She: You want to talk?
Me: Yes, we need to have a conversation?
She: What’s on your mind?
Me: I remember the day I first saw you. You were in a shop and I saw you through the window. It was pretty much love at first sight, you were so beautiful. I thought to myself; she is going to be expensive, but I didn’t care, I had to have you.
She: Yes, it was a magic moment for me too. As soon as I saw your credit card face, I knew I should go home with you.
Me: At first it was wonderful, we went everywhere together. I held you, caressed you, showed you to my friends; I was so proud that you were mine. But then your flaws started to appear. You were so hard to deal with. Even the simplest things turned out to be difficult with you; and to be brutally frank, you were just slow. Beautiful, but flawed. I have to admit I was attracted back to my old love. She may not have your looks, but she is so responsive to my touch.
She: Oh no! How can you say that?
Me: After a while I realised that hooking up with you was a mistake and now I want out of our relationship.
She: Please; give me another chance! Maybe they’ll update my firmware. But wait, what’s this packing box…..
Me: I just sold you on eBay; for almost as much as I paid for your sorry arse. Packing time!!
She: Nooooo! I don’t want to go! And what’s this black thing next to me?
Me: It’s the 7-14mm Panasonic lens I have been lusting after for some time. Sold you, bought that; result!
She: What? You’d swap my gorgeous looks and sweet images for that black lump of glass?
Me: Before you could say “Paypal receipt”. Now, get in the box, bitch.
Yes, the Fuji X100 is finally out of my life. Lovely looking camera, gorgeous images; but I just got sick of the interface. Plus the Leica Summilux 25mm F1.4 on the GX1 spits out photos of a character that the smoothly lovely Fuji could never match. Funds topped up; it was off to AV Camera for the fabulous 7-14mm Panasonic; thus completing my personal must-have lens collection for micro-four thirds.
Goodbye Fuji, it’s been emotional.
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2012-04-02| Spanky saysWhat about the 12mm Olympus? You know you want it. Just think; instead of killing your thyroid you could have sold it to someone with a non-functioning one and could buy even more glass. I am currently selling my spleen on eBay to fund the rash purchase of a 25mm Leica lens I bought this weekend. Sadly no one has bid yet.
2012-04-02| Spike saysTried the 12mm. The snapfocus feature doesn’t work properly on a Panasonic, and is not as good as it should be on an Olympus. It’s small and pretty and prime; but for a little more money and weight, the 7-14mm has a huge reputation, and of course the chance to go really wide. So now I have the 7-14, the Summilux 25mm and the 45mm. Put the whole lot in a little bag with the GX1 and I am pretty much covered for everything; with the 100-300mm for special occasions.
2012-04-02| David saysI am keeping my X100, I just lub the IQ too much! Since the 1.20 FW update the AF is working really snappy, the camera is almost there, just need some minor FW updates (quick menu, auto iso etc.) No one will be able to seperate me and me X100!
2012-04-03| Spike saysThe IQ is indeed fantastic. I just could not justify keeping it alongside my M43 gear.
2012-04-03| Galumay saysDavid, I am with you, I am also keeping my X100, best camera I have ever owned, IQ to die for, the amazing viewfinder, and I love not having a multitude of lenses. It remains the best camera available for my needs. I looked at the X-Pro but the idea of having to aquire a range of lenses put me off.
Spike, I get why you moved to the M43 gear, i guess its horses for courses so to speak.
2012-04-03| Jock saysHow many do you guys get through in a year … I´m so jealous being faithful to just the one.
2012-04-03| Spike saysWe could make the same comment to you if the topic was women.
2012-04-03| David saysRemember, I am a JPG shooter. I love the gx1, but not so sure about the ooc jpeg. And I am not impressed by the Olympus M4/3 cameras. But I do have a Nikon J1 (unused!) for thr zoom photos I intend to take.
2012-04-03| Spike says“But I do have a Nikon J1” That’s a brave admission…
Maybe the E-M4 will sway you to the dark side.
2012-04-06| Chang Noi saysWe are talking black boxes with a hole?