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X70 vs X100T... help me choose
Apr 17, 2016
I recently sold my X100s, with it I had a love/hate relationship. The first time I took in my hands it felt strange, but with some time practicing with it I fell in love with IQ and film simulations, and the fisical control also (though I have to say that back dial was a pain in the @$$, I'd like to be always set on ISO, but for some strange reasons it does all but the ISO settings... and another thing I hate was that it doesn't full rotate). In low light the X100s was very very bad at autofocusing, I was far more fast with MF.
Now that is gone I miss some of the good things about it. It shoot silently, It passed unobserved, some people think that was a film camera, and if it attract attention it brings to some interesting conversations. The image quality, if not wide open, was very very good.
I have also a Sony a6000 (I'm not a fanboy type of person), with it I shoot mainly nature and panoramas, and do some studio shots. But for street shooting this thing isn't as good as the X100s. Maybe only the low light capabilities, but it loose them with a portable 35mm equivalent lens. I have a voigtlander snapshot skopar. It is sharp, but it vignettes and produces some weird purple noise even at ISO 100. And it is f/4! The only thing is that shoot fast, but it is in manual focus. I don't know how it performs with the Zeiss 24 f/1.8, but that thing is really big compared to the tiny pancake lens of X100 series.
After this considerations, I'm on the market to choose another camera to bring with me on the street whenever I can. The obvious choices are the X100T or X70. I have stumbled upon one good offer on one used X100T. The price is nearly 100€ more expensive than the X70 new. I like the viewfinder in the X100T, but I also like the tiltable screen in the X70. The 35mm equivalent is really good for its versatility, I don't know if I'll like the 28 maybe too wide for my liking (but the X70 has the crop modes, I know, they don't bring the same DOF of a real 35 or 50mm). The back dial on X100T fully rotates! And that of X70 not :(. The touch screen is a thing that I'm considering, I don't know if I'll like it or not but I think it make possible some stealthy from-the-waist shoots). The X70 is almost pocketable, the X100T not (I'm considering bring it with me with a shoulder strap like A&A Easy Slide).
I'd like to know who tried both of this cameras how they feel about them and if they can give me some tips or suggestion on what to choose. Thank you all in advance.