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I miss my OM system... Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

So you didn't look at the list very carefully then? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Don't use mine much since I got the 27 and 14 but it is a great lens. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Did you forget the 35 f2? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Well, You're probably not going to take my advice on this, but here it goes anyway. Are you going to Provence to capture beautiful images, or to have a wonderful time with friends, and bring back some great memories? Because if your goal is the latter, you're better off with an absolute minimum of gear. Like one body and one lens, and make it a small lens. Unless your party are all made up of photographers, it is going to get boring really fast for everyone else while you swap lenses and work shots. And working shots is great for getting the best possible images, but it isn't necessarily the best way to enjoy the experience. You don't want to be the last guy in to town in the evening, possibly late for socializing, exhausted because you're carrying too much stuff, and frustrated because your photographic expectations are too high. I would take the X-T1, the 23 and maybe the 35. Or just the 23. It is a wide angle, and you can still do decent portraits and group shots with it. Set your expectations to capturing great moments and not spectacular images, and make sure you enjoy the moments. You can take amazing pictures anywhere, any time, if you've got the skill. But you're only in Provence for a few days out of your life. Don't let gear get any where near taking the fun out of that. ------------------------- If you're going with the intention of capturing prize winning photos and are hoping to sell or exhibit them, you should probably take all the gear you can carry. In a car.

Thanks for your input, but I already have the 18mm and it is my least favorite focal length, even if the form factor is nice. 24mm equiv. is more appealing to me, and I want a smaller one than the current 16mm. Like the new 35mm F2. I prefer the looks of the Leica, and so if it looked more like a Leica, I'd like the looks better. Including lenses. Again, just personal taste. The design and ISO dial aren't deal breakers for me. I've got the X-Pro 1 and am happy enough with the layout and I like how it looks. I don't expect them to add an ISO dial, but I would like one. While it might be faster for some people to change iso via an Fn button, it is ALWAYS faster for anyone to verify ISO via a dial when the camera is off or asleep. The additional knob is part of the film Rangefinder design pallet, which Fuji is already unabashedly mimicking. See the Leica M3, M4, Various Contax, basically any film rangefinder with a rewind knob, etc. It is exactly what they did with the ISO dial on the X-T1, so it isn't a wild notion.

I like the OP's list. I would also add: 1. more angular design, like the difference between a Pana LX100 and the Leica version (D-Lux type 109). I'm not a big fan of slopes and weird angles. Personal taste though. 2. ISO dial, although not a deal breaker would be nice. Would easily fit where the rewind knob is on a film rangefinder and would maintain the retro look. 3. Better manual focus. Not sure how, but it still lags a rangefinder by quite a large margin 4. 3 Stop +/- auto bracket, multiple exposures, maybe up to 7? 5. Better focus point selection. This sucks on most cameras, at least for me. Touch screen selection is great when not using the viewfinder. When using the viewfinder, the lower right quarter of the screen could be used in conjunction with an tracking illuminated point in the EVF, and possibly OVF, although that seems like it would be trickier. 6. More rangefinder style (slower) lenses in classic FOV's. I don't want a gigantic f1.4 16mm. I want a discrete f2, or even 2.8. 7: EDIT: Forgot to add make the grip removeable. Don't care about video at all. Size is fine, but a bit smaller would be OK.

My choice would be the 14mm for the size and IQ. I'm assuming you will be bringing at least one other lens as well. Traveling with too much heavy gear leads to a downgraded vacation in my experience. If this is not for a vacation and you are shooting something in particular, then it is harder to say. -------- I went to Portugal and France a few years ago and took 4 lenses for my X-Pro1 Rokinon fisheye 18mm F2 (Widest I could get at the time) 35mm 1.4 50mm 1.4 nikkor with adapter. This all fit in one tiny bag.

Rather impressive when you see them all at once like that. Sure hope there is a silver X-Pro2 to go with that 35mm F2...

The X-T1 is the best model currently available, and the viewfinder is a huge differentiator and winner. Anyone buying a new X-Pro1 now needs a good talking to. We'll see how things look when the X-Pro2, (and possibly X-E3) are new and the X-T1 is getting old.

I wish i had the time on my hands to: 1. Care 2. Muck around with photoshop all day. I'm fine with the real thing.

I had one of those. FTb to be precise.

Can't we all just get along? 1. Adverts are adverts and we can only feel sorry for those that take them seriously 2. If you love your camera, you're possibly pre-sensitized to criticism and don't even know it. 3. People like different things, thank goodness. 4. Many people feel an unconscious need to justify the purchase of relatively expensive stuff. This can take the form of defending your chosen system beyond all logic, or denigrating others, or both.