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TheEmrys wrote:
Also, to say that Fuji has an underdeveloped lighting system is to tell a lie through gross understatement.
I was trying to be polite — and recognize that not all wedding photography necessarily requires electronic flash. Fujifilm currently has no electronic flash products for the X-trans cameras, and third party systems are very few in number.
Daan B wrote:
After reading all the positive comments on the xt2, i tried one at the store. Coming from the 5d3, i don't like the brick-like body. For my hands it is uncomfortable hold. I also don't like the tiny buttons.
This issue may be less clear cut than some think. When I first started using Fujifilm x-trans cameras about four+ years ago, my initial reaction was similar — I felt that the controls were generally too small, placed too close together, and located in places where I might accidentally activate them. If I recall correctly, I probably criticized the cameras publicly for this reason. (Though, from the beginning, I felt overall very positive about them.)
However...
After actually using the camera (initially an XE1) I realized that I was presuming that the interface of the larger cameras I was familiar with was "normal," and that "different" meant worse. After shooting with the cameras for a few weeks I naturally adapted the way I held it and I learned (manual reading is useful!) that I could easily change a few settings to avoid some issues I had. For example, I kept accidentally putting the camera into macro mode by hitting one of the buttons on the back... until I found out that there was a simple setting to lock the button until I needed to use it.
At this point I have only one real criticism of the Fujifilm designs — that the exposure compensation knob is in a position where I tend to accidentally move it and that it turns a bit more easily than I would like. Other than that, I know find the camera (now the XPro2) very natural and comfortable to use.
Trying something in the store is a kind of two-edged sword. Yes, you will have a reaction to the interface. But, on the other hand, you might make judgments based on what you are familiar with rather than what will become comfortable.
At this point, I'm equally comfortable with the XPro2 and my Canon system.
TheEmrys wrote:
I wouldn't do a wedding with any gear I wasn't 100% confident in. I would stick with the Canon for now, but rent a Fuji to supplement as a second body and see how it does.
Professionally speaking, I am not a wedding photographer. However, from time to time I do photograph weddings. (This ranges from seconding another photographer to doing a sort of background shoot while the hired photographer(s) does/do his/her thing. And, yes, I know enough to stay out of there way.) I recently had a couple of opportunities to do this with family members when two sons were married this summer.
(Please — no need to tell me the difference between professional wedding photographers and what I do/did. I thoroughly understand this, which is why we hired professional wedding photographers. Plus, for my own kids, I don't want to have the primary responsibility!)
For me, the XPro2 worked very well for the quick, spontaneous stuff that I could shoot using primes — where I took a kind of street photographer approach to the work. Whether a person who makes his/her living doing wedding photography would like that or not probably depends on a whole bunch of variables, including the style of the photographer's work.
In the end, I don't think there is a single, clear answer to the question of whether these cameras would work and how well — it is quite a subjective issue, I think.
Dan
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