hollandphotos
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Posted some thoughts and images on my blog...
http://www.hollandphotostudio.com/blog/camera-bag/fujifilm-x-pro1-wedding-photographer-review/
I'm pretty fond of it. The chatter does bug me in close quarters. Image quality is great. I can't wait for usable raw support. Auto focus is not speedy but accurate...that's at least until the light fades.
All in all Im very happy with it and it will keep a place in my bag.
http://www.hollandphotostudio.com/blog/camera-bag/fujifilm-x-pro1-wedding-photographer-review/
I'm pretty fond of it. The chatter does bug me in close quarters. Image quality is great. I can't wait for usable raw support. Auto focus is not speedy but accurate...that's at least until the light fades.
All in all Im very happy with it and it will keep a place in my bag.
dbarnes
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Biggest set of real world photos I've seen from this camera. Thanks for posting!
hollandphotos
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bwcolor
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Nice set.. I'm sure the couple will be pleased.
So, if you were to shoot only with the Fuji and I'm not suggesting that you would, would you have the confidence to shoot OVF only? In your line of work, getting the composition right is vital.
So, if you were to shoot only with the Fuji and I'm not suggesting that you would, would you have the confidence to shoot OVF only? In your line of work, getting the composition right is vital.
Lax Jought
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I get the feeling your review and photos are only going to fuel my gaseous feelings for this thing.
Spyro
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"Just when I forgot you're here I hear something that sounds like a bug coming after me"
Oh cmon, she heard that and not the shutter?
Nice photos
Oh cmon, she heard that and not the shutter?
Nice photos
brbo
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What is this RFF obsession that reporting X-Pro1 lens chatter is a crime?!
Crime? no. However, it is just what the camera does so it seems silly to keep harping on it.
hollandphotos
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I wasn't harping. Just posting my experience in close quarters. Any other setting it would be a non issue. Several reviews said it was no big deal. I just wanted to my wedding day experience for anyone interested in that application.
hollandphotos
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"Just when I forgot you're here I hear something that sounds like a bug coming after me"
Oh cmon, she heard that and not the shutter?
Nice photos
Thanks for the comp
Yes, that's right. The chatter is almost as loud as the shutter. (which is fairly soft)
Spyro
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LOL it does sound a bit like a bug...
A cockroach on high heels running on bathroom tiles
A cockroach on high heels running on bathroom tiles
rxmd
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Nice series, thanks!
Benjamin Marks
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Looks like the camera works well. Very nice set of images -- plenty of detail, v. sharp, nice colors.
Woah, woah... sorry for the confusion. I quoted the thread I was referring to... I wasn't talking about you.
hollandphotos
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hollandphotos
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Lax Jought
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Alright I've had a chance to check out your review on your website. If Fujifilm was able to fix the aperture chatter thing, as well as speed up focus speed a little (particularly in low light) and maybe fix up the focus points option, could this camera potentially replace your standard DSLR for wedding work? Potentially? Hypothetically?
Moriturii
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Can't see the difference between it and any digi camera from the past few years. What am I missing? Might as well been a Nikon D70.
Turtle
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I have never used this camera, but I do use an X100.
Extrapolating a little, I could not see this camera replacing an SLR as a main camera for wedding work unless you happen to hate SLRs or dislike zooms altogether.
A good SLR is so darned fast and so flexible that I cannot see it. I like using primes for some aspects of a wedding, but I would not want to give up the zooms altogether myself. Image quality is not the issue - the X-Pro is dynamite - but other utility issues. Sure, there are zooms coming for the X-Pro, but it will still involve compromises that do not affect SLRs.
As romantic as it might seem to shoot weddings with an X-Pro, or Leica M9, a 5D II/III or Nikon equivalent is a pretty well unbeatable all rounder for this line of work IMHO.
Extrapolating a little, I could not see this camera replacing an SLR as a main camera for wedding work unless you happen to hate SLRs or dislike zooms altogether.
A good SLR is so darned fast and so flexible that I cannot see it. I like using primes for some aspects of a wedding, but I would not want to give up the zooms altogether myself. Image quality is not the issue - the X-Pro is dynamite - but other utility issues. Sure, there are zooms coming for the X-Pro, but it will still involve compromises that do not affect SLRs.
As romantic as it might seem to shoot weddings with an X-Pro, or Leica M9, a 5D II/III or Nikon equivalent is a pretty well unbeatable all rounder for this line of work IMHO.
Spyro
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I think the difference is that if you used a digital mirrorless camera from the past few years you would be able to tell from the photos that it's crap
(that is, if you managed to get the photos with it in the first place)
The fact that the camera pulled its weight in a wedding environment and you cant really distinguish the result from a DSLR is an achievement in its own right.