Fujifilm
X-PRO2 + XF 16-55mm f/2.8 R LM WR Lens
Mirrorless Camera Kit
The X-Pro2 from Fujifilm is a mirrorless digital camera featuring a high-resolution 24.3MP APS-C X-Trans CMOS III sensor with randomised pixel array for impressive image quality without using an optical low-pass filter. Versus conventional pixel patterns, the X-Trans design more closely mimics the organic nature of film in order to produce nuanced colours and smooth tonal transitions, while also reducing moiré and aliasing. This sensor is paired with the redeveloped X-Processor Pro, making the X-Pro2 capable of recording stills at up to 8 fps and Full HD 1080p video at 60 fps. This combination also ensures you will enjoy fast focusing and overall performance, with expanded sensitivity up to ISO 51200.
The versatile autofocus system consists of 273 points and uses both phase and contrast-detection methods. The phase-detection system covers nearly 40% of the entire image frame with 77 points, which is beneficial to subject tracking and fast overall AF performance, while the majority of the frame is then covered by contrast-detection areas for accurate focusing from edge-to-edge. For refined manual focusing control, a Digital Split Image function simulates traditional rangefinder focusing, and Focus Peaking highlights lines of contrast in the scene to more objectively determine sharp focus.
Compose your images using the Advanced Hybrid Multi Viewfinder that blends both optical and electronic viewing methods into a single, switchable finder, giving you the best of both worlds in regard to clear viewing and the ability to preview exposure settings prior to shooting. Quickly change between viewing types via the dedicated finder switching lever on the front of the camera body. Alternatively, use the 3.0" 1.62m-dot rear LCD for image playback, live view shooting, and menu navigation.
This is complimented by a range of Film Simulation modes to give you even more creative control over the look and feel of your final images, by replicating the look of different film types. An interval timer is able to record up to 999 frames in a range of time spans, and a multiple exposure mode gives you the ability to overlay imagery in-camera. When working in this mode, subsequent exposures can be paired and the final appearance can be previewed on the LCD or in the EVF before making the final exposure. When you're shooting, built-in Wi-Fi lets you remotely control the camera from a smartphone or tablet, and then wirelessly share your finished images to mobile devices, or wirelessly send images to the optional instax SHARE Smartphone Printer for on-the-go printing.
All this is housed inside a robust, weather-sealed body with a range of physical controls and customisable function buttons for intuitive handling. Dual SD card slots allow for a more flexible and reliable means of storing imagery, and the first card slot is compatible with UHS-II standards for fast transfer speeds.
Here the X-PRO2 is paired with the XF 16-55mm f/2.8 R LM WR lens from Fujifilm, a weather-sealed lens with a 35mm equivalent focal length of 24-82.5mm, making it a versatile standard-length zoom that's ready to handle changing weather conditions. A constant maximum aperture of f/2.8 aperture lends itself to working in low light conditions and gives you control over focus placement with its shallow depth of field.
Internal focusing and the Twin Linear Motor AF system ensures autofocus is fast and near silent, while 17 elements in 12 groups with three extra-low dispersion (ED) elements and three aspherical elements work to eliminate chromatic and spherical aberations and distortion. Nano-GI and HT-EBC coating minimise surface reflections, and prevent lens flare and ghosting.
The lens barrel incorporates 14 distinct weather seals, making it both moisture and dust resistant, and a 9-blade circular diaphragm renders pleasing out-of-focus 'bokeh' areas. By combining this lens with select X-Series camera bodies with Lens Modulation Optimiser (LMO) technology, the performance from the lens is improved even further. LMO corrects for diffraction to produce images with edge-to-edge sharpness and create a realistic three-dimensional effect, even at small apertures.