darknj

I didn't knew that Fuji had that many MF film camera, I knew only of the X-Pan. And I do agree with you, APS-C and MF lines make very good sense and I would love to see a good MF camera come out of Fuji's mind.

Honestly, it might be a bit too late for the X-T2 to go after the D500. If the rumors hold true, the announcement will be in somewhere early Q3, while the D500 pretty much came out of nowhere, it was not expected at all and I don't think anyone saw Nikon coming with a new king of the hill on APS-C format. At this point Fuji is almost done on the X-T2 specs on development is already looking for the manufacturing deals. Unless they feel confident enough in the X-T2 changing plans now in response to the D500 is going to cost them some major issues. The X-Pro2 is not threatened as it doesn't targe the same audience. But the X-T2 could very well be outclassed by the D500 even almost 6 later in release. Fuji ideology has always been image quality in stills and it backed up by their own craftsmanship in lenses.

Meh... it works as a remote trigger for most of my need.. good enough for something free.

1. That is a very specific example, unless your shooting style is only with off camera flash, for the rest of us who don't use off flash that often, it works just fine. And even then, once the aperture is set, there is hardly any need to change it. And if you change angle, you know how wide open or close down you need to be. I am really sorry, but I see only workflow issues, not real concern of camera design. 2. The speed dial has enough resistance to not move by accident. Just set it there and leave it. If you are to be certain, just have a quick look at it when taking it out of the bag and that's all. 3. AF-L or the back button should do the trick then. 4. Agreed but is called the X-T1, X-T10 is clearly aimed at enthusiasts who will be perfectly fine with jpeg files. 5. No issue, that's clearly a flaw of it, I don't do much HDR shots and even find it rather annoying that I can't go to +/- 2EV. Now, following your comment I really get the impression you got yourself the wrong tool for your needs. The X-T10 is a good camera but maybe not suited for your needs. If I were you, I would really consider shooting style and see if the X-T10 does fit in. If it doesn't sell the camera and try another another body, it doesn't matter if if it is a Fuji or not. The right tool for the right job.

No worries, we all have to learn at one point :]

Welcome around to Fuji and have fun fighting against your muscle memory It's something that all of use that are used to other systems have to break down first. One never really register the muscle memory part until you get something as alien in control as a Fuji camera. Don't worry tho, after a few months of shooting you will get used to it and also wonder why we were using that silly PASM dial. Controls are actually a lot more intuitive, want auto mode ? Put everything on "A", need to change the aperture ? Just turn the ring, need speed changes ? Turn the dial. Want the old S mode ? Just turn the Speed dial. Manual ? Just set things you want with the hand holding the lens and the thumb for the speed. To address your issues: 1. Just muscle memory, you will get used to it, just let it flow naturally and after a while you won't even notice your hand movements and will be able to manual focus and change aperture with your left hand. 2. Sorry that's hardly an issue, as you said yourself, just set your dial to T and leave it there for your needs. I tend to change mine from either Auto or T, the rest of the speed settings where only needed before the T mode was changed. 3. If you half press, it will go back to normal view to re-frame if needed, even on MF mode. 4. X-T10 was made for enthusiast that doesn't need that much controls, the Auto mode on the X-T10 is very frugal, you want more control ? The X-T1 will be a much better choice. Or workaround, don't use the Full Auto mode on the dial, move up the dial up to the alternate mode but move the speed and aperture to "A", you keep the same benefits as not worrying about anything and still get raw files but you lose the Auto Scene Selector feature. 5. That's something I can fully get behind, it's really annoying to have only +/- 1 EV.

You are aware that the digital teleconversion is just a fancy image crop, right ? As for the AF, we haven't got any word about it at this time.

Quite true but you can not tell me that you don't have issues with your Nissin. The dials turns rather easily, the head doesn't stay put and can wiggle quite a bit, it feels utterly cheap when holding it in hand. Don't get me wrong, I love the TTL of it on Fuji and it serves perfectly as a secondary flash, plus it's really small and very good for its size but my main workhorse is still the good 'ol SB800 from Nikon, I am on full manual on that one but it still has to fail me at one point. In a pinch or when I need TTL, the Nissin is a good flash, but it is not something I would trust at 100%, every now and then, I double check it to make sure the dials didn't turned because I might have lightly brushed against it. It is also a nightmare to use in low light situation. You really have to make a mental check to remember your settings before adjusting your dials. It's not much, but it adds distraction and take a bit of your mind away which is annoying when you are trying to nail down a certain shot or when waiting for the moment. For leisure shooting, god I love this flash, it's super small and easily stored in a bag and serve its purpose well enough. On a paid assignment, I simply can not trust it, at least not fully.

Non-flimsy build quality, HSS with X-Pro2 and GN 50. Also specifically designed for Fuji.

It's nothing more than just the aperture resetting itself to the default position. Why is there a worry because a moving mechanical piece is making noise ? Also, the standard lens for the X series is actually the 18-55 F2.8-4, the XC 16-50 is made of the same quality glass but with plastic instead of metal. I didn't even knew they had a kit with the XC lens. Long story short, don't worry about. The camera knows best what it has to do.

If the conditions aren't too hard, both the X-Pro2 or X-T1 will do fine with WR lenses. The X-Pro vs X-T is mostly a divergence in handling. Some prefer the older Range Finder style while others feel more at home with the old DSLR look. Also the Hybrid viewfinder vs the EvF on the X-T1, I really disliked it on the X-Pro1, the whole thing was kind of clunky made. Fuji seems to have addressed that point and made things a lot better, specially on the EvF side. From a Fuji shooter view, the X-Pro2 ticks a lot of boxes, I specially love the RAW output over the whole ISO range, I really hate that above ISO 6400 I am forced to use jpeg files, they are good looking files but damn, if my ISO climb that high I have a need to correctly process the file and not just hope that the camera internal will do a good enough job.

I will not thrust the weather resistance from Fuji in extreme conditions. So far, none of the mirrorless system are that good, the only exception being the Nikon 1 AW1, but there are only 2 existing lenses that are water/shock proof/ Fuji will do ok in tropical weather and cold conditions but water is still an issue, dust can be annoying too depending on the lens used.

Currently, we have no clue. We can argue all we want about it all day long, it wouldn't change the fact that not much is known about the X-T2. Looking at the changes to the X-Pro2, we can be certain that we won't be disappointed by whatever will be released. Fuji camera in all their line is made for the shooter that will take time to take his shot. It's not a very nervous system, nor does it have many bells and whistles. Fuji bodies are severely lacking in features when compared to others but ask around and you will not find many here that do not find pleasure in shooting with them. Fuji took the photography experience back to the roots, you take time to consider your shot and enjoy the whole process of taking the picture. Many pros have Fuji as second camera for hobbies/leisure. They might not use it for their work but seeing that many of them having an X100 series or X-Pro1 or X-T1 for some is a testament of Fuji's ideology. The X-Pro/T series is made for the serious shooter that want precise control over what he is doing and is very picky about the quality. I have had a couple of my portrait shots taken at ISO 3200 printed on A4 size and I was honestly amazed by how good it came out. Even if I am considering buying the newly announced Nikon D500, I just need to take my X-T1 one for a small event or just for half a day of shooting to remind myself why I love this system so much. That's sadly something that can be not added on a list of features of a camera.

I can get behind that. The length of the 90 is really is really its only drawback for me too. But I got lately an Helios 44-2 for M42 mount, obviously I need more practice with it but I plan on taking it with in April for a wedding where I will be the second shooter for just pure portraiture work, like shots in parks and such where I have the time to actually aim and focus.

I could make thing worse, ever tried the 90mm F2 for portrait work ?

Unless I recalling wrongly, but the X-T10 should allow you to have a Fn button to the ISO settings, no ?

Only the X-Pro2, the X-T1 doesn't have any kind of HSS features.

Don't worry about it, it's the aperture on your lens that "reset" itself into its default position.

A very simple reasoning for wedding events: - If you have a second body, take the F1.4 lens, it will serves you better. - If you still don't have a second body, grab the X100S/T. I personally would go for the lens and buy another body for wedding events, lens is a better in a long term thinking since camera bodies come and goes but you invest into your lenses. So if for whatever reasons, the body holding the 23 F1.4 lens breaks down, I can just replace the body. If the X100S/T breaks down, I loose the focal length and need to replace the whole thing. Also the extra X100S/T body means more batteries management. On the down side, the lens is big, not that big but still large compared to the fixed one on the X100 series. Also, it's fiddly to swap the lens. It doesn't matter how good you are at swapping lenses blindfolded, hanging upside down while a bear is trying to eat you, grabbing the X100 camera out of your coat pocket is faster and easier.

That would kill off their X100 series. I could live with a pancake 23 F2.8 tho and I know I am not the only one around

Technically, they did had MF camera, the X-Pan is a Fuji made camera. And I think they also made the lenses, a 43mm F4 and another one which I really can't recall at the moment.

Sorry but I don't see the point in that, the X100 series has OvF, only the X100T has a small hybrid part, but that aside, I do not see what the serie would gain from an EvF.

Sadly, not taking bids for Outside of US... :x

The two Takumars shouldn't be too hard, the Vivitar tho....

The full list of what I am hunting at the moment: Vivitar Auto Wide-Angle 24mm f/2.8 Super Takumar 105mm F2.8 Super Takumar Macro 50mm F4