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Agreed. I used to be a hardcore Nikonite (I'd argue with Canon people on Dpreview forumns) but the form factor of these cameras are just disgusting. I made the

Agreed. I used to be a hardcore Nikonite (I'd argue with Canon people on Dpreview forumns) but the form factor of these cameras are just disgusting. I made the switch to Fuji's X-T* and X100* line a few years ago and I haven't looked back. I unearthed a Nikon D4 from the camera bag a while back and I was just disgusted with the form factor. I'm so far gone from my brutalist photography days and I love life as a jpeg maximalist.

vr46 2y ago
The arguments these days are at least well-spread out, suggesting people are finding great fit between themselves and kit. I neglected an X-Pro 1 for years before giving it away, but lovely camera for the right person. My mate shoots Olympus stuff, looks really well-made and professional. Personally, I am occasionally taking full advantage of bargain top-notch kit on the second-hand market, as older gear and stuff that doesn’t fit people gets sold off.
- postalcoder 2y ago
  Yes indeed. The arguments of long ago were truly unhinged. Every debate used to boil down to 100% crops of ISO 6400 images. Now, each camera system has meaningfully different properties. I've fallen in love with the simplicity of Fuji, BUT I got to try out a relative's digital medium format Hassy.. Horrendous AF, subpar shooting experience, but the images and color depth are undescribably phenomenal. I've got the medium format itch since then, but til it starts raining money, I'm happy with the fuji vibes. I've been picking up lenses on the cheap too. I can't justify buying them new when the depreciation curve so favors the second-hand buyer.
  - vr46 2y ago
    The ratio of pictures OF cameras to pictures FROM cameras is still too high, though, at least on my new Threads feed. I have a wonderful collection of old CAMERA Magazin issues, and plenty of old brochures and pro magazines from the 1990s, and technical image quality has not advanced as far as people think it has, even if pixel peeping suggests otherwise. That alone helps me calm the GAS down when flipping though the PetaStoppers of the web today. A mate has been desperate for a Hassy for, I swear, a decade, and has finally bought his dream 907 or something, and the only pics I saw from him so far were shot through a plane window. If it makes you happy, I guess. On the MF itch, I found a cheap-as-dirt 645Z and as you suggest, the images and colour depth are a marvel. So much for not lugging heavy cameras around.
newaccount74 2y ago
Did they fix autofocus in the X100 line? I had an X100T, and the multi-point autofocus somehow focussed on the wrong thing 50% of the time.
- postalcoder 2y ago
  AF is still Fuji's achilles heel, even on the newer models. That said, AF-S with multipoint focus is solid and face detection has gotten much better. AF-C is decent, but not great - the lens motor is the issue. Video AF is terrible for both the X100s and the X-Ts to the extent that I consider manual focus a must.

vr46 2y ago

The arguments these days are at least well-spread out, suggesting people are finding great fit between themselves and kit. I neglected an X-Pro 1 for years before giving it away, but lovely camera for the right person. My mate shoots Olympus stuff, looks really well-made and professional. Personally, I am occasionally taking full advantage of bargain top-notch kit on the second-hand market, as older gear and stuff that doesn’t fit people gets sold off.

postalcoder 2y ago
Yes indeed. The arguments of long ago were truly unhinged. Every debate used to boil down to 100% crops of ISO 6400 images. Now, each camera system has meaningfully different properties. I've fallen in love with the simplicity of Fuji, BUT I got to try out a relative's digital medium format Hassy.. Horrendous AF, subpar shooting experience, but the images and color depth are undescribably phenomenal. I've got the medium format itch since then, but til it starts raining money, I'm happy with the fuji vibes. I've been picking up lenses on the cheap too. I can't justify buying them new when the depreciation curve so favors the second-hand buyer.
- vr46 2y ago
  The ratio of pictures OF cameras to pictures FROM cameras is still too high, though, at least on my new Threads feed. I have a wonderful collection of old CAMERA Magazin issues, and plenty of old brochures and pro magazines from the 1990s, and technical image quality has not advanced as far as people think it has, even if pixel peeping suggests otherwise. That alone helps me calm the GAS down when flipping though the PetaStoppers of the web today. A mate has been desperate for a Hassy for, I swear, a decade, and has finally bought his dream 907 or something, and the only pics I saw from him so far were shot through a plane window. If it makes you happy, I guess. On the MF itch, I found a cheap-as-dirt 645Z and as you suggest, the images and colour depth are a marvel. So much for not lugging heavy cameras around.

newaccount74 2y ago

Did they fix autofocus in the X100 line? I had an X100T, and the multi-point autofocus somehow focussed on the wrong thing 50% of the time.

postalcoder 2y ago
AF is still Fuji's achilles heel, even on the newer models. That said, AF-S with multipoint focus is solid and face detection has gotten much better. AF-C is decent, but not great - the lens motor is the issue. Video AF is terrible for both the X100s and the X-Ts to the extent that I consider manual focus a must.