Bravo Fuji!

Leafing through the various camera forums, so the perception of Fuji cameras is quite ambivalent. In this review, I would like to describe some of my reasons why I have decided after a long odyssey through various camera types and brands eventually but for this camera. Who does not want to read the history can just scroll a little! :)
The review does not claim to a complete treatise of all specifications, but tries herauszudeuten the main points in my eyes.

Originally I had various Canon cameras (40D, 550D, 50D, 5D and 5DII), which, however, in spite of full-frame and the associated benefits clearly were difficult to me gradually. My whole equipment weighed no less than 10kg. The image quality of 5dII is still hard to beat in my eyes today, but the smuggling spoiled my increasingly the pleasure of photographing. I started by lighter and more portable solutions to search and ended up with a Fuji X100. The Fuji x100 allowed me henceforth great pictures in the best APS-C quality wonderfully geringerm weight. Autofocus was of course anything but sport Suitable as this, however, less one of my photographic preferences, I got along well with this shortcoming. What was serious was the fact that the focal length was not reversible, so I still came up against limits gradually. With a heavy heart I sold the x100 and launched a short expedition into the MFT stock. The Om-D had it done to me, with its retro design and outstanding for this class of camera image quality. Furious faster autofocus, a great range of lenses with excellent imaging characteristics and a weight equipment that even after 5h hike not negatively noticed. Why am I writing now but a review about the X-Pro and not the OM-D?
I never had the impression to use a camera, but a gadget that gave me beautiful pictures at MFT. The fun was gradually lost, as I seemed to me more like a clipper and not like someone who wants to seriously ambitious and operate a camera in spite of great pictures. Of course this is highly subjective, but should this point for some play a role. MFT is a powerful system, but it was not suitable for me. I wanted a certain slowing down, I wanted to be a plus to feel, I wanted a viewfinder and an EVF in a housing, I wanted great image quality at an acceptable weight. And I wanted to Retro Design :)
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WHY SO FUJI?

The Fuji united in my view these attributes in a way that is unmatched. At least if you do not want to plunge into the price range of the Leica and Hasselblad cameras. Despite the solid construction that Fuji is amazingly light and still fits with the handle in a small camera bag. The lenses, which I have so far, are also tactile dream and built of durable material. I have this property in the MFT lenses (which visually are very good!) Top searches in vain. Visually, I've experienced no disappointments: 18f2, 35f1.4 and 60f2.4 supply from a superior in my eyes image quality in combination with the Fuji sensor.

The lens range of the X-Mount is currently still manageable and can in no way compete with the long established on the market as major manufacturers Canikon, Pentax or Sony. Just certain specialty lenses such as T / S lenses or fish eyes are still in short supply. However, for me everything is what your heart desires and your wallet is willing to pay. Long telephoto lenses can also search in vain, but the Fuji are anyway rather unsuitable for wildlife photography because of the relatively slow occurring auto focus. This bastion of DSLRs will not soon fall. But who photographed portraits and landscapes, which I can highly recommend the Fuji system! Especially with the outstanding, but previously announced objectives and the ambitious amateur will be happy.

Are there any downsides? Well, the biggest is probably the more leisurely, but accurate autofocus. He is likely to be for some the KO criterion. It should also be noted that the camera has certain "peculiarities", to which one must get involved. Especially the EXR-control and the Auto ISO require quite a bit of theoretical understanding and manual labor. Nevertheless, the Fuji is much faster for me to use as my example, OM-D, which is probably due to the size and the haptic advantages associated.

The picture quality is beyond doubt. The Fuji fans attest her a picture quality that beats current KB cameras themselves. Of this there is no question, at least in terms of high ISO and the then prevailing levels of detail. The D800 (and also the 5dIII) delivers to my experience and my comparison pictures but a little more detail. However, Fuji put the APS-C competition in the bag and can with the current miniature models quite keep up. The low noise is clearly emphasized, the colors are already one of the great strengths of Fuji cameras. The exemption of a small image sensor reaches the Fuji course, due to the physical obstacles do not, but that is likely to be well known. Those who want a performance that quite scratches on the threshold of Klei image (and not to the same 2800 invesieren in a camera), which is the X-Pro is highly recommended!

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+ High-quality lenses in the system that is still in the construction stage
+ Feel a dream, finally a "real" camera
+ Hybrid Viewfinder
+ Operation by wheels outstanding
+ Image quality, though a certain difference in High ISO and attention to detail is really noticeable on KB-level
+ Fuji consistently provides firmware updates and responds to customer feedback
+ In my opinion the best compromise between size, design and picture quality

o Price-performance is not excellent, but acceptable.
o Battery life not on DSLR-level, but also acceptable

- Autofocus slowly, sometimes very slowly
- Operation in all the subtleties requires deeper exploration of the camera

Conclusion: Fuji has taken a big hit. The X-Pro is not a camera for everyone, but for one or the other, they may be the right thing. Priced "saves" one against miniature cameras and the inevitably required high-end optics a little, for APS-C levels, the EIA but quite ambitious. My advice as always: Look around for used cameras. Many soon lose the enthusiasm about this camera because they do some work from the owner requests, and swing to the usual solutions around. If the Fuji 1000 good value? Yes!

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Update 2 for weddings:
My enthusiasm is a bit clouded: The reason is primarily the autofocus.
The Fuji tends unfortunately to, but next to it to access something often under artificial light. Other AF assist lights lead the AF of Fuji often astray. Undoubtedly, this is a somewhat unusual situation that however at weddings is more common than the inclined Fotofreund like. Other cameras can clearly better (my Nikon D700 and the OMD), Fuji should really make improvements here! An adaptation of the AF target does not improve, so you have to live with this feature, willy-nilly. Remarkably, the AF is concerned mainly with the lenses 18mm and 35mm, so the lenses of the first generation. The new 14mm lens is not much faster, but certainly more accurate, as the two zooms, I had a trial basis in use. All in all, this is a limitation that has led me to a star deduction.
The picture quality is still excellent, but the autofocus borderline and only suitable for special applications such as portrait and landscape, moving people are difficult lighting conditions hardly "to grab".