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Hahaha......This is normal. 95-98% is very good already.

Shutter count is one thing. Electronic decay is the other.......

Thanks Rico. I almost shed a tear reading your post. Kinda sad really. I also grew up with the camera that went to the moon. The Nikon 1 was a phenomenon. I remember my nephew shooting 10fps next to me and I was the one with the dslr.

Haha...yes. By that I take it that you mean "digital assist" aids in the OVF? Sounds like an antithesis no? .........somehow I'm thinking, "Cybernatic organism, model T-101". But I have to qualify. I love the Pro2 as it's my personal choice for shooting for pleasure. For assignments, I take either the T2 and Canon gears.

Thanks Milandro, I was looking for the link!

Thanks for the facts and figures Larry. What's happening to Nikon is sad but perplexing. I'm still trying to understand their predicament. Anyone can shed some light? Fujifilm Corp is huge, yes but Fujifilm digital division for consumer products is small but they are growing. They just broke through the 20% of the global mirror less market. Fujifilm is also into beauty products. With their lab of more than 20,000 chemicals, they have been creating color lasting beauty product formulation. They are also into healthcare and clean living products. The lab responsible for their cine lenses is I believe a separate division altogether. Anyway, I was quoting Fujifilm themselves. In every one of their launches without fail, they humbly admit that they are very small outfit and that our patience with them is greatly appreciated. I'm not sure if it's a pun but I took it at face value. "Cottage to corporate" was a metaphor. Sorry if it sounded too literal. Kodak is a famous case study. I don't take joy in their predicament as I love Kodak products. I started to shoot with Kodak and it's remained close to me since. Anyway, Fujifilm won't be "small" for much longer. They've just invested in a new and substantially significant manufacturing plant to cope.....or should it be "cope".

One up for GFX50 and Stacey Kent!

X-Pro is definitely the format for me. I enjoy it's format tremendously. The Pro2 can be a bit smaller.......especially with the hand grip on. 4K is a real pain even though the screen real estate is a warm welcome. I'd only recommend it if one REALLY needs it. Upgrading hardware is only one of the issues. Storage and HDR formats are the others. Hopefully Dolby Vision HDR will solve things for everyone. Whichever way Fujifilm may go, it's definitely very interesting times ahead. I'm eagerly waiting for the next X lens! "I have all the toys that I need and even after this many years that I am in this game I still have to find a camera that limits my creativity". I guess that's easier than finding one that can keep up.

And thus the dilemma of going from cottage to corporate. You pretty much summed up Fujifilm' scenario. One more to add, Fujifilm is by far a very small company. They're trying desperately to expand in a safe manner. The successes of the T2 and GFX50s showed them a very clear line of sight on where they should be headed.....and they're "coping". I'd anticipate things may slow down slightly for the X lenses somewhat. Hopefully not for too long. Personally, I was wondering, apart from the 80mm macro and maybe a 150mm telephoto. What may be the other X lenses that people need? I'd fully welcome the niche 33mm F0.95 but that's just me as I have use for it. Even a 35mm F1.4 v2 may be good. I dunno. Anyone?

Knowing Fujifilm, they'd probably make the 33mm F0.95 a reality after the GFX's been delivered and is running smoothly.....I'd say give it 2 - 3 years. Expect it to be big but desirably so....it'll belong more to the X-Pro end of things....

I stumbled on this as I was doing some extra reading......I usually set grain in across mode to off. It could be grain settings. Good to check. http://alikgriffin.com/fujifilm-x-pro-2-review-a-camera-with-a-soul/

Sounds like the internal battery has issues. Some cameras have a button cell to keep your settings in memory but X-Pro2 uses a non replaceable internal battery. They should just stick to button cells. I had an old Nikon p&s which needed a motherboard replacement just because of a defective internal battery. It get's charged by your camera battery. Try leaving your battery in your camera longer. Otherwise, sending it back may be your only option.

Yes, I can see your dilemma. If it's any consolation, your 1st pic looks good as it is (not pixel peeped). I wouldn't be able to tell by just looking whether it was xpro2 or x100. I'm not sure if this will help as I understand that different people have different standards. As it is, I think your street photography is good.

I guess when we zoom in, we see what we don't normally see. The rest of your photos does seem fine. Even the 1st pic when I didn't zoom in looks alright.

I feel liberated already!

That looks unusual. 1st pic, was it a crop? 2nd pic, the bokeh looks like it had some art filter applied too. Is it just across or you applied another filter?

I just checked some of my shots with Acros at ISO5000. I don't see the "extra" noise you mentioned. Compared to the color, the grain/noise is almost identical. In that respect, I don't think Across adds grain/noise. I've also double checked with shots at ISO200. Same results. If anything I thought the Acros conversion was very smooth.

Qiki, sample pic please. Acros + R is quite high in contrast. Acros is good, Silver Efex2, better and Agfa 100 is great!.

Zone focus. How far are you from the subject? Far, try point. Near, try zone.

I poked my head into a hifi store once and asked if they sold a certain things I was looking for. The irritated sales manager replied, "If you don't know what we sell here then this store is not for you", with a sigh....... True, I never bought a single thing from them, ever. However, as my presence in the industry became more prominent, he tried to play nice and cozy up. Till today, I've never dealt with nor recommended any of their products to any of my clients or projects. Always buy or sell with a happy heart.

Probably the contact on the tracer getting out of whack. Crosstalk from grease+metallic powder?

Thanks for sharing. Was the front element not placed correctly or was it displaced after a drop? Was the culprit the screw you were holding?

Mine eyes doth maketh for Fujifilm!

You lose some light with the APD. At widest aperture, you are getting closer to F1.7 light. Try not to confuse this with F1.7 bokeh because you'd still get F1.2 bokeh but F1.7 amount of light. The APD will have smooth bokeh advantage from F1.2 - F5.6. I suspect at night when you probably will shoot closer to wide open, the APD will have better background rendition. It's subtle but it's there. Whether you need the APD will depend on how much you want the night background to be in your picture. I'm assuming you are talking about portraits. All else being equal, the standard lens will perform just as good with actual F1.2 light. I shoot with both and on your X-T2, AF and Focusing on both versions will be almost identical. APD loses a wee bit but negligible.

I've never seen a Lion on snow.