I want this

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hjm_s/

Fuji XPro-1 + the Fuji negative film simulation - I think the look might be right up a few ILPers alleys.

looks like the 5D3 is only half a stop better than 5D2 in low-light, and most of the image improvements came in video. disappointing! otoh if I ever felt the need to jump into digital full-frame, 5D2s will be cheaper and just as good

As someone who still rocks the 5D-I... I want this

I want a D800 w/ the new 28/1.8 that Nikon is releasing

but not really. so big, so heavy, so little desire to carry one around

http://us.leica-camera.com/photography/m_system/m_monochrom/

depending on what the files look like... might sell everything I have + my kidney and get this

I haven't kept up with the 'state' of digital photography so I dunno what current top gear setups are capable of but the detail in some of these shots is pretty staggering

http://www.dpreview.com/galleries/reviewsamples/photos/1950531/l1000272-dng?inalbum=leica-m-monochrom-preview-samples

#11 - level of detail in the corners is pretty out of this world

http://i.imgur.com/hy22n.jpg

make sure to enlarge!

oh wow

http://i.imgur.com/Yh59Q.jpg

the cars in the bottom right corner - that's what I would expect from a medium format camera. wow

just had a look at some of the samples from the d800 over at dpreview and to my eyes the monochrom shots blow the d800 out of the water w/r/t detail and resolution

I guess they should, seeing as every pixel in the M-Monochrom is a luminance-capturing element whereas colour sensors are split up into Bayer RGB mosaics. I've gone from thinking this was a daft idea to...er, yeah, wanting one.

by the way it looks like imgur adds compression to the photos - the original ones downloaded from dpreview gallery are much cleaner (and bigger - the one with the cars weighs in at 8.8 megs.)

at one eighth the price I would be interested, but still couldn't afford one.

The M9M is kind of interesting, but some of the examples I saw (girl holding a Nikon) had some bad highlight blowouts, no better than your average 35mm DSLR - I'm less interested in a mono camera for resolution than for dynamic range that comes closer to Tri-X/HP5.

yeah I've heard the sensor being used is not current-gen tech. otoh it seems even canon can't really squeeze any more DR out of sensors - the new 5D Mk III, for example, doesn't really seem to have improved DR. or maybe you need some kind of fuji EXR tech.

looking at the shot of the girl with the nikon from dpreview, I don't mind the blown sky that much. the resolution w/ which you can see the strands of hair, and the lint on the jeans, is pretty spectacular, imo.

I mean, the shot of the space needle is so much better than this MF scan using very good equipment! http://www.dantestella.com/technical/gsw690iii-res.html

The girl with the Nikon bothers me more on her hands and jacket - blown skies are part of the game, but losing skin and clothing detail is pretty frustrating. Just read the photographer comment that he blew the exposures the first day, because he was relying on the rear LCD too much to judge exposure. So that one probably isn't the camera's fault anyway.

Apparently I'm getting a OM-D E-M5 for work (documenting construction projects) whenever the kit comes in to my local store.

blown away that Leica has had these in the hands of a number of photographers already without any legit information leaking or anyone being spotted

haha because its waterproof?

Partially. I wasn't keen on carrying my XPro-1 in my truck all the time and needed something that could make nice 12x18 prints. If the E-M5 gets jacked, I'm not out any money, at least.
I picked it because I want to try the Olympus 12 and Panasonic 25 for myself.

was there an ILP thread in which we argued basic digital versus film stuff? i don't have the vocabulary but still feel there are real broad differences in how each handles light (that feels like the biggest?), renders depth, &c.

the detail thing here is really interesting. sort of in the spectrum of those google videos in which you can infinitely zoom into any angle of a museum panorama.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um1FjRFzJWQ

X100: y/n?

The X100 is fantastic. The XPro-1 makes some improvements (sensor, quick menu, etc.), but the X100 is just the right size for what it is and the image quality is A+ since the whole camera is built around the lens's interaction with the sensor.

I downloaded one of the M Monochrom JPGs from Steve Huff's site and made some adjustments in LR4. Even the JPG is very malleable without losing detail, I imagine RAW is A+.
Would definitely sell everything to get one if they were 1/3 the price.

so uh... got any X100 pro tips? : )

:D

never having owned a DSLR idg the AF complaints; camera is snappy as all hell and super silent. MF + AFL is god mode. OVF is def going to be a learning curve; EVF is better than that on the wife's pana G3

need to learn how to lightroom now

turn on the corrected AF frame, turn off any power saves and turn on quick-start mode. Invest in a 95mb/s UHS-1 card, invaluable to the camera's responsiveness.

Gorgeous first few images on Flickr with the X100, Cozen.

thanks!

milo: done, done, and done. superfast SD card is on next month's shopping list

do you shoot RAW or jpg, milo? read the jpgs are stellar from the X100 so tempted to ditch RAW

(would that increase speed/write-time?)

I always shoot RAW, I want the full set of data for playing with in LR/PS - and as a personal thing, JPGs don't feel finished. Shooting JPGs will make write-times much faster, the files are ~1/4 the size.

JPGs from the mirrorless cameras (Fuji, micro-4/3, etc.) usually seem better than DSLR JPGs, I guess the assumption is that more people will be shooting them so they put more effort in.

Meant to say the JPGs are very nice even though I stick to RAW. If you want to shoot B&W JPGs, monkey with the settings - everything at standard makes for very flat files with almost no whites or blacks.

http://www.dpreview.com/previews/canon-eos-m/

can't believe the uk price. $799 = £560 including vat, not £750.

Pretty outrageous pricing. Panasonic Lumix GF-3 + 20/1.7 still some kind of high-water mark for this sort of camera system, I think, based on price.

Amazon US has been running some crazy Panasonic deals - basically, buy the 20 or 14 and get a free GF3 body. Must be clearing out inventory in advance of the GF5.

I don't want it, but the Sony full-frame compact w/ fixed 35/2 lens is a bold move. I'm shocked they didn't figure out how to include an EVF or OVF to really fuck up Leica's world, tho.

yes. and ovf and evf will be available at launch for an extra $450/600.

but... three grand to start? three thousand dollars? what's up with that?

FF SLRs start at $2200, this includes a top-shelf lens, etc., I guess

and its small

*everybody throws their leica x1 into the trashcan*

is it missing the point to bring up in this conversation all of the cool fixed focal length p&s cameras already out there that aren't digital?

http://japancamerahunter.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/0011534-811x1024.jpg

Not missing the point at all, IMO - enthusiasts have been pining for a true digital Contax/Canonet/Hexar AF since the first DSLRs. Micro-4/3 got closer, the X100 got closer still, there have been awesome small-sensor compacts, but this is the closest anyone's gotten to the fanboy's wet dream of a 36x24 sensor in a T2 package.

it's gorgeous, too. this is fixed lens though, right? boo.

The RX1's 35mm lens offers two control rings. The aperture ring offers click stops, but given the lack of an 'neutral' position on the ring we assume there is no mechanical connection to the aperture blades. Nevertheless the dial's operation feels very nice, with very well defined clicks, pretty much the same as on a mechanical lens.

The second ring lets you adjust the minimum focus distance, which basically makes it a macro-mode switch. The third ring, the furthest form the lens mount, is the focus ring. It's nicely dampened and moves very smoothly, but has no mechanical connection to the focus elements of the lens as the RX1 uses a focus-by-wire system.

=(

Leica M (M10), 24mp yada yada yada price of a good used Corolla etc.

suddenly so many cameras around that I want. The d600 and 6d both look pretty nice, too.