lct Posted November 28, 2009 Share #1 Posted November 28, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Good review of the X1 with non-definitive firmware (# 0.72i) in the last issue of the French mag Chasseur d'Images (# 319, December 2009). Only serious cons are price and lack of built-in viewfinder. AF reactivity is not on par with DSLRs but is not detrimental with "normal" subject matters given the wide DoF. At low isos, resolution is similar to that of the Nikon D300s. At 1600 iso there is a bit more noise compared to the D300s but less smearing effect as well. At 3200 iso, noise is "un peu fort" (a bit too high) but with less smearing effect than Nikon's again. The lens looks on par with current Elmar-M & Elmarit-M Leica's (detail below). Comparison of the X1's Elmarit 24/2.8 ("Elmarit-X" hereafter) with Elmarit-M 28/2.4 and Elmar-M 24/3.8 Sources: Chasseur d'Images # 290 (Elmarit-M) & # 319 (Elmarit-X & Elmar-M) Vignetting at full aperture: Elmarit-X 24/2.8: 0.3% Elmarit-M 24/2.8: 0.1% (on M8) Elmar-M 24/3.8: 0.7% (on M9) Chromatic aberration: Elmarit-X 24/2.8: 0.08% Elmarit-M 24/2.8: 0.09% (on M8) Elmar-M 24/3.8: 0.09% (on M9) Distortion: Elmarit-X 24/2.8: 0.37% Elmarit-M 24/2.8: 0.33% (on M8) Elmar-M 24/3.8: 0.28% (on M9) Sharpness: Elmarit-X 24/2.8: Excellent from f/2.8 to f/16 Elmarit-M 24/2.8: Excellent from f/2.8 to f/16 (on M8) Elmar-M 24/3.8: Excellent from f/3.8 to f/16 (on M9) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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khanosu Posted November 28, 2009 Share #2 Posted November 28, 2009 Thanks for the excellent summary, lct! Furrukh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wda Posted November 29, 2009 Share #3 Posted November 29, 2009 Thank you lct for your diligent summary of results. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted November 29, 2009 Author Share #4 Posted November 29, 2009 You're welcome gents. Forgot to say that Chasseur's reviews are based on jpegs not raws. Given the quality of the best raw converters, i would expect that noise is not a problem at 1600 iso and lower sensitivities. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Maio Posted December 1, 2009 Share #5 Posted December 1, 2009 Allow me to add my thanks for the "just the facts" summary Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted December 2, 2009 Author Share #6 Posted December 2, 2009 Thank you John. This mag is serious generally but more customer than professional oriented. They test only jpegs instead of raws for instance which is not fully satisfactory. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hg2303 Posted December 2, 2009 Share #7 Posted December 2, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Very helpful, thanks!!! Hermen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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