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I know its a weird comparison, cost aside, let's say even ignore the lenses. Anyone have any first hand experiences of both cameras?
Thought you sold your Fuji kit as not doing what you wanted?I know its a weird comparison, cost aside, let's say even ignore the lenses. Anyone have any first hand experiences of both cameras?
The Sony is a bucket of state of the art goodies, that you may never need or get your mind around in a practical way.
Is there something in specific your wanted to know?
I know there are fair amount of people who have swapped in both directions.
I too owned Fuji at one point but I never really got along with the system.
Thought you sold your Fuji kit as not doing what you wanted?
View attachment 106518 What do you want to know?
100% fuji for travel. The weight saving and speed of use alone would make me pick it.
AF with adapters is hit and miss with metabones, not bad but no where like native lenses. Agree with the raw processing though, Fuji files seem to take twice as long as A7rii files. Fuji jpegs are nice though if you don't plan on shooting raw
AF with adapters is hit and miss with metabones, not bad but no where like native lenses. Agree with the raw processing though, Fuji files seem to take twice as long as A7rii files. Fuji jpegs are nice though if you don't plan on shooting raw
Going to Japan later in the year, I am being a pixel snob and want more MP for my photos. I contemplated taking the Canon but this trip I am moving about a lot and the X-T2 would be good for this and would be perfect if it has built in GPS as I like to geo tag all the photos as i go along across Japan.
Also, I want to shoot a bit of video too so the X-T2 and A7R2 would be better too. Because of the stabilisation the A7R2 wins in this and also means I may not need a tripod at all for the trip.
But then again, to shoot Time lapses, the Fuji is easier…...
Nope, I sold the F2 lenses but have all the fast primes and 2 bodies. The Fuji is basically my day to day camera.
I've owned both, both have strengths and weaknesses.
The Fuji XT-2 is a cheaper and smaller setup overall when paired with the Fujinon lenses.
The AF and general body responsiveness is better than the Sony A7RII but that doesn't make the Sony less accurate, its AF acquisition is quick.
If you the best possible IQ then the A7RII easily outperforms the XT-2 with its massive 42.2mp RAW files and too end glass.
Both could easily be used for travelling, guess it depends if you need the highest IQ possible with putting up with the more weighty package.
Marvellous place, although it will have changed beyond all recognition since I was last there. Japan was the place that launched my career - back in 1976 there weren't many Europeans travelling to Japan other than high flying execs. My photographs on Kodachrome 64 sold all over the world and continued to do so until royalty free started to come on the scene. The contrasts are incredible. Kyoto is a must, as are the highlands. In the intervening years they have had a catastrophic earthquake that flattened Kobe, a nuclear reactor disaster and tidal wave........the economic climate will have changed and so too has the dress code. Americans are quite prevalent now, more so than they were.
You will love it.
Don't miss the bullet rain - utterly amazing experience to travel on.
From what I have seen, the Fuji gives nothing away in the finished picture stakes - detail is amazing. What are you going to do with the pictures afterwards? Print them to 6 foot across? or A3 max?
Getting the JR pass before you go?, your itinerary is nearly the same as my son who went earlier this year- 2nd time he has been. He skipped Mt Fuji this time, think he said you need a full day for it,IIRC
What lenses do you plan on using on Fuji? Because unless you shoot really slow pancake kit zoom and couple others I don't think you'll really save much on weight.
If you want small APS-C mirrorless set up, I suggest Sony APS-C or even canon eos-m. And if you are interested in video A6500 has the nicest video quality.
The Fuji primes practically weigh next to nothing.
Fuji 35mm 1.4 187g.
Canon 35mm 1.4 760g
Sigma 35mm 1.4 665g
In fact since we are doing a XT2 vs. A7RII lets compare a few...
- Body: 507g vs. 600g
- 18-55mm vs. 28-70mm kit lenses: 300g vs. 295g
- 16-55mm/2.8 vs. 24-70mm/4: 655g vs. 426g (no stabilization on fuji)
- 10-24mm vs 16-35mm: 410g vs. 518g
- 23mm/2 vs. 35mm/2.8: 180g vs. 120g/80g (depending on which make you buy, no stabilization on fuji)
- Sony doesn't have a 35mm f/2 AF equivalent as Raymond pointed out (very annoying!!)
- You already compared the 50mm equivalents
- Fuji 56mm/1.2 vs 85mm/1.8: 405g vs. 370g/475g (depending on make, no stabilization on fuji)
These came to mind... not much of weight saving on Fuji. They have fast lenses but that also makes them heavier.
But there are of course some slower lighter lenses on fuji. That's why I asked OP which lenses they wanted to buy/carry/use.
I was making a general comparison. I didn't know your exact situation.
But a fuji 56/1.2 on APS-C is equivalent to canon 85/1.8 or sony 85/1.8 on FF and not 85/1.2. You will never get f/1.2 equivalent DoF with fuji.