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Rennie

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  1. Hey folks, I think I've uncovered the root of this freezing issue, and I don't think it's the cards or the batteries. First, I'll give you my conclusion and then I'll go through how I arrived at my opinion in case you want to examine by bro science. LOL My conclusion: the freezing is caused by power-on and wake-up activity being incomplete. That is to say that the only time I can get my X-T2 to freeze in testing is when it is coming out of powersave mode (waking up) or when I have just turned it on. I bought my X-T2 brand new the first week of shipping. I got the kit with the 18-55, three NP-W126 batteries, the vertical grip and a 35f2 lens. It started freezing on me when I was shooting street type stuff, which I typically do without the battery grip, with either my 35f2 or 18f2 lens and usually in continuous (CL) mode and electronic shutter (ES). The card in slot 1 is a Sandisk 32GB Extreme Plus HC1 U3 Class 10. To remove variables I did all of the following, trying to replicate the freezing problem: - Captured to Slot 1 and Slot 2, moving the card to keep that consistent. - Captured to Slot 1 and Slot 2 using a slower card (Kingston 32GB Class 10 U1) to see if that could be an issue. - Varied the shutter speeds and aperture and ISO settings. - Varied the drive modes and shutter type (ES, MS, CH, CL S etc) - Shot with and without the vertical grip. - Shot with different batteries in the camera (when shooting without the grip) - Shot with a low battery and a full battery and with Boost mode on and off. - Shot with different lenses (I know, shouldn't matter, but they do interact with the camera during capture) - Shot with different power management modes and shot when camera was fully "awake" and then it was waking up or powering up. Results: This is of course my non-expert, non-scientific opinion but I'm convinced that the only time the X-T2 freezes (at least my sample) is when it has just been powered up (like, in the first 1-3 seconds) or when it is in the midst of coming out of powersave mode--again the first 1-3 seconds approximately. I could not get the X-T2 to freeze or lock up on me when it was fully powered on/woken up for at least 4-5 sec. When I think about this in the context of my shooting, it fits. When I'm on the street I'll often have the camera powered off, or it has gone into powersave mode. I suddenly see "a decisive moment" :-) and all in one swift motion, pull the camera up, flipping the power on or tapping the shutter release as I go, and begin capturing. I realize now that this happens in just 1 to 2 seconds sometimes and I believe this simply does not provide the camera enough time to be fully operational and so it freezes. Whether it's hardware or software I can't say, but the X-T2 needs a few seconds to get going. Once it's going however it captures perfectly in any mode with no issues whatsoever--again, my experience with my copy. About cards: I've seen some suggestions that not having the recommended card in slot 1 or not having fast enough cards is causing this freezing issue. Based on my testing, I would have to disagree. The only difference I noticed between my two cards is the length of time the light is flashing (and I'm waiting) while the camera is writing to the card after a burst of captures. I'm all for faster cards, don't get me wrong. I just don't think cards are causing the freezing issue. In fact, if I'm not mistaken, all digital cameras buffer to some sort of hardware memory first, and then write to the storage media. If this is true, then the camera is not even interacting with the card during capture. My advice: If you shoot street, any kind of event, sports or anything requiring quick reaction/response: 1. Leave the camera powered ON, and 2. Set the power management options in your settings to OFF. If battery life is your concern, get the battery grip or get some more batteries. I also set the EVF to eye sensor mode which can help conserve some battery depending on how you hold and carry your X-T2. Hope this helps! Rennie
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