Fujifilm US starting to sell X-T1 body/kit with $400 discount, some stores there even include an additional 4% discount on top of it. If Fujifilm M'sia throws the same offers, it's quite worthy if wanna get a brand new X-T1 instead of a used one.

A good read

We Photographers Have Lost Our North, Stop the Endless Gear Debates, as written in PetaPixel.

If you think the X-T1 is not up to task for your current AF needs (ie. you want faster autofocus), faster frame/sec, Easier AF point selection....then X-T2 is what you need. IQ wise, there is only a slight perceptive increase in details/resolution if you view at 100% all the time. Otherwise it's still XTRAN IQ you should expect with the same short comings.

X-T2 is an overall speedier camera.

I got it cheaper from Digital Mall. But that was in 2014

Some truth. But gears do make some shots stand out like fps, aperture, autofcus, and stabilizer. And ironically the author demonstrate dynamic range which is dependent on sensor tech. And if the smartphone camera is anything like iphone 1st gen, bet you image quality vs hardware comparison is still a thing.

yeah, the article has some irony a bit in it by talking about tech specs while preaching about not to talk about tech specs, the points weren't elaborated properly but still agreeable to some level.

This are all subjective really with no right and wrong answer. Take the famous usain bolt smiling while running pic for example. There are two shots by different photographer, one sharp, the other slightly blurry. But media chose the blurry one cause bolt's running form is more dynamic. In another case, smartphone camera shots at low light still horrid unless u view at fb page or instagram, no matter how good ur composition are.

I was just joking la. Will not change to X-T2. Probably X-T3 in the future.
X-T1 still serves me very very well.

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In a multinational company that I once worked with, the policy is to skip 2 upgrades. I now have XT-1. Following that policy my next upgrade will be XT-4

If talk about hardware, mobile camera quality catching up

Good idea... but I guess skip 1 generation ok la.... else wait until neck long long.... itchy until whole body... can tahan 2 generation ka... lol...

My smartphone so far i skip 1 generation.... camera I lost track how many generations I skipped but feels like about time for upgrade.... price difference between xt2 vs x-t1 quite significant... so still reading and lurking around for feedbacks ....

What a weird company.
Just wait X-T3 la, I think another two years.

Ya true but they still cannot offer crop ability as much as modern big sensor cameras.
Facebook or IG is fine though.

Second this, one of the main reasons why I prefer taking out my X100 than my smartphone is the crop ability for post-process & posting online. Love how I can still have good image after cropping

Fuji rocks

I sold my X70 after get my ip7, is great mobility compared to

it's always up to a person, after all, there's a saying that goes "the best camera is the one with you"

Yup