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Denis James Evans
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Canberra ACT, Australia
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scientist
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So I have changed my view: your website is basically useless to camera purchasers.
If DP "review" wants to remain useful to camera buyers, the HAVE to get the 1dx review out ASAP. Otherwise people like me will go elsewhere. It's simple stupid!
Or are you just a preview site? Reviews need to be prompt to be useful. You have become far too slow. If I was a pro wanting to upgrade my Canon gear what use are you to me? I need the camera fast and your reviews are soooo slow. So what is your purpose? Do you just want to pass judgement on cameras when they are discontinued? That is a useful role but it doesn't help the purchaser. So make your mind up about what you want to do and just do it!
By the time this review is complete, there will be a new 1d. Come on guys!
Dxo is hopelessly pro Nikon. You cannot trust anything they review.
Keep dxo's biases out of the camera reviews. If dxo has any influence in the camera reviews, I will never visit this site again. Dxo is a blight on the industry!
Is this for 2011 or 2012? Absurd.
Seems to be 2 stops better than the 5DII.
ryan2007: What is strange is you have photographs of people in need. I hope the photographer gave some money or offered help. It's like smile your homeless and I'll make money and a living on your plight. I am not questioning the photography part of it at all. It strikes me as taking advantage of a bad situation. If the editors or those who are going to the bank with proceeds from the book something should be done or simply don't buy the book.
America doe not look after its poor. End of story. Glad I do not live there.
However the camera is far from perfect. It took me half an hour to figure out how to set the date/time! I missed it when I fired up the camera and the manual didn't help. It seems the Fuji software doesn't work with Lion. I have searched the web and not found a solution. However Fuji software is so crappy - does it matter? iPhoto sucks up the jpegs just fine - raw is a problem. We have to wait for Adobe camera raw and Apple to update their raw receivers. I cannot understand why ALL camera manufacturers don't use Adobe DNG. In my work flow my first step is to convert raw to DNG (which then gets archived). In 20 years time no one is going to be able to read this myriad of raw formats. Have you ever tried to open a Word Perfect doc lately? I convert everything to DNG as fast as I can. The world is full of RAW madness and it will lead to the loss of valuable photos. BTW the review above is full of numerous typos and grammatical errors. I'm not sure who was drinking the sake?
danaceb: Okay, I may not be a 'real' photographer by your definition, but I have made money off of taking photos and currently own an Leica M9, Nikon D7000, Sony Nex 5n and now this X10.
I bought this camera (like most will) to have a premium point and shoot with a versatile fixed lens. After a week, I can say this camera blows the S95, G12, XZ-1 and GR Digital IV out of the water in resolution, dynamic range and low light performance. Its even significantly superior to the 1/1.6 sensor F200exr, which up until now was the high watermark in outdoor actual resolution and dynamic range of all P&S. The X10 is securely on another class of its own between EVIL and premium P&S.
About whinings over raw; thats valid if this is your only camera, but the fact that Fuji jpeg engine aint bad helps. I just leave it in manual mode with max auto ISO400 and the screen off. Its OVF and AF is so fricken good that it really is a -settings be damned, just take the picture and know it will be good- camera.
I have just bought this camera. I too have owned v many cameras over 40 years. On the X10 I totally agree with this post: manual, max iso 400. The lens is awesome in a camera this cheap (I own a 5DII). Build quality matches the 5DII! So when I go hike camping this is the baby that will be with me. My last camping camera was the Sony R1.
Very impressive.
honesty is the best policy. When you loose credibility it takes a long time to get it back.