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i am loving this camera the more that i use it.
it's nice and small yet feels comfortable in the hand no matter which lens is mounted on it. i have used the 55-200 with the same ease as the 27! honestly...
i do have a third party grip on it but that only makes it more comfortable...but the camera does not require a thumb rest or even a soft touch shutter button...
i carry it every day and everywhere i go...with the 27 mounted it looks like a toy and has to be the least threatening camera out there.
 
"365" is the proof of it!

But honestly, I like every small camera ever made with VF in the corner. :)
 
I got the factory grip when I got mine and like you, it's a constant companion with either the 27 or mostly the 18.
 
Ditto on the factory grip...makes a nice difference for my hands... as did programming ISO to the rear dial. I use the 18/2, 23/2, or the 35/2 mostly on it for a very nice small street kit. Love the joystick! Seems like the poor man's X-Pro2.

Edit... wish they had left the flash and the D-pad from the X-E2s in it.
 
i don't miss the d-pad at all...the joystick does most things easily and with extra thumb room. sometimes i put the tiny supplied flash on the body and hardly know it's there.
 
Sold my XE-3, bought a X-Pro2 and regretted. I strongly feel the former is the better camera, despite its slightly more plastic build quality.
 
Jamie Pillers said:
Curious why. Can you tell us more? Thanks.
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Having used both the X100F and X-Pro2, I found the OVF to be redundant. You blame yourself and try to compensate for parallax manually when shooting with a M, but you know the camera could do better when using an X. I understand it's the defining feature of the X cameras, but the sophistication they managed with the finder just doesn't appeal to me (they used to look really nice on paper, until I spent time with one). I feel I'm the type that would fall in love with a simpified EVF-only X100.

The X-E3 is smaller, has Bluetooth (not very useful for now) and USB charging (a deal breaker for me). The EVF is marginally larger than the X-Pro2's.

The X-E3 ergonmoics is further down the evolutionary road, while the X-Pro2 still carries traits from previous X cameras. The shallow Q and AF-L button on the thumb rest and the hard-to-press rear dial could testify to this.

Being weather sealed, the X-Pro2 does have superior build quality - my X-E3 would squeak with the front panel being pressed hard and its operations feel (more precisely, sound) less snappy than the flagship. But again it's so much cheaper, smaller and lighter...

It's like comparing the Nikon F100 to the F5. In the end I sold all and bought a Q (which I sold quickly as well, but that's another story). I think I'd get a X-T2 so I have a complete story to tell...
 
fireblade said:
Some tog blogger on youtube says with the same image quality as the XPro2, it is way better value.


Edit:... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjCjp-6lhcA&t=320s
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Yes, all aspects for rendering IQ will be essentially identical for both cameras. Most importantly, they both use dual, conversion-gain sensor technology.

However value propositions are highly subjective since we value different things. I paid extra for the X-Pro 2 because I value using the OVF/virtual rangefinder. I paid a premium for the X100T (compared to a XE-2 with the 27mm lens) for the same reason.
 
Archlich said:
Having used both the X100F and X-Pro2, I found the OVF to be redundant...
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Actually it's the EVF of the X100 and XPro that are redundant for me. I never use it.

I've grown to like EVF in other Fuji models for some purposes but the OVFs of the X100 and XPro models is the reason I own and use those cameras.

Why buy a camera with an OVF when you want an EVF? There are Fujis with EVFs that have the same image quality and almost the same handling characteristics.
 
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