I am thrilled to have just bought an XPro1 about 3 months ago! I love this camera with the 35 f1.4... I bought this just as the ne 35mm lens came out, and well.... The new XPro2. That's ok, I am thrilled with the way that it handles, and the image quality simply blows me away! I know I will want another camera down the road, X T2 possibly, but these lenses will follow me to the end of my days. Now to put an X100s or t in my arsenal!
Great forum by the way! This is my. First post, I think.
After a life of GAS I now calmed down and I concentrate more on what I really want out of the photos I shoot.
Doing this with the Xpro1 in manual mode got me much further then all the years I spend
in the company of Canon's and Nikon's which I used in aperture priority and af.
The original lazy AF of the Xpro1 brought me manual focus, over time the cameras limitation took away my own.
I often use the back-button focus, check - fine focus manual and shoot. A great way of taking photographs if time
is available. If not I pre-focus f5.6 and snap.
When I invest now it's in prime glass and also very limited, I have to drive myself so far that the focal length becomes
a part of my brain. After 30years of good quality zoom lenses, my lazy eye still couldn't see the picture quite right
before I had put the camera to my eye.
This improved a lot with my prime babies, today I see photograph's where ever I go,
it's like i'm taking pictures all the time.
The photos I really take, show it and bring me that smile on my face !
As far as gas is concerned I'll buy a Xpro2 when the Xpro1 brakes down, when ever this will be.
Im not quite sure that I agree with these statements in their totality. Are there problems with some legacy lenses? Of course...no system is going to be able to use every old lens available with complete compatibility. But as mdecorte said, most problems lie with wide angle lenses, especially those made for rangefinders due to theirs short flange distance and inherent lens design. The vast majority of SLR lenses should have little to no issue.
As for 'you cannot have the maximum possible IQ with an adapted lens", well this is a very open ended and unprovable statement. Define maximum IQ. I have never seen a maximum IQ rating for any lens I have ever used, either new or legacy. What I have seen is some AMAZING IMAGERY on flickr and other photo sites from users across the world using old legacy lenses. Go look up some photo examples of old Leica R lenses on any of the Sony A7's or Fuji cameras and tell me that they are not at maximum IQ, whatever that is.
I think the problem here is one that has bothered me for a long time now and is one of the reasons I don't post to forums as much as I used to. To often the discussion on these boards turns to lens sharpness, or quality of bokeh, or corner to corner sharpness, or chromatic aberrations or any number of things that mean absolutely nothing to image creation.
Now don't get me wrong, you should always be aware of the limits of what your gear can do. A good artists should always pick his tools wisely. And again, if you are a paid professional shooting for a client the by all means you better have the right tool for the job. But for the most part in enthusiast circles way to much time and effort is spent discussing the technical specifications of lenses or bodies and the merits thereof and very little time is spent talking about things like compelling subject matter or interesting composition. The skill and knowledge and artistic vision of a photographer can overcome gear limitations any day of the week. I know this because of the simple fact that a great photographer can take a great photograph with crappy equipment. Just go look at some of the Pro Photog/Crappy Gear segments they do over at DigitalRev.
Here is a favorite saying of mine....There is no Pulitzer Prize for sharpness.
The majority of the great photographs of the 20th century, right up until the 80's when autofocus was introduced, were shot with manual focus lenses on film cameras. This is including all the great works from the great masters. I have seen plenty of work shot with the same old lenses on modern digital cameras that meet or exceed the vision and power of those old great photographers.
Photography is about image creation. Preferably the creation of a compelling image that can move the human soul. Or at least make you look at it and think. For the enthusiast photographer there is a incredible treasure trove of lenses from the film era out there just waiting to be picked up by you and used to create your artistic vision. Usually at much cheaper prices then modern lenses. Are these old lenses computer/CAD created with updated electronics and super cool coatings made from the rarest moon minerals? No, of course not. But I will be the first to admit that most of them (at least from the major manufacturers) are better lenses then I am a photographer. The day I can outshoot my FD 50/1.4 is the day I will have succeeded at Life.
Shoot more. Create more. Love light, not gear.
All of the images in these two albums were shot on old film lenses. I guess they aren't at maximum IQ.
I shot this tonight in our front yard, minor adjustments in iPhoto. Must say this is a pretty impressive lens. Cost $10.00 at a garage sale in mint condition.
Monty got a reaction from Tikcus in Which Fuji X cameras do you use?