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Saw this on eBay and had a wee chuckle:
 
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Fujifilm-XF-35mm-f-2-R-WR-Lens-Black-/162094672475?hash=item25bd986a5b:g:cL8AAOSwbYZXVOYI
 
A quote from the description:

"Also includes a vented lens hood that has been sanded down for that Viet Nam War photographer look (only the third party hood has been sanded - the lens and Fuji accessories are perfect)."

To each their own.  I'm with your dad, FujiGlitch, and would be giving you a slap on the head (even though I'm only a few years older than you).    I don't necessarily baby my equipment, but I do like keeping it look as new as possible.
 
To a non-Fuji owner - and someone who doesn't know what the camera really is - the beaten up looking X70 will look vintage and well used as per the intent of FujiGlitch.  So while we wouldn't be fooled, more than 99% of the public will be.  And this is a photography forum.  We take pictures that are either seen as good or not good based on a bunch of subjective factors.  Like HDR, this camera may not be to everyones taste, but what WE do isn't to everyone's taste either.

I wanted to see if I can get rid of the Sony, given I enjoy much more the results I'm getting from the Fuji in terms of colors and ease of post-processing. So today I put them one against the other taking identical shots few seconds apart. You can see below a couple of twin crops (click on them to see them properly, albeit softened by the web compression probably used by the forum software backend) that on a normal, non-retina, screen will have the same dimensions of a print of a 100cm length.
 
In each, one of the images has been shot with a Sony A7r ("Vivid" picture style), the other with the X-T10 ("Velvia" film simulation), trying to match the colors to a reasonable approximation. Both using Contax Zeiss glass at f/11 (a 50/1.7 Planar on the Sony, a 35/2.8 Distagon on the Fuji; I know these lenses well, and from f/5.6 forward they are undistinguishable so any difference is due the sensor, not the lens).   Irident (or RawTherapee with deconvolution sharpening and microcontast) would be able to squeeze even more details from the X-T10, but for these examples I've used Photoshop CS 6.1
 
I'm extremely impressed, to say the least. 
 
Remembering that you will watch a print this big at least from 60/80cm apart, so please don't put your nose on the screen   , can you tell which one is which2? Hint: if I keep getting these results my A7r is hitting eBay soon!
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
1Using the following sharpening procedure, should you be curious.
 
SHARPENING METHOD USED
Keep in mind that the following values are indicative (you'll have to tweak them based on the picture content and the amount of detail) and based on fairly big prints, like 60x90cm and up. However, given that to properly apply them you will have to use your picture as a "Smart object", they might work even for smaller print sizes, especially toning down the radiuses.
 
In Lightroom or in Camera Raw (same thing) I give the files a fairly conservative (for an X-trans sensor) capture sharpening: amount 40 / radius 1 / details 60 / masking 10.
 
Then I open the file in Photoshop as a "Smart object" and I resize it to fit my desired print dimensions.
 
At that point I use first the old, classic "Unsharp mask": amount 120%, radius 1.5 pixels, threshold 0.
 
And finally "Smart sharpen" in "Advanced" mode to extract the textures and the small detail (this takes care of the watercolor effect, basically).
General tab:
amount 131%, radius 1.5 pixels, "Lens blur" with "More accurate" activated
Shadows: fade amount 60%, tonal width 50, radius 1
Highlights: fade amount 20%, tonal width 50, radius 1
 
OPTIONAL STEP (not used in the samples above): at this point, should you want results more comparable to Irident, but at the cost of a tad more noise, you should add another round of "Smart sharpen": amount 40, radius 1.
 
After these steps all that's left is print sharpening, but of that I usually let the now free Nik Sharpen plugin take care of.
 
 
 
2In both cases left Sony A7r, right Fuji X-T10
 

Frankly, my opinion is "To each their own".  If heavy editing in software makes you happy and gives you results you like, awesome!  If you want to be a "purist" and use jpg's SOOC and love doing that...awesome!
 
So what is more important?  Answer:  Whatever makes you happy.

I thought I'd share a few of the landscapes/scenics I've taken on my travels over the last couple of weeks!
  1. Glencoe!... needs no introduction!   20160530 - Glencoe (Buachaille Etive Mor) by Chris Mitchell, on Flickr   2. Mirror Man in Loch Earn   Mirror Man, in Loch Earn at St Fillans by Chris Mitchell, on Flickr   3. Blackrock Cottage (cliche I know but I'd never taken the shot myself!)   Blackrock Cottage, Glencoe Fuji X-Pro 2 & Fuji 16mm f1.4 by Chris Mitchell, on Flickr   4. Loch Goil Moonlight   Loch Goil Moonlight by Chris Mitchell, on Flickr   5. Fidra from Yellowcraigs Beach, East Lothian   Fidra Island & Lighthouse from Yellowcraigs Beach, Direlton Fuji X-Pro 2 & Fuji 16mm f14 by Chris Mitchell, on Flickr

I'm waiting for Formatt-Hitech to come out with Firecrest ND and Grad filters for its 85mm system.  I've read good things about the ND filters (especially their 13 and 16 stop filters) and a Fuji X-Photographer I like uses them.

Shhhhh.  If they knew that, what would they have to complain about?  Same goes for the "No 4k Video Club"..nobody's forcing them to shoot in 4k, but they'll complain about it nonetheless.

Shhhhh.  If they knew that, what would they have to complain about?  Same goes for the "No 4k Video Club"..nobody's forcing them to shoot in 4k, but they'll complain about it nonetheless.

Shhhhh.  If they knew that, what would they have to complain about?  Same goes for the "No 4k Video Club"..nobody's forcing them to shoot in 4k, but they'll complain about it nonetheless.

I don’t think that there are many cameras with real leather these days.
 
My Rolleiflex GX 2.8 60 years edition came with a real snake leather and gold trims. I miss that camera which despite the fact it was a collector’s edition I used (took pictures for CD’s covers). I sold it because I don’t shoot analog anymore.
 
You can buy the Asahi-Aki skins. Some are sold as “ Leather”(real?) others are sold as “ Leatherette” (Plastic).
 
http://www.aki-asahi.com/store/
 

I suppose that you are familiar with the term “ contradictio in terminis “ as in “ a scratched camera shouldn’t have new leather(ette) skin” sort of thing?
 
However “ de gustibus non est disputandum “ so you win 

Just a try out Milandro, have "fake" leather on the way.

apparently one of our members @Yukosteel, has made one steampunk camera already.
 
This concept could be ever so simply applied to the X-70!
 

Frankly, my opinion is "To each their own".  If heavy editing in software makes you happy and gives you results you like, awesome!  If you want to be a "purist" and use jpg's SOOC and love doing that...awesome!
 
So what is more important?  Answer:  Whatever makes you happy.

life is unfair. They hate us.

No, it was not. Linear motor gives you silent operations and faster AF, and both are not of your concern... so why bother about it... If you didn't see this old comparison have a look - http://admiringlight.com/blog/fuji-35mm-f1-4-vs-fuji-35mm-f2/

Fine morning in Quimper, Brittany, so the SDFs are out on the street.  SDF means 'sans domicile fixe'  =  Homeless.
 

Fright Hair
 

Better in B&W!
 

With his dogs

Find Buddha by ewm19

Riot police at a protest in Seoul

this is the X10, close enough to the x30...

Back..to work
 

 
X30 Jpeg, some tweaking in Lr
 
Robin

This thread has become so interesting, ironic, and kind of distressing—pun intended.
 
Distressed jeans. Distressed furniture. It's a design concept. It's not for everyone, and many of us, myself included, protect our camera to preserve its luster. I respect those whose view are divergent from my own, particularly if they seem peculiar or unexpected. 
 
I like what the OPer did to his camera. I admire his chutzpah. I draw no conclusions about him, the person, from this act. I can't judge him by the appearance of one of his possessions, I can't judge a book by its cover, and I can't make an assumption of the whole individual from this narrow slice of what I know about him. It seems reasonable to not like what he did to his camera, and to act on that revulsion by choosing not to do it to your own camera, but to draw conclusions about him, to judge him, and to and sling accusations about his purpose, his outlook, his world view. . . .   That, to me, is the false veneer. 

or you could just chuck them in a pocket in your camera bag .....
I put a rubber band around each charged battery and then remove it when needed so duds end up in bag with no band on ...... too simple ?

I sold cameras at the retail and wholesale level for about 10 years. My most frequent query was "What is the best camera?" I always replied, "The one you have with you."