HPL posted:

If Pentax can somehow magically wring decent low-light performance out of a sensor that small, then I might be interested. Otherwise, what the gently caress?

Pockyless posted:

New x100 firmware is out here:
http://www.fujifilm.com/support/digital_cameras/software/firmware/x/finepix_x100/fupd.html

poopinmymouth posted:

You could always do that, it just wasn't available in auto-iso as the top ceiling (is it even now? I'm at work and can't upgrade till tonight).

It's 100 and 12,800 that aren't available in raw, but since everything over ISO 1,000 is made from ISO 1,000, it doesn't matter. Shoot at 3200 and bump 1 or 2 in post for exactly the same as shooting that in jpeg.

keyframe posted:

God yes! It is such a waste of a button currently.

keyframe posted:

I will be happy if I can just use it as another "set" button. I am going to glue a nub like pimm did.

In other news I have realized something about the x100. If you are in manual and auto focus with the aflock button it autofocuses way faster than regular autofocus mode. This stays true for both macro and regular modes. Any reason why that is? I have completely stopped using the autofocus mode since there is no drawback to using the autofocus in manual mode from what I can see.

Pompous Rhombus posted:

NEX-7 will be delayed due to flooding in Thailand.

In other news, I was planning on getting the 55-210 for my NEX-3. It's literally $100 cheaper in America than Japan, but impatience (and not having to worry about it potentially getting held up in customs) may win out here.

krackmonkey posted:

DxO scores don't hang in galleries or get magazine covers. Some of the best photos I've ever seen bear no reflection whatsoever on the DxO marks or megapickle count of the tool that took them. This isn't some math where you add up the numbers and the higher result is somehow superior, it's all what you can do with the tools you have at hand.

I've seen people make incredible things happen with their cell phones and I've seen folks with 15 grand worth of Leica system produce utter poo poo. People who hang up on the gear numbers and system superiority wars spend too much time behind their keyboards and not enough time behind their cameras (myself included).

That 70s Shirt posted:

You have no idea how tempting it is to do just that; to buy one and on the off-chance I get the SAB to just send it in for repair. What stops me is reports of people sending in their cameras 2 or even 3 times only to have the problem show up again. That tells me Fuji isn't actually fixing anything, and $1200 is a lot of money to gamble on a camera that will only probably be okay.

Goddammit I'm still tempted anyway.

Cacator posted:

Cacator posted:

I'm not in any rush to replace my E-P3, but this is an improvement in pretty much every single way. I think it's somewhat better looking (unless viewed straight-on), has better controls, and it's nice that they kept it pretty much the same size. I'm mostly concerned with the video quality, if they fixed the wobbly-ness that makes the video pretty much useless if you move the camera (I don't expect GH2-level quality but something close would be nice) and the new image stabilizer/ISO performance which seems to have been increased significantly.


And...?

Edit: ISO samples at http://olympus-imaging.jp/product/dslr/em5/feature/index2.html, they're too small to be of any use but I guess that since it looks mostly the same until 12800 that's a good thing (25600 looks like 3200 on the E-P3)

Cacator posted:

But there isn't any in-camera HDR. Besides, I don't really care if some crotchety old Japanese executives lied about their accounting and finances if a separate division of the company is making a decent product. The camera division isn't even their main business. Now if the E-M5 had a tendency to blow up and kill people, then boycott away.

Cacator posted:

drat, did an Olympus executive touch you as a child? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympus_scandal#Impact_on_management

ease posted:

I hope you don't drive a car powered by anything.

keyframe posted:

Just when I was about to pull the trigger on the OM-D, Fuji comes up with X-E1 and now I don't know anymore.

Ksi posted:

Apparently the retailer (called Liverpool)who was carrying the Fujifilm line officialy (x100, x pro 1, etc) had some problems with Fujifilm Mexico, so they are no longer carrying any of their stuff.

Also it seems no one knows about the x100/ pro x1 around here, so i guess sales weren't that good.

I managed to buy the last x pro 1 body, but it was a display model.
The box was kind of worn out and there was minor aestetic damage (really minor, but it's kinda driving me nuts) but what can i say for that price? I was really bummed out but if it was going to be my carry around it was going to get scratched, hit, pee'd on, whatever.

I get 15 days of warranty directly with them and one year with Fujifilm Mexico.




I could, but taxes would rape my butt.

I found another store that is carrying the Fujifilm line. The body is around 2400 bucks so no way in hell i would buy it at a normal price.

But body aside, the lenses are at a fair price (considering tax) so i think i'll buy em from there.