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On Sunday the FIA World Endurance Championship held its first race of the 2016 season, the 6 Hours of Silverstone, in the UK.  It was my first opportunity to shoot a press conference video on the new Fujifilm X-Pro2 as I normally shoot these videos on the X-T1. As usual there were two post race press conferences, the first for the top three overall finishers and the second for the class winners.  The top 3 press conference featured the winning no7 Audi crew of Andre Lotterer, Marcel Fassler and Benoit Treluyer, the second placed crew from Porsche and the third placed crew from Toyota.  Here is a LINK to the video on the official FIAWEC YouTube channel However four hours after the press conference took place the no7 Audi was excluded for failing to pass the post race technical checks. The second press conference featured the winning LMGTE Manufacturer Ferrari and the winning crew of Sam Bird and Davide Rigon, the winning LM...

This weekend is the opening round of the FIA World Endurance Championship at Silverstone and the all new Audi R18 will take on the all new Toyota TS050 and the evolution of the Porsche 919 that won the world title in 2015. This morning the Audi R18 was going through the pre event technical checks and I was able to grab some detail shots of the LMP1 class car that looks rather different than its predecessor that won the world titles in 2012 and 2013 and also won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2012, 2013 and 2014. The images were taken on the Fujifilm X-Pro2 and the XF100-400mm f4.5/5.6 at 1/60s @ f5.6 ISO200.  All of the images were taken handheld and the OIS was essential in keeping the images sharp in the dark scrutineering bay. For more information on the FIA World Endurance Championship CLICK HERE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE SUPPORT TH...

One of the questions I get asked a lot is the Fujifilm X-Series good enough for sport and is it better than Nikon / Canon.  Since summer 2015 when version 4 firmware was launched for the X-T1 the answer to the first part of the question is a definite 'yes'. As I have been posting over the last few months since the launch of the X-Pro2, significant progress has been made in all areas of the new camera spot much so that, in my professional opinion, the X-Pro2 is good enough to compete with a DSLR. Is it better than a Nikon or Canon professional DSLR? The answer to that question is 'no not better' but the X-Pro2 can now compete with the big names in the sports genre. The X-Pro2 can do the job to a professional standard and Fujifilm are continuing to improve the cameras and lenses that we use. One of the issues that the X Series has suffered from in the past is following focusing fast moving action. The X-T1 took a le ap forward last summer when Fujifilm issued f...