This is probably being too candid but the D700 masked my faults with sheer engineering prowess to make beautiful photos in my amateur hands

Don't count on the Fuji in fast moving situations where a second's delay may lose you the photo

Overall image quality at low ISO (say 100 - 800) is indeed inspiring -- virtually noise free images from ISO 100- 400 -- the output from this sensor matches or outperforms nearly all of the creme de la creme of current crop sensors and arguably surpassing the whole lot of them -- I haven't discerned any camera, from any manufacturer, that produces a finer photo with this sensor size -- and I've compared LOTs of photos and peeped more pixels than I should ever be peering into

It works well and photos are

Awesome photo quality

There are times, especially outdoors, that you have two options either have a photo of your kids look very dark with the 'backlit' area behind them very bright - or you can overexpose to get the kids looking good but whitewash the background.

Compared to my micro 4/3 E-P2 (which I love dearly), I get cleaner photo's at ISO 3200 than I do with the E-P2 at ISO 800 -- same thing with my old Canon 50d

I love the X pro 1 because when a photo turns out well, the results can be really impressive, especially considering the light weight and relatively small footprint of the camera

This is a great camera that takes beautiful photos, but you may all want to buy a camera from a vendor that honors their own warranties

Fantastic photos with that great Fuji color and depth are possible over a wide range of conditions

Nighttime photos look great

I don't know about you, but those conditions describe what I consider nearly ideal photo situations

Daytime photos look great

People don't feel as intimidated in front of it - which also makes for great photos

Set the aperture to f/16, photograph a LCD monitor showing a white screen (move the camera in a circular motion while taking the photo to blur any monitor pixel detail), then open the resulting photo in Photoshop and select Adjustments >

Let's face it, we love our fetish objects, and relating well to your camera's handling is a part of producing great photos

The photos are clear and crisp and look great in most cases

You will get amazing quality photos, don't hesitate now

Battery life is not bad, but not overly great; I can about 400 photos -- maybe more if you use the OVF or a manual legacy lens as the battery isn't being drained by the auofocus

But I admire Nikon for making great photo results available to more people by keeping 'build quality' (and price) to the necessary minimum

makes it one of the best photo buys of all time

but they're obedient enough to sit still for me to take a great photo

from a reputable B&H, I bought it, and to my surprise, it isn't the same camera: much faster in almost every sense.