For those who don't like the X100's...

Jeff Biscuits wrote:

liggy wrote:

You dislike the OVF, ignore the perfectly fine EVF and then go on to say you’re fine without a viewfinder at all a la GR. Makes no sense whatsoever.

I can see some sense in it, though it may initially seem obscure.

The way that the OVF/EVF is implemented in the X-Pro and the X100 series (at least the X-Pro2 and X100S/T which I’ve had) makes it—to my mind at least—a little less than ideal if you’re primarily an EVF user. You’re forced to either turn off the rear screen entirely (including menu operation) or, if you want the eye sensor, you get the clicking and the delay of the camera flipping the EVF back and forth every single time you raise it to your eye.

If you’re an EVF shooter who is happy to adapt, then if you’re happy to adapt to being an OVF shooter then the X100 is great, and if you’re happy to adapt to being a “noVF” shooter then the GR is great (and brings the size/weight/stealth benefits of ditching the viewfinder). However if you want to remain an EVF user (which I do, having used GRs for many, many years and having now discovered EVFs that are excellent compared to the old Ricoh and Panasonic ones I’ve tried in the past) then it kind of feels like it was never intended to be the right camera for you, and that you should use the X-E series instead.

As you say, you certainly can use the X100 as an EVF camera. It just constantly reminds you that, in its opinion, you’re not using it properly 😉 Which the GR doesn’t.

I’m still figuring out whether to keep my X100T or get the 23/2 for my X-E2.

That is a little bit outside the box take - I wouldn't have seen that.

Personally I bought the X100S in spite of the OVF, not because of it. I love the WYSIWYG of an EVF. It's not the greatest EVF in the world but it helps me take better photos.

Perhaps if I were primarily a street shooter it really wouldn't matter - I'd just crank it to F8, wait for the moment and snap away - kind of like the way I'd use a GR in snap focus mode.

Regarding your choice - typically I like a slightly longer FL so I grab the XPro2 with the 28mm 2.8 version 2. Love that little lens now that it has an aperture ring. Another one of the things that make Fuji cameras so enjoyable.

In any event slagging off the OVF while being ok with just shooting with the LCD is hypocritical.