Camera Talk

I am seriously considering purchase of a Fuji X100t. I know that Philip (from Newfoundland) has an X100, and wonder if he or anyone else might have comments on the X100, X100s, or X100t. Thanks in advance.
--- James

I don't know much about the X100t, but I do know that Fuji have been steadily improving little things about the handling and action of that series.
The -t model incorporates some of the things that have been firmware updates on my own. I just discovered that using the ND filter (which is built in to the lens) is a little easier on the -t than on mine. That is a fairly small difference, but there are several more such small things. There are bigger things, too, but for the most part they seem like glitz rather than usable stuff: the amount of detail on the back screen for instance. Some are certainly important usable hardware differences, like the +/- exposure ring, up an extra stop to +/- 3 stops. Many of the PR-worthy differences are listed here: <http://www.fujivsfuji.com/x100t-vs-x100s-vs-x100/>.

What I love about my X100 is that so much of the day-to-day operation of the camera is available to me without having to burrow into menus. I almost never use the menus on this camera. My ISO-change is a little button just next to the shutter release, and the force-focus (when I'm in manual focus, which is most of the time), is just next to my right thumb. And of course shutter speed and aperture are exactly where they should be: on the top deck and on the lens barrel. It is a camera I use just like my film cameras.

If I didn't own a fairly new X100 (like three years old), I'd be thinking about buying an X100t.

Philip wrote: And of course shutter speed and aperture are exactly where they should be: on the top deck and on the lens barrel. It is a camera I use just like my film cameras.

Thanks, Philip. This alone is a major attraction. Excellent image quality and out-of-camera JPGs, plus an attractive design, seal the deal for me. Now I have to decide between the x100s and X100t, but I'll probably spend the extra few hundred dollars and get the latter.
--- James

Good luck with it!

Philip