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The XT1 is quite useless for wildlife or any erratically moving objects...at least in single shot mode.
The Fuji optics are excellent, the speed of focus is not that bad. The problem is the EVF. While the file is be written to card, albeit a small period, the EVF freezes on the captured image. In that space of time, the subject can have moved out of frame, requiring you to 'find it' again and refocus. With an OVF you are better able to follow or predict the next resting spot.
Of course the camera can be set to continuous focus and firing, but this machine gun approach is wasteful of the limited battery power.
As an example, I was photographing small birds in a hedgerow today. A Blackcap moved to one spot and despite moving about on its perch stayed in the frame. A Wren however came to the same place and kept flitting about, side to side, back to front in significant leaps that took it out of the frame each time.
I am pretty certain with my DSLR I would have been able to keep track of it and still file single shots.
Anyone got an Xpro they don't want?
Last edited on Tue Sep 13th, 2016 05:43 by Eric
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