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Weird; my XPro 2 has no issues with either loose diopter control or loose exposure compensation dial. Bought it mid April. I wonder if they tightened things up along the way during production?

How to make framelines move with OVF? Go to the second 'page' of AfMF in the main menu. Look at the last option called Corrected AF Frame, and make sure it's on. Mine is and both the focus point and frame lines shift to reflect parallax changes.

I didn't know that! I'll check it out, but thanks for the heads up.

I was surprised to find this out re reading the XPro 2 manual yesterday, as I'd assumed all the DR variations would be available. It seems a strange and rather arbitrary limitation on the Auto ISO function. Is there any workaround for this other than manually setting DR400 each time you think you need it? Thanks,

OVF is great when you're waiting to catch someone who's going to be walking into your picture as you can see them in the field of view before they enter the frame lines. That primes you for pressing the shutter at exactly the right moment. Super precise framing is a non issue for me for most street photography situations as the subjects aren't so close to result in a radical parallax shift. I'm more focused on the spatial relationships between people in my frame lines rather than super precise positioning of a detail very near the edge of the frame, perhaps as in a landscape shot. Even the parallax issue has been largely addressed by the inclusion of that overlaid mini electronic evf-style display. Incidentally, that reflects exposure compensation changes, so you can get an idea of how dark or light the picture without reference to the histogram whilst still in OVF mode. OVF also saves a lot on the battery!

Hi Hermelin, Don't know if anyone's mentioned this as I've not read every post here, but the OVF has an optional miniature live view display showing in the bottom right corner. Not only does this show exactly what the EVF would, but it can be altered to display only the precise area of focus of the OVF, rather than the whole scene. This isn't intrusive, as it sits where the view would be obscured by the lens anyway. And, as I said, if you find it distracting you can switch it off. And there's more: this mini EVF is responsive to exposure compensation changes, just like the LCD or main EVF would be. So it's a neat alternative to using the histogram as you can see how bright or dark the scene is with your chosen exposure settings. Another benefit is using it really saves on battery use. I love the OVF, primarily for street photography. It's very useful when your waiting for someone to come into the scene. Being able to see them in the viewfinder whilst they're still outside the framing lines helps you click at the right moment. It also gives the impression that you're actually interested in something else besides your target subject whilst they walk into the frame lines. And in setting like that the subjects are rarely so close that super precise framing is required. But I would agree that there's really no functional point in going the X Pro route if you don't want or like the OVF. Yes, it's specs are better than any other Fuji, but only for now.

"Takes a lot of time and effort..." It may be fiddly or hard to read for some, but is it really so hard??