Nick Lukey
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Last weekend saw me shooting a local wedding, typically it was monsoon weather for the bride arriving and leaving church. All images shot with the Fuji Xt1 and X pro 1.
A Wet Wedding
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Hamish Gill
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Lovely stuff!! Nice b&w processing!
Is the xt1 any level of improvement over the pro at a wedding?
Is the xt1 any level of improvement over the pro at a wedding?
Nick Lukey
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Thanks Hamish
I think it's a different experience, yes it's an improvment in faster focus, the Evf on the XT1 is almost optical in quality, it's strange you feel your not looking at an electronic display. Having said that I shot a couple of hundred images on the X pro and shooting side by side, you can see the differences in speed, but the X pro is such a nice camera to use, it feels somewhat simpler to operate if that makes sense.
The X series has grown up a little with the XT, bringing near DSLR performance to a mirrorless camera. I fully expect the X Pro 2 to be equally as good if not better that the XT, especially with the organic sensor and my bet would be at least 24mp. I'm not sure given the quality of the EVF on the XT, that an optical finder is needed anymore, as most of the new large zooms don't work with an optical finder, but shoot a small fast prime using the optical finder is a great experience.
As much as I like the XT, the X pro still has that rangefinder feel, and is still a very capable camera. The firmware upgrades have made it much better than when it first launched. Personally both can shoot weddings all day long, but my trust on focus and speed is in the XT you will not miss a shot.
Nick Lukey
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A footnote
The Evf on the XT makes using old legacy lenses far easy to use than on the X pro, I've just got hold of a 200 f2.8 Canon fd lens and early testing on the XT using the mf functions on the camera, split image and pixel edge highlighting make manual focus a doddle. Some of the shots in church were shot with the diminutive zuiko 50 1.4 and it was lovely to use.
Pete Askew
Admin
Lovely stuff Nick and an interesting analysis. Thanks.
Julian de'Courcy
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Excellent work Nick
Tom Dunne
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Very nice selection Nick. Really like the one of the happy couple coming back down/up the isle. Also like the signing; the pastor steals the show as he/she tries to emulate the dress code of the image on the wall
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I did a wedding back in the seventies for a friend. At the reception in the big marquee afterwards I propped up the bar for a couple of hours and just as I was trying to regain some relationship with the perpendicular the groom came over and asked my if I would be happy to go up in a twin seater plane and take some aerial shots. No problem says I. And up we went in this boneshaker and within seconds my stomach reached a different plant and I asked the pilot to get me down, but not before I managed a few shots.
After landing, I got out of the cockpit, on to the wing and jumped off towards the front and the still spinning propeller. I ducked instinctively but was told by onlookers that my head had missed the propeller by inches. It haunts me to this day.
Never again.
.I did a wedding back in the seventies for a friend. At the reception in the big marquee afterwards I propped up the bar for a couple of hours and just as I was trying to regain some relationship with the perpendicular the groom came over and asked my if I would be happy to go up in a twin seater plane and take some aerial shots. No problem says I. And up we went in this boneshaker and within seconds my stomach reached a different plant and I asked the pilot to get me down, but not before I managed a few shots.
After landing, I got out of the cockpit, on to the wing and jumped off towards the front and the still spinning propeller. I ducked instinctively but was told by onlookers that my head had missed the propeller by inches. It haunts me to this day.
Never again.
Pete Askew
Admin
That gives me shivers just thinking about it Tom.
Love the link between the pastor and the wall plaque.
Love the link between the pastor and the wall plaque.
Nick Lukey
Well-Known Member
Very nice selection Nick. Really like the one of the happy couple coming back down/up the isle. Also like the signing; the pastor steals the show as he/she tries to emulate the dress code of the image on the wall
I did a wedding back in the seventies for a friend. At the reception in the big marquee afterwards I propped up the bar for a couple of hours and just as I was trying to regain some relationship with the perpendicular the groom came over and asked my if I would be happy to go up in a twin seater plane and take some aerial shots. No problem says I. And up we went in this boneshaker and within seconds my stomach reached a different plant and I asked the pilot to get me down, but not before I managed a few shots.
After landing, I got out of the cockpit, on to the wing and jumped off towards the front and the still spinning propeller. I ducked instinctively but was told by onlookers that my head had missed the propeller by inches. It haunts me to this day.
Never again.
Jesus talk about close shave!
Ivar Dahl-Larsen
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I can only say that your images here have very little to do with the tools albeit they help. It is the the camera man who does the job so excellently here. But the subjective information is also a help to the ones who ponder. Great work Nick. Oh by the way, Lofoten has been showing its best side
