Doubts

Autofus Speed

Auto focus plays one of the key parts in photography for me, being able to take the shot when you see it. Nobody wants to miss a great opportunity due to Focus hunting. This feature for me is vital on my Wedding Photography shoots. How will the camera handle moving subject? Will face finder interfere with what i actually want to shoot?

So far I have had no reason to even look at the auto focus speed, which is a good thing as it handled everything I've put it through. If it let me down I'd have something to say about it. In this case, so far my lips are sealed.

The camera has to operating modes, Normal and Boost. Normal giving you less frames per second and running off one battery at a time and Boost mode using power from all 3 batteries. The advantages of putting your XT-2 in Boost mode is that it increases your frame rate, the refresh rate of your EVF and increases Auto Focus Speed.

The Auto focus system on the Fuji is fully customisable to pretty much any circumstance, tracking, panning fast moving subjects and face detection. Also there are 5 different presets you can choose from. I haven't yet tried these out but I will in due course.

A really nice feature is that you can adjust the size of your focal point for those fine detailed moments and its super easy to change your focal point using the joystick.

Fuji auto Focus Current Status - More than happy

The EVF

Being an avid optical view finder user, I had my doubts about this one... An electronic viewfinder...? Personally I wasn't liking the sound of that at all. Still it wasn't enough to put me off, I was happy to give it a try. The weird thing is you actually forget the fact its a digital display your looking at. I often found myself focused more on capturing the image than the EVF. At times, thinking it was an optical viewfinder. For me the advantages of the EVF are its almost like your looking at the picture on your computer, its easier to see flawed areas and the image quality is instantly rewarding.

Overall the EVF is bright, colourful and has all the information you desire on screen. The refresh rate is awesome in Boost mode. The downside of an EVF is battery life, however the camera does auto switch the EVF off when you move your eye away from the viewfinder.

The Whole Kit isnt much smaller than a 5 D MK III

The Fuji Xt-2 is smaller than the 5DMKIII and so are the lenses. There's a small size difference when you look at the stats but in your hand it feel so much smaller and lighter. My camera bag sized just halved.

Moving your left hand to Change ISO

Left hand ISO changing is something I was born to do. I guess, this is something that is down to personal preference. Im used to spinning a wheel on the right to quickly change ISO on the Canon. However with Fuji the setting is on the left. Its also on a manual dial, so you need to look at this when making a change. Something I'm prepared to live with as normally I use auto ISO unless I'm shooting something that requires smoother images.

Knowing about your sensor and its capabilities is a must as a Professional Photographer. Knowing its limits, knowing at what point your picture quality starts to deteriorate. Personally I always found that a Canon file always requires work in post. Whether it be for a colour cast or just general exposure tweaks. As with the Fuji it produces eye popping images straight out of the camera. The JPGs off this thing are stunning. The Canon Sensor produces a smoother picture, its appears to be more distant. However the Fuji's picture is in your face from the off, its like your looking at a sharper more vibrant world. You have to see it to believe it.

Weather Proofing and reliability

Weather proofing for me was never an issue as I plan on purchasing the weather sealed lenses. The XT-2 is equally as weather proof as the Canon range. Personally I tend not to shoot my camera in wet condition unless I really have to. If I did its nice to know the feature is there.

Battery Life!!

I spoke a little about battery life earlier on in my review but want to cover it in a little more detail here. Now Fuji claim that you can shoot 1000 images on a full charge using the battery pack as well as the battery inside the camera. So far this seems to be the case. Currently My Canon set up will require one battery change throughout a whole wedding day, which is awesome. Shooting with 2 camera bodies, I didn't need to worry about battery changes at all. However with the Fuji I would want to be prepared, I don't think I would have the confidence to go to a wedding using the same theory. So problem is battery power... Solution purchase more batteries so you can easily switch out when needed. Possible downside, is spending a day preparing and charging batteries prior to your shoot. Which brings me to another problem, the best way to charge multiple batteries. Surely one at a time is going to take ages? Yes your right it will, each battery taking 2 hours to charge.

The battery charger supplied with the camera charges one battery at a time, however the optional battery pack will charge 2 at a time when plugged into a mains adaptor. Surely this could get messy with 2 camera bodies each with batteries grips and spare batteries! All patiently waiting to be charged. Fuji, if you reading this, a 6 battery charger unit would be greatly received.

Currently the fastest way would be to own to Fuji Battery grips and even then that will only charge two at a time.

I have a portrait shoot coming up that I'm going to do a battery test on. I plan on being a bit trigger happy. Im guessing the shoot will use up about 20% battery life. We wIll see.

The Fuji XT-2, has definitely earned a place in my camera collection, not only that it has also earned a place in my camera bag. Im still hanging onto my Canon though...for the moment anyway.