MrSMW

Sold mine 6 months ago.

Pair of Fuji XT3’s for weddings. Left unit with Fringer Pro and choice of: Sigma 18-35 f1.8, Canon 50 f1.8 or Canon 85 f1.8 with Rode Wireless Go to transmitter with fluffy/lav/shotgun. On tripod. Ceremony, speeches and dancing only, ie, static. Right unit with Fuji 50 f2 and Zhiyun Weebill Lab on monopod with Anker battery pack. Moves with me throughout the entire day. I also have a Sony 1" camcorder on another tripod with shotgun as a ceremony & speeches back up, plus the OSMO Action for some B roll stuff plus Mavic Air.

OK great, going to try in person in a few weeks and then wait a few months and see if there is any chance of the mythical XH2 by Spring 2020.

@newfoundmass the latter, ie, separate settings for photo & video ie, basically have 2 cameras in 1 body with respective settings for each type of capture. It sounds like it’s the case and when back in the UK in a few weeks, will go and have a play in a camera shop. Maybe take a card and shoot something even if it is attached to an anti theft cord!

Right, thanks Jonny. I will have to send 'The Hybrid Shooter' a message because on his vid he reckoned you could not switch seamlessly between stills and vid. Unless I misunderstood what he meant but it sounded like you couldn't!

Quite simply, can it be switched back and forth between stills and video, ie, be a true hybrid, without losing any settings each time? Current XH1 and XT3 user and both can do this with the ‘silent mode’ setting. Looking hard at changing my current set up from a 3 body/7 lenses to a 2 body/3 lens set up and the G9 is very high on that list...if it has true hybrid capability. Read/watched many reviews and cannot find a definitive answer so hoping someone here has this particular beast and can answer my question. In advance, cheers!

Close, but no cigar for me. Unlike a lot of the internet chatter, I actually like the screen. I like the titanium build and Dura finish. But despite having a pair of Pro 1's and then Pro 2's for stills, I can't go with these as I do need IBIS for the way I work these days which is 3 bodies + choice of 4 primes, flipping between stills & video all day long. Currently working off a mono and tripod with a pair of XT3's + 2 lenses and XH1 + X100F for stills with 3 lenses and it's workable but not as slick as the above. XH2 please! I'll take 3.

I used to use a pair of MKii's for my wedding video work about 5 years ago and a decent stills cameras also. As a full-time hybrid shooter, ie, stills and video at the same time, these could come on to my radar for next season as currently nothing quite fits the bill. Currently shooting XT3 for video and it's perfect in every way except lack of IBIS and weak battery life. Z6 doesn't shoot 4k 50/60p and currently lacks a long Z lens but the form factor is fantastic. The S1 is very close but too big and expensive when I add up all the costs. It's 4/3rd's brother the G9 is pretty much on the money but just some concerns re. stills vs current Fuji. Compromises everywhere, but the MKiii looks interesting at the very least... And like Fuzzy, I also like Olympus. After Fuji, there is just something 'right' about them. Like they make cameras for photographers.

I was being slightly tongue in cheek and mainly referencing the olde schoole videographers from 15+ years ago that usually took their wives along for no apparent reason other than company. Usually found wearing a polyester jacket flecked with dandruff and standing within 3 feet of the B&G at all times with his shoulder monstrosity. Gimbals. They can go do one also ?

Without question. It is the key. I spent many years prior to being a 'hybrid' photographer/videographer watching vidiots at work with their huge tripods, sliders etc taking sometimes 10+ minutes to set up a single shot. Wasting 10 minutes in my opinion. It's all well and good capturing that one 'hero' shot because you saw it on someone else's wedding video, but the reality is you are denying the client so much more potential footage and story. Unless the client just wants the hero shots which is then fair enough. Indeed. Too many are always chasing the next bit of kit that will then allow them to realise their creative vision. Just get on with it with what you have got and stop making excuses. But then this is a thread about 'dream kit' so carry on ?

Actually, already have it and am more than satisified with it, - can't think of anything that beats it for my needs...which is 'run & gun' style wedding video/filming at the same time as being a wedding photographer working alone. No second, no assistant, no nothing. XT3 on tripod shooting 25p 4k internally Eterna profile with a variety of audio options based on the set up for ceremony and speeches. Unmanned most of the time. Pair of cheap Canon lenses and Fringer Pro adapter. XT3 on freestanding monopod shooting 50p 4k internally Eterna and mirrors in a video sense, pretty much everything I do photographically. It's the more considered tool. Pair of Fuji lenses. OSMO Action mounted on the second XT3 hotshoe shooting; entrances, exits, food service, band & dancing both as primary and backup depending on the scenario. Mavic Air. Sony FDR AX100 1" sensor camcorder on tripod, unmanned, back up/client pure ceremony and speeches full length production. And other than the various bits of audio and lighting kit etc, that's it. Small and lightweight as poss balancing outright quality with portability/real world useage. Criticisms? Battery life on the XT3's requires the monopod and tripod to each have an Anker power bank gaffer taped on, otherwise...nada. OSMO Action? Bigger Fuji matching sensor would be nice, but being realistic... Mavic Air? Ditto. Stick the Fuji sensor in and I'd be a happy boy. A complete dreamer, but... Total cost I reckon was around 7000 euros total?

Excellent...and I am still on the first version albeit with updated firmware. Rarely misses a beat with Canon EF f1.8 lenses in regard to autofocus. I use single rather than continuous. Worked very well also with the Sigma 18-35 and though I do love that lens, I don't love it's size or weight and so am selling it soon.

Current/favourite set up is as follows: XT3, monopod, Fuji 23mm f2 or 50mm f2 XT3, tripod, Finger Pro + Canon 50mm f1.8 or 85mm f1.8 DJI OSMO Action DJI Mavic Air Sony FDR-AX100 on tripod as backup (LED's on lightstands, 3 Sony audio recorders, 2 Rode Micro, Wireless Go) Nothing else meets my needs right now though that Sigma FP is on my radar...

Is that ^ Canon's latest offering? The Canon EOS Desirée. The 'jack of all trades, master of none' (hybrid potato/camera).

Least bang for your buck has to be Leica. That red dot adds a lot to the price for cameras that are typically a lower spec than some others much cheaper. Doesn't stop me wanting a Leica however! Canon otherwise, especially the EOS R. Was a potential contender for me, both stills and video. It's neither and very disappointing spec wise. OK, not actually tried it, but on paper it doesn't meet my needs (far from it). The enormous lump of Olympus EM1XXXXXXXXL or whatever it's called. If a camera has to be that big, I'm going to want a big sensor...

Nothing I have ever noticed, - nada.

I think there is so little in it in regard to size, weight or quality of output, you wouldn't trade one for another, so it comes down top whether you want 4k 60p (Fuji) or IBIS (Nikon) as there main takeaways. I took a long hard look at the Z's, but in the end decided there was not enough over my Fuji set up (pair of XT3's for video and XH1 + X100F for stills). In fact it would take something pretty special now and quantifiably different for me to consider switching to anything but what i have next year. For video that is. For photo, I will be looking at any of the options which should include; X Pro3, X100V and possibly XH2.

The name's Winky. Tinky Winky. I think Tinky Winky would naturally gravitate towards using the glory hole.

Yup. I power mine all day on a typical 10-12 hour wedding shoot and the Anker battery pack rarely uses up more than 1/3rd of it's available stored power. This is not continuous use obviously, but still typically 100-150GB of 4k 25p or 50p capture at 200mbs. With a single internal Fuji battery. I have the battery pack gaffer taped to the monopod and now that I have 2x XT3's for next season will get another power bank and gaffer tape that to my tripod the other camera works from.

Well I thought I’d give it another go and repurchased another set. But with a caveat and that is I am double-backing up audio and only using the Go as an actual lapel mic (rather than in pocket with lav mic) or attached to a lectern in direct line of sight. Excellent speeches last weekend, but less so Ceremony when granny doing her reading stood in front of the lectern and not behind it as 99.999999999% of all human beings would. And then spoke in the quietest voice in human history. Weddings... ? (Backing up as in I have 2 other Sony audio recorders, sometimes with shotgun mics, nearby either table top, fastened to something or velcroed to a wall!)

Nice job.

I'm in the camp of some of us don't even own a TV. We haven't had one for 3 years and for stuff like Netflix or movies, my 22" PC monitor screen, ipad mini or phone. We also still play board games.

I have already peaked. The XT3 is more than good enough for me, so I bought another and will continue to use them until they either can no longer do the job I need them to do, or they break. The Sigma FP is the only new/future camera that interests me, but the current me does not need one and I don’t have my life or career on hold until it (or anything else) comes to the market. 10 bit internal 4k 50p shooting Eterna equals or exceeds my expectations and requirements. Less time in post staring at a monitor screen for one thing!

I was just reading on another forum about someone's struggle to find a vlogging camera... Surely nothing less than Fujis' 100 megapixel job will be up to this task? It could work as a temporary measure until something bigger and better comes along?

It's so crap, I ordered a second Fuji XT3 body yesterday for video so I can carry on making more crap wedding videos. Actually, I'd be quite interested to see what DJI come up with as I love the look of the Hassleblad...just that its; too expensive and doesn't suit my needs anyway. Further to this topic... Yesterday, I was again wrestling with another wedding video, - trying to match up; Sony 1" camcorder static footage with Fuji XT3 footage with DJI Mavic/Pocket/Action footage...and there is little consistency and though in isolation the camcorder footage looks decent, compared with the XT3, it's garbage. So I had a little word with myself and made the following decision and that is bar anything actually breaking, forcing me to replace it, instead of looking at what I might be doing next year and speculating on what new kit might be coming, I'd embrace what I have and make that work. I shoot stills and video at the same time so ideally, having just one system would be best but as no single manufacturer makes 'everything', I have to use multiple brands. I've pared it back to Fuji & DJI. Fuji as the principal and DJI for the aerial and backup. The camcorder is going to be sold and I've ordered a second XT3 body to replace it. For the rest of the year, I'm just going to shoot the Eterna profile only, so no Flog or HLG on the basis I can judge the exposure of the film profile far better in the real world conditions of often uber-bright sunny SW France and concentrate on my capture rather than having the kit and technology get in the way. I'm planning on getting to know the set up as intimately as possible as I believe that is where the results will come from rather than the next latest and greatest. So the BMPCC4K, the Sigma FP and the potentially new DJI et al all look great, but none of them are going to make me any better at my craft. Maybe HLG next year, but for now I think the negatives outweigh the positives and consistency is the key. Sorry for the ramble!