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I've already pre-ordered the X-T2 last night when they went live. I prefer the ergonomics of the X-T2 as well as the flip out screen, tethered shooting, and the optional battery grip. The X-Pro2 not having those features made it a deal breaker for me. 

Price of the body is only one small part of the equation if you are putting together a system. Personally for what I like to shoot, the Fuji system is cheaper, as good FX Nikon glass costs a fair bit more than Fuji's plus a filter system for an ultrawide zoom for the Nikon 14-24 or Tamron 15-30 is much more expensive than a filter system for the Fuji 10-24.
 
I bought a Nikon D610 a year ago and have 2 lenses at this point and was planning to buy a couple expensive ones this summer but after playing around with my brother's X-Pro2 and comparing the image quality and looking at the Fuji system as a whole, I have opted to ditch Nikon for Fuji instead and it will end up being cheaper for me overall for a similar kit and no loss in image quality.

I used to keep the boxes, but space became a problem. What I do is cut out and keep the box panels (sides) on the box that show the model and serial number etc. This way I can document that these are original items.   I store the cut box panels in zip lock bags along with any manuals or other documentation. All of these zip lock bags are kept in a plastic covered box (Rubbermaid). I can fit bags for multiple camera bodies and nearly a dozen lenses all together until I sell an item.    
When I sell an item, I pack the lens or camera body securely myself (nothing moves or slides around), add the zip lock bag and send it off.

I know exactly how you feel, I've been the exact same way!

OK, I have viewed more XT-2 videos than I can stand and read every article I could find.  It's Time!!!  I WANT IT IN MY HANDS NOW!!!!!!  OK, yes I am a bit impatient.  Just needed to say it

Maybe eventually, but I think Fuji is really focused on building out the system for photography right now.
 
Some of the wide angle primes Fuji has out right now would be damn good for video I think.

It would be dust on the sensor, it happens on any camera with interchangeable lenses. First use a rocket blower to try to dislodge any loose dust. If that doesn't work then your options are to send it to Fuji to clean, take it to a shop to clean it, or learn to clean it yourself but keep in mind the sensor can be a sensitive part. Dust on the sensor is inevitable no matter what you do, however keeping the rear element of your lens, the lens mount, the camera mount, the rear lens cap, and the camera body cap all as clean as possible will help keep dust off the sensor. I also suggest changing lenses with the camera facing down and off.

It can depend. If IBIS results in the corners of the sensor moving outside of the image circle then you will lose image quality in the corners. If the lenses and mount are designed for IBIS then it shouldn't be as much of a problem.

Exactly! Good quality glass is more important and a better investment than any camera body ever is. Good glass will last you through the life of many camera bodys.

As usual, the best advice is to choose the lenses you require first and foremost. The system naturally follows from that choice.

and no shoulder surgery bills either!

Oh, my... why is it that every time this subject (and several similar ones) come up posters manage to turn a simple concept into something that appears to be baffling and complex.
 
First a 23mm lens is a 23mm lens is a 23mm lens. When you buy a 23mm lens from Fujifilm (on Canon or Nikon or Hasselblad or Olympus or whoever — yeah, some don't sell 23mm) it has a focal length that is 23mm. 
 
The angle of view of the image from a 23mm lens is different on every different format, not just cropped sensor cameras. A smaller sensor captures a smaller area of the image projected by a 23mm lens, so you get a narrower angle of view from this focal length on a small sensor camera. If you could put a 23mm lens on a medium format camera, with its much larger sensor of film, the projected image would extend over a larger area, and your photograph would capture a larger angle of view.
 
What photographers are usually trying to figure out is, more or less, "I like 35mm on my full frame or 35mm film camera. What focal length will give me the same angle of view on a Fujifilm camera?" Typically starting with a full frame sensor or 35mm camera as your starting point, you can figure this out using your camera's crop factor. It is easy.
 
1. If you like a 35mm lens on your full frame or 35mm film camera and you would like the same angle of view on your Fujifilm 1.5x cropped sensor system, just divide the full frame focal length (35mm) by the crop factor (1.5) to get 23mm. (35mm/1.5=23.33mm)
 
2. It works the other way, too. If you wonder how your 14mm Fujifilm sensor's angle of view compares to full frame cameras, you just multiply the crop sensor camera's focal length by the crop factor: 14mm x 1.5=21mm. Yes, your 14mm Fujinon lens gives you the same angle of view that you would get from a 21mm lens on full frame. 
 
I understand the desire to not have to do the (simple) calculation, but a few ideas. First, you only have to do it once when you select your lens for purchase. After that, it is what it is. Second, the math is actually pretty easy once you understand it and do it a few times. Third, there is a common way of describing this: "Effective focal length" or "focal length equivalent." You'll even see it on some vendors' websites. (From one I just looked up: "The "FUJINON XF35mmF2 R WR" offers a focal length equivalent to 53mm...")
 
Finally, if nothing else convinces you... accept that fact that this is how the world of photography refers to lenses. For decades, where referring to large format, medium format, 35mm, or whatever (each of which provides a different angle of view with a given focal length) we have simply referred to the actual focal length of the lens and photographers have learned (the relatively simple skills needed) to make sense of it.
 
Good luck!
 
Dan

When you buy a 27mm lens from Fuji it is the focal length of 27mm, the focal length of a lens does not change based on the camera body or sensor it is placed in front of.
 
The focal length written on the outside of the lens is actually a measurement of the distance between the point of convergence inside the lens and the sensor or film inside your camera. Here is a diagram that illustrates this point.
 

 
So when Fuji or any other manufacturer labels a lens as 27mm they are telling you what that measurement is, that's all.

When you buy a 27mm lens from Fuji it is the focal length of 27mm, the focal length of a lens does not change based on the camera body or sensor it is placed in front of.
 
The focal length written on the outside of the lens is actually a measurement of the distance between the point of convergence inside the lens and the sensor or film inside your camera. Here is a diagram that illustrates this point.
 

 
So when Fuji or any other manufacturer labels a lens as 27mm they are telling you what that measurement is, that's all.