Gear, Photography, Technology
I bought a Fuji XT-1 mirror-less camera about a year ago after seeing it at the Photography Show 2014 in Birmingham. A number of things appealed to me about the camera – size, weight, the accessibility of the controls – to be honest, I did fall for the “feel” of the camera. Its also possible that I could not resist the idea of yet another gadget…

- The view finder: Having a viewfinder that shows exposure and depth of field real-time is a joy to use.
- Rear tilting screen: I don’t take many “discreet” shots – people usually know that I am taking a photo, but for those occasions, its fantastic
- ISO performance – its twice as good as the Canon 5D MK III.
- Colours and tone – this is very subjective, but to my eye, they are more pleasing than the results I previously had gotten with Canon
- Lens quality – On this, I would mark this as a draw with Canon.
- Size and weight – This is a biggie. The camera is incredibly light and Fuji’s X-Mount lenses are typically 50% of the size weight of their canon equivalents.
Battery life – oh boy…. Typically I get around 350 to 400 shots from a battery. And worse! The battery indicator sits at 100% till near the end when it falls of a cliff. I guess it depends on what you are used to, I was getting circa 2500 shots out of a battery on the 5D MK III
- Metering, Shooting mode and Exposure compensation dials – I keep changing these by accident and it can become annoying at times. I must admit that I am getting used to checking in the viewfinder, but still – something I would suggest Fuji change for MKII
- Card read/write speed – I need to play a little more with this, but it “feels” slower than I am used to on the Canon.
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