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Many of the XF lenses and cameras are nearly all-metal construction, also. Great quality gear.
by ghostly_s 8y ago
Many of the XF lenses and cameras are nearly all-metal construction, also. Great quality gear.
- CarVac 8y agoThey're all metal on the outside, but certainly not on the inside. Not that that's a bad thing. But the tactile experience is a long way from the old actually-all-metal cameras and lenses. I was sorely disappointed the first time I held a Fuji X series camera.
- ghostly_s 8y agoI would encourage you to check out more of the range. They vary quite a bit from the same plastic-y crap with vintage styling and some sincerely robust construction. I've been shooting on an X-E1 for several years now and I treat it like dirt, granted it's not quite like the good old days, but it's stood up admirably compared to the Minolta 35mm I was treating like dirt prior. (Coincidentally, that one's also an XE-1...brothers separated by 40 years.) I'll agree with you though on the control interface for the lenses. I still often shoot my manual-focus Minolta lenses on the Fuji. The drive-by-wire focus rings just can't compare (seems Fuji thinks the mark of quality is stiffness when it's really about responsiveness) and the aperture ring situation is all over the map in the XF line. I sorely wish someone would revive those delightful knurled rubberized focus rings; but alas, I guess they've all decided "surely no-one really uses these?"