IRIDIENT DEVELOPER ON DUAL DISPLAYS MANUAL

The X-Pro2 was many orders of magnitude better than the X-Pro1 it replaced, and additional manual controls were added like the ISO dial that completed the retro Leica-like feel of the camera. The camera was fast and RAW support was very good on day one, but some experienced a minor reset bug that Fujifilm addressed relatively quickly via a firmware update. The Fujifilm X-Pro2 launch went much smoother than the X-Pro1 launch. The X-Pro1 certainly attracted a lot of Leica fans like me, and built a loyal following for Fujifilm, but many lapsed fans wonder how the X-Pro2 compares to the M. Yet, along the way, Fujifilm continued to support all of their cameras with firmware updates that drastically improved performance in some cases even though many X-Pro1 owners never got to see the improvements, which Fujifilm is now notorious for. Many loved the X-Pro1, but abandoned it for Fujifilm’s rapidly developing X camera line-up, which included a lot of great rangefinder-like cameras before the X-Pro2’s release. It was the first great rangefinder-style camera with great glass and a good modern sensor that provided a unique look, which is something people love about Leica. Leica never had any competition that succeeded, until the X-Pro1 came along. I have written a bit about my hopes and dreams for the digital M on Leicarumors if you are interested, but today the M is somewhat unique. It was an excellent, but flawed, camera at the time and it made me yearn for a better digital M. They only feel ever so slightly different due to the materials used to build them.īeyond 35mm Fujifilm film I never paid much attention to Fujifilm as a company, until the original Fujifilm X-Pro1 which I quickly preordered along with the launch line-up of lenses, because it reminded me of my Leica M. The Fujifilm has a lot more bells and whistles for a fraction of the price, and a photographer can choose to limit their use if they like to have a very Leica M-like shooting experience. So, how does the Fujifilm X-Pro2 fit? If you saw the pictures I published, you can clearly see how similar, almost identical, the cameras are in design. The only way a Leica is like a Ferrari is that most owners won’t learn to fully utilize them and the only Leica’s that can claim to be Rolex-like are older Leica’s like the M3 because, beyond the rangefinder and dials, modern M’s are not very mechanical. For some, Leica is a status symbol like a Ferrari or Rolex, only to be admired from afar, but it is my belief that this is the result of very misguided marketing. It is weird to critically think about the irrational purchase of such an expensive camera as new digital models are released, but if you grew up with a Leica in your life it is very hard to let go of the brand. I am one of the lucky few to have grown up with Leica.

Iridient developer on dual displays