My main passion and life hobby are the collecting and racing of model cars on a replica Scalextric track configured as the Paramount Ranch Raceway, (search FB) to see sample videos and photos of the track. Collecting tin cars is now an additional collection obsession!
Fujifilm X series X-Pro1 16.3 MP Digital Camera - Black (Body Only)
May 25, 2016
Best Camera I Have Ever Owned - (Thanks Brother for Suggesting)
I am a Leica user most of my entire photographic life. Also Hasselblad, Rolleiflex, and Canon user. However the M2 Leica was my main weapon of choice for capturing photos. Of course, film was no longer an ideal medium for me and I toyed with the next best format, the M4/3 Lumix series of GX and GF cameras. My brother bought a "walk around camera", the Fujifilm X-Pro1 and he let me use it one night and I was blown away. This camera came so close to my expectations of an M series camera but better! This camera permits me to use my legacy lenses such as my 28mm Elmarit, 50mm Summicron, etc. I was also intrigued with Minolta Rokkor lenses, Fujinar lenses, Takumar lenses, etc. I shoot mostly legacy lenses and am quite happy with the results. I recommend if you have never shot with an optical viewfinder and you plan on using native lenses that you buy a companion book on the full utilization of the Fuji X-Pro1. If you have shot with an OVF system in the past, you will migrate nicely and quite intuitively to using the X-Pro1 camera and be quite happy with legacy lenses you may now own! Fuji supports this camera with firmware updates and are quite responsive on their customer support and website. Do it!