Me & the missus spent the day in Sheffield yesterday, she was shopping & I was wandering around with my camera.
Having parked our car at Meadowhall we caught the tram in, we find it a lot easier this way & of course being 'old gits' we can use our bus passes!!
Anyway after having breakfast/brunch (it was 11.15am) from one of the many eateries in the market we parted & went our separate ways, as we always do as I don't do shopping, no way.
So after several hours we met back up for a coffee & a catch up, then we went our seperate ways again.
For me it was a great day to be out with a camera, albeit a tad too bright on this glorious sunny day, summer is here for the weekend!!
Again a few hours passed & we met up again this time for a sarnie & another drink plus the obligatory visit to the toilet, which is a fact of life when you are in your mid sixties & a bummer too (excuse the pun)!!
From this last pit stop we set off back to Meadowhall & the car to drop any shopping off & deposit my now heavy camera bag.
Then we went into Meadowhall for a quick visit, I totally hate shopping malls, plus you cannot use your camera, not that there is anything worth snapping in these places!!
Again we said our goodbyes & said we would meet up in an hour outside the M&S stores exit to the carpark & off we went.
Apologies for this long intro which has very little to do with this posts title.
I knew where I wanted to go whilst here at Meadowhall, I was going to Jessops whilst I had the chance.
Because so many people here on the Wam use Fuji mirrorless cameras I have wanted for a long time to try out the X-T2, XPro2 & the XT-20 & see what I thought of them.
So I found Jessops, I should mention whilst I remember that I had left my camera stuff in the car, I entered Jessops & straight away thought that it must be some sort of Jessops gathering of shop floor staff, the small shop was wall to wall Jessops assistants, way way to many IMHO.
I was approached by a young girl & I explained that I wanted to try out these three cameras & was then passed on to a seemingly more experienced male assistant.
So eventually I get to try all three of them out & I loved the XT-2 & the XPro2 but the XT-20 was a bit small for my hands.
In brief then because these cameras although removed from their security stalks were still tethered by a short security cable so I couldn't really handle them that well
XT-2
I came away from Jessops not liking the Jessops experience at all & will probably repeat this try out at Dales Photographic in Leeds asap.
I also came away thinking that if the XPro1 had an adjustable dioptric I would be a happy bunny & probably wouldn't think about upgrading my Fuji XPro1 at all!
Also aware that this was a very limited try out, really need to have the XT-2 & XPro2 for a day or two to really put them through there paces.
But having done this very limited 'try out' I can truly appreciate just how good this 2012 XPro1 is & even though I might think of upgrading to another Fuji mirrorless I know for sure that this XPro1 of mine is a keeper as long as it is working. On that note I have just had a thought, do Fuji have cameras in & do a refurb or is that just wishful thinking on my part!!
Now I need to find out what dioptric I need so that I can replace the one in my faithful old XPro1.
Apologies for this lengthy tale.
Cheers,
willie g
Having parked our car at Meadowhall we caught the tram in, we find it a lot easier this way & of course being 'old gits' we can use our bus passes!!
Anyway after having breakfast/brunch (it was 11.15am) from one of the many eateries in the market we parted & went our separate ways, as we always do as I don't do shopping, no way.
So after several hours we met back up for a coffee & a catch up, then we went our seperate ways again.
For me it was a great day to be out with a camera, albeit a tad too bright on this glorious sunny day, summer is here for the weekend!!
Again a few hours passed & we met up again this time for a sarnie & another drink plus the obligatory visit to the toilet, which is a fact of life when you are in your mid sixties & a bummer too (excuse the pun)!!
From this last pit stop we set off back to Meadowhall & the car to drop any shopping off & deposit my now heavy camera bag.
Then we went into Meadowhall for a quick visit, I totally hate shopping malls, plus you cannot use your camera, not that there is anything worth snapping in these places!!
Again we said our goodbyes & said we would meet up in an hour outside the M&S stores exit to the carpark & off we went.
Apologies for this long intro which has very little to do with this posts title.
I knew where I wanted to go whilst here at Meadowhall, I was going to Jessops whilst I had the chance.
Because so many people here on the Wam use Fuji mirrorless cameras I have wanted for a long time to try out the X-T2, XPro2 & the XT-20 & see what I thought of them.
So I found Jessops, I should mention whilst I remember that I had left my camera stuff in the car, I entered Jessops & straight away thought that it must be some sort of Jessops gathering of shop floor staff, the small shop was wall to wall Jessops assistants, way way to many IMHO.
I was approached by a young girl & I explained that I wanted to try out these three cameras & was then passed on to a seemingly more experienced male assistant.
So eventually I get to try all three of them out & I loved the XT-2 & the XPro2 but the XT-20 was a bit small for my hands.
In brief then because these cameras although removed from their security stalks were still tethered by a short security cable so I couldn't really handle them that well
XT-2
- Chunky well made feel to it, as the XPro1 has.
- Larger control buttons.
- Toggle switch
- Adjustable dioptric
- Better specs etc (although I didn't get to see/use these because of lack of time etc).
- Loud clunky sound when pressing the shutter release button (not there on the XPro1).
- Other stuff probably but not enough time or freedom of movement to discover.
- Doesn't have that chunky well made feel to it, as the XPro1 or the other two have.
- Small control buttons.
- Toggle switch
- Adjustable dioptric (although I found it harder to adjust because the dial is so close to the viewfinder).
- Better specs etc (although I didn't get to see/use these because of lack of time etc).
- Too small in the hand for me.
- Loud clunky sound when pressing the shutter release button (not there on the XPro1).
- Other stuff probably but not enough time or freedom of movement to discover.
- Chunky well made feel to it, as the XPro1 has.
- Larger control buttons.
- Toggle switch
- Adjustable dioptric
- Better specs etc (although I didn't get to see/use these because of lack of time etc).
- View finder more to my liking being closer to the XPro1.
- Loud clunky sound when pressing the shutter release button (not there on the XPro1).
- Other stuff probably but not enough time or freedom of movement to discover.
I came away from Jessops not liking the Jessops experience at all & will probably repeat this try out at Dales Photographic in Leeds asap.
I also came away thinking that if the XPro1 had an adjustable dioptric I would be a happy bunny & probably wouldn't think about upgrading my Fuji XPro1 at all!
Also aware that this was a very limited try out, really need to have the XT-2 & XPro2 for a day or two to really put them through there paces.
But having done this very limited 'try out' I can truly appreciate just how good this 2012 XPro1 is & even though I might think of upgrading to another Fuji mirrorless I know for sure that this XPro1 of mine is a keeper as long as it is working. On that note I have just had a thought, do Fuji have cameras in & do a refurb or is that just wishful thinking on my part!!
Now I need to find out what dioptric I need so that I can replace the one in my faithful old XPro1.
Apologies for this lengthy tale.
Cheers,
willie g
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