9.V.III

HEIF support should be Fuji's #1 priority. JPEG is seriously obsolete compared to the new format and it's a real shame that we don't have options to shoot with Fuji in HEIF right now.

300f2.8 is probably the most popular of the “Big” lenses on other systems, 200f2.0 replicates the same FOV and effective light gathering with APS-C (accounting for the inherently worse high ISO performance on crop sensors).For wildlife one of the examples I seem to hear about is shooting exotic birds in the jungle, you don’t need excessive reach but due to the foliage blocking out most of the sunlight the lighting conditions are dim. It’s ideal for indoor sports or where the arena is smaller (e.g. Basketball or Tennis), or on a larger field if you only have one position to cover. And then music and stage events that normally allow reasonably close proximity to the subject. People like to shoot portrats with 200f2.0 on Full Frame but Fuji would need to make a 135mmf1.4 for that. This is probably not going to be used for portraits very often (not that it can’t be, you just get a lot of compression, good for someone with a long nose). 400f2.8 is the most common “Large Field Sports” lens, Fuji would need to make a 300f2.0 to cover that position (yes, it’s a 150mm front element, that’s the largest element Canon and Nikon are willing to produce).

Longevity is still my primary concern, and heat in long exposures. If all these IBIS cameras go belly up in 10 years most people are going to regret having the feature, especially given the likely cost of repair. Maybe someday they’ll have an IBIS Active Time counter and that’ll be a critical facter in resale value. Then you’ll end up with most people spending extra for IBIS and never using it.

Finally have the X-E3 on order. Lots of great systems on the market, I almost bought the Sigma Quattro H instead (Amazing details for 1/3 the cost of a 5Ds), but the X-E3 is legitimately one of the best cameras on the market, bar none, especially for the cost. Ironically it might be a while before I get a Fuji Lens. The Samyang 12mm f2 and Mitakon 35f0.95 will probably fill 99% of my needs for a while, and of course I can adapt my existing Canon mount lenses.

MTF charts measure the frequency of bright and dark contrast, but not the total light transmission, or the color tone. The prime example I have is my Canon 400f5.6 and Samyang 800f11 lenses, they produce effectively the same amount of detail when cropped to the same field of view, but the Canon lens has much better color. Along with that the F-stop of a lens is not a measurement of the amount of light actually hitting the sensor, thus the T-stop value that Cinema lenses always use. From what I’ve read, when people talk about “Micro-Contrast” they’re really just saying “Color Saturation”, and total light transmission (T-stop) is probably a good indicator of how much a lens is going to interfere with colors. Glass will always absorb some light so the better a lens is at transmitting light the less likely it is to absorb your colors. It’s really weird that more people don’t pay attention to these things, but I guess it’s hard to keep that sort of thing in the mainstream audience with all the people out there trying talking about it are trying to get converts to a channel more than informed and educated consumers.

Being able to select AF points with the touchscreen while looking through the EVF is a HUGE advancement! This is the fastest method of AF selection ever invented, undoubtedly this is an order of magnitude faster than any other method. The biggest disappointment is that they don't have "scrolling" in menus with the touchscreen. Hopefully the "Q" menu can be customized to include most of the deep menu settings that are normally harder to find and access quickly.

https://youtu.be/_UU8L_yUKTs?t=20m50s You can use the Touchscreen while using the EVF. What's more, they allow you to turn off either the left or right half of the touchscreen, so that "if" you happen to rest your nose on one side of the screen a lot it will not interfere with functionality.

https://youtu.be/L0MK7qz13bU?t=1m4s Embrace the touchscreen.

The accusation being made is that "having a touchscreen" makes the camera worse. That accusation is utter nonsense. You just brought up video for the fist time in this entire discussion when the only problem here is you seem to hate touchscreens for no good reason. You have still failed to apply logic to any response. You're wrong because you have yet to make any logical statement about why the touchscreen is bad. The only line of reasoning that would lead anyone to believe that Fuji made a negative change is the lack of 3 Fn buttons, I've said this multiple times now, but you just keep trying to say that the touchscreen itself is bad and you never apply logic or reason to any of your statements. Everything you've said on the subject is utter nonsense. It's obvious that your entire motivation for not liking the touchscreen is that Fuji changed the button layout in ways you didn't expect, and now you're mad at Fuji for not meeting your expectations.

http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1067669_why-the-world-rally-championship-has-gone-low-tech Given that in relation to the X-E3 we're talking about one of the most common consumer technologies on Earth right now, it's safe to say that cost isn't an issue. Again, the question is why anyone would want to specifically remove features from a consumer product that make life easier for everyone. Leica has that market cornered with the M-D: http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/leica-m-d-typ-262/leica-m-d-typ-262A.HTM Anyone who wants it, there it is, your perfect camera, it even has a full frame sensor. Everyone else wants a touchscreen on their camera. I guarantee you will see absolutely and utterly zero negative press around the touchscreen functionality. Industry Journalists will be praising the X-E3 in a synchronous angelic choir, they will be throwing awards at the X-E3 for being the most user friendly Fuji ever made. Maybe some people will miss the 3 absent Fn buttons, but I'm betting anyone new to Fuji will be totally satisfied, and most of the people who thought they would miss the buttons will find it a non-issue (due to expanded control elsewhere).

Right now it's like people are trying to say that having a media center in your car makes the handling worse. The two subjects are completely unrelated.

People are saying the existance of this function will ruin the shooting experience, this is a totally neutral feature if you don't like it, and a revolutionary feature for 99% of the rest of the potential market. This will transform the user experience for any modern user. The touchscreen is necessary.

Somehow this forum has become a congregation of people who hate new technology. Again, comparisons with the X-A3 are just insane. If you can turn it off, or if you can make sure it only enables while navigating the menu (which is the primary benefit), then the possibility of it having any negative impact on your shooting is zero. The only possibility is that it would be a positive thing. Sure, they "could" get it wrong, but Fuji is also best known for improving things through firmware. If they don't do the touchscreen right, they'll fix it.

Actually as of this September I will have been using my Canon 1100D (T3) for 5 years. I had a 5D2 for almost a year but traded it away because it's too big, the small crop bodies are ideal when you're hiking.

My understanding of events over the last few years is the X-E line was dead, and it got revived due to consumer feedback. I'm just happy that they're making another rangefinder at all.