laddsmith

Seems like an unusual criticism for experienced photographers. First off-while I will admit the Pano mode on the X-100 worked pretty well, if you are really into shooting pano, you probably should use a tripod and post process in Photoshop or one of the other panoramic programs to get really good quality. Second-I believe it was known that the X-Pro 2 lacked this feature, so it seems a little strange to buy the camera and then complain about the lack of the feature-if the pano mode was of paramount importance, it might have been better to look at a different camera.

Well quite obviously since my very late comment on Ken Rockwell's review, I don't follow him. However, on balance, and to be fair, I think he makes at least some valid points, and his conclusions about landscape photography are his opinion, and subjective. I think his comments re: skin tones, especially jpg in Fuji are correct. I shoot Nikon as well D800E and D700 and my (completely subjective) opinions are that in jpg the Fuji X-Pro 2 wins hands down. Raw is more difficult-I find the Nikon NEF raw format much easier to work with, so generally if I am doing a lot of raw processing I tend to get better results with Nikon NEF. Doesn't mean the Fuji is inferior, just, at least for me a little more difficult to get the same results. The Sony is more of a computer than a camera-that is not meant to be negative, but the Fuji is easy for us old guys that once shot with something called "film", and really only worried about focus, F stop, exposure time, and whatever ASA the film was we loaded. The Fuji is intuitive for this type of thinking, and I don't doubt the Sony possibly has some advantages if one is more into computers. Personally, I find the EVF and the OVF fine. The OVF does not work well with ultra wide or tele, but at 35-50 it is a nice option. I believe if you actually read his review carefully, it is not as negative as some posters have responded to. It is a very nice, compact camera, capable of awesome images, using very nice Fuji glass.

Mine was "loosy goosy" from delivery. I am sure tape will fix it, but a little disappointing that for an expensive camera we have to use a little black tape to fix it. The center screw just seems to be the attachment for the dial, not an over all tension adjustment, so I think it is a design problem. Doubt sending it back to Fuji will fix it until they admit (very very unlikely) that it is a design flaw and offer a "fix". If we wait for Fuji to do that the X-Pro 12 will be out! Otherwise, though, an awesome camera.

I purchased the leather X-Pro 2 case from Amazon by ?Hwota. You can purchase the 1/2 case or the full. I purchased the full. It seems very well made. I was a little disappointed in that the complete case will not cover the 18-135 or the 10-24-but my fault for not measuring-can't criticize when it is user error. It does work perfectly with the 35 F2. I think the 1/2 case looks more functional than the Fuji one-it allows access to the card slots, the battery, etc, and is very nicely made.