therooster Posted April 29, 2012 Share #1 Â Posted April 29, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Ok, I know this has been done to death, but I just thought I'd share my experience with these two cameras. I just bought both, with the intention of trying them and then letting one go. I have now played with them for a week and here's what I think... Â Simply put, the winner is the X1. From the very first second you open the box, the X1 looks stunning. The X100 looks like it's trying to look like something it's not, while the X1 just looks natural. Hope that makes sense... Also, the form factor of the X1 is perfect. The X100 is just a tad too big. The dials on top of the X1 are perfect too, while I found the layout on the X100 a bit clumsy. Picture quality is good on both, to be frank. But basically, the X1 is just a lot more fun to use. Â In many ways, the X1 feels like a nice european car. Well built, functional, classy and with only the right frills. But at the same time temperemental, and the kind of car that once you get to know it, it drives you, rather than being driven. The X100 is a Lexus. Loads of features and jam packed with technology. But in the end it feels cold and like it's trying too hard. Frankly, not much fun to play with. Â My only issues with the X1 are with the macro, the responsiveness and the lack of some more features that I would have liked to see on a camera of this kind. I'm just hoping the X2 will address some of these issues, and I can't wait for its launch. Â Anyway, those were just some quick thoughts... Thanks for reading. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted April 29, 2012 Posted April 29, 2012 Hi therooster, Take a look here Leica X1 vs Fuji X100. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
bkxmnr Posted April 29, 2012 Share #2 Â Posted April 29, 2012 So the macro and responsiveness would be the "cupholders" in your european car analogy? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
therooster Posted April 29, 2012 Author Share #3 Â Posted April 29, 2012 So the macro and responsiveness would be the "cupholders" in your european car analogy? Â LOL. Possibly. This camera kind of reminds me of something Jeremy Clarkson once said about all great products... They are outstanding in a way, but they all tend to have little flaws and idiosyncrasies too, and that's what makes them fun. It might be a cliche, but I guess it kind of applies here... I connected with this camera better than the X100, and to some extent I was prepared to forgive the X1 for its weaknesses more so than the X100 (such as the poor AF when using the OVF!). Oh well... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wda Posted April 30, 2012 Share #4 Â Posted April 30, 2012 An interesting analysis, 'rooster. I have owned an X1 since launch, but only briefly handled the X100. On that limited basis I quickly concluded that I would lose no sleep worrying about whether I should trade my X1. It still lives and continues to earn its keep. Â Regarding its possible successor, it will rally have to be very much better to tempt me to upgrade. I don't want a bigger X*; that is my starting point. Improvements would have to be hidden in an identical body. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
therooster Posted May 1, 2012 Author Share #5  Posted May 1, 2012 An interesting analysis, 'rooster. I have owned an X1 since launch, but only briefly handled the X100. On that limited basis I quickly concluded that I would lose no sleep worrying about whether I should trade my X1. It still lives and continues to earn its keep. Regarding its possible successor, it will rally have to be very much better to tempt me to upgrade. I don't want a bigger X*; that is my starting point. Improvements would have to be hidden in an identical body.  Thanks.  And I couldn't agree more. I'd like to see some improvements in terms of features but within a similar form factor. To me the design is just perfect. Perhaps the only thing that bugs me a bit is that the dials are easily moved accidentally. They could be a tad stiffer to click. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim sink Posted May 29, 2012 Share #6 Â Posted May 29, 2012 Heres my take on Leica vs Fuji. I bought the Fuji Prox1, kept it for a week and its gone. I've ordered a new X2. Nothing else feels like a "Leica". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
satijntje Posted May 30, 2012 Share #7 Â Posted May 30, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Heres my take on Leica vs Fuji. I bought the Fuji Prox1, kept it for a week and its gone. I've ordered a new X2. Nothing else feels like a "Leica". Â You are right, I feel the same. Have a NEX7 here with all its fine lenses, but I do prefer my X2 in most cases:p Will probably sell the SONY stuff, as it is getting dusty:D:D Â John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Muller Posted May 30, 2012 Share #8 Â Posted May 30, 2012 ...so after a week of using them you prefer one because the box is cool and the camera looks 'natural'... and here I though we bought these toys because we like the way they make photographs! It took me a month to learn my camera so that I could use it competently and a further year to really make it an extension of my eye.....rather show us some images that you could only have made with one and not the other....! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lars_bergquist Posted May 30, 2012 Share #9 Â Posted May 30, 2012 Personally, I use my cameras not as Cuddly Objects but to take pictures. I own an X100 and I take pictures with it. For taking pictures, I do infinitely prefer it to the primitive X1. Or X2. Â Actually, not even my M9 is a Cuddly Object. It is a tool. I am probably some kind of psychopath. Â The old man from the Age of Photography Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
therooster Posted June 11, 2012 Author Share #10 Â Posted June 11, 2012 Ha ha, to the last couple of posters... you seriously want me to believe that we all make purchase decisions based on rationality? Â Also, it's not just about the photo as a final product, but the fun I have getting to that final product. Â I'm also not surprised that critical posts come from someone who prefer the X100... I'm rolling my eyes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lars_bergquist Posted June 12, 2012 Share #11  Posted June 12, 2012 Ha ha, to the last couple of posters... you seriously want me to believe that we all make purchase decisions based on rationality?  Not on the 'rationality' that the mythical 'Economic Man' would exhibit – if we would believe the economists who still believe in the Perfect Market.  But evolutionary psychology (which abuts to economy) has demonstrated that the Economic Man does not exist, and a growing trend in economics has shown that the Perfect Market does not exist either. No, we do not make economically rational decisions.  We make intelligent decisions. Some of us are capable of doing that. Homo sapiens is still under evolution, and we will probably be fully human sometime in the future, if we do not commit collective suicide first.  The old man from the Keynesian Age Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M8X2 Posted June 12, 2012 Share #12 Â Posted June 12, 2012 No, we make predictably irrational decisions. Anyway... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phancj Posted June 12, 2012 Share #13  Posted June 12, 2012 Not on the 'rationality' that the mythical 'Economic Man' would exhibit – if we would believe the economists who still believe in the Perfect Market. But evolutionary psychology (which abuts to economy) has demonstrated that the Economic Man does not exist, and a growing trend in economics has shown that the Perfect Market does not exist either. No, we do not make economically rational decisions.  We make intelligent decisions. Some of us are capable of doing that. Homo sapiens is still under evolution, and we will probably be fully human sometime in the future, if we do not commit collective suicide first.  The old man from the Keynesian Age  What constitutes "intelligent" or "rational" is also often subjective and open to differing interpretation.  Economists are often wrong I am afraid.  As for me, I do believe I am fully human. YMMV.  CJ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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