KillRamsey
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- Location
- Hood River, OR
- Name
- Kyle
First, holy crap your site is fascinating. Please come to Boston soon so I can put you up for a few days and hear good stories.
Second, your question... The Fujis (XE-1 or X-Pro1) do two things very very well: they render hauntingly good jpg's straight out of camera, which a guy in your line of work might enjoy simply because it will cut way down on your turnaround and post time. And they have simple, direct, old-fashioned controls. Other cameras have a little of that control philosophy, but none to my knowledge have it down as nicely. Dedicated (and labeled) EV comp, shutter, and depending on the lens Aperture too... they're a joy to shoot with. ISO a function button away. Perfectly clean files up to 3200.
What the Fuji's do NOT have that a guy in your line of work might want is weather sealing, massive shot count-per-battery-charge, or dslr-speed auto focus. The weather sealing is just something you have to be careful of, and it's never bugged me. Battery issue is best solved with 3 or 4 aftermarket $30 batteries. Auto fucus speed is only an issue if you're used to dslr speeds, hence me mentioning it. Depending on the lens attached, the Fujis pretty much focus perfectly quickly enough to do anything but capture sports action. But the Nikons are much faster at it.
Summary on the Fujis: Magically delicious sensor, hand-in-glove user controls, the first camera you won't HAVE to shoot in raw.
edit: But the video is pretty so-so on them...
Second, your question... The Fujis (XE-1 or X-Pro1) do two things very very well: they render hauntingly good jpg's straight out of camera, which a guy in your line of work might enjoy simply because it will cut way down on your turnaround and post time. And they have simple, direct, old-fashioned controls. Other cameras have a little of that control philosophy, but none to my knowledge have it down as nicely. Dedicated (and labeled) EV comp, shutter, and depending on the lens Aperture too... they're a joy to shoot with. ISO a function button away. Perfectly clean files up to 3200.
What the Fuji's do NOT have that a guy in your line of work might want is weather sealing, massive shot count-per-battery-charge, or dslr-speed auto focus. The weather sealing is just something you have to be careful of, and it's never bugged me. Battery issue is best solved with 3 or 4 aftermarket $30 batteries. Auto fucus speed is only an issue if you're used to dslr speeds, hence me mentioning it. Depending on the lens attached, the Fujis pretty much focus perfectly quickly enough to do anything but capture sports action. But the Nikons are much faster at it.
Summary on the Fujis: Magically delicious sensor, hand-in-glove user controls, the first camera you won't HAVE to shoot in raw.
edit: But the video is pretty so-so on them...