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If you have X100T and you care about stills and not video, you will not get much by moving to X100V

Started Jul 17, 2020 | User reviews thread
SoCalDawg Regular Member • Posts: 125
Re: If you have X100T and you care about stills and not video..

SemK wrote:

I am long time happy user of the Fuji x100T. it is great camera, simple to use , with lots of manual control, the one thing I was not happy about was the focus speed. So I bought the X100V.

The X100V is not a totally different camera, but if the previous models were focus on still photography this one is supposed to be good for video as well, which I do not use. other things in the camera I am not planning to use

- touch screen - disabled it completely.

- face detection and all the focus points.

- tilt screen

- i miss the 4 way controller

- q button position is not comfortable

the battery, i was hopping to use the batteries I have from my Fuji X-T1, but they are not optimised for X100V, and there is a message on the screen telling you these are not optimal for fuji x00v.

On the image editing side.

I use a relatively old stand alone version of lightroom, so the RAW file can not be edited in this version for that i purchased Iridient X-Transformer, and that changes my workflow.

Bottom line - IMO - If you have X100T and you care about stills and not video, you will not get much by moving to X100.

I’ve owned the original, T, F, & V. T is my second favorite. T lacks same battery as newer Fuji bodies so battery life is less and multiple charging systems. I like being able to share batteries. 
IMO, .. it’s V, T, F, OG.. I never owned S. I ONLY sold my T to be on same battery system and some film sims. I tested T & F extensively before selling T and I think T was sharper and better overall than the F. I also prefer sensor in T. FWIW.. I can’t prove it but I feel like the sensor in the V is closer to the T than the F.
The V is better than all of them IMO. I don’t miss a d-pad. The new lens is MUCH better.. especially if you take close up pictures of kids open like I do. Between the new AF & the new lens, the V has gotten me the best shots of my boys of any Fuji body I’ve owned. X-H1 sits in a drawer these days. My V doesn’t get hot. The focus ring does have a little more noise.. if I were to measure..a 4 instead of a 2 with the F. Fuji has told me personally they will stand behind the V. The AF of the V is WAAAAY better than the T if you take pictures of people who may not sit still for you.

The T is a great camera but objectively it is not better than the V. Lens measurably better. Metering measurably better. Body better built. AF significantly better. Anything video (I don’t do video with X100 line) is better. I am as quality OCD as they come but anyone saying the V isn’t built as well as the T.. I simply disagree.

Now.. the X-T3.. serious dive in build quality from the 2. Went from solid/consistent dials to pop-cap cheap/hollow dials. I tried 3 and all had the issue.

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