My first experience with Fuji X-T10

[Lemi]

Fuji is my third brand I've changed for years. Nikon, Olympus Micro Four Thirds and now Fuji. I still keep my Olympus OM-D E-M1 with all lenses but since I've tried Fuji I've got a feeling that I don't want to grab my beloved Olympus anymore. Honestly, it didn't come up like WOW factor right after I started to play with my X-T10. It came up much later when I mastered the Fuji and finally realized that Fuji doesn't have a lot of features presented in Olympus not because they were omitted but because they are not needed (for Fuji). Fuji is made for photographers  who want fastest and simplest way to get to the common features. When I finally realized it I fell in love with the system. Of course, there are some quirks there and it's to be expected but overall this system is built for photographers of different needs and experiences to satisfy their demands.

[darknj]

Welcome around and this indeed a weird thing for Fuji X system.

 

Camera wise, there is really nothing impressive:

 

- 16 MP sensor on APS-C where the standard is shifting toward 24MP now.

- 5 years old sensor, yep still the same old one for the past 5 years, just newer CPU to process a bit faster.

- Super weird controls if you are used to DSLR, with all those dial turning and such on the X-T1.

- Old film camera look, almost hipsterly look.

- No IBIS.

- No backside illuminated sensor.

- Raw limited to 6400 ISO.

- A WR tag that is almost laughable next to the level of Pentax.

 

(Actually now that I look at it... The X-T1 does look almost like a bad camera...)

 

And despise all this, there is still something deeply enjoyable to shoot with Fuji, a way of working, the way the camera behaves when you change settings or just the handling of it.

It is quite a weird feeling to put into word but when I leave the larger DSLR Nikon and get home with my X-T1 shoots a bit here and there on my home I feel content about it.

 

I think you are right when you say that some of these features are not "needed". I had a chat with a colleague about the Fuji system compared to the rest of the DSLR world and described the Fuji camera like aiming for the Protogs but not really for their work time but more toward their leisure and it did have a nice ring to it.

[davidmold]

With Fuji you are in continual danger of taking a rather nice picture, whereas with other systems you spend so much time fiddling with your nice camera that the danger is averted.