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amazon Fujifilm X-Pro2 reviews
Once we get to the real deal, I want to run through some of the configurations in the camera to give you readers a better understanding.
The Fujifilm X-Pro2 features the first APS-C crop sensor by Fujifilm, the 24.3-megapixel camera, as the earlier X series could manage only 16. Furthermore, the X-Trans CMOS sensor gets its third-generation upgrade, with lots of expectations put on it as far as quality goes. ISO sensitivity measures much higher now due to the variable of being at 12,800, with Fujifilm X-Pro2 having extended maximum ISO values up to 51,200 over doling out just about 6400 in the previous iteration, which was Fujifilm X-Pro1.
The other dramatic changes that the Fujifilm X-Pro2 have made to image quality and performance are with the new X Processor Pro, where focusing speed and startup times were significantly improved. The other features are 273 focus points, 8 fps burst shooting that can shoot continuously for 27 uncompressed RAW images, 33 compressed RAW images or 83 JPEGs, and movie color simulation modes.
The Fujifilm X-Pro2 here now and then can demolish the barrier, but this is merely theoretical and the real situation is that it is an experience that simply must be had. Lucky for me, I had a few short days in doses of testing the high-end machine from Fujifilm.
Design
Fujifilm cameras, to be quite honest, would always catch my fancy; the sort of good-looking “cool”, and “handsome”-it’s no boyish charm. With this classic body and digital power within, Fujifilm has found an audience in legions of classic users, including yours truly.
Even though the X-Pro2 is still comparatively fresh in the high-end scene because of its rather own Mirrorless camera, which cuts down on bulk around the body compared with other DSLRs in terms of modernity by different brands; in the comparison to the Fujifilm X family of cameras, the X-Pro2 has become the “biggest” of the lot.
The rubber gusset sticks out more than it did before and gives a firm grip feeling. I can work it with one hand and not worry about it slipping. In looking at the back of the machine, I saw some rearrangement on the keypad that is easier to deal with. The placement of these buttons is user-friendly, and I like that.
As seen above, this joystick does 8-way rotation with a function to adjust the focus point. This is another plus I found on the X-Pro2; the joystick design is quite clever, meaning you do not have to interfere with the operation that can simultaneously view the frame used joystick need to Adjust the focus point quickly.
When continuing the “gaze” on the machine, I noticed a terribly familiar feature on the top. Yes, there was a wheel for the shutter speed and ISO, but it was far from fussy. Instead, it made everything nice and tidy; nice to drag in the classic feel of the film machine.
It was really about these minor changes that completely got me intoxicated because the ISO setting, in my opinion, was so bland: a button. Fujifilm shifted the ISO and shutter speed into a wheel that kept everything neat and simple to operate. Having flexibility is a plus: If you have no clue about the brightness and are choosing shutter speed or ISO, fine, set them to Auto, and let the machine do the rest.
Weather sealing is another feature that appeals to the end user in a high-end segment camera. Of course, it was one of 61 points of protection against dust and moisture that the X-Pro2 got, fair for an average user to put it to use in almost most climate scenarios (okay, maybe not too extreme or under pouring rain).
1. Viewfinder
Fujifilm’s X-E and X-T series are renowned for their EVFS, so what makes the X-Pro2 so much more expensive?
This, indeed, is the most worthy point about the X-Pro2. Fujifilm’s good at blending electronic screens with optical viewfinders’ otherwise optical viewfinder gives right of sight, but the little rectangle inside shows electronic information on the current parameters and on the focus change when we twist the zoom ring on the lens. The advantage of this hybrid viewfinder, thus, limits the lag witnessed in a plain electronic viewfinder, which often lets the users miss the moment of action as well as induce visual ergonomics.
The operating modes of the Fujifilm X-Pro2 are switched: plain optical, optical with a small zoom screen on the subject detail, and electronic viewfinder mode. The change can be done swiftly due to a small lever on the toward front of the body.
During the experimentation, I always find myself using the electronic viewfinder instead of the LCD because in bright conditions the LCD has all sorts of glare, and the X-Pro2 electronic viewfinder comes to rescue in these cases. Be it bright or dark, it’s the visibility and the clarity of image data provided in the X-Pro2 electronic viewfinder that always stands on my side.
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2. The ability to focus on things.
Fujifilm X-Pro2 gets an upgrade to 273 focus points and has a very fast and accurate speed of focusms (0.08 s). In very bright conditions, the camera’s focus almost instantaneously while in dim-lit places, it’s a little bit slow, but still very negligible.
Again, the effort to choose the focus point becomes easier with the 8-way joystick referred to earlier. To add to that, one can also change focus point size while selecting a focus point using a small wheel located at the back of the machine.
3. Image Quality
This is very heavy image, an average JPEG image will weigh about 10-15 MB, while a RAW image would be around 25 MB. But, this camera has one unique highlight in that it has support for RAW lossless photography so that the photographers could post-produce farther than traditional RAW images, but the disadvantage here is that it will “eat” memory quite a bit (almost 50 MB/file). The only caveat is that currently, the RAW file of the Fujifilm X-Pro2 is readable only by Lightroom version 6.4 or Camera RAW upwards of 9.4.
In my opinion, the X-Pro2 is quite light and with good detail. More on ISO, this one goes from ISO 100 up to 51,200. At 6400 and even at 8,000 or 12,800, the details are still fairly preserved, though to a greater limit about which the image begins to smear and overheat loss. The machine tried to eliminate high noise noise at high ISO which caused the details to be too smooth by this process. But on my end, this is more than enough as this ISO wouldn’t hit 6,400. Our daily shooting needs rarely go up to that level. Higher ISOs are for the most part excessive, as we really do not use them often when it comes down to it.
Other advantages
Wireless options for Fujifilm X-Pro2 include connecting via mobile phone via Wifi hotspot. Downloading the Fujifilm app on iOS or Android ensures easy, rapid, and convenient connection for extracting images. This is really an advantage for any instant upload for social networking sites such as Facebook or Instagrams without having to plug in the cumbersome computer card, which will be useful especially when on travels without a laptop.
Battery life is said to have an NP-W126 Lithium-ion battery common with the X-T1 and X-T10. I think I took about 456 shots during my time working with this camera before the batteries went flat (out of which 228 were JPEGs, while 228 were lossless RAW images) which was actually just sufficient for a day’s use.