My latest copy of BJP (British Journal of Photography) April 2012 (yeah well it takes a while to arrive here is Oz), words it precisely as I feared.
I agree the fact it is neither fish nor fowl has put me well off. I always hoped it would be the M8 or M9 without the price-tag - naive I know But to have the unit remain with fly-by-wire focusing I mean c'mon!!! Understood if they said, yeah but most customers would forego MF in preference for our superior AF. Ummmm...then why make an M-mount adapter available? Hmmm...Back to the drawing board for Fuji me thinks and back to the waiting bench for me.
Just my opinion of course...but such a shame.
I have to disagree, I do not see the shame, every peerson who complains about using the camera does not own one, if you pay attention and use the corrected AF setting the camera is spot on most of the time, actually more accurate than the OM-D. Not as fast but more accurate, but also more than fast enough for most situations and certainly faster than any manual focus. As to manual focus, why does anyone want to manually focus an Af camera, if that is what one wants buy a manual focus camera, there are lots of great vintage ones, but notice the operative word vintage.
What makes the Xpro great is four basic things, IQ that is stunning, the OVF/EVF hybrid, great series of prime lenses and number one is the feel of using the camera, it just makes you want to shoot. I love mine, like my OM-D but I love my XPro.