Dr_J

The mythical XF70/2 should be size- and weight-wise somewhere between XF50/2 and XF90/2. In fact, its focal length lands exactly in-between the two. I'm guessing its size should be similar to the ...

Not at all. However, I may have regrets in the future if: (1) Fujifilm diversifies its camera line into (1) do-it-all, larger, heavy, very capable cameras such as T4 and H2 and (2) small, lightweight, ...

If I ask Fuji to make me a Frankencamera that I know they can make (because they have all the building blocks) but just refuse to - is it realistic? body: X100V, weight: not more than 450g XF lens ...

Fun and pointless poll. How can you rate lenses as best given their different purpose and different system? It's like voting which vehicle is better: Ferrari supercar or Ford truck?

I appreciate what you tried to do here, but I don't agree with your list. It's all over the place. I can only comment on lenses I had a chance to use. These are good lenses but not that good to be ...

The built-in ND filter is a life saver sometimes. I had no tripod, so I placed the camera on a low bridge wall and held it at a correct angle by two tiny rocks.

I guess it all depends how you use the camera. I have 1 extra battery for my Ricoh and I rarely use it. But then I don't typically take more than 100 pictures in one day anyway. I somehow can't...

Ricoh GR III/IIIx is the best camera if you always want to have a camera with you.

(And no - smartphones are not an alternative. You can't take pictures single-handed with a phone as easily as you...

No. Not interested. I have no complains about my copy of 23/1.4. It's very usable even wide open. I'm sure the new one is better optically - with likely better corrected chromatic aberrations, but ...

(1) Watch Samuel Streetlife on Youtube. His videos can be very helpful, like this one: RICOH GRIII - MY SETTINGS & Beginner's Guide

After a few months of using GRIII I started looking at it differently. I don't look at it as a backup or B-roll camera anymore. Image quality is so good that now I treat it simply as a 28mm FOV ...

You'd think so, but no. Aside of image quality, smartphones are very bad in taking pictures single-handed - something that GRIII does very well. Smartphones win in two situations though: (1) you ...

I'd buy one right now if I didn't own GRIII already. The best little camera just got better!

Agrr, now I almost regret buying GRIII a few months ago! Almost - because in this time I took some great pictures with my Ricoh. But the one thing I have been thinking about the whole time was ...

A 70/2 or 70/1.8 or 70/1.4 is a must, as there is a gaping hole in Fuji lens lineup. While I would love to have 70/1.4 I'm afraid it wouldn't be any smaller and lighter than 90/2. Basically, it ...

AFAIK, there was no good way to add "improved focusing and a bit of weather sealing" to that old design. In XF35/1.4 the entire lens moves in relation to sensor and as such there is no easy way to...

There is no question about it - if you want truly tiny lenses, lose AF. But for a fast AF lens, the XF35/1.4 is actually pretty tiny.

Seeing the new 23/1.4 and owning the old 23/1.4 I'm thinking that I would really like to see something entirely different coming from Fuji. I'd like a very different 23/1.4 - make it as small as ...

I find it perfectly usable at close distance wide open. It's actually quite sharp at f/1.4 (in the center!) but has a bit dreamy look with lower contrast. This can be adjusted in post though. I ...

Optically great, but I keep thinking how much smaller and lighter it would be if this was "only" a 2x zoom like 35-70mm f/2. Still a very nice and functional range but perhaps with less arm...