Sanford Lavine
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I was fortunate to receive my X1D MkII on Saturday. Today I put it through its paces in a limited series of tests.
I used three different lenses, the 21mm, 45mm, and 90mm. Tomorrow I’ll try the 120mm.
I found initial setup and configuration easy. Everything seems to be present except Video (which I never used on the X1D MkI)
First, I really like the looks and form factor of the MkII. I sensed no difference in weight, Balance, or handling. Hand grip is just fine. All controls and buttons work well. I did perceive that the breaking point between triggering auto focus and image capture seems more sensitive. The EVF is great, good improvement. The larger display is nice, but I really did not notice the difference.
What I did notice was a faster initial startup and restart from sleep (Power save). Shutter response is also faster. Where I was previously sensitive to the Two separate clicks, they may still be present, but not near as noticeable. Continuous mode was effective. I did not test the limits of the buffer however. (I was using a Sandisk ExtremePro 64GB 170 card).
Autofocus was fast and effective, though I was shooting in daylight. AutoISO works well. All modes P,A,S,M work as before. Battery usage seemed adequate and I did not turn on GPS.
I probably missed a lot of stuff, again this was a one day session. I’ll continue this week.
Post processing notes:
Everything works in the current version of Phocus. I captured and stored a color profile using Xrite ColorChecker and associated software.
Now the not so good news:
DXO PhotoLab does not recognize the camera period.
ACR and LR work fine for the most part. The files can be imported and processed. They recognize the lenses as before. My major problem is that LR and ACR do not recognize New Camera Profiles created using the Xrite system. The real problem is that neither program recognizes the profiles I previously created for the X1D MkI. I contacted Adobe and said that ACR did not currently support the X1DMkII. My current Post workflow will be to use Phocus as a Raw processor and save the results in a 16bit Tif ProPhotoRGB color space.
Whew... time for an adult beverage and a nap
I used three different lenses, the 21mm, 45mm, and 90mm. Tomorrow I’ll try the 120mm.
I found initial setup and configuration easy. Everything seems to be present except Video (which I never used on the X1D MkI)
First, I really like the looks and form factor of the MkII. I sensed no difference in weight, Balance, or handling. Hand grip is just fine. All controls and buttons work well. I did perceive that the breaking point between triggering auto focus and image capture seems more sensitive. The EVF is great, good improvement. The larger display is nice, but I really did not notice the difference.
What I did notice was a faster initial startup and restart from sleep (Power save). Shutter response is also faster. Where I was previously sensitive to the Two separate clicks, they may still be present, but not near as noticeable. Continuous mode was effective. I did not test the limits of the buffer however. (I was using a Sandisk ExtremePro 64GB 170 card).
Autofocus was fast and effective, though I was shooting in daylight. AutoISO works well. All modes P,A,S,M work as before. Battery usage seemed adequate and I did not turn on GPS.
I probably missed a lot of stuff, again this was a one day session. I’ll continue this week.
Post processing notes:
Everything works in the current version of Phocus. I captured and stored a color profile using Xrite ColorChecker and associated software.
Now the not so good news:
DXO PhotoLab does not recognize the camera period.
ACR and LR work fine for the most part. The files can be imported and processed. They recognize the lenses as before. My major problem is that LR and ACR do not recognize New Camera Profiles created using the Xrite system. The real problem is that neither program recognizes the profiles I previously created for the X1D MkI. I contacted Adobe and said that ACR did not currently support the X1DMkII. My current Post workflow will be to use Phocus as a Raw processor and save the results in a 16bit Tif ProPhotoRGB color space.
Whew... time for an adult beverage and a nap