Another X-E1 Canon 5D MKIII comparison (studio)

Today I did a TF shoot with a model in her late 30's, a model I had worked with before.  This was a special shoot since she had had a double mastectomy a few months before and she wanted some nudes to document the progress of her reconstruction.

Since I was not being paid, I decided this was an excellent chance to put my XE-1 through its paces.  Since I had the 18-55 mm lens on the Fuji I loaded a 70-200 f4L (old model) on my 5D MKIII.

In terms of IQ, the Fuji was fine, although at 100% the 5D MKIII clearly outperformed the the Fuji. This is with no sharpening applied.  ISO 200 was used throught.  I am not sure if the difference would be visible in any sort of reasonable sized print.

The real difference was that the autofocusing on the Fuji was painfully slow, even though I had loaded the latest firmware updates.  Ths light was not the greatest, mainly the modeling lights.  Focusing on the eyes seemed OK although slow.  However, I could not get the camera to focus on the abundant scar tissue.   I was convinced after this experience that the X-E1 is not well-suited for the kinds of stuio shots I do.

At some point in the next few days, I will post the images on my pbase site

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Jim
http://www.pbase.com/jcassatt