Update on “The Cruise” and Fuji X-Pro 1 Firmware 2.0!

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1. I am asking a question here more than a comment, I am new to the X Pro1 and have ordered the Fuji M Mount for using some RF glass. What I haven’t been able to find out, is whether the stabilization feature works when in manual focus M mount mode.

2. hi Steve, nice pictures! which film simulation mode did you use for these images? Velvia??

   • Most of these were shot RAW. If any JPEGS I would have shot between Velvia and Astia modes.

3. Any RAW support from Adobe yet?

   • Well, the files will open but you will not get optimal results.

4. Steve I’m thinking of getting the XE1 but already own a OMD and a Nex5N GAS demands I get the Fuji. However the main reason for the lust is the IQ how much better is it then the OMD or Nex5N????? Lenses 14mm, 12-50 kit and 100-400 along with sigma 30 for m43. And for Next kit and pancake along with both sigmas. None of the cameras / lens combo come close to my mark 3 in overall use and IQ.

5. Fantastic photos Steve, that IQ is nuts!

   • Thanks!

6. what about the aperture blade chatter sound for firmware 2?
   does it improve or reduce the noise?

7. Ingo .. care to elaborate on the Rokinon fisheye setup? EXIF tells a diff story especially for the group shot i.e. f1 and at 90mm??

   • Well as you can tell the group shot posted could not be shot with a 90mm lens 🙂 The Rokinon doesn’t send data to the camera so it is much like using a Leica lens on the camera body. No EXIF.

8. Looks like you guys had a blast, some of these images are a joy to look at 🙂

9. so, all of sudden X-pro1 is a good camera now. smearing details in 100% crop , inaccurate and slugish AF are gone. WhooHooo!!!

10. Could someone please put this focusing speed into context. I’m retiring from professional photography next year and will be selling my d700 stuff, mainly be amuse of the weight. While I don’t expect the x series to focus as quick as a 700 does anyone know if its as quick as say a d40x or d3000 for example?

11. You said in a previous post about the OMD-5: ”The AF is faster than any mirror less camera I have shot with to date…in fact, faster than just about any camera I have shot with. Well there’s a new video comparing the OMD-5 with the Xpro-1 (new 2.0 firmware) and the difference is really minimal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwBhw2rjUi4

    • Real world use tells a different story. I still find the E-M5 much quicker in overall use than the X-Pro 1, even with V2.

12. Looks like you folks had a blast, Steve. I’m jealous! 🙂
    Hey, where is that cemetery you posed in? I love photographing old cemeteries, and the older the better.
    Thanks!

    • Was a great week! The Cemetery was one of the three in Boston we saw…not sure which one.

13. > Testing the Voigtlander 15mm on the X-Pro 1 – No red corners, no issues. The X-Pro 1 does well with
    > most wide-angle Leica mount glass.

    X-Pro 1 shows terrible smearing with VL 15, as it does with most wide-angle Leica mount glass. Not a big issue with portraits or street shooting. Big issue with landscapes.

    • not in our shots 😉

      • No objects at edges? 😉

        • Denis I noticed the same thing and completely agree. Even my Zeiss 25mm is completely soft in the outer 1/3 of the frame. I was wondering how the Voigtlander 15mm would be better in that regard….

    • I will buy the 14mm f2.8 when it comes out in January. I’ve seen some samples and it is extraordinarily sharp. Easily the equal of the CV 15mm, which is really sharp on my M8.

14. i envy such a nice group of people (in a good way)
    work to live not live to work!! seems they are having a great time
    does anyone know what kind of watch is steve huff using? i know silly materialistic question but the true is i like it lot…it looks stunning…and rugged..to stand use and abuse…
    greetings from spain barcelona

    • It is a Guess watch..not sure of the model name but it’s great.

      • thanks a lot, for your response take care!

15. Todd! <3

16. Strange Blue Sky!! what was wrong?

    • Which shot are you referring to? There were zero problems 🙂

17. Steve you have to travel around Newfoundland and Nova Scotia lots to photograph bay of fundy icebergs?
    Colurful peeople It goes on sorry to hear you didn’t really enjoy Canada it’s a great country

    • You may want to re-read the post. Steve said one of his favourite places was St. Martin, which is indeed in Canada.

      • Whoops guess I better travel my own country

    • I loved it! The short time we had was great. I just said I preferred St. Martins (which is IN Canada)

    • Just to add to the embarassment, the Bay of Fundy is in New Brunswick and the Iceburgs are in Newfoundland…;-)

      • I know that are you people Don Rickles relatives I know where the icebergs used to be
        I don’t put you down for not knowing anything about Canada that we drive sleds and have moose in our front yards and live in igloos and we are communists lol chill as far as I know st martins was a place in the Caribbean and Lima is a place in Ohio lol

18. I might be missing something, but I fail to see what’s so beautiful about these photos. (both technically and artistically). Looks like a waste of what seems to be a good camera.

    • Lol, thanks for reading!

19. I love the blue iPad lady. I know it’s almost as crazy as shooting with your camera on a laptop, but people will shoot with what they have. And frankly she can see the entire shot clearly. Very view cameraesque. I’m waiting for the Lightning bolt connector from a future iPad to a digital large format lens – I can dream right.

    Regardless, you seem to be having a ton of fun Steve. Wishing you well. Perhaps if you have a Hawaii or west coast cruise I can convince the wife.

    • Thanks and maybe one year from now a huge West Coast Cruise perhaps?

20. Looks like you all had a great time. Steve or Ingo, with the new firmware, how was the manual focusing? Thanks Steve, and keep up the great work.

    • Focusing is great. No focus peaking but you can see the sharpness well enough to shoot with manuel focus.
      I used a Leica 90mm for example and got no problems. You can use 2 magnifications now. switching between them rotating the upper thumb dial. Best regards, Ingo

21. Hi Steve. Did you update the lens firmware to 2.0 as well as the body?

    • He would have had to because the camera will not shoot unless the lens has been updated as well. You get a big red bar across the screen telling you to update the lens firmware.

      • That’s really annoying.

        • Gil…not as annoying as people only updating the body and not the lens….and then whining about why the AF speed never changed. I don’t blame Fuji for making the update to FW mandatory for both the lens and the body.

    • Yes I did…

22. Thanks for the pictures and the comments. I hope you make the cruise (or some such vacation) an annual event. (Also, I hope you move it back or forward a month so I can go.)

    I would be interested in hearing more of your comparisons between cameras. The Fuji seems well-designed for certain styles of shooting, but not for others. The colors and sharpness are good, but you seem to have avoided action shots and wide-open apertures.

    The blues in the photos seem particularly good. Were any of these shot with a polarizer?

    • I always used a polarizer on this trip. Except for the fisheye shots. Those are just some pictures of the hundreds everyone shot on the trip. The Xpro does really well wide open. Best regards, Ingo @ fotoingo. com

    • The only images with a polarizer are the last three from Ingo 🙂

23. Great Times & Pics Steve! I Wish I Knew You Guys Were Stopping In Boston, I Would Have Stopped By & Said Hello! Maybe A Future Workshop In Boston? I’ll Definitely Be At That One! Have A Safe Journey Home & Looking Forward To More Pics. btw…ordered the new M today 😉

    • Thanks and sorry I missed ya!

24. Great overview. You really had a nice day here in Boston. Today the morning was very gray and cold but now it has cleared up and the sun is out. BTW Your boat was huge. D!RK

    • Thanks Dirk! Yea, Boston was awesome and we all had a great time there.

25. Let’s see if I can straighten those curves a bit..

    • No; couldn’t paste the pic here (..my html code’s so rusty!..) so see it here: http://tinyurl.com/bn7bpbd

      • Hi David,
        I really like this straightening tool ! Do you know if the plug-in also works in Lightroom?
        Thanks!
        Kris

        • Kris – if you Google for “Fisheye Hemi” you’ll find Image Trends’ website, here: http://www.imagetrendsinc.com/products/ ..where they say “..The Fisheye-Hemi Plug-In is a set of Adobe® Photoshop® compatible plug-ins, and a plug-in for Apple Aperture, that produce aesthetically pleasing images from a fisheye lens”.

          They further say “64 bit version now available for Photoshop and Aperture!” and “Fisheye-Hemi is a set of plug-in filters for Photoshop, Photoshop plug-in compatible applications, and Apple Aperture which provide correction for hemispheric fisheye lens distortion”.

          I don’t see any mention of Lightroom. But why don’t you go to their Support page ( http://www.imagetrendsinc.com/ITIASP/support/Plugins/support.aspx ) and ask them? Remember, as I wrote before, my pal Lennart says “Google is your friend”.

          • David, thanks a lot for your reply! I will follow your advise and ask Support.
            Kind regards,
            Kris.

26. Colors often look a bit muddy and missing contrast……
    Steve, your the one I trust about the general value of cameras,, thank you, I am waiting your opinion about the I.Q. value of new M cmos versus CCD of M9, and versus CMOS of Sony RX1.
    Kind Regards. Jacques Leclerc

27. Any OMD EM5’s on the cruise ?

    • Yes, two of them! 🙂

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