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So you paid the same amount for another bulkier camera body and lens without an optical viewfinder.

Yes of course you can use the camera anyway you prefer but the body factor of the GR is especially suited to its focal lenght and not the best for longer lenses.

For wideangles and candid situations I feel the handheld approach gives better results since you can be much more playful with framing and layering.

The handheld approach is great for snapshooting at 28mm with a large depth of field (hence the snap focus function) and quickly trying different angles and layerings while moving around with the...

I agree that the XE4 is more of an XA (dissapeared entry level line) than what the E line was: PRO cameras with EVF only.

I also think that the GR body is not well suited for the use of a 27mm...

Well, the GR are very quick cameras, no phone can perform like that and house an APSC sensor with mechanical IBIS that produces top quality RAW files.

Focal lenght choice comes first for me, you can't make the same images with either and the cameras are built for the way of shooting that the focal lenght calls for.

I feel that 40mm is not the...

I got a GRII a few weeks ago, I also tried a friend's X100V last week.

The GR changes the rules of the game for street photographers: pocketability, quickness, discretion, and full control while...

Well, street is the most deceitfuly simple form of photography.

Top photographers can come out of a session with wonderful images every time on most other genres. A top street photographer can...

Yes of course, you can shoot anything you want with a Canon 1DX, but snap focus is a fundamental feature that defines this camera.

Snap focus is hard to use at 40mm. Pocketability is the only point for the GR on this case. The Fuji 27mm is a superb lens.

Snap focus, grip, image quality, controls, etc.

How many CaNySon cameras with a 18-55 kit lens can you fit in your pant's pockets?

Yes, for 40mm equiv. you have to rely on autofocus, snap focus (the secret ingredient) is not very usable on this camera.

I just took a screw from a dead Canon S100, it fitted perfectly. It seems these cameras are prone to losing the screw that sits below the mode dial on the side of the camera. This is near where the ...

The main difference is not Image Quality though, the GR cameras are all about fast snapshooting. RX100 cameras are all about versatility.

The GR is also more pocketable, it is meant to be carried...

Resale value on Ricoh cameras is far better than on iPhones. 10 year old 16 megapixel GR cameras are being sold for 350 or 400 dollars.

How much is a 10 year old iphone worth today?

Because shooting portraits is the numer one use of cameras thus it makes more sense to sell 50mm than 40 or 35 as the basic lens.

Well yes but this is a niche camera, it doesn't have to do everything well because it makes a few things extraordinarily well.

My XE3 shutter button started getting a bit hard when crossing the half press position about a year ago, a week ago it started feeling spongy and now it sometimes doesn't shoot, sometimes it ...