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Jennifer Downey

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Aug 3, 2024, 4:56:59 PM8/3/24

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But a month ago, after a long time reflecting on the subject, I decided to give it a go and bought myself a Fuji XT-2. There were several reasons for that: I have been spending quite a lot of time with my friend Drew Hopper who has been shooting with a Fuji for a while now, and really liked the ergonomics and colors his camera rendered. It seems that Fuji has been doing great little cameras, but so have Sony and Olympus. Fuji, however, seems to have a better ergonomic. The buttons are beautifully placed and the camera is very intuitive to use.

Also, as I am constantly trying to learn and improve my photography, a new camera system will help me do that. I have been mostly shooting with my 50mm lens for the past years, and have overused that beautiful shallow depth of field style that I cherish so much. But as I tell my students during workshops, if you are comfortable with something, it is time to do something else and learn again. So why not go with an APS-C sensor, restrict that shallow depth of field and build stronger compositions?

It seems that the cons list is longer than the pros, but overall I am very happy with this new system, and the things I dislike are far from matching the things I like. And even though I missed a few shots because of the AF-C, the Xt-2 still managed to track focus this man in a dark market.

O.K. I was fascinated with this article. I have been staring at that same camera for a bit and could never pull the trigger. I shoot nikon, but the same limitations/pros. I have bought in the past some higher end point and shoot and end up of never using them, too slow, uncomfortable with using anything other than a view finder. I knew this is not a point and shoot but this is much more expensive too. It had to live up to the price tag and it sounds like it does
I am so happy to read this.

Thank you Etienne and congratulations on your new camera. I love my Fujifilm xt-1 so much I picked up the xt2 as well. The improvements on the xt-2 addressed many of the issues with the xt-1 and I love a company that listens to the users. I am sure they read your review and will work on improving the camera to suit your needs.

Despite all the obvious improvements, I really would like to know about your impression with the EVF. I am using the X-Pro1 for a bit now but every time I switch back to my DSLR again, I know that I am really comfortable with the optical viewfinder. But I guess that a lot of improvements had been done on that field. So I am curious about your verdict on that.

Oh, for the focus issues, get the latest firmware. It helps. The grip also helps with boost mode. I shot a sports event a week ago with the long tele and got much better results than expected. Not perfect and certainly not the keeper rate of my big Canon, but still decent. Most of it seems to be user error.