new XA2: what good is a selfie screen with no touchscreen.

Blackdog68 wrote:

You can get a Sony a6000 for $550 right now, and if you'd ordered before Xmas, you could have got it with the lens. that camera inexplicably doesn't offer a touch screen either, but it is certainly a higher end camera at a similar price point.

I am currently all in with Fuji. Started with the XA1 as a complement, then tried the XT1and sold my Nikon gear and now have picked up a used x100s as well. I love the files, and I want to see this company succeed for purely selfish reasons. Not having a touch screen is not going to help attract new users. Plus, I was surprised at how much I used it on the EPL5.

I do have an a6000 which I bought to replace my X20 a few weeks ago (I use the X-T1 as main camera).  But after using the a6000 for a few weeks now, I can say it's a nice camera but the core functions I use all the time are mostly there in the a6000 and probably in the X-A2 also, but just like the E-M5, the a6000 doesn't feel very good in my hands and I only plan on using it as I had planned originally...as an occasional use camera to keep in my laptop bag.

Sony is obviously trying to win as many customers as they can by giving more features than some other companies for a lower price than you'd expect.  But I suppose they can do that since they're a massive company compared to someone like Fujifilm.  Maybe they have more money to sacrifice to win over customers.

Anyway, I still think the X-A2 (and X-A1 are a bargain for what you get).  There are lots of good choices these days so there's not much anyone could complain about.  People still find plenty to fuss about though.