XE3 is for hipster....just kidding.

XE3 and XT20 both has the same sensor and AF system, so the differences is mainly in the body style. One is rangefinder (hipster style) and SLR style. The XT20 screen is much useful as grayzai also mentioned, especially for low angle and high angle shooting. Also the fact that, I like the D-pad, which is missing on the XE3. Even thought the XE3 has the joystick, that is mostly useful for people who shoot using the EVF. Since I prefer to the LCD to compose my shot instead, so joystick is less useful for me. Lastly, which is highly subjective is that, the rangefinder style body design never appeal to me. I like the SLR look of the XT series camera.

This post has been edited by Loseeker: Feb 15 2020, 11:03 PM

Why you wanna switch?

there is nothing in X series fuji cam can compete against the Full frame A7iii in term of still, unless you're looking at the Fuji medium format GFX series camera.

Is the the XF35F14?

The 35mm f1.4 also attached to my camera body 90% of the time. However, I find it for in door with group shot, it's rather challenging. Always have to resort to the 18-55 for wider view. I'm thinking of getting the soon to be released viltrox 23mm f1.4.

Do you happen to have the 56 as well ?

I see. I actually bought the 35 first. I did a friend's wedding location shoot with only the 35 for the entire shoot. After that, I've decided to get the 56 because I want better background compression for certain shots. It is no doubt a good lens, but I've never ever spend 3k on a single lens. Made me second guess myself for long time after the purchase.

Since now we have more 3rd party option with AF available such as the soon to be released Viltrox 56 as well as Tokina trio.....I'm wondering if I should sell the 56f1.2 and use the money to buy the Viltrox. The 56f1.2 price alone should be able to cover for both Viltrox 56, as well as the Viltrox 23...

And also, sell the XF35F1.4 for the Viltrox 33F1.4......to get some money back....

This post has been edited by Loseeker: May 1 2020, 05:38 PM

X-T2 still good even in 2020. Tell us what do you want to shoot first. Portrait? Landscape? travel? Street? Food? Without any clue, we can't give you suggestion.

XT4?

For landscape, I would be very tempted to tell you to go FF. But that doesn't mean apsc in general cannot take good landscape. You can look for a youtuber with the name Andy Mumford who is specialized on landscape using fuji. If you style of photography are not fast paste, then XT2 should be fine. I"m eyeing on used XT3 myself for it's superior eye AF.

If you do switch to fuji, I would strongly recommend you to get capture one pro as your raw converter especially for landscape shots.

Samy 12...


DSCF6647 by Jer Chiang Kong, on Flickr

I feel you there bro. Sorry about your lost. Just a little heads up. I was eyeing on XT3 for the last few months but after I've watched this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q26EA7SLqrA&t=1s , I've changed my mind. The XT1 makes a lot of sense especially for me who don't do video at all. And with the X-T1, you can get the viltrox 23 f1.4 (brighter than X100t f2 lens), which i heard very fast AF even on older body. Worth to consider till you afford to get the XT3 again or the XT4 again. Just my 2 cents.

This post has been edited by Loseeker: Jul 28 2020, 10:11 PM

USD 760 is a steal bro! Congratz

23 and 35 are the staple lenses. So, no love for the 56?

I'm also having the same dilemma. I actually has the XT20 right now. But recently I had the chance to handle an XT1 body, I really like the size of the XT1 grip in my hand without additional grip. That makes me contemplating to sell my XT20 in the future and move up to the XT2. I know many would say you can add metal grip to the XT20 to make the grip larger. For me, that makes the camera significantly heavier, which defeat one of the purpose to go to mirrorless.

Like you, I also been thinking if the extra RM600~RM700 between the XT20 and XT2 worth it....well, that's a question you have to ask yourself. For me, I will upgrade from XT20 to XT2 in the future for the following reasons.. (First 3 being the primary reasons.)
XT2 > XT20

1) The 3 ways tilt screen, for low angle portrait orientation shooting.
2) Bigger grip
3) dedicated ISO dial

4) AF joystick
5) Tethering shoot (Not that I've done this before, but something I want to start someday)
6) 1/8000 flash sync
7) Dual card slot (for redundancy during critical events such as wedding)
8) can be used as a webcam (not that it is important, but it just makes me feel frustrated that Canon M50 can be used as webcam where as my more expensive T20 cannot do so).

This post has been edited by Loseeker: Aug 11 2020, 03:44 PM

I'm another happy owner of the Sammy 12. Bought it 4 times. It is perfect for landscape and architecture photo, as well as astrophotography where manual focus is preferred.

new or used? It was my first prime for the fuji X system also. Congratz!

I got mine as import set also. It is exactly 2 years now since I got it (Aug 2018) . No hiccups or whatsoever. Never fancy Fuji Malaysia set unless it is the only set available. Have you join the Fuji Malaysia user group on FB ?

This post has been edited by Loseeker: Aug 23 2020, 08:02 PM

Well, the items of course all from same factory whether it is made in Japan or China. The difference between the import and local set is the warranty. If your camera or gears that you bought with Fuji Malaysia warranty, or the so called "Local set", then if anything wrong, you can just get Fuji Malaysia service center to fix it for you free of charge. On the other hands, for grey market import, or so called "import" ( for short) the warranty is provided by the shop that sells you the unit. So, if anything happens to your unit, you can still claim warranty, but you have to send it back to the shop where you bought it and they will either 1) fix it for you or 2) send it back to their supplier to get it fixed/swap which will take much longer time.

But then again, please remember that, warranty claims are only limited to manufacturing defects, which do not include spills, drop, knock or damage caused by external factors.

Sorry that the way I said give you the impression that import set and local set has different quality. On the contrary, they are exactly the same in term of quality since they are from the same factory. That is the very reason why I'm willing to take the risk to buy import set (with cheaper price but more troublesome to claim warranty from local seller.)

If you search on kldslr, you can see the different. Just take the XF35 as example, KD is selling the import set for RM1850 (3 month warranty) vs the local set for RM2580. It is a whopping RM730 different loh.....when I bought mine 2 years ago, I think the gap was a bit smaller. I remember I paid RM2050 buying from miyamondo (1 year miyamondo's warranty though, which I never need to claim) on shopee, and the local set was about RM2400++....

For me, buying import set is like buying a brand new gear that comes with a used price and not expecting much from the warranty claim and hope that the item doesn't 'kon' in the one year period, which they usually don't, then I untung already lo...

This post has been edited by Loseeker: Aug 24 2020, 10:59 PM

If you don't need the speedbooster version, you can get used one on kldslr https://www.kldslr.com/Used-Viltrox-EF-FX1-...tml-20010832313

it's been there for long time already.

Actually, after I did another search, I've managed to find one cheaper (brand new) than KD used one. https://shopee.com.my/(viltrox-Only-Each)-R...5918.7314055422 I guess that's the reason why it has been there for ages.

p/s: KD is not the best place for used item with good price, but their pricing do give u a good guide as in what kind of used prices u should be expecting when you're seeking out used market for your desiring gear.

This post has been edited by Loseeker: Aug 31 2020, 12:11 AM

I agreed, especially for the fact that it was released slightly later than XT20 which has very similar guts. Now XT20 brand new body only still going for RM2200++ on shopee the last I've checked.

This post has been edited by Loseeker: Sep 1 2020, 11:41 PM