In 2012 Fuji was releasing a new camera something Retro, something interchangeable. They had released the Fuji X100 the previous year which took the photo industry and photographers by surprise and storm. Alas the Fuji X-Pro1 arrived and I got one I was one of the first people in my city to own one. I got the 35mm and the 18mm and I was excited about photography again. BOOM! I went shooting and I was amazed…. sort of, I had been so used to my Nikons image quality I was trying to compare them to the Fuji and I was well disappointed, Lightroom couldn’t manage the files properly due to Fuji’s brand new X-Trans sensor. So I was disappointed so fast and upset I gave up on the camera not even a year into owning it. The Fuji is now owned by a very nice freelance photographer, but I forget her name. There I was back in my comfort zone with my Nikons all snug as a bug and shooting happily, but I was missing something. When I had the Fuji X-Pro1 I got into street Photography and I loved it, although I wasn’t terribly pleased with result I loved going downtown and walking the street and interacting with complete strangers and the Fuji gave me that freedom that my Nikons didn’t. The fact that their big and and scream professional was actually a downside for wanting to be invisible to strangers. So I through 2011 and the better half of 2012 with my Nikons, I also took a trip to Rome with my family, a family friend was getting married and I offered to photograph the wedding. Wow I was in Rome it was amazing and it also gave me the travel bug, but thats also another story……

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Alex Boone Fuji X-E1 thoughts