On the flip side, it'd go great with safari shorts. Oh, and don't feel obliged to splash extra on the LC-Xpro1 leather case if you already use a camera bag - it isn't strictly necessary considering the natural sturdiness of the chassis, and it perhaps pushes the retro thing a tad too far. The moral of the story? You need plenty of hands-on time with this camera before you take the plunge, and you need to be clear on what type of (hopefully dry) applications you want it for. However, despite all its volume and mass, this camera is not weather-sealed, which will put some serious photographers off from the get-go.
No one could dispute that the X-Pro1 is solidly built and surprisingly lightweight for its size - around 650 grams (1.4 pounds) with the 35mm lens attached, and easily usable with one hand. On the contrary, the X-Pro1 brought back memories of when my first employer sent me off with a celluloid Nikon F3 to "go and learn about lenses." Yes, I was surprised by the size: at 140mm (5.5 inches), the body is significantly wider than the new Olympus OM-D Micro Four Thirds camera and 20 percent wider than even the non-ILC Canon G1 X. Yours truly also has a foreign news background, though I've generally shot video rather than stills, and I experienced no such allergic reaction. In her mind, it was too big to be a compact, too conspicuous, and too retro for her: "I'd be embarrassed if other photographers saw me with this." That's not everyone's tipple: we gave the camera to a seasoned photojournalist freshly returned from the Middle East who normally shoots on a Nikon D3, and she was repulsed. The X-Pro1 is designed to appeal to rangefinder lovers who dig over-sized control wheels along with over-sized everything. Unboxing could be a full-on culture shock for the uninitiated.
Hardware You need plenty of hands-on time with this camera before you take the plunge, and you need to be clear on what type of applications you want it for.