Tom Schum

My advice is be careful. My first copy of this lens had a severe autofocus problem so bad it caused the entire camera and lens to jump back and forth.  Fortunately I bought it at a real...

All shots were JPGs, none raw.  I'm glad you like them! Not too much post processing, except for Yangtze river photos.  With those, the fog/mist/smog was so thick that the contrast in the scenery...

I just received my June 2013 issue of Popular Photography and the review is on page 80. On page 82: "The camera served up 2525 lines per picture height at ISO 200 when we converted shots of our...

I use Expodisc with my X-E1 and it seems just fine to me.  I've used it with other cameras in the past and also gotten very good results.   It can be a little tricky to use, but careful reading of...

One nice thing about the x-trans is seen in the DPR resolution chart comparisons, where the X-E1 is free of moire for the most part, while other cameras such as the D7000 seem to have plenty. This...

I just added 43 more photos to the album and at least a few of them are pretty good!

I've basically settled on ProNeg Hi in my X-E1 for the time being. My other settings are color=+1, sharpness=-1, noise suppression=-2, highlights=-1, shadows=-1. Since my preference is to sharpen...

Depends on whether or not you are with a tour group.  I barely had time to shoot during the guided tours.  For me, the 18-55 offered the versatility I needed to shoot on the run.  I went out a...

Just added 11 more photos to the album.  Only 1800 more to go...

I took my APS-C DSLR to Edinburgh once, but now that I have the X-E1 I see that it is far better to carry.  No sacrifice of image quality either.

On the other hand nobody is really unbiased. Glad to see you are carrying a little bit of Sigma.

Thanks for posting.  This is the first I've seen that the 12mm has autofocus on the Fuji X line.

I was with a group (Viking).  There were no problems with the authorities (getting the camera through security at airports and museums and national parks, etc).  I'm guessing anyone with a normal...

The X-E1 travels well: http://www.dpreview.com/galleries/1438043515/albums/china-with-fuji-x-e1 A few of these were shot using the Samyang 8mm F2.8 fisheye, useful to have in a city such as...

Glad to see you jumped into an X-E1! Mine has been all I could really want, and delightful to use.  Enjoy!

I've had my X-E1with 18-55 zoom for a few months now.  It seems to me that the color smearing is an issue of similar magnitude to the chromatic aberration of the 18-55 zoom: a tiny issue for...

Really excellent comparison set Trevor! I saw similar improvement while printing sample shots from the web. Personally I can deal with the emotional pain of a little bit more sensor noise too. I...

As if to say, "I'm getting really tired of you constantly taking pictures of me!" By the way, a pet loving friend remarked to me a while back that I could make some good money doing pet portraits....

Ken Rockwell panned the 35mm F1.4 pretty severely but he agrees about the sharpness when stopped down to F8: http://www.kenrockwell.com/sigma/35mm-f14.htm And if I could get a SD1M with live-view...

Yes I've noticed my SD1 rendering reds as oranges.  Maybe a firmware update can cure this.