![]() ![]() ![]() I had tried the X-Pro1 but found it disappointing – its lack of built-in diopter correction, fairly average ergonomics and glacial autofocus speed being the top three disappointments amongst several. The most sophisticated optical viewfinder camera so far?Įver since Canon’s EOS 5D Mark II reopened the doors to photography and moviemaking to me after too many years sidelined due to severe photochemical allergies, I have been waiting for a worthy and affordable digital successor to the Leica M analog rangefinder cameras that gave birth to my way of seeing and creating images, whether still or moving. My aim in this article is to answer some of those questions that have gone unanswered until now, if I can, and provide some personal insights into the X-Pro2 based on many years relying on OVF – optical viewfinder aka rangefinder – cameras in all formats from 35mm through 120 to 4”x5” sheet film for my professional work during the analog film era. So, what to do? Where to turn for answers in the absence of in-depth websites and ebooks. Then, I was lucky enough to be loaned an X-Pro2 along with Fujinon XF35mmF2 R WR standard prime lens. Too many questions still unanswered in a very different way to my first big non-DSLR camera purchase, the Panasonic Lumix GH4. I had more questions about the X-Pro2 than those other writers were answering, solo or collectively. Raw files processed with Adobe Camera Raw and Photoshop CC2015 using Fujifilm presets. Product photographs lit with Rotolight Neo 3 Light Kit and Neo Barndoors. The amazing Fujifilm X-Pro2 with Fujinon 35mm f2 lens, with Peak Design Clutch and Cuff straps, mounted on Joby Gorillapod Focus. So many, I discovered, that it took several days to work my way through them, all the better to understand how to get the best out of this unique and very promising camera, one of the few digital rangefinder cameras available now. Why? The X-Pro2 appears simple enough on the surface but there is so much more than meets the eye, so much buried in the menu system and in the camera’s many features and capabilities. While researching this reference page, I encountered X-Pro2 users producing not just one blog post about the camera but often a whole series of them. ![]()
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