The short version is, Fuji has made the mirrorless camera I've been waiting for. The X-Pro2 is amazing. If you want to read the long winded version, continue on........
I've had the X-Pro2 for a few weeks now. In that time I have shot events, candids, lit portraits, street, Zumba(including filming for a video for the wife), and random stuff walking around with the family. Fuji has made a camera in the Pro2 that I am now thinking will be their 5D, or D3/D700. Being held in the same regard as those cameras are by Canon and Nikon shooters. The sensor has that intangible quality to the images as the aforementioned cameras. Combined with adding dual card slots and the nub for controlling AF points, the Pro2 will be remembered as the body which Fuji made the serious jump into the pro market. We here all know that Fuji has been putting out excellent cameras for a while now. The X-E2 and X-T1 especially, are fantastic for pro photography work, capable of amazing images. But the average citizens of the internet will always cite things like lacking dual card slots, lack of weather sealing, af speed, af control nub, and even iso performance as not being there. Despite the fact that the Fuji bodies already did really well on high iso performance, and the X-T1 is weather sealed.
For me personally, I have found I prefer the rangefinder style body over the SLR style body. The Pro2 is more comfortable in my hands. And I have found the control layout to be very intuitive, being able to make changes to settings on the fly without taking my eye from the viewfinder. I have also found that I am not missing the tilt screen of the X-T1 like I thought I would. The viewfinder of the X-Pro2, while not being as big as that found in the X-T1, is big enough. With a very fast refresh rate and great detail. While I will never use the optical viewfinder for working shoots. It is fun to use while walking around, combined with leaving the rear lcd preview off(which I always do anyway) to pretend to be shooting film. In that regard you're not always sure of what you get, especially when shooting with a lens like the 50-140 @the long end where you are not really sure if the focus box is hitting what you intended or not. People more experienced with the optical viewfinder may be much better at this than I am. For me it is still a fun challenge.
With a RRS plate and Lensmate thumb grip, the Pro2 is more comfortable for me to hold, even with the 50-140 than the T1 with battery grip. Which I loved both for the comfort, as well as being a throwback to the Canon 1D3 and 1Ds2 bodies which were my favorites to shoot with.
I've had the X-Pro2 for a few weeks now. In that time I have shot events, candids, lit portraits, street, Zumba(including filming for a video for the wife), and random stuff walking around with the family. Fuji has made a camera in the Pro2 that I am now thinking will be their 5D, or D3/D700. Being held in the same regard as those cameras are by Canon and Nikon shooters. The sensor has that intangible quality to the images as the aforementioned cameras. Combined with adding dual card slots and the nub for controlling AF points, the Pro2 will be remembered as the body which Fuji made the serious jump into the pro market. We here all know that Fuji has been putting out excellent cameras for a while now. The X-E2 and X-T1 especially, are fantastic for pro photography work, capable of amazing images. But the average citizens of the internet will always cite things like lacking dual card slots, lack of weather sealing, af speed, af control nub, and even iso performance as not being there. Despite the fact that the Fuji bodies already did really well on high iso performance, and the X-T1 is weather sealed.
For me personally, I have found I prefer the rangefinder style body over the SLR style body. The Pro2 is more comfortable in my hands. And I have found the control layout to be very intuitive, being able to make changes to settings on the fly without taking my eye from the viewfinder. I have also found that I am not missing the tilt screen of the X-T1 like I thought I would. The viewfinder of the X-Pro2, while not being as big as that found in the X-T1, is big enough. With a very fast refresh rate and great detail. While I will never use the optical viewfinder for working shoots. It is fun to use while walking around, combined with leaving the rear lcd preview off(which I always do anyway) to pretend to be shooting film. In that regard you're not always sure of what you get, especially when shooting with a lens like the 50-140 @the long end where you are not really sure if the focus box is hitting what you intended or not. People more experienced with the optical viewfinder may be much better at this than I am. For me it is still a fun challenge.
With a RRS plate and Lensmate thumb grip, the Pro2 is more comfortable for me to hold, even with the 50-140 than the T1 with battery grip. Which I loved both for the comfort, as well as being a throwback to the Canon 1D3 and 1Ds2 bodies which were my favorites to shoot with.
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