More X-T1 portraits

[ozimax]

I don't have much time to photographise at the moment, but this morning a short stroll in the Botanic Gardens in Coffs yielded a few quick shots. The X-T1 is a joy to shoot. The camera comes with a little clip on flash, but I can't see myself ever using it. The X-trans sensor's ability to override darkish areas in the face without flash is astonishing. It certainly has some magic to it, including the great Fuji colours.

Sad and happy.
Wedding1 by Ozimax, on Flickr
(I have no idea who these people were, but when there's a wedding taking place, my camera will be working. )

My ever patient model
DSCF0922bw1 by Ozimax, on Flickr

And again
DSCF0390bw1 by Ozimax, on Flickr

[Matt. K]

Seriously, I don't think a camera needs to be any better than this. There's enough detail in those images to make huge prints, (my old D300 images were blown up to the size of a barn door and looked good. The Fuji easily has more quality and more pixels than the Nikon).
I guess the question is how good are the mechanics. Is the camera responsive and user friendly. Is the focus fast. Given that it fits the user then it's going to be successful in the market.

[PiroStitch]

The first one is just lovely and spot on.

[ozimax]

Seriously, I don't think a camera needs to be any better than this. There's enough detail in those images to make huge prints, (my old D300 images were blown up to the size of a barn door and looked good. The Fuji easily has more quality and more pixels than the Nikon).
I guess the question is how good are the mechanics.

Mechanics are excellent. It just works. The multiplicity of dials, once learned, makes for easy changing of settings. I especially use the S/CH dial frequently. With kids, I often switch between single shot and multi shot mode, and this makes things easy-peasy. The face detection is great, even with groups of many people, although not as amazingly good as the Olympus E-M1.

The feel of the camera is superb. The 56mm is a reasonably heavy lens but it matches the feel/weight well. Shooting with the little 35mm attached is wonderful.

The shutter button is great, the sound fine. The D-Pad on the back is oft criticized and fair enough too. I think I'm used to it now and it doesn't bother me. The tilting screen is very handy, although like most screen these days, it is so good that the images are never quite the same once they are loaded onto a non-retina laptop.

The SD card door has been criticized as too easy to open, but I haven't found that to be the case. The camera is weather sealed, but I don't believe there are any Fuji X series lens that are sealed. To be honest, I've never been too worried about a little bit of water on any camera. (I used to wade into chest deep surf with my old D70.)

Is the camera responsive and user friendly.

It's a doddle to use. The buffer never seems full and blasts away, when needed, at 8fps. And although I'm used to Fuji menus, newcomers to Fuji cameras may find things differently.

Is the focus fast.

Focus is not DLSR or even Olympus fast. The E-M1 is instant, but the X-T1 is fast enough, miles faster than the X-Pro1 which admittedly is a bit slow. However, speed of focus is not everything. When the X-T1 locks on, it's good.

All in all, the X-T1 is one fun camera and a joy to use, and in my book, that's what photography is all about.