The versatile Fuji Xt1 | The Big Picture Gallery
Its been 4 months since I plonked the money down for the new Fuji Xt1 and the 18-55mm lens combo. After my first gushing appraisal, I have now been able to appreciate it fully. The (EVF ) viewfinder is sublime, seriously it is flipping awesome, akin to watching a widescreen TV, and compared to the X Pro 1 the difference is massive. Though the X pro has the very nice Optical viewfinder. The dioptre control on the Xt1 is a real bonus for me as I wear glasses, so being able to dial in the right dioptre is a bonus. On the X pro it takes screww in ones, be aware these fall off eventually I’ve lost 2 of them. Although a little nitpick is how easily the dioptre can be moved on the XT1, out came the sugru and a little dot on the wheel and body stops any rotation. Shooting with manual focus lenses is made much easier with this new evf and you can choose to have either a split image view or to have the focus edges highlighted in a colour, you can change this option in the menu. I found the split image a little disappointing, it seems to lack the ground glass clarity you find on a 35mm film camera, I use the edge highlights and the focus assit button, you can zoom into the image to check the focus. It works very well especiall useful in low light. I found using the blue colour option to be particularly good for showing the edge sharpness………
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