Announced: | 07 Jul 2016 |
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Sensor Resolution: | 24Mp |
Sensor Type: | APS-C CMOS X-TRANS III |
ISO: | 200-12800 |
Weight: | 507g |
Physical Dimensions: | 133 x 92 x 49 mm |
Viewfinder: | Electronic |
Screen Type: | 3" Tilting |
Video Resolutions: | 3840 x 2160 |
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Fuji X-T2 is the mirrorless that most made the reflex cameras primacy tremble. It’s the model that made the purists of the digital cameras change their minds. Yes, because, especially at the beginning, the prejudice always was: why moving to a lighter camera that performs just a little better than a compact one?
Over time, it became clear that this preconception was totally baseless. And Fuji X-T2 significantly contributed to this, being a fully-fledged professional camera with a very elegant design. Right from its look, I’m going to start this review.
Compact, light, easy to handle and portable. These are the keywords defining perfectly the camera body of Fuji X-T2. Moreover, the structure in magnesium alloy gives a solidity feeling that is hard to find in simple compact cameras. A small tropicalized jewel, then. Weight is 507 grams and size in millimeters is 132.5x91.8x 49.2.
Fuji XT2 has two slots for SD compatible cards – SDHC, SDXC, UHS-I /UHS-II – with standard UHS-II, for fast writing mode.
The grip of Fuji X-T2 is not very graspable for big hands. It’s ok for small hands, though. In both cases, I would suggest a prosthetic grip.
Seen from the top, Fuji X-T2 shows aperture, ISO, Exposure and shooting mode rings. The first two rings have a lock/unlock button.
The 24.3 megapixel APS-C sensor (X-Trans CMOS III) is without low-pass filter, for image of extremely high quality. Together with fast X-Processor Pro, it guarantees wide color range and digital noise reduction even at high ISO.
With 325 points, the autofocus of Fuji X-T2 – unlike the first mirrorless AF, which had many limits – is precise and fast, thanks to a hybrid system of phase and contrast detection. With a joystick that rotates in 8 directions, you can quickly move the focus area on the image. This is a substantial improvement compared to Fuji X-T1, the previous model. Continuous autofocus, beside, mixes three parameters to get five preset modes that make you able to follow a subject during all its movements, even when it disappears and re-appears again!
The Oled viewfinder is electronic and its performance is very similar to optical viewfinders, while the three inches LCD display is rotatable upwards, downwards and to the right.
Burst mode of Fuji X-T2 is quite fast, with 8 frames per second that become 14 using Battery Power Boost VPB-XT2. The exposure measurement has a system based on four different modes. A note of credit goes to automatic white balance, which has very high quality.
Fuji X-T2 doesn’t have integrated flash, but in the box there’s a small external flash that can be mounted on the camera body.
The details in the image are amazing in the jpg already, with excellent color performance. RAWs are full of information. If you want to have fun with the film simulators of Fuji, this camera will give you lots of satisfactions, with several modes for big effects results without resorting to post-production.
Moving to video recording, Fuji X-T2 supports 4k, in addition to Full HD and HD. The performance is very good, with reduced digital noise, even at high ISO. As for the images, also videos can “be effected” with nine film filters that simulate a particular grain of celluloid. Excellent is the possibility to change the aperture and the shutter speed during recordings. Sadly, battery life is very limited, so I suggest you to buy a battery grip.
I found Fuji X-T2 very funny and performing. The first thing you notice is its contained size, its light weight and a portability not even to be compared with the efforts you make to carry a reflex around. The structure is not to be discussed: solid yet light.
Going back to performance, I can say that even in low light conditions and at high ISO, quality remains acceptable. The customization level makes you experiment a lot and it’s a quality that not every camera has.
Sadly, the two main flaws of Fuji X-T2 – but it’s not alone in the mirrorless segment – are the very short battery life and the limiting grip. Problems that can be solved with the additional “prosthesis”.
Who was Fuji X-T2 designed for? It’s a very versatile camera, excellent for street photography, as well as for reportages, portraits and studio photography. When it was launched, it was one of the best cameras in the mirrorless segment and, still today, Fuji X-T2 gives a hard time to fierce rivals like Sony Alpha 7R, Panasonic GH5 or Fuji X-T20.
The Fujifilm X-T2 is a mirrorless camera launched on 07/07/2016.
Technically speaking, the Fujifilm X-T2 ranks in the average of its category, scoring 62 overall. The Fujifilm X-T2 weights 507 gr and spans 133 x 92 x 49 mm. This means that it is particularly light and small, indeed one of the most handy options within its category.
Going into details, whatever the technical specification of interest, the Fujifilm X-T2 behaves better than average in its category:
However, the technical performance of your camera should be put in context. Indeed, depending on the type of photography you are interested in, each individual camera feature can impact your pictures to a different extent. This is the reason why we developed the iCamRank. iCamRank has been designed to weight all the individual technical specifications of each camera in the camerarace database, depending on different shooting conditions. Thus, here is what we suggest, depending on the photography type you like most:
Sensor Type
CMOS X-TRANS III
Sensor Size
APS-C
Sensor Dimensions
23.6 x 15.6 mm
Sensor Area
368.16 mm2
Sensor Resolution
24 Mp
Max Image Resolution
6000 x 4000
Max Native ISO
12800
Min Native ISO
200
RAW Support
Manual Focus
Lens Mount
Fujifilm X
Number of Lenses
34
Focal Length Multiplier
1.5
Screen Type
Tilting
Screen Size
3.0"
Screen Resolution
1040Kdot
Live View
Touch Screen
Viewfinder
Electronic
Viewfinder Resolution
2360000.0
Viewfinder Coverage
100
Viewfinder Magnification
0.77
Min Shutter Speed
30s
Max Shutter Speed
1/8000s
Continuous Shooting
14fps
Shutter Priority
Aperture Priority
Manual Exposure Mode
Exposure Compensation
Custom White Balance
Image Stabilization
Built-in Flash
Flash Range
None
Max Flash Sync
1/250s
Flash Modes
Auto standard slow sync manual commander
External Flash
AE Bracketing
WB Bracketing
DxO Overall Score
DxO Color Depth
DxO Dynamic Range
DxO Low Light ISO
Multi-Segment
Average
Spot
Partial
AF-Area
Center Weighted
AF Touch
AF Continuous
AF Single
AF Tracking
AF Selective
AF Center
AF MultiArea
AF Live View
AF Face Detection
AF Contrast Detection
AF Phase Detection
Number of Focus Points
325
Number of Cross Focus Points
0
Video Resolutions
3840 x 2160 (29.97p 25p 24p 23.98p) 1920 x 1080 (59.94p 50p 29.97p 25p 24p 23.98p) 1280 x 720 (60p 50p 30p 25p 24p)
Max Video Resolution
3840x2160
Video Formats
MPEG-4 H.264
Microphone Port
Headphone Port
Wireless Connectivity
Built-in
HDMI
USB
USB 3.0 (5 GBit/sec)
Environmental Sealing
Water Proof
Dust Proof
Shock Proof
Crush Proof
Freeze Proof
Weight
507g
Physical Dimensions
133 x 92 x 49 mm
Battery Life
340
Battery Type
Battery Pack
Battery Model
NP-W126S
Self Timer
Yes (2 or 10 secs)
Timelapse Recording
GPS
Storage Type
Dual SD SDHC SDXC UHS II
Storage Slots
2
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