barjohn
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You may be right but I always heard it was 50mm and as I recall that was the popular lens back in the old film days.I thought 40 was the real "normal"
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You may be right but I always heard it was 50mm and as I recall that was the popular lens back in the old film days.I thought 40 was the real "normal"
That is funny.OK, This is too funny not to post. Went out to shoot the X1 before having to send it back to Leica. I had just walked up across the grass to an outdoor sculpture that I wanted to shoot. So, a couple of seconds later the police stop on their horses and I couldn't figure out why they were leaning forward. OK, I've never seen anyone get horses to pee on demand. I guess they listen to the police :ROTFL:
Now for image quality, this is pretty heavily cropped and pretty close to full size. Camera has great IQ.
Terry
i made a small test a couple of days ago,results were more than ok.
The following settings of camera
Camera set to shutoff at 10 min
Camera on MF and set on 2m (just set at 2m no focussing)
Then took pictures with opening 2,8 - 4 - 5,6
Result at 2,8 sharpness from 1,8 m to 3 m
4 " " 1,8 m to 4,5 m
5,6 " " 1,8 m to 7 m
Sharpness by 100% enlargement
I DID NOT TRY f 8 since above distances are ok for me.
The camera shutoff after 10 min,suggest to make a extra picture after lets say 8 - 9 min, and delete that pic afterwards.
Hope this is a help for you
Regards
Harry
Terry,Harry, this is super helpful. :thumbs: I will use this and then try what happens right in the middle between the 2m and infinity mark.
John,TEBNEWYORK,
What happened to your review? I haven't seen you posting much on this camera in a while now.
Seriously considering the S2?John,
A couple of things. I got back from the workshop and immediately left town for some business meetings so I haven't had much time yet to get my thoughts in order.
Also, when I got to the Salton Sea workshop I started using the S2 and bonded with that camera. So, a lot of the time I would have devoted to the X1 got used up in medium format land.
What I can say right off the bat is that I can feel the difference between my GF1 and 20mm lens vs. the wideness of the X1. The X1 was a bit more out of my comfort zone for a single focal length. The IQ for the camera is very, very good. More to come over the weekend as I arrived back in SF midday yesterday.
Just an amazing contribution to this discussion, articulate, clever, and insightful.I played around with the X1, but it just seemed to me to be too delicate and almost prissy
The fixed lens and the Sloooooow operation convinced me to pursue it no further. I have a short attention span.:ROTFL:
OTOH, by contrast the GF1 is a blast.
-bob