Fujifilm X-T2 review: for the love of photography

As a amateur photographer, I have always been attracted to the Fuji X-series products. Currently I'm packing Nikon FX system but before my current camera body I had X100s which I carried with me on many trips and really loved the results and the joy of photographing with it. The fixed focal length was non-issue 95% of the time. Now having returned to the Nikon system, I can totally get results that are what I'm expecting but it doesn't feel the same! Maybe one more generation and I'll sell my FX gear and move to the Fuji camp.

With X-series Fuji provides the proven UX to handling the exposure settings, compact sizing and excellent image quality. Secretly I'm still hoping for a compact Nikon mirrorless FX body with Df / Fuji X / traditional exposure settings. Let's see!

I up-voted this because I think the Fujifilm X series cameras need more love than they currently get.

I have an X-E2 and I love it, but I'm very curious to see if they release an X-E3 and what features of the X-T2 and X-Pro2 it will incorporate.

The whole X series is a pretty great system IMO. The designs are simple, bodies offer fully manual control, the lenses are extremely high quality, and certain models of lenses are much smaller than DSLR counterparts (18mm, 27mm, 35 f/2).

If you like classic manual cameras, especially rangefinder style ones, you'll like the X-E1/2 and the X-Pro1/2. The X-T2 however, is sort of an "SLR" format camera with the viewfinder in the center, which I'm not big on. One of the major advantages of mirrorless cameras (for me) is that you are able to put the viewfinder on the side and keep the camera's screen from smashing your nose when you shoot.

If you are into photography and haven't considered the Fujifilm offerings, I highly recommend that you do.

P.S. Fujifilm's engineers are continuously updating and refining the firmware from user feedback. With the 4.x release of the firmware for my X-E2, it add a boatload of features and really made it into the camera of my dreams. The 16MP sensor is getting a little bit dated, but that is going to happen with any camera. Plus, their X-Trans technology offers some advantages over traditional Bayer array sensors.

The problem with the A6000 series is the lack of lenses.

Agreed, Fujifilm gets what many other manufacturers don't: that the camera needs to get out of the way of photography. Their recipe for this is to have great physical manual controls combined with great automatic settings. Fujifilm cameras don't beep and boop, they don't Instagramize your pictures, they don't have "fireworks over a snowy beach while your kids are chasing backlit dogs" mode. They just take pictures and get out of your way when you need to tell them how to take pictures differently.

I have an (original) X100 and my only complaint is I wish it had more knobs and buttons: at least an extra knob for ISO, and a third or even fourth user-configurable button. (It looks like the X-T2 is swimming with knobs and buttons, so good for Fujifilm, they must listen to customer feedback.) I rarely need to use the knobs but when I do, they're right there so I don't need to spend time navigating menus.

> [...] the XPro2 / XT2 has the exact same sensor as a a6300 and a6500

Definitely not. Fuji X-Pro and X-T2 use the Fuji X-Trans III, while Sony a6300/a6500 uses a conventional Bayer array sensor.