DeeDee Stills

I'm a stills photographer on film sets and typically take 1,800 to 2,200 shots per day, which is typically 600 to 700 images 3 to 5 at a time. I do that with four batteries, most of which are after-market. The actual Fuji batteries give me more shots but the cheapies do fairly well. Getting about 100 shots per battery is a bit unusual, especially if it applies to both of your XT-2 bodies. All I can think is that you're doing bursts of ten or twenty over and over again, which would be your highest source of drain. With groups of three to five, even a one-to-three-second recovery between groups seems to be enough to keep going. You may find that restricting. I know that with my Nikons I never worried about limiting the length of my bursts. I presume you've talked to Fuji about it. Cheers! dd

On set (I'm a stills photographer) I shoot on average 2,200 shots per 10-hour day, and heat buildup has never been an issue. My X-Pro2 did get warm under the same demands, and the X-T2 is cooler. Neither camera got so hot as to need shutting down. I keep the eye sensor on but rely on the LCD a lot, since we often shoot from low angles or hold the camera over the movie camera's matt box where it would be impossible to look through the viewfinder. I think the "S" battery does makes a difference, but more than that for heavy continuous shooting with the XT2 I suggest using the battery base, especially for video. That also gives you a headphone port.

Happened twice now. The first time I couldn't even turn the camera off, and an image was stuck on the screen. I popped the battery out for a minute and it reset. Fuji says there may be a problem with Lexar cards, and directed me to software for formatting them on a laptop before using them in an XT2. https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/ I've done that, so now we will see if it happens again. Hope not! Missed a critical shot on set because of it. Here's a link re card compatibility: http://www.fujifilm.com/support/digital_cameras/compatibility/card/x/ If it's not the cards (and it may be) then I think it's a firmware glitch which can be fixed with an update. The problem has never happened with my X-Pro2. I LOVE my X-T2. It's the body I use it the most for work (stills photographer). If this gets resolved, I'm buying a second.

14mm f2.8. Bought it to shoot Paris with, hardly used it. Not wide enough to make a difference! Used my 18-55 for pretty much all of it. It's magnificently free of distortion and all that, lovely well-built lens but just not me. My fault, not the lens. For sale. Looking for 12mm instead. Dreaming....

I use an X-Pro2 on movie sets, where light levels are generally ridiculous these days. I never use the focus assist lamp, obviously (I would be asked to step off if it ever came on) and in fact have black tape over it just to be sure. When it's really bad, I get one shot in three. I just accept that. Some lenses are better than others. No system is perfect. Frankly my Nikons were no better locking in low light. I'm hoping the X-T2 will be better at AF but my guess it's the same engine different chassis. Still buying one! Love the X-Pro2, limits and all, looking forward to the X-T2.

I love my X100T, used its lots for behind-the-scenes and during tight takes on film sets. Put 32,000 shots on it. Then I got my X-Pro2. Haven't used the X100T since. Still think it's a fabulous camera, but work-wise the 24 meg chip and onboard processor are a whole different level, and most movie studios now expect a minimum 21 meg image for production/publicity stills. (It's a silly limit, I know.) I still carry the X100T as a spare in my bag, but once the X-T2 comes out I will buy one and use it plus the X-Pro2 in my stills kit. All that said, the X100T is one of the best cameras ever created, period. If you want to shoot street, it's hard to beat.

Peter Gabriel, I use my X-Pro2 all day shooting stills on film sets, and the images from my 35mm f2 are tack sharp wide open, close focus distant focus and everything in between. Maybe trying a camera, with an unknown history of messing with the controls, at a camera store is not the best test. I shoot 1200 to 1500 images a day on set, and when I chuck out stuff it's because the actors blinked, were doing strange things with their faces or they moved and are blurry; but rarely focus. The quality off the 24 meg chip is vastly superior to my 16meg X100T, which I haven't used at all on set since getting the X-Pro2. Lovely camera but simply not as good. But so darned cute I can't let go! All my other Fuji lenses are equally excellent, especially the 18-55 OIS and the 50-140 OIS, and my 14mm f2. These are workhorses; I use them in stupidly low light conditions (typically ISO 1600 to ISO 3200, 1/60th wide open) and the focus success is far greater than I ever got with my Nikons. I have no hesitation about recommending the system, and look forward to adding the XT-2 when it arrives, which it surely will.