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dixeyk
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If I had to choose just one of my cameras, which thankfully I don't...I think I just might choose my Fuji X10 over all my other cameras. I wouldn't choose it because it is best in anything. I would choose it because it can do a lot of things for me and everything it does it does pretty well. It's easy to point out how the sensor is too small (cameras like the E-PM2 or E-PL5 are almost as small and have much better IQ), or how you can see the lens (and lens hood) in the OVF, how the battery life is comically short, how it has too much noise at high ISO, not enough dynamic range or the RAW files don't seem to work well in LR or Aperture. It's not the best at anything it does...but it IS pretty darned good at a lot of things and a lot better than you might expect at many of them. I would choose the X10 because it's small and that means it goes with me everywhere so when an opportunity arises it's handy. I would choose it because the lens is fast, the zoom range useful and it has more than enough manual controls to allow me a good measure of control over the images. I would choose it because I can get really close to stuff and don't need a special macro lens. I would choose it because every time I look at the images it produces I find myself delighted and surprised at how they are a lot better than they have a right to be. Most of however I would choose it because I find making images with it makes me smile.
And yes...I am surprised at how much I like it. It's not everyone's cup of tea and I think to get the best from it you need to spend time learning how to do it but of you do it's immensely satisfying...faults and all. It may not be the best at anything that is measurable or quantifiable but it sure is an absolute blast and I think it is the most fun I have had with a camera in ages. I don't plan on getting rid of my G2 and Sigma 30 or my NEX and my lovely collection of Rokkors. I like all my cameras very much. Each has a place in my photographic cabinet and I don't need to choose between them...but if I did the X10 would be very hard to let go of. Very hard indeed.
The Boardwalk by dixeyk, on Flickr
Curbside by dixeyk, on Flickr
And yes...I am surprised at how much I like it. It's not everyone's cup of tea and I think to get the best from it you need to spend time learning how to do it but of you do it's immensely satisfying...faults and all. It may not be the best at anything that is measurable or quantifiable but it sure is an absolute blast and I think it is the most fun I have had with a camera in ages. I don't plan on getting rid of my G2 and Sigma 30 or my NEX and my lovely collection of Rokkors. I like all my cameras very much. Each has a place in my photographic cabinet and I don't need to choose between them...but if I did the X10 would be very hard to let go of. Very hard indeed.
The Boardwalk by dixeyk, on Flickr
Curbside by dixeyk, on Flickr