Great to see you here. Join our insightful photographic forum today and start tapping into a huge wealth of photographic knowledge. Completing our simple registration process will allow you to gain access to exclusive content, add your own topics and posts, share your work and connect with other members through your own private inbox! And don’t forget to say hi!
I believe there is further reductions on the lenses when purchased _with_ a body. i could be wrong though — I only looked into it briefly.Only lenses here in the US. If it included the body then that would be a done deal for me.
Victor
I sure would look at it, especially with the current savings.
Yesterday, I was out chasing fall color, in a light rain for most of the day. I had both the XF100 and GFX, and quickly realized the P1 was not coming out due to the rain. Use of the GFX, is so simple, and for me the layout which follows other x cameras is so easy to use. Fuji has done an amazing job with the optics, I would easily state that they are in line with the Schneider glass in resolution, (50MP vs 100MP), but it's easy to see that the Fuji lenses can get to 100MP, as often the images taken with the GFX seem over sharp to me, a first.
The one thing I come back to over and over, is the LCD. Use of a tilting screen makes things for me just so much more easy and fun to shoot, opening up so many more angles to shoot. Sure you can do it with a P1, but getting down low, with my knees and back, just not happening like it used to. Hand holding easy also. I also still find that I prefer a good EVF over a optical finder, especially on MF.
I finally figured out how to get to ISO 50, as the manual is not very clear on this, and at 50, I see no loss of overall dynamic range, so a nice feature to consider. And unlike the x-trans cameras, you can still get a raw file at 50 where as the X-trans cameras drop to jpg (ISO 200 to 100).
I personally love multiple AF points, as they offer so many more options at least for my style of shooting.
Camera is light, (I use the Cambo smart L bracket) so very little additional weight and no problem with getting to the battery door. It's also obviously very water resistant. I had more than enough direct drops on both camera and various lenses, that would have be problematic for the Phase. I am just not going to even attempt use of any P1 back in such conditions, as just one drop hitting between the back and XF could be enough to cause a problem.
Anyway, for sure a great platform, and when the 100MP chip/camera comes next year, things could get very interesting.
Paul Caldwell