FUJIFILM X-Pro2

Second generation hybrid viewfinder camera

A review and Photo Examples of the FUJIFILM X-Pro 2.

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The sample photos were taken with Carl Zeiss Touit 12mm, 32mm and 50mm macro lenses.

Image taken from Fujifilm official website

1．Overview

The X-PRO2 is a Fujifilm interchangeable lens digital camera with an APS-C size sensor released in 2016.

The sensor size is APS-C (1.5 times the 35mm equivalent), and it is equipped with a 24.2 megapixel X-Trans CMOS III sensor.

The recording media has two slots for SDXC standard SD cards.

The battery is either the NP-W126 (1260mAh, 7.2V) or the successor NP-W126S.
The successor battery NP-W126S has a slight recess in the center to account for swelling due to aging of the lithium-ion battery. Both batteries have the same capacity.

The main feature of this camera is the second generation hybrid multi-viewfinder, which is an elaborate viewfinder that can be switched between an LCD viewfinder (hereinafter referred to as EVF) and an optical viewfinder (hereinafter referred to as OVF).

2．Usage

I bought the X-Pro1 as soon as it was released in 2016. I bought it because I wanted to use the following three Carl Zeiss X-mount lenses with this body. These three lenses are wide-angle, standard, and macro, making it a set that will not cause any inconvenience for general photography.

Touit 12mm F2.8 > 18mm equivalent
Touit 32mm F1.4 > 48mm equivalent
Touit 50mm F2.8 Macro > 75mm equivalent

The Carl Zeiss Touit series is also available in Sony E-mount, and I had a Sony APS-C body, but I wanted to experience the collaboration between the Fujifilm image sensor and Carl Zeiss, so I bought the X-Pro2.

Looking at the results, the combination of the Zeiss image and the Fuji sensor seems to overproduce the image, but all of the lenses have good color development, the 12mm resolves to the corners despite being an ultra-wide-angle lens, the 32mm standard lens has a unique softness, and the 50mm medium telephoto macro shows detailed depiction typical of a macro lens.

If I had only owned this camera, I would have enjoyed it as a set with these three, but at the time I was using other cameras as my main cameras and it was too much as a sub-camera, so I gave up on the system after using it for a while.

In addition, although the X-Pro2 features a hybrid viewfinder, with my shooting style I rarely use the OVF even in the second generation, and I could not find a situation where I would use the OVF at the expense of the convenience of the EVF.

3．Add info.

Fujifilm seems to be focusing on the X series, which only has an EVF and sells in large numbers to the general public and has a large profit margin, and the cameras in that series have been smoothly updated through generational changes.

The X-Pro series, which is equipped with a hybrid viewfinder, has high manufacturing costs and tends to be expensive, and it is purchased by enthusiasts, so it is difficult to increase sales volume. It would be fine if it could be as expensive as Leica, but Fujifilm is trying to raise the prices of the entire X series on average, so the X-Pro series is in a difficult position within the X series, and no new cameras have been released since the X-Pro3 at the end of 2019.

As for cameras equipped with APS-C size sensors, the X-H2 with a 40-megapixel sensor was released in 2022, and a new sensor is ready, and the X100IV with a hybrid viewfinder similar to the X-Pro series was released in 2024 with a 40-megapixel sensor.
In the past, the Pro series was released in 2012 with the X-Pro1, 2016 with the X-Pro2 and the X-Pro3 at the end of 2019, so there was no announcement in 2024, but I hope that the X-Pro4 will be announced at CP+2025 at the end of February 2025.

I purchased and used the X-Pro series 1 and 2, but the release date of the X-Pro3 was a little iffy and the sensor was new, but due to the sensor supplier’s circumstances, the APS-C size sensor was limited to around 20 megapixels, so there was almost no change in the number of pixels of the sensor and there was nothing new in terms of the camera’s functions, so I didn’t end up purchasing it.

Specification

Items	X-Pro1	X-Pro2	X-Pro3
Number of pixels	16.3 MP	24.3 MP	26.1 MP
Image Sensor Type	X-Trans CMOS	X-Trans CMOS III	X-Trans CMOS 4
Image Sensor Size	APS-C	APS-C	APS-C
OVF	Electronic bright frame finder (reverse Galilean type) Shooting range frame coverage rate approx. 90% Finder magnification approx. 0.37x/approx. 0.60x	Electronic bright frame finder (reverse Galilean type) Shooting range frame coverage rate approx. 92% Finder magnification approx. 0.36x/approx. 0.60x	Electronic bright frame finder (reverse Galilean type) Shooting range frame coverage rate approx. 95% Finder magnification approx. 0.52x
EVF	0.47-inch TFT color LCD approx. 1.44 million dots approx. 100% field of view	0.48-inch TFT color LCD approx. 2.36 million dots approx. 100% field of view	0.5-inch organic EL approx. 3.69 million dots approx. 100% field of view
Rear LCD Size	3	3	3
Rear LCD resolution	1.23 million dots	1.62 million dots	1.62 million dots
Battery	FW-126 / FW-126S	FW-126 / FW-126S	FW-126S
Recorded media	SDXC Single slot	SDXC Double slot	SDXC Double slot
Size W x H x D	139.5 x 81.8 x 42.5	140.5 x 82.8 x 45.9	140.5 x 82.8 x 46.1
Weight (g) (including memory card and battery)	450	495	497
Release date	2012.2.18	2016.3.3	2019.11.28
Color	Black	Black Graphite	Black DR Black DR Silver