prager Posted November 17, 2011 Share #1 Â Posted November 17, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hello friends, sorry, but I have sold my x1. The picture quality was perfect but the camera felt very "plastic" to me. I loved the design, but the feeling was not what I expected. When the build in flash did not stay in, it reached for me the bottomline. Now I bought the Fuji x100. And finally I get the feeling back from my good old M4. What a great camera, the x100 is. With the two separate vieuwfinders possibility. With a silence button for instant silence fotowork. At last I've got a "real" camera in my hands. With a lot of professional options. I will keep you informed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted November 17, 2011 Posted November 17, 2011 Hi prager, Take a look here X1 sold, X100 bought.... I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
wda Posted November 17, 2011 Share #2 Â Posted November 17, 2011 Feels like an M4 eh? Well that had the option for alternative lenses. Won't you miss that flexibility? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted November 17, 2011 Share #3 Â Posted November 17, 2011 X100, M4? not quite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
prk60091 Posted November 17, 2011 Share #4 Â Posted November 17, 2011 Hello friends, sorry, but I have sold my x1. The picture quality was perfect but the camera felt very "plastic" to me. I loved the design, but the feeling was not what I expected. When the build in flash did not stay in, it reached for me the bottomline. Now I bought the Fuji x100. And finally I get the feeling back from my good old M4. What a great camera, the x100 is. With the two separate vieuwfinders possibility. With a silence button for instant silence fotowork. At last I've got a "real" camera in my hands. With a lot of professional options. I will keep you informed. Â enjoy your new toy.... the good news is that the used prices for the x1 have gone down a bit and when you decide to come back to the x1 it won't cost as much;) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
prager Posted November 17, 2011 Author Share #5 Â Posted November 17, 2011 I sold it for the same price as I bought it, not bad at all;) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
prager Posted November 17, 2011 Author Share #6 Â Posted November 17, 2011 Feels like an M4 eh? Well that had the option for alternative lenses. Won't you miss that flexibility? Â Ofcourse some time I will miss this, but I have tried a secondhand M8, sold by a shop with garantee and in no time there was trouble with the lcd screen ("coffeestain") and the menu's give some trouble. For every lens you must buy a special filter to avoid magenta colors on your foto's.So this camera went also directly where it came from,.. So don't tell I have tried... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted November 17, 2011 Share #7  Posted November 17, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) As an M4 "real camera" fan you should give an M9 a try instead of buying toys  edit: You may miss the outstanding Leica image quality. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
prager Posted November 17, 2011 Author Share #8  Posted November 17, 2011 As an M4 "real camera" fan you should give an M9 a try instead of buying toys  edit: You may miss the outstanding Leica image quality.  Sorry, not quite. I truly think there is a lot of psychlogic thinking that (digital) leica's are alsway better and have special "leica" software with the special "leica" feeling to what the produce.This started with the difference between the Digilux2 and the Panasonic twin. Well I heve own them both, and believe me, they where just the same. In a lot of test on internet, you hardley can put the finger on the difference between the X1 an de X100. So are we fooling ourselfs? If you buy yourself a verry expensive toy, whitch nowadays are made of eccentric materials , you will, no must believe youselfs that this is the only thing.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted November 17, 2011 Share #9  Posted November 17, 2011 Sorry, not quite. I truly think there is a lot of psychlogic thinking that (digital) leica's are alsway better and have special "leica" software with the special "leica" feeling to what the produce.This started with the difference between the Digilux2 and the Panasonic twin.Well I heve own them both, and believe me, they where just the same. In a lot of test on internet, you hardley can put the finger on the difference between the X1 an de X100. So are we fooling ourselfs? If you buy yourself a verry expensive toy, whitch nowadays are made of eccentric materials , you will, no must believe youselfs that this is the only thing....  I´m a daily CANON EOS pro camera shooter, I don´t "own" an M9 and I love my X100. Leica to me personally is MP/M3 and slidefilm/b&w ...  ... BUT ...  I test a lot of cameras, shooting with them for weeks and months, included M9 and X1. When it comes to perfect conditions Leica glass always shows its potential. For everyday photography (paid by clients) I don´t need that, other cameras and lenses are great too. The X1 image quality is great, the usability of X100 (finder) is better but I wouldn´t switch to X100 if I had an X1.  I´m not a fanboy (according to digital cameras). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tc4237 Posted November 18, 2011 Share #10 Â Posted November 18, 2011 enjoy your X100... its going to be fun shooting... :) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest happytogger Posted November 19, 2011 Share #11  Posted November 19, 2011 Leica glass always shows its potential  I concur.  Sigma Cum Laude Home page does R lens conversion on Sigma dslr bodies. On a Foveon sensor R lenses sing in a way Bayer sensor just cant (including the Bayer M9). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
goatsby Posted November 20, 2011 Share #12 Â Posted November 20, 2011 Funny how things work as I did the opposite, went from a X100 to the X1. I would not go back, but it is a matter of personal preference. Enjoy the X100, it is a great camera! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swanny Swanny Posted November 21, 2011 Share #13 Â Posted November 21, 2011 Hi all, Â Mostly i do want to say thanks for sharing your thoughts on the X1 and also how the X100 fits in ..... as i do hanker after a lighter smaller package for some casual shooting when i may not want to have my M9 with me ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wda Posted November 21, 2011 Share #14 Â Posted November 21, 2011 Swanny Swanny, much has been written about these two cameras. Why not go to your nearest Leica dealer, one like Jacobs, so that you can handle both cameras and see how each fits into your way of working? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparth Posted November 22, 2011 Share #15 Â Posted November 22, 2011 both are great cameras producing the same images in terms of quality. however, there's one thing that the x100 is not having: the philosophy of design based on simplicity. and this is something that you will not get in exchange. it means you're back to the long menu thingies with lots of options you don't always use. i'm not saying the x1 is perfect, soooo far from it. sometimes i was even ready to smash the camera because of a missed shot. and it's now gone back to repair because of the broken flash popping up erratically. but i will keep that damn camera, despite the fact i bought an m9, because when you shoot with it, you simply don't do anything else. you just shoot, your mind isn't blurred by feature and buttons you forgot to click on etc etc etc. and that is a HUGE plus. Â good luck on the x100. it's a great camera with its own personality. in many ways, it is becoming a classic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brill64 Posted November 22, 2011 Share #16 Â Posted November 22, 2011 every time i come back to the files from my x1, every time i pull it out of my kit bag on my travels or muse with it's little dings and engineering facets, i'm absolutely delighted and vow never to let it pass.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lars_bergquist Posted November 22, 2011 Share #17 Â Posted November 22, 2011 A camera without an eye finder is a cell phone you can't make calls from. Â The old man from the Age of the Brilliant Finder (= the Dark Ages) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peyton Hoge Posted November 22, 2011 Share #18  Posted November 22, 2011 A camera without an eye finder is a cell phone you can't make calls from. The old man from the Age of the Brilliant Finder (= the Dark Ages)  Love this! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indina Posted November 22, 2011 Share #19 Â Posted November 22, 2011 both are great cameras producing the same images in terms of quality.. Â Imo njet. Â I used both - and sold both. Â Will stick to my M9 and Oly E-P3. The X100 is as much a diva as the X1 is. The latter serves better image quality. That's my personal experience only, of course. Â Both cameras have a hard time to autofocus in low light, the X100 needs more fiddling with its menus and a good knowledge about its manual. Its white balance and light metering fails quite often. Even after it went to Fuji for repair. Â In terms of IQ I'd always choose the X1 again. Â Greetings Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
viramati Posted November 23, 2011 Share #20 Â Posted November 23, 2011 I'm with Lars on this. My X100 is always with me and is an incredibly versatile bit of kit. was never interested in the X1 because of lack of viewfinder Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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