John Gruber uses a Fujifilm X100s

It looks as if, even old Mr. Canon himself, has picked a lil' something something to fill the tap between his pocket camera, and his Canon 5D. And he loves his X100s:

“I own and adore the year-old X100S. The T update brings face detection, Wi-Fi, the silent electronic shutter, and a few other improvements, but not enough for me to consider upgrading. This is a great camera.”

For those of you in the not-know, John Gruber is a design and interface blogging guru. If a thing is broken, he rails on it. In his short post, he praised the X100s. Had he more time, would he have railed on Fujifilm's breaking of half and third-stops from the exposure and aperture dials to unlabelled rear dials?

or:

Does is his critical eye limited to computer software and hardware? Today's Daring Fireball post is in response to Ken Rockwell's glowing X100T review.

Source: Ken Rockwell Reviews the Fujifilm X100T

Sansmirror: Sony is FUDing themselves

While I agree 100% with Thom Hogan, the man doesn't live in Japan. Sony are a consumer company. And there exist no electronic companies in Japan that pay attention to customer retention and brand image.

Sony suddenly end-of-lifing the original A7 and creating an atmosphere of fear, uncertainty, and doubt regarding the A7r and A7s, isn't unusual. It's part and parcel of the game here. 

But it shouldn't be. 

“Still, Sony is FUDing themselves with the A7II: given the sudden price drop on the A7 and the appearance of the A7II at the old price point, why would you want to buy an A7s or A7r right now? You have to believe that Sony will pull the same game on those models in coming months. Moreover, Sony is being more aggressive than most camera makers in cycling products. The A7 barely makes it more than a year before it gets the usual ~25% end of life price drop. That kind of thing used to be done only in consumer DSLRs and compact cameras, and that too rapid iteration in a declining market is what flooded the shelves with multiple generations of products simultaneously. It’s looking like the rapid iteration of the RX100 and the old NEX models is now sneaking across Sony’s entire lineup, to where one year life spans for cameras are becoming more and more the norm at every level. This, too, will tend to make people hesitate once they realize that, because Mark II and Mark III and Mark IV are all coming. Soon. ”

DSLRbodies: Do you Believe in DxOMark?

“It’s interesting to note that DxO seems to be playing a lot of angles. First, they are presenting themselves as impartial, numeric oriented testers (e.g. the scores). Second, they are presenting themselves as reviewers (e.g. “If Canon could only address performance at base and low ISO, the EOS 7D Mk II would make a thoroughly convincing all-round choice, but in this category the Sony A77 II looks to be the more compelling option.”). Third, they sell their test equipment and software test suites to camera companies (Nikon, for instance, but I don’t believe Canon is one of their clients). Fourth, they present themselves as the best demosaic option, better than the camera makers’ options (e.g., DxO Optics Pro). They have some clear conflicts of interests that are not easily resolved. So be careful of just gobbling up their “results” as absolutes. ”

Thom's cracked out another great read for the measurement-reliant gearheads that have been bashing Canon's new 7DII.