF' function which gets everything ready ahead of time... Or Just half press the shutter button before you want to take the shot, this works well in full manual mode, with a prefocused lens, because the camera will not be metering anything, so it doesn't have to be pointed at the subject. Although be careful with this if you're using auto ISO because it applies its desired ISO setting once the shutter is half pressed

Well it's Sunday morning! How y'all doing? It's a fine day where I am, and a day out beckons... But not before I release this week's X-Pro1 story! This time I tackle the original X-Pro1 "bugbear" Or put another way... How I capture motion with the X-Pro1 Enjoy! http://adambonn.com/my-love-affair-with-the-fujifilm-x-pro1/xp1-twenty/

I've nothing against cheaper, slower WR lenses. Nothing at all. But all the "magical" XF glass is fast and requires no digital correction (56, 35/1.4) So whereas I see the need for affordable glass, I hope that Fuji don't stop making truly top line optics...

let's hope so... the parts cost what they cost... if you break a part in one way or a different way, the cost of that part is the same, no?

Rob's (shimshams) post doesn't read like software to me...

I don't think his camera was in warranty then. Also, they should (would?) of advised him the repair cost before carrying out the work Let's get the full story

I've had nothing but good experiences with Fuji UK (well... One time they could've handled my expectations a little better... And it would nice if they could be bothered to reweet me) but -for me- their service has been tip top

C1 has a in built profile for the 35/f2 But c1 isn't capable of implementing that profile with the XP2 beacuse it apparently isn't able to work with XP2 RAW metadata... If you think that constitutes working.....

I wonder how many people will be googling 'unwrap and unsign firmware dat file' tonight

Fuji UK service centre is located in Bedford... They will send you a pre-paid shipping container