Deja vu..
by thrumyiis

Comment:
Possibly my favourite image of the challenge. What can I say? A perfect street capture! 9

Hot Springs Rising
by kellyo

Comment:
Reall like this one. The colour, texture and framing all make it seem like a painting to me.

High Hopes
by rubentinajero7

Comment:
This wheel with this processing reminds me of Prypiat. Slightly harrowing.

Reflections
by NikonJeb

Comment:
Ha, when I was waiting for this image to load (slow wifi) I had about 5 seconds of only the top third of the picture visible - looked like it was taken from the ISS to me =). Still, I'm not normaly a fan of HDR (which I presume this is), but nice processing and pespective!

Fourmi en plein air
by adigitalromance

Comment:
4.7? I can understand your disappointment with this score. Sometimes I think it's important to know when to disregard the score though. For a stock-look or landscape style shot my belief is the score is a fairly decent assessment of an image (usually). When it comes to "photography as art" though, which seems to be a hot subject in the forum right now, the score really means nothing and I think individual assessments of an image are all that's important.

Message edited by author 2012-02-11 12:09:23.

Lord of the rings
by Windtale

Comment:
...and we never got the story behind this image :<. If you ever read this Paolo, the image is fantastic and I'm still waiting for the story =).

Faceless
by MinsoPhoto

Comment:
Great image. Hard for me to understand the 5.2.

DSCF1126
by HawkinsT

Comment:
edit: oh, I should mention this was my first time going out with the camera.

It's great. I didn't need another camera either =). I wanted a good lens for street shots though, and the x100 is cheaper than either the canon 24mm or 35mm f/1.4's (aright, it's f/2 and not weather sealed) - I got a referb direct from fuji uk for £500 though complete with full warranty, so it's hard to argue with that for what is essentially a brand new camera.

Pro's for me are:
+The form factor and virtually silent shutter mean you can take a picture right in someone's face and they won't even flinch (or often know).

+It's (jacket) pocketable.

+Noise control is really good (I'd say probably better than the 550D - but then the sensor is very marginally larger, being x1.5 crop vs the 550D's x1.6) and the fuji raw files are great to work with.

+Colour reproduction seems really good, not that I'm the biggest fan of colour =).

+It looks great.

Cons:
-Buttons on the back feel cheap.

-Manual doesn't explain the cameras features properly/thoroughly and the interface isn't the most intuitive (e.g. manual iso selection and auto iso toggle menus are about 10 button presses away from each other - Really Fuji??).

-Parallax errors in the optical view finder when taking close up shots.

-Manual focus isn't possible except to set up zone focusing.

All in all, if you want a good quality camera for travelling, a (slightly large) take-anywhere, are looking at buying an (effective focal length) 35mm lens or want a camera for street photography, I'd really recommend trying one out - from what use I've got out of it so far I'm not sure there's a better choice than the x100 at any price point (alright, I'd love an m9, but it's pretty big). I'm on holiday next week and will be taking it with me in place of my dslr, so I may have some more test shots when I get back.

Message edited by author 2012-01-26 16:23:48.

DSCF1109
by HawkinsT

Comment:
Thanks.

by messerschmitt

Comment:
Really good! Processing is top notch.