Fuji X Pro 2 review – a Leica killer. Also a surprisingly capable Super 35mm cinema machine? | Andrew Reid (EOSHD)
Leica are really going to after pro video shooters with the SL. Meanwhile RED are persuading medium format photographers to use a 6K Dragon or Weapon. A gap in the space/time continuum captain?! Step forward the next specialised tool to turn camera-chameleon: the Fuji X Pro2. As we know, a chameleon is a slow moving old-world lizard with long extensible tongue and large protruding eyes (reminds me of someone). The Fuji X Pro2 is no longer a slow moving lizard, rather a more rapid reptile hot footing across the desert Mad Max style. The comparisons with a Leica M are inevitable with this camera… For stills the X Pro 2 is extremely special. It is of course better than a Leica, it strips away all the obsolete mechanical parts! (I am only half joking). It’s cheaper, lighter, faster but just as nice to shoot with as the legendary rangefinder in terms of feel and optics. It’s even pretty close for build quality considering the gap, no, gulf in price……
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