After a long strange trip of changing camera systems since I first tried to go with the Fuji system back in April 2014, I found myself back with Fuji. I had decided last year that the Fuji X-T1 and XF lenses were not fast enough for the way I shot weddings, so I moved away from them. A little over a year later, I heard about the firmware 4 update and decided to give Fuji another shot.
The first real test was a 2-day Indian Wedding in Huntington Beach, CA (Day 1) and Irvine, CA (Day 2) in mid-July of this year. I'm not going to lie, it was a pretty challenging shoot - the ceremony on day 1 was in the middle of the day in hard sunlight and 85 degree heat. Not the worst situation ever, but challenging for sure. The reception was pretty dimly lit, and knowing that the ISO capabilities of the X-T1 aren't the greatest, I had to make sure my ISO setting was no higher than 1600 and my flash was firing at 1/16th, sometimes 1/8th. In post, there was noise but I cleaned it up in LR using the luminance slider (which I tried to use as little as possible).
Not having burst flash mode hurts, but it's not the end of the world. I actually feel it makes you a better photographer because you have to time things much better than you would with a DSLR. Would I like burst flash mode on the X-T1? Of course. Is it usable at a wedding without it? Absolutely.
Below is a link to the shots I got with my X-T1 that day, if anyone wants to see. They are color corrected and touched up a little bit for noise as I mentioned below but are otherwise unretouched. I had also used a Nikon D750 for some of the heavy lifting because I wasn't sure how the Fuji would perform. At the end of the day, I was happy with the way things turned out and the client loved the shots, which is the most important thing.
Link - http://brianfletcherphotography.pixieset.com/tariniandbrian-fuji/
Gear used:
Fuji X-T1 with battery grip
XF 23mm
XF56mm
XF90mm
XF50-140mm
