Hi all

[Bilgola]

I used to be am member of this forum some time back but have been out of the country...so here I am again. Live on Sydney's northern beaches an have been a keen photographer since early film days. Am a member of APS and my local camera club. Current camera is a Canon 7d...which I love. I am thinking of buying a Fuji X100 S for street work and permanent carrying and would welcome opinion from any forum members that own one. Thanks, Mike

[ricktas]

Welcome back

[Mark L]

Welcome back Mike.
You'll get more response for your question about the Fuji if you start a threat here ... http://www.ausphotography.net.au/forum/forumdisplay.php?32-Camera-Lens-Gear-Talk
More people will look there than in these intro threads.:th3:
Hope you get more involved on AP, since you've come back.

[I @ M]

I am thinking of buying a Fuji X100 S for street work and permanent carrying and would welcome opinion from any forum members that own one.

Welcome back Mike,
in point form re the X100S:-

If you have a patient approach towards menus and image capturing the camera will work for you. The many settings available need to be heavily explored ( and remembered ) because the manual can be less than enlightening at times.

Battery life is not fantastic and the battery power remaining indicator is abysmal! Be prepared to buy ( and carry ) at least 2 spare batteries with you for any given day out photographing. The supplied battery charger has a reputation as being prone to failure ( hopefully when, not if, it fails it will do so within the warranty period ) but the upside is that the batteries are small and light and can be bought very cheaply along with a charger from reputable non OEM suppliers.

The genuswine optional lens hood is priced as though it is gold plated, the JJC hoods available through AP site advertiser Phottix (http://www.phottixstore.com/index.php) are as good as if not better than the original at less than 1/2 the price.

I thoroughly enjoy using it as a travel and carry around camera, it will fit in ( large ) pockets of shorts or trousers and about a year into using it mine is about to head off on a another trip as the only camera I will be taking.

If you want to get the best from the raw files and you are using A$obe products you will probably be disappointed as it appears that they still haven't got a proper raw conversion worked out. Better software is out there at a cheaper price and I favour Photo Ninja.

I have posted some images and thoughts at http://www.ausphotography.net.au/forum/showthread.php?120124-Fuji-X100s-first-thoughts and AP member Matt has quite an extensive collection of images and thoughts at http://www.ausphotography.net.au/forum/showthread.php?118210-Fuji-X100s-ongoing-review&p=1142461#post1142461 and http://stingrayjunior.wordpress.com/

[Mary Anne]

Hello Mike and Welcome back. Will look forward to seeing what you post on the forums.

[Kym]

:gday: & Welcome Back
- lets see some new photos in the main CC forums (http://www.ausphotography.net.au/forum/forumdisplay.php?5) maybe try a competition or 2 and have fun!

[Mark L]

That's pretty impressive Andrew. Mike should be happy with that. And ... :)