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I think you will be surprised.
The mouse might be cheese-less!!!
I've been reading Ken Rockwells review of the XT2...yes I know we love to hate him, but he does know cameras.
He is full of glowing praise for the new Fuji. He waxes lyrical about Fujis commitment to serious development and says the XT2 outperforms even his digital Leicas. He had me pumped with the obvious improvements over my XT1 and I was almost considering getting one.
Then in one sentence he woke me up.....
"The X-T2 doesn't replace a DSLR for sports and action, it's too slow and clunky by comparison. Mirrorless is inferior to DSLRs for AF speed."
I am not sure the critique of AF speed, persay, is correct, because it's not the speed the lens locks on that's the millstone...it's the black viewfinder between shots.
Well that may be OK for still subjects, but in the time it takes for that image to clear, a moving subject has moved on.
Small's bird have left the frame of view, a persons expression has changed ....any fleeting change is missed. There is little chance of a fast follow up shot.
The time to acquire focus at the outset, is quite fast. But the time to REfind the moved subject and REfocus, when added to the blackout time itself, is huge. This is especially true when the subject is in a difficult background.
For example, I was shooting Vultures circling in the sky above me a few weeks ago. ( I told the wife to lay down and play dead but she told me something else!!! ) Anyway...I focus on a bird, take a shot...great. But the screen is blocked with the captured image while the bird flies out of the viewfinder. I then have to hunt around the blue skies for it, fighting the AF which wants to focus on Jupiter! Or I have to zoom out to get a wider view to find the critter.
This may have been my lack of experience and technique (yes I have heard of manual focus) but I am convinced it was a lot easier shooting and retaining the framing with an optical viewfinder.
So despite the advances and so called improvements in performance, I cannot see the XT2 replacing my XT1.
I WILL check out the XPro2, as per Toms recommendation, as its hybrid viewfinder in optical mode may counter this problem.
But I have to say that my wish for a single camera that will cover all requirements is not being met by Fuji .....perhaps that was a foolish expectation?
On the other hand ....with the exception of the extra weight/bulk one has to wonder if a D500 might do a better job of this multipurpose role?
Last edited on Thu Oct 13th, 2016 10:19 by Eric
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