{"id":22371,"date":"2025-04-05T16:28:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T14:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.littlebigtravelingcamera.com\/?p=22371"},"modified":"2025-04-05T16:28:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T14:28:09","slug":"the-show-must-go-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.littlebigtravelingcamera.com\/?p=22371","title":{"rendered":"The Show Must Go On"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We visit concerts often and go to the cinema regularly but to watch a play has become rare since we moved out of Vienna. Last weekend we finally went in a theatre.<\/p>\n

A very small theatre located in an old cinema that I used to visit a lot as a teenager. When I entered the foyer it really got me. The place is practically unchanged. It was a flash back to the early 80s. I haven’t been here for almost 40 years but I remember everything.<\/p>\n

I immediately regretted that I didn’t bring a wide angle lens but I brought a real camera plus a fast lens in order to take some images.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>FUJIFILM X-Pro2 (35mm, f\/4, 1\/100 sec, ISO2500)
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Usually it is a no-go to take pictures during a play but this was a very small venue so I planned to snap some images. I chose to take my trusty Fuji X-Pro2 instead of my Nikon Z8 in order to keep a low profile. Technically the Z8 would have been better in low light but even with a smallish lens it looks like a professional camera, the X-Pro2 doesn’t.<\/p>\n

Regarding lens my choice was simple. I kept only three Fuji lenses: the XF 14\/2.8 R, the XF 23\/2 WR and the XF 35\/1.4 R so I took the 35\/1.4. Ironically my small Fuji setup is much louder than my Nikon. The 35\/1.4 has a noisy AF and while the mechanical shutter of the X-Pro2 is rather quiet it is not silent. The Z8 with the Z 50\/1.8 S would have been dead silent. But again: I didn’t want to flash a pro camera.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>FUJIFILM X-Pro2 (35mm, f\/1.4, 1\/200 sec, ISO640)
<\/span> \"\"<\/a>FUJIFILM X-Pro2 (35mm, f\/1.4, 1\/200 sec, ISO640)
<\/span> \"\"<\/a>FUJIFILM X-Pro2 (35mm, f\/1.4, 1\/200 sec, ISO200)
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I think I should say something about the play. It’s “Leonce und Lena” by Georg B\u00fcchner. So what we went to see was a modern adaptation of a comedy written in 1836 by an author who is famous for its really depressing drama “Woyzek”. There is a movie from 1979 by Werner Herzog starring Klaus Kinski as Woyzek. That should give you an idea. And there is more. A friend of us played one of the main characters. What could possible go wrong? But it was great and great fun!<\/p>\n

What a great play with fresh performances of all the actors.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>FUJIFILM X-Pro2 (35mm, f\/1.4, 1\/340 sec, ISO200)
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Some more remarks regarding the camera. Yes my Nikon Z8 would have been totally silent, low light performance would have been at least one stop better and I could have used face detection. And because the camera is totally silent I could have used its fast frame rate to capture the perfect moment without disturbing the people who sit in front of me.<\/p>\n

But my X-Pro2 handled great and especially regarding Auto-white-balance it is still clearly better than my Nikon. The coloured screen even slightly confused white balance of my Fuji but I needed only very minor adjustments. And because I shot everything wide open at f1.4 the ISO values were very low. I actually shot the first couple of images at f4 just because I knocked the far too loose aperture ring of the XF 35\/1.4 R. But even those images were totally fine. No noise reduction needed.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>FUJIFILM X-Pro2 (35mm, f\/1.4, 1\/480 sec, ISO200)
<\/span> \"\"<\/a>FUJIFILM X-Pro2 (35mm, f\/1.4, 1\/480 sec, ISO200)
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A very cool evening and a good opportunity to use my trusty X-Pro2 that has not seen a lot of use recently. Even though it is almost 10 years old the X-Pro2 is still a fantastic camera. I still hope that Fuji will update the X-Pro line soon. I would love the see better AF and IBIS in the very same body. I would also like to see a new sensor or the stacked sensor of the X-H2S. I know, not likely but we can all dream.<\/p>\n

I switched to Nikon last year but as long as Nikon doesn’t offer a high end compact camera and a wider range of compact prime lenses I will always keep my Fuji X-Pro2. It’s a very special experience to have such a compact camera that is so powerful at the same time.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>FUJIFILM X-Pro2 (35mm, f\/1.4, 1\/500 sec, ISO200)
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