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Haha! This was definitely a "can't see shit captain" lighting situation. In fact, I had to use a video light to identify which lens I was pulling out of my camera bag it was so dark!

I just shot a wedding last evening in the poorest lighting situation I've ever had. The Fuji focused normally...THEN the DJ turned down the lights even further. Let's say at f1.4 1/60th at 6400 ISO I was two-stops under. However, my wife was shooting her canon 6d and was having trouble with autofocus as well. As frustrating as it was, it's comforting to know that if a Fuji is going to struggle in low-light these days, it's not going to be any worse off than most other DSLRs.

Got the official 11mm Fuji extension tube. Decided that I wanted the OIS on my lenses to work when I needed it, plus guaranteed functionality with my lenses. Sure, I could have saved some money, but there's a lot to be said for peace-of-mind with your equipment.

I've recently purchased the 11mm extension tube to use with the 55-200mm fuji lens. That way I'd get OIS, plus, working distance, plus decent sharpness and magnification. Anyone else doing something like this?

Can anyone post some examples of their ring shots as well as the lens that they are using? I'm looking to have a decent distance from the rings so that I'm not creating shadows or having too extreme shallow DOF.

Ring shots? What does everyone use for those? I'm avoiding the 60mm because I have the 56 and only need macro for the rings. As of now I use a close-up lens on my 18-55 with so-so results. Anybody else?

You did a great job on this. You use the exact same lenses that I do too! Good to see I'm not the only one able to cover weddings with this kit. Well done!

Look, I'm not going to bash you for your opinion, but it is confusing to me while somebody would seek out a forum post dedicated to shooting wedding photography with Fuji gear only to tell people that Fuji cameras are incapable of shooting weddings. Particularly when it's been proven all over the world that this has and is being done.

There are many exercises and articles for keeping your passion for photography alive, from buying new gear, photographing different genres, looking at other art forms. I agree with the not-worrying approach. There is enough to worry about in life, and photography, while very enjoyable, can never fill personal voids that were designed to be filled by others.

Forums are excellent places for spineless people to exercise their superiority of opinion over other opinions. It's human nature at its finest.

I would argue that just because it can be done, doesn't mean it's worth the risk. Fuji Jpegs are wonderful, but when it comes to someone's critical life moments, I'm shooting RAW+JPEG at the very least. Film and RAW images are much more generous with dynamic range and white balance than jpegs.

Thanks. I went with the x-T10. I figured that I'd have quite a few shoots before even the rumored x-e2 update would even arrive. Might as well keep everything updated and go from there.

Okay, everyone. I'm really needing some help on this decision. Hopefully some of you can help with this decision process. Here we go: I am a part-time photographer shooting portraits and weddings.I own a Fuji XT1 and X-E2. I rarely use the X-E2 except for playing around with personal photos and as an emergency backup to the T1. Right now I'm trying to decide: Sell the X-E2 and buy another X-T1 (used). Sell the X-E2 and buy the X-T10 (new) Wait on the (rumored) X-E2 firmware update and hope it fixes things that I want to be fixed on the X-E2 (mainly, autofocus). My biggest gripes about the X-E2 are really its autofocus. I really blame the X-T1 for that, but I feel like I use the X-E2 less because I can't count on the autofocus at all times. I don't feel that the X-E2 autofocus is "terrible", but it's just nowhere near as good as the XT1 and (I assume) the X-T10. The other things are minor, but the stupid issue with not being able to preview the photos on the back of the X-E2 when using EVF only is annoying. Thoughts anyone? The goal is to make a change without spending too much money in the process. Either way, I'll assume that I have to spend something.

Not sure I agree. What makes a painted self-portrait less cheap and tacky? We all can deduce that the art masters did self portraiture as a way to learn their craft, but there's no proof that their motives were any less vain than today's selfie generation. It just so happens to be easier and more socially mainstream, which most creatives tend to shun.

Rembrandt took quite a bit of selfies. ;-)

What is very interesting in my experience is that when I upgraded, I had also reset my settings to factory as a precaution. I then shot with all of my lenses and thought: the focus doesn't seem much faster than the 3.x update. However, I was able to focus by candlelight, which was new. THEN, I realized that hadn't turned on High Performance because of the factory reset. THAT made a huge difference. My 35, 56, 55-200 and 18-55 acted like new and improved lenses. So my takeaway is that the 4.0 update not only improved everything on high performance, but it also brought the "non-high performance" performance up too.

My post title was misleading, I guess. I just wanted to see if there were any other Fuji fans here like myself who were attracted to Fuji gear but had no history with film. In was thinking that I was unusual for liking the cameras, since everywhere I read a blog post about the Fuji X system, the photographers were former film shooters.

This is going to sound weird, but the other day I decided to use the same camera and lens to do the same test with my son flying towards me on a scooter in the middle of the street with the 3.11 firmware just to compare it to the 4.0 when it came out. I shot CH and AF-C and guess what? 100 percent keepers. Not kidding. I was shocked. Maybe he wasn't moving fast enough? That test did make me realize that no matter what, a little practice can increase keepers. I haven't tested the 4.0 yet, but it sounds like there's no longer anything to worry about with AF-C.

I've shot several weddings with the XT1 with little to no issues. It's more about learning the camera. It's difficult to learn those nuances when you have one foot in the DSLR camp and another in the Fuji. Definitely play and learn your equipment before taking paid gigs. That goes with ANY equipment.

Nice photography! I think that I had a very similar experience. I rented an x100s to use as a second body and wider angle lens with my Canon 6D. I figured it would be a nice way to try out the fuji camera. I was completely blown away with what I got out of it. I couldn't believe the low-light ability of such a camera. After just 3 days, I ordered an X-E2 with the 18-55mm lens. I did some non-wedding work and was just floored at what I was getting. I never touched my Canon camera again. I shot the X-E2 for 3 months on smaller jobs and at that point had acquired the 35mm and the 56mm lens. By the next wedding I rented the X-T1 (for the better autofocus) and loved it so much that I BOUGHT the rental camera that I had, lol. I've shot Fuji ever since. The autofocus has not failed me on any critical moment in any lighting situation that my Canon wouldn't have struggled with. Looking forward to the FW 4.0 update to get even more goodness out of it. I can't think that I'd ever want to shoot another job with anything other than Fuji X cameras. They are that good.

Indeed! There is a rumored update to the X-E2 firmware coming in October/November of this year. I hope the autofocus gets a little boost. It's a great camera, and I use it as my personal camera and backup camera on professional jobs.

I'm right there with you on the X-E2. Although I came by way of already having several DSLRs, and to be honest, photography was getting boring for me and manual mode was NOT as fun to use as it was when I picked up the Fuji. I primarily shoot my professional work with my XT1, but the X-E2 has a special place in my heart that I can't explain. Love that camera!

I don't own the 18-135, but I've shot some really great shots with the very underrated 18-55mm. I was tempted to get the 18-135, but figured if I was going to go for more reach, why not just get the 55-200? I did, and the combination of both lenses not only gives me a faster aperture advantage, but also more reach. Yes, it's two lenses, but probably the only two you'd ever need for travel and casual shooting. The price for the 55-200 is already a steal, and the image quality is on par with other Fuji zooms.

I don't necessarily agree with this predictability, because I have a particular preference on trying to capture the emotions, gesture and expression of the bride and her father as they come down. Sometimes a bride will make an expression as she sees a friend, sometimes the father will look lovingly at his little girl as they walk. These moments and expressions won't be adequately captured I'm just pre-focused at some particular point. I'm not sure how you capture your weddings, but most of my clients BUY those "boringly predictable" shots, so my goal is to make sure I've got a good one and not just the one that lands in my pre-determined focus area.

Right. Well, considering that I can't tell the bride, "Sorry, I would have gotten the shot of you and your dad coming down the aisle, but the damn camera just wouldn't focus, because I was using a Fuji X camera with sub-par continuous focus" I think that I can justify complaining about it a little. Particularly because this was NEVER an issue for me with my Canon autofocus. That being said, I've learned a few things about continuous focusing with the XT1 on this forum and I am happy to say that I was clearly not using the camera properly in the first place. I no longer consider the XT1 to be "sub-par continuous focus" (even before FW 4). But I will say that there is a definite learning curve to using it compared to how DSLR continuous focus works. I would say that some forum members are much more helpful than others at figuring this out.