I've always been a late bloomer...

...in a variety of areas.  Take Digital cameras for instance - I rarely if ever get something anymore when it first comes out.  I tend to wait a year or two (or more) until prices come down substantially.  I wasn't always like this (when it came to cameras).  At one time I used to get them when they came out - not anymore though - and as you can imagine, you can can go broke quite rapidly!  I still do that occasionally, but mostly with lower tier cameras like the X-T100 and X-A5 which I got as soon as they were released.

So for a long time I've been using (still do) the X-T1 and X-E2 - both lovely cameras.  I was obviously - like so many others - reading all about the X-T3 when it was released, but my interest and focus was still on the X-T2.  I tend to be a stills specific shooter and not so much video (although that could change in the near future).  But it was perplexing that even though the X-T3 has been out now for longer than a year, the X-T2 prices for a long time have remained actually several hundred dollars higher than the X-T3.  Heck, I even started a thread about it, wondering as to why the pricing disparity between the X-T2 and X-T3?

Well, no sooner than I put that post up - let's say within a week or so - the prices dropped on the X-T2, and quite substantially.  Without hesitation, I jumped on the deal at B&H that had the X-T2, the battery grip, an extra battery (even though it was a 3rd party model), a 32 Gig SD card, and a camera backpack - all for $1099 - so I pounced.

Like many others, I can appreciate fine craftsmanship and all I can say to the folks still tenaciously holding on to their older X gear, if you've been considering getting an X-T2, don't hesitate!  I cannot even begin to describe my admiration for the quality and craftsmanship of this X-T2 and what an upgrade it is over the X-T2 - in too many areas for me to even mention here.  Nooooo, I'm not going to post any samples because I only try to do that when I go somewhere that includes interesting scenery - not around the home, etc.  I'm not one of those folks who hastily take a bunch of photos of an animal, or a trash bin, or a light pole, and in the case of one poster on another forum, an animal turd, sigh...

Realizing (although some may not admit it), how a camera looks and feels in the hand, plays a major (if not predominant) role in what and how we choose.  Pick up an X-T2, in particular, with the battery grip - and you'll know what your next choice will be.

And no, I'm not selling the X-T1 or X-E2 - the IQ levels from two instruments are still very much relevant.

So I rarely put up a posting like this - but occasionally you handle a camera that is so unique, you can't help but burst with joy.