Comments on: Fuji X-E1, the first real digital LEICA for all of us http://www.mikekobal.com/fuji-x-e1-the-first-real-digital-leica-for-all-of-us/ PHOTOGRAPHY Sun, 14 May 2017 00:27:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 By: mike.kobal http://www.mikekobal.com/fuji-x-e1-the-first-real-digital-leica-for-all-of-us/comment-page-1/#comment-6484 Tue, 25 Dec 2012 22:30:50 +0000 http://www.mikekobal.com/?p=5763#comment-6484 You are right, as long as you limit the comparison to the Brownie and Leica. I use auto ISO in manual mode since 2008 on my Nikon cameras, allows +_ correction, incredibly useful if you need to shoot fast and want to set shutter speed and aperture. It’s all relative.

]]> By: Andy http://www.mikekobal.com/fuji-x-e1-the-first-real-digital-leica-for-all-of-us/comment-page-1/#comment-6480 Mon, 24 Dec 2012 12:56:31 +0000 http://www.mikekobal.com/?p=5763#comment-6480 Considering that my first photo was on a Box Brownie and that for most of my life, ISO has been a limited and fixed factor, I find complaints about Auto ISO spurious. There is a manual option, you know? I absolutely love the X-E1 and with the 35mm Fujinon, it might as well be a Leica. Gorgeous camera, gorgeous photographs, end of.

]]> By: mike.kobal http://www.mikekobal.com/fuji-x-e1-the-first-real-digital-leica-for-all-of-us/comment-page-1/#comment-6394 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:00:33 +0000 http://www.mikekobal.com/?p=5763#comment-6394 Hey Alain, yes, Nikon mount, I am using Nikon/Fuji X adapter”>this one.

]]> By: Alain http://www.mikekobal.com/fuji-x-e1-the-first-real-digital-leica-for-all-of-us/comment-page-1/#comment-6393 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:41:13 +0000 http://www.mikekobal.com/?p=5763#comment-6393 Hi Mike,
I’d like to know what is the x-mount adapter you use for the Rokinon lens (you have a Nikon mount on the Rokinon I guess?).
Thanks.

]]> By: mike.kobal http://www.mikekobal.com/fuji-x-e1-the-first-real-digital-leica-for-all-of-us/comment-page-1/#comment-6355 Sun, 25 Nov 2012 13:15:24 +0000 http://www.mikekobal.com/?p=5763#comment-6355 Hi Eric, I made it using an old strap :-)

]]> By: Eric http://www.mikekobal.com/fuji-x-e1-the-first-real-digital-leica-for-all-of-us/comment-page-1/#comment-6354 Sun, 25 Nov 2012 08:28:56 +0000 http://www.mikekobal.com/?p=5763#comment-6354 Hi Mike
What’s the brand/model of the handle pictured with the x-e1? Where did you get it?
Thanks :)

]]> By: mike.kobal http://www.mikekobal.com/fuji-x-e1-the-first-real-digital-leica-for-all-of-us/comment-page-1/#comment-6343 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 22:52:38 +0000 http://www.mikekobal.com/?p=5763#comment-6343 Hi Matt, I totally agree, that would be awesome and those exact thoughts also crossed my mind. The reason I suggest basic +- in manual exposure with auto Iso is simply because it works like a charm with my Nikon D800E.
Yup, as of now, no option to set minimum shutter speed, I sure hope Fuji will bring this on in their next firmware. So far I am really pleased with Fuji and their attention to our needs, the reason I got the X-E1 and will most likely get a second one for the classic two body/two lens set up.

]]> By: Matt http://www.mikekobal.com/fuji-x-e1-the-first-real-digital-leica-for-all-of-us/comment-page-1/#comment-6342 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:29:06 +0000 http://www.mikekobal.com/?p=5763#comment-6342 Hi Mike, this is a carry on from a reply you left on Fujirumors.com:

I understand what you are asking for but it to me at least seems a bit of a kludge. I don’t own the camera, but do have a X100 and maybe foolishly assume they operate largely the same.

Maybe something that would work a lot nicer rather than having exp comp on the auto ISO feature that is essentially controlling your exposure as you are ‘locking down’ the shutter and aperture, might be to have the exp comp automatically change to ISO when in manual mode? They could set it so that at the ‘0’ point would correspond to ISO 800, -1 = 400, -2 = 200, +1 = 1600 and +2 = 3200 with 1/3 stops in between. That way it would be a constant and consistent. If you want to lock down the aperture and shutter but be able to ‘ride’ the ISO wouldn’t this be far far easier than using the in camera metering and then having to compensate the ISO?

Also doesn’t the Fuji allow you to set a minimum shutter for the auto ISO range like the X100 that basically becomes the cutoff for ramping up the ISO? If so, isn’t that sort of like having a manually set aperture/shutter, but with auto ISO and exp comp or am I missing something here?

Edit: Seems like the X-E1 doesn’t allow you to set minimum shutter as is the case for the X100

]]> By: mike.kobal http://www.mikekobal.com/fuji-x-e1-the-first-real-digital-leica-for-all-of-us/comment-page-1/#comment-6336 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:20:17 +0000 http://www.mikekobal.com/?p=5763#comment-6336 Hey Gary, thanks for stopping by, not yet…..I will shoot for another month to see what else comes up and then email Kayce Baker

]]> By: Gary Schultheiss http://www.mikekobal.com/fuji-x-e1-the-first-real-digital-leica-for-all-of-us/comment-page-1/#comment-6335 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:09:34 +0000 http://www.mikekobal.com/?p=5763#comment-6335 Thanks for the review. Did you pass your wish list directly to Fuji?

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