Fuji The Everything Other Than Street X100 Image Thread.

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Parked outside a great little restaurant in New Milford, Connecticut.
 
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X100 - Perce, Quebec

One of those "I was walking by and knew what I wanted" shots. Pretty much ran back to our hotel after snagging this, as the sudden storm just dumped on us afterwards. While I probably overdid the grain in this rendition (Silver Efex Pro) I still like it. Not long after this image was taken my X100 succumbed to the 'sticky aperture' problem that has plagued many. It has since been fixed, but it was a pain to deal a f/2.0 only X100 for the duration of that trip.
 
Mike, that is a superb image with real impact. I feel as though I am looking up at Golgotha...the leaning cross on the left and the person, in silhouette, on the right - both standing in witness...and that light. Everything about this picture looks perfect to me. Thank goodness you ran back and got your camera - it was worth it many times over. Stunning.
 
Thanks folks - it was a neat moment. We'd been hiking in the hills just before when a bright blue sky (with big white towering thunderstorm predictive clouds to the north of us) very quickly turned threatening so we hustled down. 10 minutes later we'd not have arrived back at the cemetery on the knoll with interesting light, instead it'd have been grey and rainy. Cool place all around.

I do love the X100 even if focus can be a challenge at times. ;)
 
I haven't been shooting a whole lot with the X100 lately, but yesterday I did one of my occasional trips to Longwood Gardens with my EPL3, GRD3, and X100. And after messing around with all three in the topiary gardens, I basically put the other two away and just shot with the X100 the rest of the morning. For THIS type of shooting, I'm usually very happy using the viewfinder, although I'd occasionally hold it differently and use the rear LCD. I was reminded of a what a fun and connected camera this is to shoot with once you've learned it. Here are a few...

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About the coolest restroom wing I've ever seen anywhere:

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-Ray
 
Great photos Ray. My last time visiting Longwood Gardens was Christmas 1988. I have fond memories of that place, other than freezing my buttocks off over there (for a Texas boy).
 
Ray - I'm so glad to see you took Lady X100 out for a full day - super results! There's something about that interior plant walled picture that is incredibly cool! I've never been down there but whenever I see your photographs, I kick myself for not getting it together! You had a beautiful sun filled day - what a nice change, eh? Great architecture and garden images... Got to get down there!
 
Jeez, it's been a while since I've visited this thread....it's a self-preservation thing really as it always has me feeling guilty about my X100 not getting out enough :blush:

Just for page 41.

BB - nice little topless bug there....though not a shade on a Mini, of course ;) Very much like the rendering of the blue...sublime.
The rendering of the Sheffield Fair is great....seems the young lad is stuck in his own anguished version of Buridan's Ass. Hmmm....French Fries, Hmm...Sno-Cone, Hmmm...Cotton Candy....Hmm...

Adanac - Man o' man!!! What a feeling and what an image. Composition is superb and your B+W treatment is spot-on. You're certainly going to raise the bar for our Weekly Challenges. Welcome aboard mate.

Ray - Ray, Ray, Ray. Great series. I am going to pick on two that stand out to me in particular. First, the fountain. I love this! There's a lot of guff about blown highlights and loss of detail in the upper end of the EV scale, but this shot shows how you can use a digital sensors limitation to your advantage. I absolutely love the merging of the sky and the airborne water!!! Also the colour rendition on the water and it's surrounds are brilliant...very Kodachromesque. Great work. In this vein I also love the corridor piece. Can't quite nail what it is about it, but I suspect it has to do with the composition and the light and the light and the light....very pleasing indeed.

greyelm - that water it looks like butter....nice work!

Damn this weather, but I think I need to cheer up the X100, she sighs too long in her dark lonely bag :sad:
 
Many thanks Mark - it's interesting how this thread had calmed down...but I know people are also posting their X100 photos in other image threads, too. That said, it's kind of nice to be able to go directly to a camera designated thread every once in a while and get an immediate "fix".:D

greyelm, for a moment I thought we were on Mark Twain's Mississippi! I'd love to know more about Turks Pier, and in the meantime - welcome to Serious Compacts!:th_salute: What a beautiful overcast day...the river boat's stacks look beautiful against that glowering cloud filled sky.

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Do stop by our Welcomes and Introductions forum the next time you stop by and tell us how you found your way here...

Now Mark, let's see you take the Lady out for some good fresh Australian air.;)
 
greyelm, for a moment I thought we were on Mark Twain's Mississippi! I'd love to know more about Turks Pier, and in the meantime - welcome to Serious Compacts!:th_salute: What a beautiful overcast day...the river boat's stacks look beautiful against that glowering cloud filled sky.:

Well, it's not a steam boat, and it's not on the Mississippi in fact it's a fake paddle steamer on the River Thames, London. It departs from my local town of Kingston Upon Thames and "sails" to Hampton Court Palace which used to be one of King Henry VIII's royal palaces. The River Thames is a great way to see the sites around London.

Here is another picture of it going under Kingston Bridge

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Malcolm
 
There were a number of quite interesting new cameras announced or released recently. Maybe that is why the X100 got a little less attention. I picked up an EP3 with kit and 12mm lens myself and think it is an excellent tool. However, when comparing the file quality between the two, the X100 is in a different league. I believe the sensor/lens combination of the X100 still has no equal among the compact systems available or soon to be available. Have a look at dpreviews updated samples with the a77 (NEX7 sensor) and compare them with the X100, be it jpegs or raws. And don't forget to close your mouths as your jaws are going to drop, but not because of the Sony's performance.
And of course, the brilliant OVF makes shooting such a rewarding and pleasant experience. The only digital camera with heart and soul of an analog one, next to the M9 that is!
 
Retow, I hear you brother. Actually I'm quite enjoying the fact that the dust is beginning to settle on the X100. Now we have less photos of brick walls and test charts and more images trying to harness the light and the recreate that feeling. And that's what I get from the X100 that I've gotten from no other camera - compact or otherwise. The Pentax K-r and K5 are lauded for their high ISO performance and general IQ (just read DxO's drivel on the K5 sensor. Subjectively, having shot with both, neither captures the same essence and detail as the little Fuji. The picture just seem....well clinical....and yet - curiously - not as sharp. Not sure how to explain it. Not sure if it has to do with Fuji's array, or the sensor/lens combo, or the...well who really cares...all I know is that it works in hand and on screen and off the printer.

Again it's an even more exciting time now for the X100. Us folks who feel we've been delivered the right (please note that I deliberately did not use the word 'perfect' ;)) camera are left in the dust wake watching the wobbling heads of the 'new shiny' novelty chasers....now we can relax, kick-back, breathe and enjoy the world - either through the OVF or EVF....the choice, my friends, is entirely and solely ours :thumbsup".

Keep posting folks....
 
I love the way you described that stillshunter, time to relax, kick-back and enjoy :cool:

Also, nice that we don't have to stress about which new lens we'll have to add - one more step back from the 'consumer chase' (y)

Cheers

Brian
 
There were a number of quite interesting new cameras announced or released recently. Maybe that is why the X100 got a little less attention. I picked up an EP3 with kit and 12mm lens myself and think it is an excellent tool. However, when comparing the file quality between the two, the X100 is in a different league. I believe the sensor/lens combination of the X100 still has no equal among the compact systems available or soon to be available. Have a look at dpreviews updated samples with the a77 (NEX7 sensor) and compare them with the X100, be it jpegs or raws. And don't forget to close your mouths as your jaws are going to drop, but not because of the Sony's performance.
And of course, the brilliant OVF makes shooting such a rewarding and pleasant experience. The only digital camera with heart and soul of an analog one, next to the M9 that is!

You should actually be pleased; you've reached the "golden age" for your camera. The initial hysteria has died down. It is less of an object of gear lust. The X100 is now just a camera that exists solely to make images with. Enjoy it before it before history (read: the internet) consigns it to the status of "perceived obsolescence".
 
You should actually be pleased; you've reached the "golden age" for your camera. The initial hysteria has died down. It is less of an object of gear lust. The X100 is now just a camera that exists solely to make images with. Enjoy it before it before history (read: the internet) consigns it to the status of "perceived obsolescence".

Well said Nic. I wonder whether the X100 will end up counted among others such as the F31fd, Digilux 2, and other such innovations ...in the fullness of time?
 
I guess the question is when will (or maybe when did) we reach the saturation point, when digital cameras stopped becoming substantially better each time a new model was released. After comparing some older images, I'm actually about to "downgrade" my Canon 500D back to a 450D because despite the extra features of the 500D, I prefer the image output of the older model.
 
Malcolm AKA greyelm, thank you for the backstory. I did have the pleasure of visiting your country way too many years ago - unfortunately we did not arrive at Hampton court by water, but I'll file this away in my mind for future visits, for sure!

retow, Mark, Brian and Nic...:th_salute:
 
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