Thread: Fujifilm X-Pro 1: my impressions

Originally Posted by stratokaster

The best way to develop Fujifilm X-Pro 1 RAW files so far:

1) Load into RPP, set exposure, WB and black point

2) Export as 16-bit TIFFs

3) Import and adjust in Lightroom as desired (noise reduction, etc)

Pavel, have you done any B&W conversion in Lightroom or Nik? if you have, I am curious to hear what you thought of the output vs the X100.

Originally Posted by krugorg

Pavel, have you done any B&W conversion in Lightroom or Nik? if you have, I am curious to hear what you thought of the output vs the X100.

Not yet, but I will.

Color image developed in RPP and finished in Lightroom:



Full size: http://photo.torba.com/images/pavel....GdKZxpRPmE.jpg

By the way, image quality is really nice for an accidentally underexposed ISO 800 file.

B&W image developed in RPP and edited & converted to B&W in Lightroom:



Full size: http://photo.torba.com/images/pavel....hQxNYAexv9.jpg

I think the result is excellent. Most luminance information is contained in the green channel, and X-Pro 1 has more green pixels than any other camera of the same total resolution. And no AA filter to soften the image.

I also received the NEX-7 today... Of course it's much faster than the X-Pro 1, but it also feels less refined. The shutter, for instance, is much louder even with the electronic first curtain mode enabled.

I am really looking forwards to seeing images from these machines soon.

There have read many mixed opinions about this camera and as an X100 user I have been concentrating on only reading genuine user comments as opposed to "Official reviewers".

I do hear mixed opinions about AF so have not formed an opinion on it, suffice to say that for my needs, the X100 with firmware 1.21 is perfectly adequate so hope the XPro-1 is faster; can you make the camera silent as per X100? (I know there is a difference between Leaf & focal plane shutters) but I wonder just how silent the shutter can be as the total silence of X100 is great for street/event work.

Originally Posted by Iansky

can you make the camera silent as per X100? (I know there is a difference between Leaf & focal plane shutters) but I wonder just how silent the shutter can be as the total silence of X100 is great for street/event work.

Yes, it does have the silent mode. Its shutter is very quiet. I was less than 2m from this elderly woman, took several photos and she never noticed.

Iansky, I own both, and while I love the pure silence of the x100, the xpro is very quiet as well. Not as quiet, but unless someone is very close to you I don't think they would ever hear it. As a bonus, what shutter sound can be heard is so pleasant I don't think anyone that could hear it would be put off by it. It's quite SEXY!!

Originally Posted by Iansky

I am really looking forwards to seeing images from these machines soon.

There have read many mixed opinions about this camera and as an X100 user I have been concentrating on only reading genuine user comments as opposed to "Official reviewers".

I do hear mixed opinions about AF so have not formed an opinion on it, suffice to say that for my needs, the X100 with firmware 1.21 is perfectly adequate so hope the XPro-1 is faster; can you make the camera silent as per X100? (I know there is a difference between Leaf & focal plane shutters) but I wonder just how silent the shutter can be as the total silence of X100 is great for street/event work.

Thanks both for the feedback on shutter noise, that is another tick in the positive box for me.

Getting better (or worse if you were my D700 kit potentially facing exchange)

Pavel, you are on fire!! XP1 and now NEX7!! Woohoo!! Keep the photos coming!

Great conversion!

Originally Posted by Armanius

Pavel, you are on fire!! XP1 and now NEX7!! Woohoo!! Keep the photos coming!

Those are review copies, mind you, otherwise my wife would be very upset. And, frankly speaking, while I'm really tempted, I think both cameras in terms of ergonomics and efficiency are worse than my own Panasonic GH2 (although image quality is, of course, better).

Originally Posted by Armanius

Great conversion!

Thanks!