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Greetings, folks.  As stated in the title, I'm new to the forum.  Recently --umm, three weeks ago-- picked up a (minty) used X-Pro1.  Long time Nikon (film & digital) user, but similarly, I'm a long time Leica thread mount (both Leitz & Russki clone) camera/lens user, and have been jones-ing for a digital body to use those old lenses on.  Not wanting to drop thousands of $$$ for the latest and greatest (quite yet), I opted for the oh-so-sexy little aforementioned X-Pro1.  So far...... whoa, jeez!  Its a whole 'nuther world!  And that other world happens to be situated in a galaxy I rather like.  A lot.

So far, favorite lenses include 50mm f/2 Leica Summitar and a Russian (FED) f/6.3 100mm --via adapters, obviously-- as well as some of my older Nikon AI glass (turns out f/2.8 24mm and f/2 135 are pretty killer on digital), and over time there'll be others added as I continue to experiment.  I also picked up (rather inexpensively) the less-than-impressive Fuji 16-50mm zoom largely to see how it felt to have a lens that was made for and meant to work (AF, meter couple, show EXIF) on a Fuji.  I like it, too, a little more than I expected, but ultimate sharpness is not among my photographic goals, per se.

Bottom line, I guess, is:  hey there X-Pro users!  Once I figure things out a little, hope to post a pic or two AND probably ask some unforgiveably newbie-type questions.  Who knows?  Over time, might even be able to add an iota or two to the user knowledgebase.    

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I also purchased a used X-Pro1 over a year back.  I already have 2 XT2's that I've used pretty heavy for wedding work and wanted to give this style of camera a try.

I don't like that the focus peek assist for adapted lenses is so very weak compared to XT2.  I mostly wanted it for adapted lenses but the focus peak colour highlight is pretty crappy on the X-Pro1.  And when I use Fuji glass the auto focus performance is quite poor.  But it is to be expected since it is an old gen camera.  I mostly expected to use adapted glass anyways.  You can't get a feel for current Fuji equipment when using the old X-Pro1.  If you enjoy the Pro1 and want to try something more modern with greatly improved performance, the Pro2 would be a substantial upgrade.  But for just playing around (like myself) the Pro1 may give you years of great results.

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