I am currently renting a X-Pro2 and lenses to see if I want to take the plunge. My mirrorless camera has been the NEX-7, but it is time for an upgrade. I do not want to go the SONY route this time around and prefer a camera to operate more like a film camera than a menu driven computer. I am liking the X-Pro2 a lot, especially the design and operation. Here are my first and second attempts at using it. Unfortunately work and a bit of summer rain has me behind trying to use it.
JOEY
Fuji X-Pro2 + 35mm f/1.4 + 1/160 @ f1.4, ISO 200
Joey the cat picture happened shortly after I pulled the camera out of the box and placed the lens on. Joey was sitting on the table and wanted to check it out, so I took the opportunity to make a meme and post it on facebook for my friends and family to see that he is doing well. Joey is a recent addition and has been through hell. He is a tripod kitty (three legged) and had multiple complications from being run over when he was ten weeks old. He was dropped off at my veterinarian's office and left to die. Joey spent over six months there and they tried to save his leg after multiple surgeries, but it never healed right and it got in his way. I agreed to adopt him if he made it through all the various complications. Joey is a survivor and turned one year-old in May. He is a really smart kitty and is goofing off in the photo.
--
The hydrangea are from my yard and were photographed very late in the day. The black and white photo was very easy to post process, but I wanted to work the pixels on the next shot. The hydrangea photo was processed through Lightroom and Topaz filters. Overall I really like the camera, but need to spend more time playing with it. Hopefully tomorrow it will not rain and I can take off and walk around a favorite small town in Georgia for pictures. I also want to post process through Capture One. I rented the XT-1 last year, but did not like it so much. So far the files from the X-Pro2 look excellent.
I appreciate this thread and all the contributors greatly as I have been looking and reading here for a while. It was this thread and your photos that helped to convince me to start looking at the X-Pro2, and I thank you all!
Kind regards,
Darr