Fuji X-T2 or X-T20

[Destin]

Cool

10-24 = 15-35 FF equiv ?
I had to wait for my lens also. That was an agonizing wait.

In the mean time, you can start to learn the menu system and configure the camera.
It took me a LONG time to figure it out on my Olympus. Each mfg has a slightly different menu, and they don't put everything in the same place with the same label/title

Tip. Keep track of your configuration changes. When I updated the firmware on my Olympus, it reset the camera, and I lost all my changes. Subsequently, I discovered that certain updates will reset the camera. That is probably similar for the Fuji.
I'm going to do that myself for my Nikon.

Now the other stuff:

• Spare batteries. You are going to need a BUNCH when you go hiking. Unless they make a solar charger that you can attach to your pack.
  
• 2nd charger
• light tripod
• remote release
• etc. etc. etc.

N-Joy the new camera.

Yep, 15-36mm FF equivalent. Planning to get another lens or two as well.

I’m digging through the menu right now and there are definitely more options than my nikons have had, or at least it feels like it.

I had an update reset a Nikon body to factory defaults once and was devastated. Since that time I’ve always kept a copy of my custom settings on an SD card so I could restore them if it happened again.. not sure if Fuji has that option but I’ll be looking into it for sure.

Definitely planning to buy a bunch of batteries and maybe a solar charger. And I’ve got a shopping cart full of accessories on amazon

I’m like a kid in a candy store. I love exploring new toys.. errr uh.. cameras.

 

[ac12]

I would be wary of doing a setting restore, because the update may have changed the menu. If so, a settings restore may not work properly. Plus having to do it manually, lets you see if the menu has been changed in the areas that you customize.

It is a bit tedious to type it all down. But the benefit, is that I can make notes about the setting; what it does and why I selected a particular setting. This is important for settings that interact with other settings, as I can never remember that stuff.

I've been drooling over the Olympus lenses and planning my kit. But I blew my "toy" budget for this year, so I have to wait till next year and a new toy budget.

I don't know about the Fuji lenses, but Olympus has two lines of lenses; a consumer and pro line. The consumer lenses are smaller and lighter, makes for easy carry. The pro lenses are larger and heavier, but faster and optically better. The choice lets me fine tune my kit. And I will probably have some duplication/overlap between the consumer and pro lenses.

Example - I have the consumer/kit 12-60 f/3.5-5.6 as my first/travel lens. I compromised on lens speed and IQ for compact and light.

The next lens in my plan is the 17mm f/1.8 (34mm FX equiv), for indoor low light shooting.

 

[SquarePeg]

Lots of great info available for using the various settings on the Fuji X series cameras. The Fuji website has a link for AF info.

NEW AF SYSTEM SPECIAL SITE | FUJIFILM

Also the Fuji Forums have a lot of very nice people with a lot of Fuji specific knowledge.

General X Camera Forum

Looking forward to your review of the Xt20 and your first shots.

Now you need to switch over to the iPad Pro with Affinity Photo app and you’ll be mobile for your editing too.

 

[SquarePeg]

BTW. Welcome to the lighter side.

 

[Destin]

Lots of great info available for using the various settings on the Fuji X series cameras. The Fuji website has a link for AF info.

NEW AF SYSTEM SPECIAL SITE | FUJIFILM

Also the Fuji Forums have a lot of very nice people with a lot of Fuji specific knowledge.

General X Camera Forum

Looking forward to your review of the Xt20 and your first shots.

Now you need to switch over to the iPad Pro with Affinity Photo app and you’ll be mobile for your editing too.

Thanks!

And... I had an iPad Pro for two years but sold it because Lightroom mobile sucked for my uses. Maybe I shouldn’t have

But I edit on a MacBook Pro so I’m fairly mobile still.

 

[Fujidave]

X-T20 came today. Even after playing with it in the store I was still amazed at just how small it was when I unboxed it. I think it’s definitely going to be better to backpack with.

But I don’t have the lens here yet. It’s really hard to have a new camera to play with and no lens to mount on it lol.

Congrats from me too, I am sure you will grow to love the X-T20 and I might even ask you for some landscape tips too.

 

[Destin]

X-T20 came today. Even after playing with it in the store I was still amazed at just how small it was when I unboxed it. I think it’s definitely going to be better to backpack with.

But I don’t have the lens here yet. It’s really hard to have a new camera to play with and no lens to mount on it lol.

Congrats from me too, I am sure you will grow to love the X-T20 and I might even ask you for some landscape tips too.

I haven’t taken a single photo with it yet and it already has me considering selling all my Nikon gear.

Damnit this wasn’t supposed to happen.

 

[cgw]

I keep a small recipe book with settings, film sim adjustments, and anything else likely to flummox in the menus. Think you'll be very happy with your new toy. Just got the 23/2 WR today I've yet to pick-up from the store. Love the 35/2 and 50/2.

 

[ac12]

X-T20 came today. Even after playing with it in the store I was still amazed at just how small it was when I unboxed it. I think it’s definitely going to be better to backpack with.

But I don’t have the lens here yet. It’s really hard to have a new camera to play with and no lens to mount on it lol.

Congrats from me too, I am sure you will grow to love the X-T20 and I might even ask you for some landscape tips too.

I haven’t taken a single photo with it yet and it already has me considering selling all my Nikon gear.

Damnit this wasn’t supposed to happen.

Hang in there. Use the Fuji for at least 6 months. Then the enthusiasm of the new camera will wear off, and reality of what the camera can and cannot do, will then set in. At that point you can make a better decision.

To me each camera system has its strengths and weaknesses. If you cull down to only one camera, then it becomes a "jack of all trades." Then the issue is, will it be "a master of none." Well maybe a master of only one, and a compromise on the other.
This is why to me, I will have a P&S, a m43, and a dslr. Each system is able to do a task that the other cannot do, or cannot do well.

You could migrate the Fuji to be your primary camera and make the D810 your secondary camera.
Or keep the Fuji as your secondary hiking system.

BTW, that "new camera/toy" effect has hit me as well. I am toying with getting more Olympus m43 lenses, to flesh out that system. But, I am going slowly, because I know I am going through a "new camera/toy" syndrome. And I don't know if the Olympus will be promoted to be my primary system, or stay as my secondary system.

 

[Destin]

X-T20 came today. Even after playing with it in the store I was still amazed at just how small it was when I unboxed it. I think it’s definitely going to be better to backpack with.

But I don’t have the lens here yet. It’s really hard to have a new camera to play with and no lens to mount on it lol.

Congrats from me too, I am sure you will grow to love the X-T20 and I might even ask you for some landscape tips too.

I haven’t taken a single photo with it yet and it already has me considering selling all my Nikon gear.

Damnit this wasn’t supposed to happen.

Hang in there. Use the Fuji for at least 6 months. Then the enthusiasm of the new camera will wear off, and reality of what the camera can and cannot do, will then set in. At that point you can make a better decision.

To me each camera system has its strengths and weaknesses. If you cull down to only one camera, then it becomes a "jack of all trades." Then the issue is, will it be "a master of none." Well maybe a master of only one, and a compromise on the other.
This is why to me, I will have a P&S, a m43, and a dslr. Each system is able to do a task that the other cannot do, or cannot do well.

You could migrate the Fuji to be your primary camera and make the D810 your secondary camera.
Or keep the Fuji as your secondary hiking system.

BTW, that "new camera/toy" effect has hit me as well. I am toying with getting more Olympus m43 lenses, to flesh out that system. But, I am going slowly, because I know I am going through a "new camera/toy" syndrome. And I don't know if the Olympus will be promoted to be my primary system, or stay as my secondary system.

Yeah I’m definitely taking it slow.

I’ve got a few weddings booked this summer that I’m definitely still using the 810 for as my main body, I won’t use a new camera format for critical work for a long time. I’ve gotta be super familiar with it first.

But I am already planning to get some more lenses for it.

The 10-24 actually just came today (arrived early) and I’m loving it, but definitely need a more standard focal length to really evaluate the camera as well.

 

[Destin]

Alright, this will be the last update in this thread I think.

Just wanted to share my first few photos from the camera/lens combo and give my very initial impressions.

Likes:

• Image quality
• Low distortion for an UWA lens
• Sharp!!!
• Film Sims are fun to play with and the jpeg engine as as good as I've heard so far
• Small/Light
• Sexiness - Love the look of it.

Dislikes:

• 10-24 feels disproportionately huge on the X-T20, but it's likely the largest lens I'll be using on Fuji
• Lag: While the controls and viewfinder are quick, it just doesn't respond instantaneously like my pro Nikons do. I understand there is a massive price difference, and I knew this going in, but still have to mention it. For the type of shooting I bought it for, this is a non-issue.

Images:

1.) Comparing focal lengths. 24mm:
XT20_Test-1 by Destin Danser, on Flickr

2.) Comparing focal lengths. 16mm:
XT20_Test-2 by Destin Danser, on Flickr


3.) Comparing focal lengths. 10mm:
XT20_Test-3 by Destin Danser, on Flickr

4.) Quick shot of my car, just playing around. Maybe a little oversaturated with this film sim (velvia) but I like it.
XT20_Test-4 by Destin Danser, on Flickr

I'll be starting a new thread sometime in the (near?) future once I've had a chance to take it out on a few shoots and spend some real time with it. HUGE thank you again to everyone who has helped me to make decisions through this process. I love having you guys to bounce ideas and questions off of.

 

[SquarePeg]

X-T20 came today. Even after playing with it in the store I was still amazed at just how small it was when I unboxed it. I think it’s definitely going to be better to backpack with.

But I don’t have the lens here yet. It’s really hard to have a new camera to play with and no lens to mount on it lol.

Congrats from me too, I am sure you will grow to love the X-T20 and I might even ask you for some landscape tips too.

I haven’t taken a single photo with it yet and it already has me considering selling all my Nikon gear.

Damnit this wasn’t supposed to happen.

Hang in there. Use the Fuji for at least 6 months. Then the enthusiasm of the new camera will wear off, and reality of what the camera can and cannot do, will then set in. At that point you can make a better decision.

To me each camera system has its strengths and weaknesses. If you cull down to only one camera, then it becomes a "jack of all trades." Then the issue is, will it be "a master of none." Well maybe a master of only one, and a compromise on the other.
This is why to me, I will have a P&S, a m43, and a dslr. Each system is able to do a task that the other cannot do, or cannot do well.

You could migrate the Fuji to be your primary camera and make the D810 your secondary camera.
Or keep the Fuji as your secondary hiking system.

BTW, that "new camera/toy" effect has hit me as well. I am toying with getting more Olympus m43 lenses, to flesh out that system. But, I am going slowly, because I know I am going through a "new camera/toy" syndrome. And I don't know if the Olympus will be promoted to be my primary system, or stay as my secondary system.

Yeah I’m definitely taking it slow.

I’ve got a few weddings booked this summer that I’m definitely still using the 810 for as my main body, I won’t use a new camera format for critical work for a long time. I’ve gotta be super familiar with it first.

But I am already planning to get some more lenses for it.

The 10-24 actually just came today (arrived early) and I’m loving it, but definitely need a more standard focal length to really evaluate the camera as well.

The 35 f/2 is super fast and light would make a great complement to your 10-24. It’s fairly cheap too.

 

[Destin]

X-T20 came today. Even after playing with it in the store I was still amazed at just how small it was when I unboxed it. I think it’s definitely going to be better to backpack with.

But I don’t have the lens here yet. It’s really hard to have a new camera to play with and no lens to mount on it lol.

Congrats from me too, I am sure you will grow to love the X-T20 and I might even ask you for some landscape tips too.

I haven’t taken a single photo with it yet and it already has me considering selling all my Nikon gear.

Damnit this wasn’t supposed to happen.

Hang in there. Use the Fuji for at least 6 months. Then the enthusiasm of the new camera will wear off, and reality of what the camera can and cannot do, will then set in. At that point you can make a better decision.

To me each camera system has its strengths and weaknesses. If you cull down to only one camera, then it becomes a "jack of all trades." Then the issue is, will it be "a master of none." Well maybe a master of only one, and a compromise on the other.
This is why to me, I will have a P&S, a m43, and a dslr. Each system is able to do a task that the other cannot do, or cannot do well.

You could migrate the Fuji to be your primary camera and make the D810 your secondary camera.
Or keep the Fuji as your secondary hiking system.

BTW, that "new camera/toy" effect has hit me as well. I am toying with getting more Olympus m43 lenses, to flesh out that system. But, I am going slowly, because I know I am going through a "new camera/toy" syndrome. And I don't know if the Olympus will be promoted to be my primary system, or stay as my secondary system.

Yeah I’m definitely taking it slow.

I’ve got a few weddings booked this summer that I’m definitely still using the 810 for as my main body, I won’t use a new camera format for critical work for a long time. I’ve gotta be super familiar with it first.

But I am already planning to get some more lenses for it.

The 10-24 actually just came today (arrived early) and I’m loving it, but definitely need a more standard focal length to really evaluate the camera as well.

The 35 f/2 is super fast and light would make a great complement to your 10-24. It’s fairly cheap too.

I’m going to order another lens today. I’m debating between the 35 f/2 and the 50 f/2. I know the 50 is a little long for a walk around lens, but I never really used the 50mm focal length on my full frame because it was a little wider than I like.

In all honesty, I really want both of them. And the 16. And the 55-200. But my wallet isn’t a fan of that idea.

 

[jcdeboever]

Consider a used 60mm f/2.4 macro as well. Tack sharp, excellent micro contrast. I sold mine because I bought the 80 and 56. I kind of miss it. I got real used to the focal length. It was an amazing black & white lens due to the impressive micro contrast (like the 16). I used it mostly as a normal lens and was very handy because you could close when needed. The 18-135 is considered the most useful walk around but I don't own it. I lean towards primes a lot.

 

[SquarePeg]

X-T20 came today. Even after playing with it in the store I was still amazed at just how small it was when I unboxed it. I think it’s definitely going to be better to backpack with.

But I don’t have the lens here yet. It’s really hard to have a new camera to play with and no lens to mount on it lol.

Congrats from me too, I am sure you will grow to love the X-T20 and I might even ask you for some landscape tips too.

I haven’t taken a single photo with it yet and it already has me considering selling all my Nikon gear.

Damnit this wasn’t supposed to happen.

Hang in there. Use the Fuji for at least 6 months. Then the enthusiasm of the new camera will wear off, and reality of what the camera can and cannot do, will then set in. At that point you can make a better decision.

To me each camera system has its strengths and weaknesses. If you cull down to only one camera, then it becomes a "jack of all trades." Then the issue is, will it be "a master of none." Well maybe a master of only one, and a compromise on the other.
This is why to me, I will have a P&S, a m43, and a dslr. Each system is able to do a task that the other cannot do, or cannot do well.

You could migrate the Fuji to be your primary camera and make the D810 your secondary camera.
Or keep the Fuji as your secondary hiking system.

BTW, that "new camera/toy" effect has hit me as well. I am toying with getting more Olympus m43 lenses, to flesh out that system. But, I am going slowly, because I know I am going through a "new camera/toy" syndrome. And I don't know if the Olympus will be promoted to be my primary system, or stay as my secondary system.

Yeah I’m definitely taking it slow.

I’ve got a few weddings booked this summer that I’m definitely still using the 810 for as my main body, I won’t use a new camera format for critical work for a long time. I’ve gotta be super familiar with it first.

But I am already planning to get some more lenses for it.

The 10-24 actually just came today (arrived early) and I’m loving it, but definitely need a more standard focal length to really evaluate the camera as well.

The 35 f/2 is super fast and light would make a great complement to your 10-24. It’s fairly cheap too.

I’m going to order another lens today. I’m debating between the 35 f/2 and the 50 f/2. I know the 50 is a little long for a walk around lens, but I never really used the 50mm focal length on my full frame because it was a little wider than I like.

In all honesty, I really want both of them. And the 16. And the 55-200. But my wallet isn’t a fan of that idea.

You can always crop in on the 35, you can’t crop out on the 50.