So when my local camera store had an offer on the Fujifilm X-Pro 1 and Fujinon 34mm f1.4 lens kit in late 2014 I bought it. The primary reason for switching to Fujifilm – size and weight Airports in New Zealand are exceptionally strict on the carry on luggage weight limit (7kg) and don’t have much sympathy if you’re over the limit. In mid-2015 I intended to travel to China and Europe from New Zealand and needed a kit that is light and easy to transport. I would have liked to buy a portrait grip for it, but that would have made it even bigger and heavier. It’s also awkward to hold vertically for taking photos in the portrait orientation. But it didn’t make the camera any lighter, just somewhat easier to carry. I tried to lighten the load by buying a BlackRapid camera strap and using that on portrait shoots. It’s too heavy to walk around with all day. It was the only AF point capable of focusing accurately at the selected aperture of f2.5. Those autofocus problems have been overcome on the EOS 5D Mark III and Mark IV, but that doesn’t help with the next limitation – size and weight.Ībove: The model’s right eye is in the centre of the frame for a reason – I focused on it using the center AF point of my EOS 5D Mark II. That’s not good enough, and it lead to some restricted compositions, where I framed the portraits so that the model’s eye was in the centre of the frame.Īnd as for tracking moving subjects – forget about it. When I took five photos using the central AF point to focus on the model’s eye, five out of five were accurately focused.īut when I switched to one of the outer AF points, the success rate dropped to one or two accurately focused frames out of every five. I tested the camera’s AF points, using my 85mm lens set to f1.8 to shoot a portrait. It was the only one precise enough to use for focusing at apertures of f2.8 or wider. The camera has nine autofocus points in a diamond shape array, but only one of those, the central one, is a cross-type AF point. But it has limitations that frustrated me. It’s been around the world with me and I took many of my favorite photos with it. My EOS 5D Mark II was my main camera for many years. I believe that you should only think about updating your camera gear when you start to bump up against its limitations. This post is for those of you wondering why I switched from Canon to Fujifilm, especially if you’re thinking about moving to a mirrorless system yourself. I don’t want this to be another why I use mirrorless post, yet I know that there are readers interested in my experimentation with Fujifilm cameras. In 2015 I sold my Canon EOS cameras and lenses and made a permanent change to Fujifilm. Regular readers will know that I’ve been using Fujifilm cameras since late 2014.