The brightly lit buildings and empty spaces of the Foro Italico compound in Rome make one of the most celebrated masterworks of the Italian Rationalism, as well as the ideal subject to test the monochrome attitude of last generation’s Fuji X-Trans sensor. As Fuji-related posts build up on this blog, I realize that my announced review of the X-T1 has already started, and will continue with further „chapters“, each focused on a different aspect of the camera. PhotoGraphia readers could call it an „in-progress review“. Of course, as far as the imaging pipeline is concerned, X-T1 and X100S are to be considered exactly the same. For different reasons Fujifilm X cameras, like Leica and Sigma, play in a different league. They can be considered as „statement cameras“, and in most cases their owners consider themselves as „aware“ photographers -of course being good photographers is another kettle of fish-. No offence meant to other brands‘ buyers, we are speaking here of imaging tools that can not be bought by accident. At the most, people choose them out of snobbishness. So having in mind this kind of photographer, the effectiveness of the monochrome workflow is something worth focusing on…….

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Fuji X-T1 Gianni Galassi reviews