My personal take on making the switch from Canon.

[larsdaniel]

I have used quite some effort to to put my story down in pictures and writing. Hope it will be of interest for some.

http://larsdaniel.com/2016/06/09/switching-from-canon-to-fuji/

 

Thanks for reading. :-)

[Dook]

I'm still using Canon for most of my commercial work and I have XE2 for fun. 

Great and very informative article. Thanks for writing it! It will surely help me make some decisions.

Edited June 26, 2016 by Dook

[aceflibble]

Yeah, sounds about like what I experienced. Got the X100S and after that thought right, to hell with it, going to make the switch. Only I have no love for the EVF—I liked it at first, but I've come to find the rear screen is simply better for me in every single circumstance—and I have ended up not selling all of my previous gear, 'cause tethering with Fuji still doesn't work anywhere near as well as I'd like it, and for some work the colour and high frequency details needs to be more accurate than Fuji allows.

As far as tethering with the Pro2 and T2 goes, indeed there is no plan for the Pro2 to ever get tethering. Perhaps after the T2 gets it they'll fit it back into the Pro2, but right now, that's not the plan. The T2 should have tethered support like the T1, i.e. technically it will work but it still won't be as good as it can be with something like Canon, Nikon, Sony, Mamiya, etc.
You're right in your assumption that tethering simply isn't a priority for Fuji. The fact of the matter is that Fuji's priority market is Japan and a few other parts of Asia, where their products sell well as 'lifestyle' cameras. They're a fashion statement and something people buy to upgrade their 'selfies'. They're not being used in studios over there. Also, tethering isn't used much in studios there, either. Yes, you can point to a few examples of Japanese pros using tethering, but it's not the standard practice and it's far from a significant enough proportion of users for Fuji to sink time & money into developing further. So you've got a system not made for studio, for a market which doesn't use tethering much... no wonder Fuji don't really care to sort it out. Other brands like Canon, Nikon, and Sony, support tethering more because they generally either have a better and longer history of making digital cameras for regions outside of Asia, or in the case of Sony, because they're a wider, more global company and they stopped prioritising Japan a long time ago, for all their products. Fuji don't have that kind of history with digital cameras and the rest of the world. They still adhere to what Japan wants, primarily. See also: poor video support, colour reproduction optimised for Asian skin tones, inability to fully turn off noise reduction, etc.

[AshtonStan]

Great write up and very similar to my findings as well! My biggest gripe coming from the Canon camp is the loss of a decent tethering solution and why I still rent DSLR and MFD systems when the gig calls for it.

 

The XT-1 does work well enough in a pinch with the LR plugin, but I'd really like to see support for all the cameras (which is a lofty dream) and maybe tether support with CaptureOne too.

 

My hope is that those selected X Photographers are making it clear that tether support is very important to good number of their shooters.