btgc
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Agreed...without Tyrolean trousers jacket alone isn't cutting it. Thus leather halfcase with camera in it is looking as a natural addition
j j
Well-known
Like some sort of undercover fish-ninja in fancy dress? I think I'll just wear whatever and not worry about it.
I'm going to wear a ninja suit...
daveleo
what?
Godfrey
somewhat colored
LOL!
Anyway, just did the side-by-side thing with the Coolpix A vs X2:
Sure have made it small ... the X2 feels small to me. Might be too small for my hands to be comfortable. It's controls look cleanly laid out, however: reasonably simple and understandable.
I'll presume that the top control dial on the Nikon changes what it operates depending on the mode selector. Nice thing on the X2 is that the dials stay the same, the operating mode is changed implicitly based on how they are set in combination. Which is easier for users to remember? I don't know, I just know which I prefer. ;-)
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Anyway, just did the side-by-side thing with the Coolpix A vs X2:
Sure have made it small ... the X2 feels small to me. Might be too small for my hands to be comfortable. It's controls look cleanly laid out, however: reasonably simple and understandable.
I'll presume that the top control dial on the Nikon changes what it operates depending on the mode selector. Nice thing on the X2 is that the dials stay the same, the operating mode is changed implicitly based on how they are set in combination. Which is easier for users to remember? I don't know, I just know which I prefer. ;-)
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nightfly
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aizan
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do a google search for "goth ninja".
I've seen him in the streets (took a class taught by him) and I've never seen him in a ninja suit. Can you elaborate?
nightfly
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Video of him street shooting very stealthily for a very tall man dressed in all black.
Archiver
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Ooh, I really like how small it is compared with the X2. Having handled the X1 and Sony RX-100, I think something in between would feel about right. I can definitely imagine this slipping into jacket pockets or a corner of the shoulder bag.
It makes me wonder if Leica is going to incorporate a video mode in an X3, now that the M line has acquired video, and cameras like the Nikon A are coming into existence.
How well does Lightroom handle Nikon raw files? Any comments about that?
It makes me wonder if Leica is going to incorporate a video mode in an X3, now that the M line has acquired video, and cameras like the Nikon A are coming into existence.
How well does Lightroom handle Nikon raw files? Any comments about that?
Archiver
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And another comment about the design. This may seem a bit backhanded, but I like that it looks like 'just another consumer digicam'. It reminds me of those designs from the early to mid 2000's, like the old Canons and Nikons. Considering that was ten years ago, they've got a kind of neo-retro design going. A camera like this will pass unnoticed. People will think it's an old digicam and pay no attention to it.
MikeAUS
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Thanks so much for your detailed reply. I won't requote it all, just the most important part. Silent like the J1/V1 - Nice
There really are only a handful of decent silent/near silent cameras.
Not a big fan of the electronic shutter. Much prefer the leaf shutters used in the X100 and the Sigma DP2m. They are pretty silent and you can still feel the shutter go off when the cameras in your hand.
forsakenrider
Salad
It says "Mechanical and CMOS electronic shutter" in the description. Also, the speed is limited to 1/2000, that doesn't sound like a very fast "electronic" shutter to me.
PatrickT
New Rangefinder User
Agreed! I really like the look of it.
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Probably comparing e.g. Steve Huff's X100s video on AF speed with a few from Asia on the NCA. The former seems much faster, the latter not slow.
Nothing beats real experience though
so thanks for the AF (and all the other) comments - much appreciated.Cheers,
Xpanded
I'm softing to this camera in some ways. They seem to have gotten more things right than I initially thought. Will be interesting to have one in my hands when I get a chance even if only as a sign of things to come.
Phantomas
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You know, you could be and probably are right. Could you please post the link because I couldn't find it in official specs. I mentioned eletonic based on assumption, my bad. Although 1/2000 speed might also be limited by the fast the aperture blades need to close/open for exposure. In any case, shutter remain silent save for aperture blade whizz.
Probably comparing e.g. Steve Huff's X100s video on AF speed with a few from Asia on the NCA. The former seems much faster, the latter not slow.
Nothing beats real experience though
Cheers,
Xpanded
After seeing that video yesterday I was left with an impression that they could have been using micro mode, in which focus is indeed slowish and should be used exclusively for closer than 50cm focusing. But that could be me.
At the moment the only improvement I'd add personally is the ability to scroll through focus points faster, with programmable size of gaps between points, like on DSLR, for faster left/right jumping. Right now it just kind of flows casually.
Godfrey
somewhat colored
We must have different sized hands. ;-) The RX100 felt unworkably too small for me. The X2 is very comfortable, particularly when I fit a half case on it. I kinda like that the X2 is 'pure still camera' ... I only very rarely use the video capture mode on either of my other two cameras that have it. But that's an 'aside the point.'
Lightroom handles NEF files very nicely, from my experience processing a friend's D300s captures. I doubt you'll see any issues there.
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Godfrey
somewhat colored
It has a leaf shutter and uses some assist from the sensor circuitry, like some Nikon DSLRs in the past have.
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