This is an interesting thread. I have the x100F having had the x10, x-Pro1 and x-T1 before it. I always kept each camera for at least a couple of years so got used to using them over a period of time. The x-pro 1 remains the camera I have enjoyed the most, but the size and my unsuppressable desire to buy adapted vintage lenses which moved with me to the x-T1 (which I bought for the EVF and faster processing) led me to trade in and get the smaller fixed lens x100f. The camera itself is great, but no camera since the x-pro1 has given me files as filmic, and I find the exposure on the newer sensor to be harder to get the best results straight from the camera, I have to tweak it on almost all my files. Which says more about me than the camera I'm aware, but I do feel it was easier before, everything tends to underexposure and look very flat using matrix so I'm trying to learn how to effectively spot metering using the exposure comp dial to get reliable results.
Reading this thread led me to try a very quick and unscientific test. I found lowering the shadow and highlights by the max -2 and the sharpening by -2 gave me the smoother type image I felt like the x-pro1 gave. I find the sharpening engine to be really good in the fuji's, but I don't like hyper sharp images and the even at -2 the jpeg's are looking very sharp. If anyone else has any tips or settings to get the files looking closer to the x-pro1 that would be great, but I guess as it's a completely different set-up, it's not going to be possible.
