Hi Rico,
Do you mind if I ask you some questions about the new Pro2?
Are the front and rear scroll dials made of metal? I realise this is fairly inconsequential, but IMO the plastic real dial on the Pro1 is by far the cheapest feeling part!
In your review (which I really enjoyed reading, thanks very much for writing it) you mention that the OVF can now be used with the 90 and 135/140 zooms.
Looking at the specs of the OVF the 2 magnification levels appear to be the same as the original model (give or take a fraction), so surely the framelines when using these longer lenses are very small?
In the review, you write
"Like the X-T10 and X100T (and
unlike the X-T1), it uses very little compression to preserve as much image information as possible"
Could you expand on this a little please? What exactly is the T1 doing to its jpegs that other X cameras aren't? Much has been written about the comparison between SOOC jpegs from X-Trans I and II (my own personal take on it, is 'win some/lose some') but I think (IMO) it's fair to say that Trans II oput has more punch, and contrast, POSSIBLY at the expense of the shadow detail you get from Trans I
How would you say the X-Trans III stacks up when viewed in this way?
AF with the original primes. I own the 3 original primes, I realise that Fuji have newer and better ones
however, I like these lenses. When I bought the T1 these lenses had a nice performance boost in conjunction with the PDAF pixels on the T1's sensor. Will these lenses get another lease of life on the P2 or is the performance of these (non internal element focusing) lenses about topped out with the incumbent tech of the T1?
Most of the previews I've read, labour the point of how much better the P2 is than the P1 (kinda obvious, no?) but for me, and I suspect many other users, how much better is the P2 than the T1 that many of us have bought? From what I've read, the P2 reads like a composite of all the good bits from both the T1 and the P1 (plus the good bits from the 100T as well), but is the resultant product significantly greater that it's constituent parts, or more like the child of a P1 and T1, I'm speaking operationally, I appreciate the new sensor will provide IQ improvements.
Thanks very much for time.