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First thoughts: the AF is very obviously contrast based and hunts if it can't see enough contrast on which to work. However, once I realised this I could work with, and quickly. Probably not up to sport or bird photography, but then I remember before we had autofocus and I still managed to get good motorsport with completely manual cameras. It was down to technique, a degree of positioning, and shear luck. Updating did speed things up, but mainly when I updated the firmware in the lens, which surprised me a bit.
Image quality: now I am seriously impressed. I have shot some of the same subjects as I did with my Nikon (yes on different occasions but similar) and I am certain the Fuji images are better. they have improved clarity and contrast out of the camera, even as RAW files. This is probably as much to do with the quality of the lenses i am using with the Fuji that wasn't matched by the lenses I had on the Nikon. I still maintain there is an optimal megapixel allowance for each sensor size and it sits around 12-16MP on APS-C sensors. I still maintain the images from my D200 were as good, and sometimes better, than those from my D700 funnily enough.
Ease of use: because I am old school I find the Fuji wonderfully back to basics. I love having an aperture ring on the lenses and simple dials for shutter speed, ISO, and compensation. I do find moving the focus point more trouble than on the Nikon due to that extra push of the toggle control. I think I will get used to this.
Unless the XT2 has phase detection over contrast detection for the focussing, I can't see it beating the Nikons or Canons for Autofocus, especially on critical subjects. I did get the chance to play with one but don't because I couldn't afford it and didn't want to then be tempted.
Overall, I am pleased with my decision, based on what i shoot and my old school photographic all manual background. I am becoming a luddite. I know this because I opened Photoshop for the first time in ages and thought WTF.
Lightroom being my mainstay for any processing, although I am still not convinced that it gets the most from Fuji raw files, it has improved considerably over the result I got whilst I had my XPro1.
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