I picked up my X-T2 2 hours ago from local shop. Win for the Local shop
So far I am blown away. As i read someone say somewhere it makes X-T1 look like a Beta model and I loved that camera.
So far only tried it with 35mm F1.4 as that is my favorite lens and the one I know the best. AF improvement in High Perf mode (no grip) is absolutely fantastic real improvement especially given that is an old lens. Its now lightening fast. Continous is good for stills, but its very very hunty in video mode, however I was useing the general CAF setting I have not played with the custom ones yet so this may improve. Also the 35mm will generally be used in Manual focus mode when I shoot video, I was just testing it for interest.
So many nice little touches, the layout feels more open without the video button, the joystick is cough a joy, the d-pad is so much more confident and firm and easy to find with your fingers. IN video mode when you drop shutter speed from 30 to 15 on the dial it automatically goes to 1/24 or 1/25 of a second if you are in a 24FPS or 25FPS video mode, this small detail is huge on the X-T1 if you were in those modes you had to fiddle about and could not get 1/24th if memory serves me right.
Structurally the side doors for SD card and interfaces are so so much better. THe battery door satch switch feels less robust than on X-T1 but that might be becuase its so smooth there is no resistance and it feels weird. Time will tell, to be honest I am splitting hairs here but I thought I should put something in to balance the gushing.
The images so far have been very very good, but not had time to process or get them on a PC so this is based on the back of the camera, but resolution improvement is very good.
I will post more thoughts in the coming days, but its a solid upgrade giving me a lot of the ergonomic AF and video improvements I have been waiting for. Further use of the AF in more varied settings and with better lens is needed.I am very interested to see how the 50-140mm does as apparently that is my fastest focusing lens
#1 Multi-angle tilt screen. Lack of tilt screen has become a deal killer since I started using a body with one.
#2 EVF
#3 Faster operation & superior performance in action-oriented settings
#4 Better control layout for my uses.
#5 Video
#6 Useful accessories...the metal grip, vertical grip
#7 Better match for their high-end zooms
Who said that the Selfie culture is a modern phenomenon? In fact, it's as old as photography itself. See the probably first selfie ever made back in 1839!
Learn more here: http://thenakedcamera.com/even-older-selfies-self-portraits-from-early-20th-and-19th-century/
I'd bet that everyone drop that piece of crap into the waste bin immediately after unboxing the X-T1. It's just disturbing the pleasant feeling of new ownership. (SCNR)
Rhesus macaque photographed in eastern Thailand. Admittedly this image was taken in a zoo but this guy wasn't an inmate, he was a visitor. The only difference bentween me and him was that I paid for my ticket while he and his freinds just jumped over the back wall and proceeded to ransack the place.
