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What made you switch
I had been shooting Fuji for personal use for 2+ years. I had aging original 5Ds that I used for my gigs. I shoot about 10 gigs (events, weddings, portraits) per year. I loved shooting the Fujis, the Canons were just work, and the original 5ds were getting long in the tooth any way ( I needed better high-ISO, for example). It was time to upgrade. Rather than stay Canon and keep my personal/professional cameras separate, I decided to upgrade my Fuji bodies from the X100/X-E1 to X-E2 and X-T1 with newer fast primes. Once the X-T1 and X-E2 came out, they were responsive enough for me to use professionally.
Features I prefer to DSLR:
"What you see is what you get" EVF
MUCH lighter. I end up taking more personal pictures, just because I enjoy having the camera with me more.
Auto-ISO and aperture priority mode are a great way to roll with the Fuji cameras. A much easier and more intutive way to shoot (to me) than using the old DSLR.
What do you normally shoot?
Weddings, events, portraits and family pics.
Is there anything you miss about your FF DSLR?
Hmmmm... the transition from in-focus to out-of-focus is slightly harsher on a crop body. Overall, though, this is a VERY small thing, and you can still shoot shallow DOF. My 23 1.4/56 1.2 combo compares VERY favorably to my former Canon 35 F2 IS/85 1.8 combo.
AF assist light on the speedlite!
Re: Off Camera Flash
I shoot manual off-camera speedlites using the Cactus V6 and RF 60 speedlites. Very easy to adjust settings on the fly. I have used these for studio work flawlessly and have tested them quite a bit, simulating wedding reception conditions by using 2 Off-Camera manual flash in a large room combined with on-camera TTL (EF-42) flash.
I am shooting my first all-Fuji wedding this Sunday, so that will be the first "acid test" for me. So far, though, so good.
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