You're not wrong.
Speaking PERSONALLY I have a XT1 and a XP1. I usually use the Pro, because I like it. Even though it's an older camera and a lot slower
But speaking GENERICALLY people should buy what ever makes them happy....
....it's not really about the camera, but if someone has a emotive connection to their tool, they'll always strive to try harder with it, even if that connection is merely 'I've got the latest Fuji'
At the end of th day... The first X ILC was a APSC camera, the XP2 will be a APSC camera, the lenses available when the XP2 hits the stores are the same lenses available now (give or take the 35 mk2) so in terms of IQ I can't see there ultimately being a lot of difference between the XP2 and say the XT10 or XT1 etc,
so I guess no one should buy it and Fuji should not have even bothered to make it!
I have had a busy few weeks buying lens recently, having just sold my 18-55mm and bought a 18-135, 10-24mm and now the 60mm
My plan is to evaluate my whole lens collection together and then I will be selling some, as to be honest 3-4 is all I need. A combination of good deals and coming into some money has enabled me to buy first and then try and whatever I don't like will go back on ebay and money will be put in savings against X-Pro 2 or X-T2
10-24mm
27mm
35mm
60mm
18-135mm
55-200mm
I shoot travel street and portrait as my main focuses you won't see much travel/portrait yet on my flickr as mainly family focused and I am trying to keep my flickr ouput focused.
Lenses that I will 100% be keeping
10-24mm
35mm
Interestingly the above is probally all I need for street right now, the 27mm is nice for low-key but is a complete luxury now that I have the 10-24mm mind you its very small.
Its mainly about rounding out the kit.
Currently my decision making revolves around.
18-135mm vs 55-200mm I wanted the 18-135mm so when I am with family a) I don't have to keep changing lens all the time and I can have 2 primes with me for creative stuff rather than before when I had 18-55mm and 55-200mm and only had room for one prime in my travel kits (35mm)
My concerns its not as good at compression and blur for portrait as the 55-200mm, I love that lens, its amazingly sharp. Part of the reason I have bought the 60mm is to give me an interesting portrait lens slightler longer than the 35mm. I considered the 56mm but I like the 60mm way it renders, just speaks to me and I think it matchs the rendering of the 35mm more closely than the 56.
So choice for me is given the ample coverage between 10-60mm do i ditch the 18-135 and keep the 55-200 giving me this
10-24mm
35mm
60mm
55-200mm
or ditch 55-200 giving me this
10-24mm
35mm
60mm
18-135mm
Pro for first option is that I have great street kit 10-24/35/60at a push and a great portrait kit 35/60/55-200
However as mentioned the main reason I wanted 18-135 was for family trips. So my ideal travel kit would be 10-24/35/18-135, the 55-200 would work very well technically in that kit, it gives the biggest range of focal lengths, good portrait options, good wide angle options and great low light option. However I would be changing lenses a whole lot more.
I think it all comes down to how I get on with the 60mm if it gives me what I am looking for in terms of portrait then I may be able to get rid of 55-200mm I have found the 18-135mm is fairly good up to about 100mm and I can get some compression from it, but its not as nice as the 55-200.
If I was a pro I would keep all of them. Mind you if I was a pro I would probably replace both 55-200 and 18-135 with the 55-140. I would probably also give some very serious thought to the 90mm
Anyway i am not pro and I need to cut down. I am leaning towards selling the 55-200 and the 27mm
I will have my perfect street kit, my perfect travel kit and my portrait kits will have one week link. It also means I am only ever leaving one lens at home instead of 3 which just seems wasteful.
Or the other obvious choice I get a bigger bag, before some wag jump in a suggests it
