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  1. Well I hope it stays that way. Just rattled off about 200 shots to try to replicate and couldn't get it to happen (thankfully). Another wedding this weekend will report back. Hopefully Fuji reads this and starts acknowledging an issue.
  2. I've shot one full wedding (about 1500 images) and a few portrait sessions with the Xpro2 as well as playing around with it a ton since I got it day one. I haven't had this issue one time. I know that it's a issue for some of you but just wanted to give a heads up that I think it might be a batch not all the cameras. For reference tracking this my serial number starts with 61A0
  3. No problem. I switched from Canon to Fuji in Sep / Oct 2014 and have shot about 40 weddings with Fuji since then. Primarily X-T1 bodies, supplemented by an X100T on the days I'm feeling like it. In that time my two most used lenses are definitely the 23mm f/1.4 and the 56 f/1.2. Hands down these two lenses are on a body for 75% of a wedding day at least. If I had to choose two lenses, for me it's an easy choice. I can definitely shoot a whole day on those if I need to do it. From there it gets a bit trickier depends on the shoot, and honestly my mood. If I'm going to be in a dark church then I'll bring my 50-140 because the image stabilization means I can get and extra couple stops. If church light is not a concern (or it's an outdoor ceremony) I'll opt for the 90mm instead to save even more room / weight. I usually opt to put on the 18mm f/2. It's super light and small and I'm mostly using zone focus at that point so I'm not concerned with autofocusing speeds at that point of my day. And that lens has the hand focal distance scale in the lcd / viewfinder of the XT1. And then of course there's the 35mm. I love the images from it. Do I need it? Nope. But that doesn't stop me some days. And of, course as cug said - a lot is dependent on style / approach.
  4. For weddings if you work in places with bad lighting, I'd go with the 14 for the low light capabilities unless you really want the ultra-wide at 10mm. Of course I eventually traded my 14 in for the 16 for the same reason.
  5. It can definitely be disabled by turning it off in the "Screen Setup" menu, then "ImageDisplay" then choose one of the choices " continuous, 1.5 sec, .5 sec, or off" . The only reason I can think of that the X-T1 would still show a preview image after you'd disabled it is if you were trying to shoot without an SD card in the camera.
  6. I agree. For the price the 18-55 is a good addition to a bag but after using on about 10 weddings in my prep bag it's just lacking in some areas especially in poor light or back-lit situations. I now use it for group portraits and some documentary prep stuff, or at times during an outdoor ceremony. Optically it's a damn sharp lens (w/ the caveat of decent light)
  7. Four on camera bounce I use the i40 - I do think it's pretty underpowered for bouncing in most places though. But I usually use a two light set up on stands along with a third hand held (Yn-560-iv) once we get into the open fun party dancing. And believe it or not a lot of times I will put the Fuji away in favor of my Ricoh GR and that three light set up. The snap focus feature onthat camera is absolutely perfect for that kind of loose, fun dancing and it is sharp as hell.
  8. When the lights are dim and it's "party dancing" time I primarily use manual focus, albeit in a zone-focus type of way. But that works great for that time of the night. I primarily use the 18mm f/2 for that because it's light and wide.
  9. I've got one of the Fuji official mcex-16 extenders that I never use. If anybody is interested in it I probably sell it for $75 or so shipped.
  10. I've got one of the Fuji official mcex-16 extenders that I never use. If anybody is interested in it I probably sell it for $75 or so shipped.
  11. I use the 18mm f/2 usually. It focuses very close and doubles as a great, light party dancing lens once I'm using manual focus for zone focusing shooting.
  12. Well, here's my last 3 with Fuji. No one has complained about me missing key moments. In fact they've been saying the opposite. It all depends on style of shooting I suppose - I never was into rapid fire shooting even when I shot mostly w DSLRs. I can't fathom shooting in the way that some photographers do - shooting 7-10,000 images at a wedding. It's just not my style. Mine is much more of an "be there, be ready, anticipate, then click" approach. But I don't disregard that it works for some - to each his own. There are many different tools capable of producing fine images on a wedding day, just like there's many different photographers. http://www.ryandavisphotography.com/Featured-Weddings/Lily-Tito-Tampa-Destination-Wed/ http://www.ryandavisphotography.com/Featured-Weddings/Bethany-Tom-Mayne-Stage http://www.ryandavisphotography.com/Featured-Weddings/Tabatha-Shawn-Midway-Village Of course full disclosure I also use a Ricoh GR a lot when it comes to the "party dancing" because I like the look. And occasionally a Nikon D750 although not much these days - maybe a few shots here and there on those weddings from my second shooter.
  13. Well hey, that's why there's different options. Just because you do it one way doesn't mean another way isn't viable. To each his own. That said, I rarely shoot JPEG only, haha. Just for personal stuff.
  14. No argument needed. Never said I shot only JPEG. Memory is cheap so I always shoot RAW + Jpeg. But if I have it dialed in from there it can much faster to use the jpegs for processing and pull in the raw if I need them. Dynamic range is great on the raws, but in actual practice I use the dynamic range adjustments as an exception, not a rule....meaning the majority of images don't need a ton of it. And those jpegs have a lot of range too.
  15. It can be done. You need to be a bit more diligent on your exposures of course. Here's a few weddings where I used all Fuji jpegs, mostly w/ Classic Chrome simulation and Velvia for the dance party. http://www.ryandavisphotography.com/Featured-Weddings/Karen-Ryan-Blog/ http://ryandavisphotography.blogspot.com/2015/05/margaret-chris-rockford-wedding.html
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