Just Got the X1

[abethecat]

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Wow! You can take pictures with the camera? I have one on preorder since last year, just because it so "retrobeautiful"

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[jpmac55]

jpmac55

 

Hello, can you see any way to assign camera profiles in Aperture 3.0? I use the ColorChecker Passport software to create profiles. Currently I have to export from Aperture and assign them in ACR, save, and then reimport to Aperture. I'm just wondering if someone has spotted something I have not.

 

Thanks

Johnny

 

 

Sorry, Johnny - can't help you. I am not a big fan of post production and have a very basic workflow.

 

Here is a pretty good Aperture site worth checking out. Mostly free but they do have content for sale: Mac Create Network

[ziggurat]

Thanks anyway John

 

I don't have much choice over post production when it comes to work. I provide a service for artists turning their artworks into giclee prints. For my photography, I agree, either keep it clean, or a series of very light touches.

 

Regards

Johnny

[grober]

I am not a big fan of post production and have a very basic workflow.

 

EXACTLY.

 

The absolute largest pain about digital photography is the almost-endless hours hunkered over some lousy keyboard doing boring post-processing instead of shooting new pictures.

 

Would that Leica or Adobe (or any other qualified source!) would offer some instructional material of best practices for handling DNG files captured on Leica-specific platforms.

 

-g

[tobey bilek]

By the time you are past 12, you start to loose the ability to focus 5/7" inches.

 

Furthermore, 5/7 is just as unstable as 24" if you know anything at all about how to properly hold a camera to minimise shake. You are supposed to brace it against your body, tuck your elbows in, and then use the neck strap tension for even more support.

 

I can`t believe I am explaining this on the Leica Forum.

[NZDavid]

Weight also makes a difference. The heft of the M cameras helps you keep them more stable at slower shutter speeds. (Lack of an SLR-type mirror is another reason, but not the only reason.) Lighter cameras are harder to hold steady: another good reason for having an optical viewfinder. And an added reason why so many compacts have "image stabilization". Seeing the LCD in bright light is also tricky. Yet by far the majority of non-SLR cameras have ditched optical viewfinders altogether. Why?

[Don Helmudo]

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Ah, another morning and another set of h8ter posts : D I am not sure if I got that right, but are there really people blaming the X1 one for being light and not having a viewfinder? Hello, wake-up, the X1 is a compact camera. It´s not supposed to be heavy and it´s not supposed to be big.

 

This threads titel is "Just got the X1", which I can also say since yesterday and people let me say something: I knew I´d love it from the first time I saw it, but never the less it exceeded my expectations.

 

It neither feel cheap nor is not slow but it fells great in my hands, it is such a pleasure to use (compared to feature overloaded cameras) and it produces high quality pictures at a price which is more than reasonable in my eyes. If you think it feels cheap, if you think it is to slow and if you think it is too expensive, than it is simply not the right camera for you, which is fine, because there a lot of other cameras in the market.

 

And by the way, it is the most beautiful camera out there (apart the Ms).

 

 

 

 

And here is one of those mandatory ISO3200 shots straight of the cam:

 

 

PS: Here is my suggestion: Let´s open an X1-haters-thread, so we can keep the X1-Lovers threads clean.

[damnsharp]

I agree what you say about the X1 lovers thread But seriously, enjoy your X1. Great to see another ISO 3200 picture. When it's possible, would you be able to post somewere a picture with fill in flash? E.g. portret on 2 meter. I am curious about that.

[Guest]

(Not only) In the USA, statistics show that less than half the people in the country wear glasses and / or contacts.

 

So I'm part of the majority . At least while I read the headlines in a newspaper or when I shoot with an M Leica - for the time being. I'm beyond chimping anyway

Serious, the autofocus in both X1 and GXR A12 are not great but a 24mm produces more keepers than a 33mm. They both can't take DNGs without a jpeg, though the Leica's prettier, so here we go: I'm on the waiting list. Not at a dealer, just holding the cash ready, waiting for the next hot air surprize from the PMA. The only store in town having the Ricoh model in stock, said this week that I'm the first since it in early January to ask to have a look.

There's a demo X1 in a different store, but not one delivery yet, so they say there.

Will I get a 35Lux instead? Too big (sour grapes!), and I'd never trade in my 28 nor the 2/35Asph