- Size - I love the small mirrorless body and lens size. I travel a lot so it'ts imperative that I have a small kit to carry every day to work when traveling. The Leica was great in this regard and the Fuji is a great fit as well.
- Manual "Tactile" Controls - Other than image quality, one of my favorite aspects of the Leica is the shooting experience. Simple, tactile, intuitive.... just awesome and joyful to use. I looked at the Olympus OMD's, and Sony A7's but the Fuji really felt great and operated as I expected... very similar to the Leica. The locked ISO dial drives me nuts, some of the lense aperture dials dont go "stop to stop" (they just spin so you have to look at the readout to know when it's wide open), but it's still a joy to use.
- Weather Sealing - Yay! an affordable small weather sealed kit. Really happy to have this as an option for those misty/light rainy days.
- Auto Focus - I am still getting used to the AF and the moving AF points, lock, etc. It is taking some getting used to but I have been doing a bunch of street shooting so its been really nice. Also, the AF on this camera is very predictable and I don't find myself waiting for it to focus or stop "hunting". In addition to the AF it is nice having the different burst modes to take several shots quickly. The Leica was really slow in this regard... the Fuji is like a machine gun in comparison and actually caught me off guard at first. LOL
- Electronic View Findder (EVF) - This has been written about a ton, so no need to repeat here... except that it is stunning! It is like looking into a huge room. Awesome to use and you can turn off all the electronic information and just keep it simple clean. Nice.
- Wifi JPEG and Out Of the Camera shots - I do love Lightroom and digital workflow on most occasions but I really started to loath having to do the work on almost every image. Thus far I am super happy with the OOC images from the Fuji. Also, it has built in Wifi connection and an iPad app so it's super easy to be able to get the photos quickly off the cam and post straight away. I still use LR but its awesome to have OOC images I really like.
- Other modern features - Some other items that are cool about the Fuji but not super critical... It's fun to use the Fuji "film" modes like B&W, Chrome, etc. For OOC shots its fun to have those in JPEG while keeping the RAW for the final images. The "electronic" silent shutter has been awesome for street photography. I love the different format options like 1:1 for squares... that along with the nice tilt screen satisfies my inner Vivian with waist level shooting and 1:1 format like a Rollei. Good times indeed.
Overall I am super excited about the new camera. The images have been really nice and the camera has been fun to use and learn. Up next... my new obsession with Street Photography...
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