Fuji X-T100, experience so far

Sal Baker wrote:

Smallpox wrote:

I thought I'd try again with this review and then in a couple of posts about the af, Having tried several versions of Sony's a6000 line, incl slt variants too I continue to be underwhelmed by their aps-c lenses at the more affordable end and the image quality always needs so much work from raw too. My recent experience with the a6500 was very mixed, with the sigma 1.4 sigma it was so buggy and so poor at focusing, it doent' focus at apertures around 1.8-2.2 with the evf, this is not a joke. Apparently it was similar with the 30 too and some of the faster Sony native lenses as well. But the evf was crude, the interface involved multiple button presses and the general ergo was absolutely naff. Most of all the lenses were big and expensive for the better FF, basically in an effort to get you on the FF line. General iq of the a6500 in real world use was also poor, shadows are noisy and getting a nice clean shot ooc almost impossible imo, metering was rubbish. In the end I retreated to m43 again, another failed effort with mirrorless aps-c.

The camera is a joy to use, top marks from me.

Having experienced the same frustrations with Sony A6XXX line, I read your review with great interest.

However, my purchases of Fuji gear make me very skepticle of the XT100.

The XM1 focussed 2 out of 5. Moreover the kitlens 1650 was poor.

The TX20 focussed 4 out of 5 on static daylight landscape. Still bad. The lens was OK but the X-sensor looked like watercolour when peeping.

From what I have seen in reviews is that the XT100 makes stunning images, if somewhat oversharpened. But every review site mentions the hesitant AF, specially in low light. Some review sites als mention laggy menu and image review.

This makes me reluctrant to try the XT100 even at the latest price of €440.

I am used to very fast focussing cameras. Some reviewers compare to the XT1... c'mon, anything will be improvement then…

What do you think?

"XT100 makes stunning images, if somewhat oversharpened."

I assume you know that one can shoot RAW or simply turn down jpeg sharpness in the camera. Sharpness is not a locked-in attribute, it is completely select-able, just like other digital cameras.

Sal

Yes, I am aware of that. That's the least of my worries.

I was asking the OP if the camera is really as bad at focussing as all the review sites imply...

Coming from fast focussing & reacting cameras, makes me really weary of forking out €440 for nothing.