decision based on a single lens ... is it right?

[JustJazzie]

thanks for all the replies... here is my logic behind the cameras..
choice 1 which is D700 and the X-A1 , is that i can keep the D700 for my More free profesional services while i could use the X-A1 for normal use... The D700 is just too big to travel around for family dinners etc.... plus the whole set would cost me about £1200

the second option was XT1 along with 35MM and 18-55mm.. this will also cost me around the same price but i can use it everyday due to size advantage.... the problem i might face is low light performance due to sensor size...

so the canon made my list ONLY because of the 40mm pancake lens. the 6D along with the lens makes it small and easy to handle... plus i can use low light advantage of the camera for serious stuffs....


All the people who have used EVF, can you help me with a situation....
in a dark situation, the camera selects Auto iso 6400. at this setting i can see a very noisy live image in the EVF.
now suppose you want to use a flash and reduce the iso to 1600 for less noise.. selecting this Iso makes the image in the viewfinder totally Black.. you cant see anything.. but as soon as i take the pic, the flash makes the image lighten up....
Question is, if the viewfinder is totally black, how am i suppose to compose the image and how will the camera auto focus?

I have a Sony camera so it may not be the same with Fuji. But I will share my evf experience. There is a setting in my menu that says "live view display" turning that off makes the view finder as bright as possible but you obviously can't see your exposure. This makes focusing possible, but still super slow. Again, I don't know about Fuji, but my af in low light is absolutely horrendous and manually focusing is impossible if it's too dark because the evf is so noisy you can't see when something is sharp.

I'm not sure how far along the evf's have come since the nex 7 though.

 

[Gary A.]

thanks all for the reply,
i have used the xt1 over the weekend. one major problem which i have is that it just goes to Auto iso 6400. i normally use alot of auto iso while managing shutter and aperture. the other problem i faced was that when i want to use the flash, i pull the iso to 1600 which makes the EVF totally black..... and then when i click and the flash blinks, the pic is clean and well exposed... i dunno what i am doing wrong here ....
the d700 and fuji together do look like a nice option tho....

There are two principle setting for the EVF. One setting has an auto-gain adjustment, in essence you can see everything equal to daylight for an OVF. The other setting reflects your exposure (w/out any adjustments for flash). You were in the wrong EVF setting for flash.

 

[Gary A.]

I shoot a lot of night time stuff. No problem using the EVF at night. The brightness is adjustable and I rarely use flash and keep the ECF on "Live" view not "Auto" gain. Mirrorless is different than a dSLR, not different good or different bad ... just different. It takes time behind the viewfinder to adjust and harmonize with mirrorless if you're coming from a dSLR. I shoot a lot of action type stuff with the XT1 and I am satisfied with the XT1's low light and action capturing performance. Sure, the XT1 doesn't track action like my 1Ds ... but then I'm comparing a $6000 camera to a camera costing 5x less.

I have a complete FF system, a complete APS-C system, a complete MFT system and a complete MF film system ... I use the APS-C system for 90% of my shooting.

A few showing low light capabilities at a night time, outdoor venue, Brea Jazz Festival:

XT1 - ISO- 3200

XT1 - ISO 3200

X-Pro1 - 3200

X-Pro1 - ISO 1600

 

[enerlevel]

the shots are good but for me high iso is above 6400... sometimes in home gatherings we use F7-F8 and the iso pumps up to 10,000 or even more at times... unless i use a flash but then the setup looks just too much for small family memories....