- Location
- Boston Burbs
- Name
- David
The threads and posts by @mike3996 / @KillRamsey / @Bobby Tingle / @drd1135 / @MoonMind / and many others has gotten me to rethink my current collection. Sorry if this becomes a bit long and rambling.
My main camera is an E-M1 mkII with a collection of small and not so small lenses.
PL8-18mm
O12-40mm
O12-100mm
P100-300mm
P12-32m
P14mm f/2.5
O25mm f/1.8
O75mm f/1.8
O9mm BCL
I also have the GX85 and X70. I REALLY wish I could find SOMETHING that could replace them both.
Love the images out of the X70. Love the size, the feel, the handling, and the controls (this includes the tilting touch screen). But it's AF is slow and that's been an issue at times.
I had hoped the XF10 would be an updated X70. But it seems Fuji just tried to copy the Ricoh GR and in the process removed everything I liked about the X70 while not addressing any of the issues I've had with the original. Add the 24mp sensor and fix the AF would have been all I really wanted. About the only thing I like about XF10 is the replacement of the control pad with the joystick.
Don't "love" the GX85, but do like a lot about it. The size, solid feel in the hand, tilting touch screen; and the 4k photo modes have been handy at times. It's also the one I pick up when I shoot video, but that's probably more "it's video so Panasonic". The single shot AF is pretty darn quick. But I have no real attachment to it. It works well and has a lot of features but...
I had hoped Panasonic would have addressed the slow startup with the LX100 II. But no and why they didn't add a tilt screen makes no sense at all. If you compare the LX100 and GX85 you can see the tilt screen is really just taking up some of the space so it doesn't seem like the EVF is sticking out as far on the GX85. It might actually make the EVF on the LX100 less likely to catch on things. This could have been exactly what I am looking for.
What would I LOVE?
What I'm considering:
My main camera is an E-M1 mkII with a collection of small and not so small lenses.
PL8-18mm
O12-40mm
O12-100mm
P100-300mm
P12-32m
P14mm f/2.5
O25mm f/1.8
O75mm f/1.8
O9mm BCL
I also have the GX85 and X70. I REALLY wish I could find SOMETHING that could replace them both.
Love the images out of the X70. Love the size, the feel, the handling, and the controls (this includes the tilting touch screen). But it's AF is slow and that's been an issue at times.
I had hoped the XF10 would be an updated X70. But it seems Fuji just tried to copy the Ricoh GR and in the process removed everything I liked about the X70 while not addressing any of the issues I've had with the original. Add the 24mp sensor and fix the AF would have been all I really wanted. About the only thing I like about XF10 is the replacement of the control pad with the joystick.
Don't "love" the GX85, but do like a lot about it. The size, solid feel in the hand, tilting touch screen; and the 4k photo modes have been handy at times. It's also the one I pick up when I shoot video, but that's probably more "it's video so Panasonic". The single shot AF is pretty darn quick. But I have no real attachment to it. It works well and has a lot of features but...
I had hoped Panasonic would have addressed the slow startup with the LX100 II. But no and why they didn't add a tilt screen makes no sense at all. If you compare the LX100 and GX85 you can see the tilt screen is really just taking up some of the space so it doesn't seem like the EVF is sticking out as far on the GX85. It might actually make the EVF on the LX100 less likely to catch on things. This could have been exactly what I am looking for.
What would I LOVE?
- Manual zoom lens (Fuji X30?), but a fast AF fixed could be an option. I guess a quick on/off power zoom might be OK (is there such a thing?)
- f/2 - f/2.8 would be fast enough
- Reasonable close focus ability
- Ability to use screw on filters (another thing Fuji removed from the XF10)
- 1" or larger sensor
- Tilting touch screen with an easy on / off (I like how Fuji has that on/off screen button)
- Fits into something like my National Geographic NG 1153 Earth Explorer Medium Pouch. The X70 with the Gariz half case and Haoge LH-X49W ultra-thin hood easily fits as does the GX85 +12-32 or 14mm with the MegaGear half case.
What I'm considering:
- LX100 II - I know - No tilt and slow start up
- Pen F - Rather have a tilt and I'm not sure it would really be that much different than the GX85
- X-E3 - no tilt screen and as others have mention it has a light "feel" though a half case might help. But one of the problems here is the speed and size of the Fuji pancakes. How are they on AF speed? And the 27mm is the right size, but 18mm is a better focal length for me.
- X100F - no tilting or touch
- Canon G1 X Mark III - Really not much different than my GX85 and I can put a fast prime on the GX85.