First consignments of the long-awaited Fuji X-Pro 2 have arrived at British stores. Bill Palmer, Macfilos’s resident Fuji expert, took delivery today and the camera is now sitting on his desk, wearing a new strap, and waiting for daylight. Bill promises first impressions but he points out he doesn’t do unboxing videos.
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Got mine too today. Just some initial thoughts and impressions. The RAWs wont work in Lightroom without the latest version of LR. I have used Adobe DNG convertor to get over this but that is a bit of a pain. I am sticking to Jpegs until I figure out what to do about Lightroom. The EVF seems not as good as that in the X-T1, but maybe I need to make some adjustments. Leica lenses work well with an adaptor but you need to set the ‘no lens’ option for that. Manual focus using the small window works OK but is still not as good or as quick as an optical rangefinder. With manual wideangle non-Fuji lenses you will not see what the lens sees in the VF unless you switch to EVF or use the back screen. The OVF is nice but you have to be careful when focussing using single point and the OVF as the single point can ‘focus through’ a subject to details beyond. This is less of a problem with zone focus for some reason I cannot fathom. With the EVF single point is fine as you will see the object, being focussed on, sharpening on the EVF. Apart from those few quibbles the camera works very well and feels much lighter than a Leica M. The 35mm f2 lens which I got with the camera is also very good. It is not quite a ‘poor man’s’ Summicron but it is better than most autofocus 50s that I have used. Shooting in anger starts tomorrow, with the real test being a classic car show on Saturday.
William
Thanks William. Look forward to seeing some good shots from the classic car show–a fortuitous event for a new camera. My local dealer offered me an X-Pro 2 from his first batch this week but I turned it down because I am currently in Athens. I’m still not convinced I need one and I might just leave it to you and a Bill Palmer for the review.
Some good points there, William. Some of the things you point out – setting "no lens", for example, are common across the Fuji range; ditto WYSIWYG with the OVF, unless of course you set the focal length in use on the camera or on the Fuji M adaptor (if that is what you are using). I haven’t done much with the viewfinder yet, but I have set the dioptre so that I can use it without spectacles – eye relief! After 20+ years of Leica use – most of that with film Ms – I will be drawing some comparisons of my own… Watch this space!