SONY NEX-5 (38mm, f/4.5, 1/60 sec, ISO250)
I was wrong! I have to admit it. And I hate to be wrong! I never was a strong supporter of the m43 sensor format. To me it was too much of a compromise for a system camera. Continue reading
Category Archives: Camera Review
Three Of A Kind? Fuji X100 vs Sony RX100 vs Ricoh GR
SONY NEX-5 (27mm, f/6.3, 1/125 sec, ISO200)
When traveling to foreign places people always recorded their memories. Today it is the same. Almost everybody takes images when abroad. The only thing that has changed over time is the camera. Continue reading
Full Frame 2.0
Canon EOS 6D (70mm, f/4, 1/40 sec, ISO12800)
Not long ago all DSLRs were big and heavy. Than they became much more compact and today first models are almost as small as mirrorless cameras. Full frame cameras are different. Even the enthusiast models were bulky. Now that has changed. Continue reading
In The Museum, X100 vs RX100 vs X-Pro 1
FUJIFILM FinePix X100 (23mm, f/2, 1/60 sec, ISO2500)
SONY DSC-RX100 (11.32mm, f/2.2, 1/40 sec, ISO800)
FUJIFILM X-Pro1 (18mm, f/2.8, 1/30 sec, ISO1600)
Three very different cameras – one location.
- The cameras: The Fuji X100, the Sony RX100 and the Fuji X-Pro 1.
- The location: The Natural History Museum in Vienna
I shot those cameras on different days so light is very different but my main topic is not image quality it is shooting experience. How does it feel shooting them? Do they deliver in poor light? Which camera is most fun? Which one is the most annoying? But of course also about: How do the images compare in real life? Continue reading
Rattle and Hum, Thoughts about the X-Pro 1
SONY NEX-5 (39mm, f/8, 1/60 sec, ISO250)
I got my Fuji X100 in September 2011 but it became my most used camera in that year. Even more impressive when you consider that it had the sticky aperture blade – problem, needed to be sent to Germany for repair and missed a trip to Moscow.
It was also by far my most used camera in 2012 but I doubt that it will be my most used camera in 2013 and the reason is simple: I got myself the Fuji X-Pro 1 for Christmas. Continue reading