Every component inside the X-Pro2 is a boost over the X-Pro1.
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The 24-megapixel APS-C X-Trans III CMOS sensor is the first to get the third-generation badge and manages to pull in a sensitivity level up to ISO 12,800, expandable to 51,200.
Hard as it is to believe, Fujifilm’s X-Pro1 is four years old this year and it seems, on paper at least, that Fujifilm has used this time to polish its successor, the X-Pro2, to a bright shine. The X-Pro2 is the only interchangeable lens camera in the world featuring a Hybrid Viewfinder system that incorporates both types of viewfinder.
However the good news is that the wait is finally over as Fujifilm has officially taken the wraps off the X-Pro2, a camera which they are calling their new flagship. Moreover, the X-Pro2 now boasts 4x the processing speed of conventional image processing engines, which in turn gives users increased response times, even with the increased resolution. As the name suggests, this “S” model comes as an update over the two-year-old X-E2, and while not largely different than its predecessor, it offers a handful of welcomed improvements and upgrades, along with a few downgrades. An electronic rangefinder is automatically superimposed over the optical viewfinder. Similarly priced, the X70 sports the same sensor and ISO sensitivity, but swaps out the X-E2S’ tracking and focus advantages for a 180-degree tilting touchscreen display.
The hybrid optical/electronic viewfinder is still a key Fujifilm differentiator, but now the electronic viewfinder’s resolution is a higher 2.36 million dots versus the X-Pro1’s 1.44 million dots resolution.
Though it’s not a video camera, the X-Pro2 will shoot video in full HD 1080p at 60fps with a modest bit rate of 36Mbps. The maximum mechanical shutter speed has been doubled to 1/8000 seconds, with an increased flash sync speed of up to 1/250 seconds.
The X-Pro2’s body camera will cost $1,699 and the camera is available in chrome and black colors. SDXC UHS-II memory cards are supported via not one, but two card slots, a world first for mirrorless cameras, but sadly Fujifilm have decided not to include 4K video recording, despite claiming that the processor is more than capable of supporting it. While the hybrid AF system, which combines both contrast-detection and on-sensor phase detect, still offers the standard 49-point Single Point mode as the earlier model, the Fuji X-E2S gains updated Zone and Wide/Tracking modes with a 77-point area array to help track moving subjects. And, as you’d expect, the X-Pro2 adds Wi-Fi connectivity.
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The X-E2S has a 16-megapixel X-Trans CMOS II sensor and a EXR Processor II image processing engine. The X-Pro2, which uses X-Mount lenses and has a 273-point autofocus system, is going to be available in February for $1,700, but keep in mind that’s the body-only price. There’s also a higher resolution and faster-responding viewfinder, now with 2.36m-dots across its organic EL panel.
