PiTiLeZarD said:

You're making the whole point of the X1(00). With a camera like that you don't react too late to an event, you try to sense it before by being observant enough and catch it at the right time.

With a X1(00) in hand, ready and you ready as well, hyperfocal focused, you'd got it as well ;)

I agree it's sometimes frustrating, but I think of my XP1 as a camera with no autofocus and it makes me think better differently.

Absolutely impossible in these situations. How does one prepare for a pair of dogs hugging? I've never seen such a scene before in my life. Those dogs appeared out of a crowd, interacted, and were gone in a few seconds. No one can prepare and wait for that. I guess you could park somewhere and wait for something interesting to happen. But that's not how I spend my life, parked like a hunter and waiting for hours and hours. I enjoy urban hiking. I hiked over 15 miles yesterday. Halfway across Shanghai! No way I could afford to spend time waiting in a crowd hoping something interesting would happen. Too boring. I'm always on the move.

No, not possible with my X100. These two shots would never have been captured had I hiked across town with my X100. That's a fact. Don't get me wrong. I LOVE my X100. But I recognize that there are severe limitations to that camera, mostly due to Fujifilm's very poor design. There is no reason why it should be so slow to wake up. None. Panasonic and Olympus have shown that contrast detect focusing doesnt have to be dog slow.

" No way I could afford to spend time waiting in a crowd hoping something interesting would happen. Too boring. I'm always on the move. "

And there you go. Let go of the boring and you'll be a better photographer.

Christopher said:

I'm not sure I understand the purpose of this discussion. Your X100 and X10 are production cameras, they are what they are, if you're unhappy with that, stop using them, because they're not going to change.

Clearly you have had enough successful images with these cameras that you continue to use them. Bitching about their pitfalls won't solve anything, and no one here really cares to hear it. No camera is perfect for every situation, period. We are not Fujifilm, we cannot fix your camera, we don't want to hear your complaints. This is not the purpose of our forum. If you feel cheated by Fujifilm, take up the issue with them, not us.

If you continue to press the issue, you will be removed from the community. We're not Fujifilm apologists, these cameras aren't perfect, but we're not here to complain, we're here because we enjoy using these cameras and want to discuss photography with other Fujifilm users.

That being said, you have a wonderful photo there, it's a good thing you had your DSLR with you!

Christopher,

The purpose of this discussion is merely to engage in talk about Fujifilm cameras. Nothing more than that.

Since the arrival of the X100 and X Pro 1, there have been an almost uncountable number of posts regarding how people have set aside their DSLR for the X series. I myself, have seen a dramatic drop in usage for my DSLR. Many have talked about getting rid of their SLRs completely. (Posted today: I am the (very proud) owner of a new x100 and I love it. I dumped my complete Nikon DSLR kit (except my beloved Micro Nikkor which I am keeping for sentimental reasons) to buy it. I was fed up of carrying around a bagful of lenses and missing shots.)

My post was not a "bitching post". My post was not one in search of a solution. Such a position is factually incorrect. I was presenting a counter point, with images, that SLR's still have a very useful place in one's arsenal and if you get rid of your SLR or use it less, some images will be lost.

Has this been said before? Possibly? But nearly every topic has been talked to death yet we are all here because we (all) like talking about cameras.

I personally have never brought up the issue of wake speed at all here, so this was a new topic for me.

I do not feel cheated, I do not seek a solution, I ask no reader for a fix. Further, I went out of my way to clearly and unmistakably say, "I LOVE MY X100!" Could the X100 be better? Yes, I believe so, as other companies have proven that the performance that other seek is available in other cameras. But I accept the X100 as it is because it will not be changing.

You wrote, " we're here because we enjoy using these cameras and want to discuss photography with other Fujifilm users."

Exactly why I am here and penned the original post as well as every other post I write.

Fair enough, I just had to get it off my chest.

While we're here @FinePixCamera, I do think you've contributed to the forum in positive ways, it's just the constant interjection of Fujifilm's flaws that are tiresome to many of the community members. Perhaps its best to hold back, unless another forum member specifically brings up the subject. I'm not looking to censor the forum, but I think we'd all get along much better this way.

Can you give it a shot for us?

Christopher said:

Fair enough, I just had to get it off my chest.

While we're here @FinePixCamera, I do think you've contributed to the forum in positive ways, it's just the constant interjection of Fujifilm's flaws that are tiresome to many of the community members. Perhaps its best to hold back, unless another forum member specifically brings up the subject. I'm not looking to censor the forum, but I think we'd all get along much better this way.

Can you give it a shot for us?

Christopher,

I hope that my posts will be seen as being a contribution to this forum.

This particular thread is the first thread I've posted in quite a long while where I made a point against the X series cameras. And I made this point with the utmost of respect. If you look at the posting history of FinePixCamera, you will see that the vast majority of all my thread starts concerned either images from my X cameras (positively put) as well as gear discussion (X10 w/diopter set up).

The only other recent "negative" post was my thread on the filter design of the X10. That is mild to say the least as I was just curious to know what is normal in this particular case. Not a rant. Not a constant bitching thread. I just wanted to know how the filter is designed to sit on the camera. It seems weird to me with the logo in such a bizarre spot.

Regarding your concern, I'll take that into consideration and re-double my efforts to satisfy your request. I dont want to self censor anymore than you want to censor the forum. At the same time, if I do have something negative to point out, I'll make extra clear the context of the comment so that the full entire story can be understood.

Thank you very much.

Lodro said:

You're rattymouse on the dpreview forum, aren't you?

Yes, tis him! FinePixCamera is rattymouse on PRP FTF.

Hey Steve. I doubt anyone paid more for their X100 than me. It was $1650 here in China when I bought the camera. And I love it for what it is, warts and all and said so above! The point of my post was not to find ways to work around the problem of speed because in most situations, I already know how to do so. The point of my post was that sometimes, there is no way to work around the slow speed and so shots are lost that would not be so with an SLR. Just a counter point on all the anti-slr chat that goes on around these days.

Of course, it works both ways. Some shots can't be taken with an SLR but can with the X100!

Balance is the name of the game, not extremism.