Originally posted by severalsnakes How's the MX-1 working out? :-)
I haven't been able to do nearly as much shooting as I would like in the last few weeks -- haven't even developed that roll of film from the old MX yet! But the MX-1 is intriguing, and I have played with it some to get an idea of what it can and can't do. By and large it's a significant step up from the F770EXR, and I'm especially pleased with the macro capabilities.
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Most of my shooting these days is in 3D stereo pairs, and the MX-1 doesn't provide overlay alignment support for that, so it's a new learning curve. The trick seems to be: turn off image review entirely, use the composition grid, take the shots quickly and let the SD card catch up afterward. Some promising results already (
crosseye format):
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The neck strap seems kinda dumb for a camera with no viewfinder (and I'm old enough that I need the camera some distance from my face in order to see the screen clearly), so the next thing is finding a good wrist strap for it. The Joby cinching strap seems ideal except it turns out to be a touch too wide to fit through the lug. I'll come up with something.
All in all I'm happy so far. It does impressive things for the small money it costs, and I know I'll take it places where the DSLR(s) would stay home.
Thanks for asking!