Brought my X Pro along for a work day...

hollandphotos said:
I fire up SilkyPix (which is terrible!)

Reprocessed a few for comparison. You can see the update toward the bottom of the post.


http://www.hollandphotostudio.com/blog/camera-bag/fujifilm-x-pro1-wedding-photographer-review/
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I took the time to tell you what I thought was not very good in the original images so I will do the same for the reposts to state that the skin tones are markedly improved. The blue still seems a little more saturated than natural but the original skin was terrible so I agree, Silkypix is not good 😀
 
I am a former wedding photographer (was a nasty business to be in...LOL). I used to shoot primes on DSLR's and that was not a problem, although I also had a second shooter running a zoom with me. What would be a problem however is just overall speed, at least with my X100 I could see it being a bit of a handicap. I would suplement a DSLR with it, but can't see it taking over. Certainly usable, but not ideal
 
Here are a couple from day one of my three day Indian wedding blitz.

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David_Manning said:
A true wedding fantasy...she married Mr. Hung 😉
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And when he puts the wedding photos on the wall, she says, 'Well hung, Mr. Hung, well hung!' 😀

Generally I shoot architecture and interiors, and my people shooting is with family and friends, or some street work. So when a wedding came along last month, I used the M9 and Ricoh GXR to see if I could handle shooting only manual focus primes in that environment. I worked very hard and took as many photos as the hired pros, and the bride and groom are very happy with my work.

But there were many times when I wished for AF, and I flubbed a lot of shots due to the GXR's poor shot to shot time; maybe sometimes I could have done with zoom, but two bodies with sufficiently different focal lengths was usually good enough. At some stages I wished I'd picked up the X-Pro 1 beforehand because I knew that the image quality, shot to shot time and AF was adequate for daylight and pre-ceremony work, as the OP mentioned. Certainly better than the GXR which takes a second or two to be ready for the next shot.

On the other hand, one of my options was to rent a M8.2 for the weekend to shoot alongside the M9, covering tele focal lengths and offering a similar control system. That would have worked very well for daylight shooting, but once the night set in and the dinner started I would have needed the high ISO capabilities of the GXR. I just wonder if the X-Pro 1's AF is good enough to shoot quickly and accurately in those conditions; its high ISO is a dream, but does the AF allow it to be fully exploited in a mostly candle light dinner?
 
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