petax

I'll give you a little insight if you like...
 
In the street thread, you commented that it was nice to see a street shot wasn't just a person in a street.
 
Fair enough.
 
But the poster directly above the shot you liked, had posted exactly that, was that a deliberate attack on that photographer?
 
Probably not, but could you see how that individual might have believed it to be?
 
So you see what's meant and what's taken, isn't always in harmony

Except that my exact words were a puerile point of view, not that you were a puerile person, so hopefully you'll understand the difference between disagreement, opinion and character attacks
 
Beings as old as you say, and as opinionated as you are, I can't be the first person you've ever had a dabate with that doesn't agree with your every word, surely?
 
Sincerely, it's not my intention to offend you, which is why I wrote words to that effect. However, I did use the correct terminology to describe my sentiement.
 
Also the emojis (as I believe the kidz are calling them these days) were placed after the part about you agreeing with my thoughts on the subject as I found it highly doubtful that you would!

If someone has the coin, and isn't jeopardising anything important (like the mortgage or the kids college fund) to get the product they desire, good luck to them.
 
This notion that people shouldn't be allowed a fast car, unless they're a racing driver, or an expensive dive watch unless they're a professional diver or a really nice top line camera, unless they're the living embodiment of Vivian Maier or Ansel Adams or something, is just a derivative of wealth politics, and as much as everyone is entitled to their opinion, mine is that this is a pretty puerile point of view!
 
Don't worry, I don't expect you to agree with that :) I'm not trying to be rude, it's just that we live in a world where money, and not ability decides what we can buy!
 
Besides as you say, how much money would things cost if you needed the ability to allowed to buy them? Like if Puma only made one pair of running shoes and you had to be Usain Bolt to be allowed to buy them
 
Perhaps it's best to look at it the other way around, someone who's good at something, can use any product from the genre they're good at, because they have ability. Those that don't, need as much help as the technology can give. But those that are good can still take profit from this situation, becuase although they don't need the advanced product to deliver the goods, it's nice for them to have the option, which wouldn't exist if the less able weren't clamouring for it

How is anybody else's choice of camera affecting your ability to enjoy your x series? If anything, having more people buying the X system is a good thing for you because it brings your prices down. A niche product is going to be more expensive and the smaller the niche, the higher the price. The more x lenses that are developed the better, in my opinion! 
 
 
I shoot professionally but I have no desire to switch to the GFX system. I want good wide aperture (1.0, 1.2, 1.4) lenses for my X series cameras because they're smaller and lighter than the full-frame Canon system I left behind. I don't want to switch over to an even bigger setup now (GFX) because it's the hot new trend. I want high quality lenses for the X series I fell in love with. I know there are other photographers like me out there. If all of us leave Fuji in a few years because they neglect the X series lens and camera lineup, how long do you think the X series will stay successful? Enthusiasts alone aren't going to invest enough money to keep an entire camera system afloat. 

Why not just get a video camera?  Seriously.  I would rather fuji work on developing better still photo features, like my 5:4 crop request, and other lenses than screw around with video.  But, that's just me -- I have yet to to press the record button on either my 3 year old X-T1, or my -2... So, take that with a grain of salt.