So, I spent a three day weekend shooting with the X-T1 in Big Sur this weekend, and I thought I would share my experiences. This will be purely subjective as I was focused on how the camera works or doesn't for me. As always YMMV.
Other than a few candids of family members, this was exclusively nature focused (landscape and some macros). My lenses of choice were the Fuji 35mm, and a raft of nikkors with either a standard adapter or a speed booster from metabones.
My conclusion if you don't want to read further is the jury is still out.
First, the locking ISO dial is not as annoying for me as I thought it would be. There were a few times I grumbled at it, but all in all not a blocker. I could manipulate it with the camera to my eye most of the time.
Fuji colors, what can I say? To be honest, I shoot RAW exclusively, so I always assumed this was not important. I was wrong. The JPEGs out of the camera have very nice rendition. This was with the standard (Provia?) simulation. I will still always shoot RAW, but...
Greens and smearing. Weirdly, this seems to be more of an issue with the Fuji 35 than it does with the nikkors on the adapters. I wonder if there is some byplay with the builtin lens correction? Doesn't seem to be a deal breaker.
SD card door. This is annoying. It popped open on me 3 times. I do not find it as flimsy as people mentioned elsewhere, but if it pops open like that, it is a candidate for breaking off as well as letting in the elements.
Movie recording button. Definite grumble here. I must have hit this about 10 times during the weekend (my wife definitely started recognizing that particular grumble
). Not a deal breaker, but annoying. This caused me to run out of space on an SD card at a rather inopportune moment.
I also hit the front function button accidentally at times, but since it was set to DOF Preview, this was not a major annoyance.
Misaligned tripod socket. This was annoying, but the handgrip would solve the issue.
EVF, sweet.
Various focus aids. Well thought out and easy to access.
Too bad the timer isn't on the same switch as the continuous shooting settings. But easy to access via the Q menu.
Speaking of which, the only thing I needed the Q Menu for was the timer setting.
The camera is so easy to set up. It's hard to get lost.
Setting to MF and having the AF-L button still work is perfect.
Not being able to easily access the "thirds" for shutter speed is annoying. 1/320s? How do I set that?
A modern lens with an aperture ring that works. How nice is that?
Focus speed with the 35mm (yes updated) is not super fast. Slower than my oly primes on my EM-5 imo.
Best feeling camera in my hand that I have used in quite a while.
Not having an RGB histogram for image review/chimping is a downer.
I found the carrying experience to be similar to when I carry my EM-5 kit. Heavier, yes, but not enough to be problematic. And it still blows away carrying a D200
.
Small four way buttons. Not too bad for me.
Tilt screen. As good as the EM-5's. Nuff said.
I will post some pics in the fun with thread.
Doug
