I’m continuing to enjoy my time with the X-Pro 1. I’ve found it suits my needs fairly well, and the 35mm lens is gorgeous, especially wide open. I still don’t think it’s nearly as sexy as the X100, and the lens caps drive me nuts (for the lens AND the hood), but it’s much easier to carry with me than my DSLR. Speaking of which, I’ve been using a camera sling strap from DSPTCH to carry the X-Pro 1 that I’ve been very happy with. In addition to being made in the USA, its plenty long enough for me to wear across my body, which is my preferred method of carry for a walk about camera. In the past I’ve struggled to find a strap that just works without getting in the way somehow, but so far this one seems to fit the bill.
One thing I’ve continued to notice is the tendency for the X-Pro 1 to clip the highlights. I need to remember to underexpose by 2/3 to 1 stop.
Even though the X-Pro 1 is bigger than the X100, it is still fairly discreet, making for a good “street” camera.
I have noticed that the camera doesn’t do the best with yellow foliage, for whatever reason. It doesn’t capture the yellow quite right, instead adding a bluish or green tint to it.
It doesn’t have any trouble with orange, red or green foliage, however.
A picture of a picture. This is a print of a photo taken with the D700 from my road trip out west hanging in Victoria’s office. I’m pretty happy with how it turned out.
If you’ve followed the blog for a while you know Victoria and I are big fans of our Brompton folding bikes. I regularly see one other folding bike on campus, and was happy to be able to snap a photo of it the other day. It’s a Bike Friday Tikit.
Thanks for the great fall colors (and the chance to look at how the X-Trans handles foliage)… Surprised to hear about the highlight clipping. Nice photo of Antelope Canyon, what lenses do you use on the D700?
-TBri
I’m shooting in jpg right now, so I’m not sure if I might have an easier time recovering highlights if I shot RAW.
That Antelope Canyon shot is with the Nikkor 35/2 (I believe). I shoot mostly prime lenses, all Nikon, on that camera, but also love the 70-200 and will shoot the 24-70 for convenience when it makes sense.
I don’t want to write too much here and geek out over camera talk, but that’s quite a set up. I’ve been looking at the Nikon with a 14-24, 28/1.8, 60/2.8, 85/1.8, and 180/2.8, but it would be quite an investment and not necessarily the easiest get up for the kind of travel and work I do… Great system though. I used to shoot with a 5DII, and sold it with the mindset that when I get back into FF it would probably be with Nikon.
Beautiful flower pic (that’s my favorite). The colors are stunning.
Off topic a bit, but I’m loving V’s haircut in the pic of her in her office- way cute! My favorite pic is of the street and the trees.
Jess, she was delighted to hear that. It is a really cute cut…I especially like it when she uses a bobby pin.
I like V’s hair cut too and that pic is especially cute. I also love the crock holding the utensils and the top of Fenway’s head, and… okay, I like all of them.