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Leica X1 visits Bari and Corfu

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Great work, you definitely have an eye for colour and composition. In many ways, having shot with both cameras, the X1 images appear to be more 3D and lifelike than those of the M9.
 
Love your pics. IMO u have an excellent eye for colour and composition. I'd probably reduce saturation a wee bit, but still like the pics as they are.

Thanx for posting them
 
I did not encounter any slowness, nor did I find the photos boring. On the contrary, I liked the tonality and the quality of the light, the textures and composition.. love Disco Flash with the face in the window.. but the colors of the buildings and the "other time, other place" feeling was very enjoyable.

The X1 seems to have performed quite well for you in those photos.
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Thanks Jim. You are my secret "idol" (look often on your site and get inspiration) so your comments are extra "valuable".

I really do enjoy shooting with X1, me and the camera found "special vibes" from the very start (despite its minor ergonomic" faults").
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I very much enjoyed your gallery. The liked the consistency of your colors and the level of saturation didn't bother me at all. Your lighting was well controlled. Compositions were interesting. I wasn't bored! And I concentrate on B&W!
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drpix said:
Thanks Jim. You are my secret "idol" (look often on your site and get inspiration) so your comments are extra "valuable".
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Andrezej, thanks but I'm not worthy of being anyone's "idol".. I'm just an amateur enjoying the hobby. Honestly, I looked at your photos and thought that much of what you shot, I would have shot. I do love the "feel" of them and the atmosphere.
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I really do enjoy shooting with X1, me and the camera found "special vibes" from the very start (despite its minor ergonomic" faults").
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Most everyone knows my feelings about the X1 but it does perform well for what it is, as your photos have shown here.

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The ability to 'see' the shot is more important than the gear used to capture it.
 
Andrzej,

Thanks for posting this series. That is some cruise ship there! Looking at these files I see deep and rich colors and excellent detail, even at ISO800. I'm using my D-Lux 4 in much the same way (urban documentation mostly) as you did here, and I've been wondering about perhaps replacing the Lux4 with the X1, primarily for IQ reasons. I loose the pocketability and the versatility of the Lux, which I am not sure I can or want to afford. You've used/owned both, maybe you care to comment.

Thanks!

Thomas
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Here are some images taken during my last cruising trip to these parts of the world. Enjoy!
http://nordiskfoto.zenfolio.com/p619664384
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Thanks for posting your travelogue pictures. Nice pics of Bari and Corfu, both I have not been to.

Also, I enjoyed the cruise ship pics that are usually seldom seen in this kind of photographic forum.

The X1 gives very sharp and saturated colors or did you enhance the images in post processing?

Not boring at all, and I had no problem loading up your slideshow and it was not slow on my iMac.

Thanks for sharing your trip.

Regards.

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It's not what camera you use, it's how you use it.
 
Hello. Are these JPEG directly out of the cam? One observation that I made was that there is very few pictures of people in their environment (although I like the pics that you posted). I was wondering if the "apparently" slow focus of the X1 might limit its used in street photography and the "search" for the decisive moment?
 
Being an X1 owner I can tell you that it's is not 'the decisive moment' camera. If you can preempt the action and pre-focus then you have a chance, but it isn't a camera that you can react to with focus and shutter in an instant, or even close to an instant.

...but with careful planning and observation of your environment one can use the X1 quite easily....and the results are better than most DSLR's under $5k.
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Hello. Are these JPEG directly out of the cam? One observation that I made was that there is very few pictures of people in their environment (although I like the pics that you posted). I was wondering if the "apparently" slow focus of the X1 might limit its used in street photography and the "search" for the decisive moment?
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Well, it´s a hard one. D-Lux 4 is definitely more versatile (for example - zoom capability). IQ is comparable at low ISO, although DL4 is more "noisy" there. On prints, with some care and skill from the photographer, it´s almost impossible to tell the difference. On the screen one can easly see that a small sensor is no match for a bigger one! "Slow AF" which is so widely complained about doesn´t bother me - both cameras are NOT sport DSLRs.

Frankly I couldn´t swear that the minor IQ differencies justify the huge difference in price! Both cameras deliver this mystical Leica Magic "look" - maybe X1 has a small edge there..
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I´ve got +1 on both Saturation and Contrast in camera. I shoot mostly Jpegs.

Auto ISO and WB. Some postprocessing in PS, not much - mostly exposure tweaks. Finally some tweaks (enhancement) in Topaz Adjust 4. That´s it.
All this is of course highly subjective and "suits" my taste:)
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I absolutely loved the images - the composition, color, texture, the repetitive motif so to speak, the void here and there ..

My 1st thought was : that's it im ordering one, even if it takes 3 sec to focus ! Then i was wondering how you shot and PPed the images, red you're answers above and started getting a bit 'cold' about my new X1 - would you please kindly comment on these :

1. Is it possible to see / have the OOC jps with no processing ?

2. As in one - what will happen if take the Adjust 4 out of the processing - i have a feeling that it can give ANY camera a 3D / pop and texture - just fine tune it for each, save a preset and off you go

I would much appreciate your comments, and yes, if X1 was producing this OOC, im short of words ..
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There IS some PP involved here and there BUT a lot of images are AS SHOT. I hardly think that there is a camera delivering 100% perfect images which do NOT need some form of tweaking! Everyone is doing it, whether they admit it or not! As I mentioned before - +1 in Saturation/Contrast usually delivers "almost perfect" images which MAY need some cropping and minor cosmetic touches! I mentioned Topaz Adjust 4 which I do NOT use on EVERY image, only from time to time, just to "season" the image, i.e. like adding salt and peppar to your dish!

X1 is not a perfect camera, it has its "faults" (like ANY camera) but, with a bit of luck (ha ha), good will and some skill from the photographer´s side CAN deliver absolutely magical images (with or without PP).

Any other questions are welcome! I will try to answer according to my best "abilities".
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Andrzei, thanks for prompt and detailed reply

I'm with you that all cameras need some form of touch up of their output and that everyone, incl myself is doing some form of PP on raw or jpg.

The thing is that im from this small(?) group that believes that less is more when it comes to PP, well, to most things, but i feel like im the odd one out on few forums i've been frequenting here : everywhere everyone talks CSn and PS - 2 environments which encourage a HEAVY PP, one at a time, destructive processing, in a very windows-95-like approach .. i hope im not stepping on 000s of toes here ..

At OOC jpg +1 +1 with X1, you are probably getting what many other camera will have after Adjust 4 is gently applied, but looking again at the images, depth texture and all - there is something unique to them i believe ..

The question arises : Is then jpg just fine with X1, ie using its internal processing or is there any real benefit in shooting raw with X1 and processing in LR3 or A3 ?
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There IS some PP involved here and there BUT a lot of images are AS SHOT. I hardly think that there is a camera delivering 100% perfect images which do NOT need some form of tweaking! Everyone is doing it, whether they admit it or not! As I mentioned before - +1 in Saturation/Contrast usually delivers "almost perfect" images which MAY need some cropping and minor cosmetic touches! I mentioned Topaz Adjust 4 which I do NOT use on EVERY image, only from time to time, just to "season" the image, i.e. like adding salt and peppar to your dish!

X1 is not a perfect camera, it has its "faults" (like ANY camera) but, with a bit of luck (ha ha), good will and some skill from the photographer´s side CAN deliver absolutely magical images (with or without PP).

Any other questions are welcome! I will try to answer according to my best "abilities".
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