Official Fuji X-Pro 2 thread

UaeExile said:
Posted some street shots if anyones interested.... All shot with the X Pro 2, mostly the 35mm f2 and a couple with the 16mm 1.4.
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Lovely shots, the kind of thing I suspect the X Pro 2 is designed to excel at.
 
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This shot, taken with the X-Pro2 plus Olympus OM 100mm f2.8, made Explore on Flickr. :)

Raindrop by Stephen Lee, on Flickr
 
In a moment of madness, after half a bottle of red, I bought a Konica film camera with a Hexanon f1.4 57mm lens attached. Much cheaper than the unattached lenses are fetching. Anyone used one of these on the X-Pro2 (or any other Fuji) with a degree of success?
 
Just started using the latest LR and PS versions with the X-Pro2. They seem to handle the files better than the previous versions that I was using and now the .Raf files (RAW images) can be taken straight into LR rather than going through silkypix first. Here's my first processed image done with the new software:

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I'm currently on holiday in Lanzarote and had a nice wander around Teguise this morning with my X pro 2. Bit of an overcast morning but I've enjoyed using it for the first time in earnest. I only brought my iPad with me and unfortunately the Fuji app is being a b@stard and only lets me upload certain shots ? Anyway here's a few I've managed to get on my iPad., holiday snaps for sure, I can't wait to see what they look,like on y MacBook Pro retina.

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These all look very low res, not sure why ? It might be the price of alcohol here o_O
 
iirc you can set whether or not it reduces the rez for phone transfers in the camera settings
 
Has anyone bought the Fuji X pro 2 handgrip ? I bought one from WEX 23rd March, when I got it the plastic grip felt a bit wobbly, not as well made as the one I have for my XT1. I thought no more about it until I was on holiday last week, I was walking around taking some shots and I noticed something small falling from my camera. It was one of the two screws holding the plastic grip to the base, the other one was also missing ! I can't believe its falling apart in less than 5 weeks. I'm going to call WEX tomorrow and see what they'll do about it. Not impressed !
 
jimgallaher said:
Has anyone bought the Fuji X pro 2 handgrip ? I bought one from WEX 23rd March, when I got it the plastic grip felt a bit wobbly, not as well made as the one I have for my XT1. I thought no more about it until I was on holiday last week, I was walking around taking some shots and I noticed something small falling from my camera. It was one of the two screws holding the plastic grip to the base, the other one was also missing ! I can't believe its falling apart in less than 5 weeks. I'm going to call WEX tomorrow and see what they'll do about it. Not impressed !
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I'm sure you will have no problem from such a big retailer.
 
Galaxy66 said:
I'm sure you will have no problem from such a big retailer.
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You'd think so but I called today and was bounced back and forth between Wex and Fuji, Fuji don't have them in stock but Wex do, but they won't send me one unless Fuji email them authorisation. In the meantime Fuji want photos of the (sic) missing screws ? I'm not impressed with either the build quality (5 weeks it's lasted) or customer service from both parties.
 
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jimgallaher said:
Has anyone bought the Fuji X pro 2 handgrip ? I bought one from WEX 23rd March, when I got it the plastic grip felt a bit wobbly, not as well made as the one I have for my XT1. I thought no more about it until I was on holiday last week, I was walking around taking some shots and I noticed something small falling from my camera. It was one of the two screws holding the plastic grip to the base, the other one was also missing ! I can't believe its falling apart in less than 5 weeks. I'm going to call WEX tomorrow and see what they'll do about it. Not impressed !
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Admittedly mines not been off the camera but it seemed well enough built, seems strange that such a simple thing can break so quickly!
 
It didn't break as such, it seems the two little screws have managed to work their way loose and fall out. To me they seem to be very undersized look to be around 1mm which screw into an angle bracket inside the plastic grip. No sign of threadlock in the bracket. Not the most robust design I've ever seen.
 
I'm finding the X pro 2 files are taking an absolute age to import into Lightroom 6. It was slow before but now its ridiculous. I'm using a macbook pro retina with 2.6Ghz Quad core, 16Gb ram and 512Gb SSD, it's not a slow machine but it really seems to struggle at the moment. Anyone else experiencing this ?
 
jimgallaher said:
I'm finding the X pro 2 files are taking an absolute age to import into Lightroom 6. It was slow before but now its ridiculous. I'm using a macbook pro retina with 2.6Ghz Quad core, 16Gb ram and 512Gb SSD, it's not a slow machine but it really seems to struggle at the moment. Anyone else experiencing this ?
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Theres a big difference between Fuji X trans and all the other (bayer) cameras Ive used (with even more MP), so I can imagine a 24MP Fuji file being even more annoying.
 
chrism_scotland said:
I'd been using uncompressed RAW so I could use Irident but now it is compatible with the compressed ones I'm back with them not finding them too slowly compared to other camera files.
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What are they like in comparison to XT1 files?
 
A question for the XPro2 owners. I currrently shoot with a D800, mostly just portraits but the odd landscape when I am out and about. If I hired an XPro2 as a trial to see if I could swap to that in future, what are the standout lenses to try it with for candid portraits? From the options I see to hire, the 56mm f/1.2 and the 16-55 f/2.8 seem the obvious choice but wondered if anyone had any other thoughts.
 
michaelg said:
A question for the XPro2 owners. I currrently shoot with a D800, mostly just portraits but the odd landscape when I am out and about. If I hired an XPro2 as a trial to see if I could swap to that in future, what are the standout lenses to try it with for candid portraits? From the options I see to hire, the 56mm f/1.2 and the 16-55 f/2.8 seem the obvious choice but wondered if anyone had any other thoughts.
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Do you shoot mostly wide open or not? Prefer primes or zooms?
 
michaelg said:
I like primes a lot and like to shoot wide open.
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Then you'll be looking at the 16/23/35/56 and 90 or in 35mm terms 24/35/50/85 and 135. Pick your favourite focal length they are all excellent, 35 having the slowest af.
 
michaelg said:
Thanks, will see what I can get from those!
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The primes are exceptional, I've used the 16, 23 and both 35mm's great glass, also worth mentioning how good the 16-55 is too though stellar lens, i already miss the one I just sold!!!
 
chrism_scotland said:
The primes are exceptional, I've used the 16, 23 and both 35mm's great glass, also worth mentioning how good the 16-55 is too though stellar lens, i already miss the one I just sold!!!
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Cheers, Chris! You don't fancy a kit swap for a week do you?
 
chrism_scotland said:
Haha I thought the profile photo was familiar, still have the D800?
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I do yes. Plus battery grip and Tamron 24-70 and 70-200mm. Love the shots it takes but wonder if I'd take more if it was less heavy - the eternal dilemma!
 
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