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Mike , ill be in London next week...... It was the only way to get tickets to Hamilton. And visit my kid. However leaving 29c temps in Arizona, for London & Leeds (I wonder) You are right, but it is natural to compare and to change practices when they make sense. It took me years to adopt rear button focus, and I used it for the last year on my Pentax K-3, however those little buttons on the rear of the X-T2 made it difficult to continue the practice. But the X-T2 focuses so much faster ,switching back to shutter button focus was no big deal. Each time I take it out I learn something new. As I said in a earlier post, I switched systems mostly to drop weight. I just weighed my gear for the trip and it is less than half of what I use to travel with

Thanks for the responses especially jlmphotos . ​Right about one thing as you use a system it gets easier.... it took a while to format the cards without searching the menus, but now I 've got it. Although I complained about the shutter button height , it was more defined than other cameras I have owned. Just nit picking. I retired from the business years ago and reclaimed my amateur status . When digital came around I couldn't resist taking a few jobs as long as my knees held out. Now I 'm shooting mostly for pleasure and some volunteer event coverage . Sold all of the big heavy stuff and now have a X-T2 and 3 zooms covering 10 - 200 mm also a cheap fisheye. I dropped over half the weight and am having twice the fun. The X-T2 is, hands down, the best camera I've ever owned. High ISO's make available light the preferred method of most casual photographers. Unfortunately many talented photographers are ignoring the use of flash, which when mastered can make huge difference , especially in portraiture.

Also relatively new to Fuji , but as stated manual mode requires you to adjust exposure by using the shutter speed, aperture, and ISO. I shot full manual with Pentax before making the jump to the X-T2, but I sometimes now shoot near full auto because it will make the same decision I would make in manual. I will usually want to set my ISO as low as I can. It's possible I'm just getting lazy.

The Fujifilm X-T2 is the best camera I ever had but there are things that I don’t like about it: First: Too many options. This may seem like an advantage, but to me it causes confusion especially if you inadvertently tune in a option during a shoot and need to search the menus to figure out how to turn back to your preference. The more I get familiar with the camera this is likely to be less of a problem. Second: Battery life & Battery cost. Battery does not last very long even with many settings to conserve life. The cost of the OEM battery is very high. Aftermarket batteries are cheap but don’t last quite as long. I need at least 2 or 3 batteries for an average shoot. I have 7. 1 OEM and 6 after market. This is an issue with most mirrorless based on small battery size and with more power needs. Coming from a Pentax K3 which gave me about 550 shots even with a cheap battery and regular “chimping”. Third: The right front function button is activated too easily by picking the camera up. Fortunately you can disable the button, which I did. Fourth: Using rear button focus method is cumbersome due to the small size and placement of the AF-L and AE-L button when programed and the focus is disabled on the shutter button. I did go back to focus on the shutter button, but I programed the AF-L button to lock focus until pressed again (a feature I like a lot as long as I remember to press it to unlock focus). Also this does not reset when the camera is turned off, I’m not sure how I feel about this part yet. Fifth: I keep the camera in Eye sensor + EVF only mode to conserve battery (Re-learning not to “Chimp”). I think there should be an override when searching the menu so it shows on the rear display when menu is selected. Sixth: The shutter button height should be raised. I tried the little button, people are purchasing, to raise the height but lost it the first day. Also when turning on by pressing the button it often makes an exposure. I guess I would rather deal with this than a slow recovery. Seventh: EVF a bit too much contrast. Not a big deal once I got used to it and realized the highlights would be ok in exposure. The rear screen gives much better representation of the actual tonal range. Eighth: Setting the camera for use with manual flash requires setting to manual then turning preview exposure off. Why this can’t be done with a manual flash setting that automatically sets this. This is also hard to decipher from the manual. I did find the information on YouTube. Ninth: I am prone to leave a card in the computer then pick up the camera and go shooting. Then I am told there is no card in the camera and the camera won’t shoot until I either add a second card or select sequential in the menu. Why? In closing my first mirrorless was a Samsung NX-10 that I sometimes used with an adaptor and Pentax lenses . The image quality was OK (14 mpxls) but the refresh rate and EVF were awful. The size and weight were the advantages but the limitations were not enough to keep it from E-bay. The Fujifilm X-T2 is likely the last system I will own. And I’m OK with that.

I'm new with the XT-2 also and I have gone to evf+ eye sensor and am no longer chimping. I started using this method to conserve battery power and like the mirrorless WYSIWYG in the viewfinder. Enjoy your XT-2 ........ I think it is the best camera I've ever owned. The image quality is far superior to the medium format film cameras I used in the 70's through 90's as a working pro.

I just want to comment on a few issues First batteries : I purchased cheap Bonacell batteries on e-bay for about $7 each they work ok with about 2/3 at best the life of the OEM Fujifilm supplied with my X-T2. So I bought a few. Raw conversion: I have been shooting Digital since 93 and have shot in Adobe DNG with my Pentax system from day one. So when I got my X-T2 I decided to convert my files to DNG so I could open them in CS-6. I do most of my editing in Camera Raw . Reading these post I see many references to other raw processing and I admit I am not familiar with them. I have had no trouble getting exceptional images processing them this way . The X-T2 is a real jump from my 24 MPXL Pentax K3 so in more instances than ever before the JPEG is very good and for most purposes I use it. Digital photography is technically so far ahead of what you could achieve with film, consider spending your effort on your photo technique, and you can go back and reprocess your files as the miracle software is created. Enjoy and have a happy New Year .....Bob

Merry Christmas. If you haven't figured it out yet, just use 2 cards and set JPEG & Raw in the menu. The card in the first slot will be the Raw file with the second slot JPEG. Then remove the card in the first slot and try to read it on your computer. The computer should see them as RAF files. If so you have raw files. If not you have a problem. I use older versions of Photoshop so I cant read the RAF files so I use the Adobe DNG Converter to convert them to the Universal Raw file (DNG). Easily read and edited. Hope this helps Bob

it seems like there is a link in the switches that actually pushes the switch off. After reading the response I applied a little more force to the OIS switch while holding the aperture switch in the manual position and it did go to on in the aperture preferred mode. I worked it a few times and now it switches as it should. I figured id I broke it I would return it as suggested. I was really bummed out by this and could not understand why this would be a feature. All smiles now Thanks for the help........Bob

I'm new to the Fujifilm System. Dumped all of my Pentax gear to get lighter and I have completed my lens lineup. I have a 18-55 f2.8 -4 a 10-24 f4 and a 55-200 and all but the 18-55 can have the OIS work in aperture preferred. When I switch to aperture preferred on the 18 -55 it automatically disables the OIS by moving the selector to the off position . Is this normal? Thanks

Im Photobob, Retired pro photographer 1990's and retired from my other business in 2016. My wife and I just became "FullTimers" in our 30' Class "A" motorhome. I just adopted the Fujifilm X-T2 and am building a basic system to replace my Pentax K-3 and those heavy DA* lenses. I was a Pentax shooter since film days but could no longer carry the load. I chose Fujifilm over the Sony 6500 because of build quality and the overall performance of the lenses. I have reclaimed my amateur status and photograph almost everything. I shoot what catches my eye. Since my wife likes to travel, most of my images, of late, have been of distant places. I have done fairly well in international photo competitions, but I don't consider myself an artist. Just one who seizes visual opportunities. Looking forward to learning & sharing with other Fujifilm users. Bob

New to Fuji X and New to the Forum Finally dumped my SLR for a X-T2 and love it so far . However I have been studying the manual for about 3 weeks and picking out information. Much is hard to interpret. I shoot manual flash with my camera in full manual mode. With my previous DSLR (Pentax K3) and optical finder no problem. However I cant seem to find out how to set the camera on full manual but get a image in the viewfinder that is not too dark when using the Flash and the EVF. (Or the rear view screen) I had that issue with my old Samsung SL1 and there was no work around. I assumed that with this camera there is ,but I cant figure it out. Probably a dumb question ...but I appreciate any help. My flash is a Yongnuo 560III. I sometimes use it off camera on a bracket . I also use manual strobes in a studio setting triggered by a simple radio system , Same issue. Photobob