Exciting news (for me). After about 2½ years shooting with the Sony Nex-7 I have officially become an X photographer. Today I sold all my Sony gear and for the last week or so I’ve been shooting exclusively with a Fuji X-T1 with their lovely 23mm f1.4 and their 18-55mm kit lens which is a whole stop faster than the Sony equivalent. I’ll be posting some initial thoughts on shooting with the camera in the next few days, probably, but here’s the first post with a picture from the camera.
Congrats Adam, enjoy it !!
Thanks!
On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 12:07 PM, obBLOGato wrote:
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my totally uneducated question (I use a Nikon Coolpix…no comments, please), but is this as sharp and clear as your Sony?
Not sure I can answer with scientific accuracy but there are several factors to consider:
– The Fuji is only 16MP while the Sony is 24MP – However, The Fuji is 2 years newer and so it’s 16MP are probably better than the 16MP cameras of the era in which I bought the Sony – The Fuji does not use a low-pass filter which means it yields greater sharpness (low pass filters are placed in front of the sensor to blur moire distortions that might otherwise occur in intricate patterns such as, say, a herringbone tweed jacket) – Fuji also uses a variation on the color array (the Bayer pattern) that claims to offer some advantages – The Fuji lenses I bought are better than the Sony lenses I had (Sony has good lenses, I just hadn’t splashed out on them – I had 4 cheapish Sony lenses; I have 2 dear-ish Fuji ones) – The Fuji uses newer autofocus methods (Sony has them too but in their new cameras, not my 3-yr old model) so I often get sharper pictures just because the camera achieved more accurate focus faster than I was accustomed to getting. This is particularly important in my brand of street photography where I’m frequently grabbing a shot that appears (and disappears) in an instant.
All in all, I believe I’m better off with the Fuji. Of course the current Sony model is very competitive, feature for feature, and is much cheaper (especially since I already had the lenses) and an even better model is rumored for early next year. Sometime in the next week I hope to post my first impressions, much as I did with the Sony a couple of years ago, so stay tuned.
On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 6:55 PM, obBLOGato wrote:
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thank you so much! This helps me see what to look for when comparing–which is a lot more than I thought. Really appreciate your response.
You’re quite welcome. If you’re researching cameras I recommend looking at the site dpreview.com. They do in-depth reviews of lots and lots of cameras and lenses and have comparison charts and a wide range of tools for narrowing down your choices. I also recommend NEVER buying a camera without first holding it your hands first and making sure it’s comfortable for you personally to shoot with. The worst thing is to spend a bunch of money on a fancy electronic device with all the bells and whistles only to find it unintuitive to shoot with. Especially nowadays when electronic cameras are basically doorstops within about 3 years (I shudder to think what I was able to recover on my 2-year old Sony equipment relative to what I paid for it).
On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 7:03 AM, obBLOGato wrote:
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