More or less on time, Fuji announced the much anticipated X-Pro 2. While many were engaged with this event others of us noted that it was the hoped for stepping stone on the way to our hoped for X-T2 camera. Our own instinct, supplemented by the usual (Industry spnsored...) rumour mill is that the successor to the X-T1 will emerge later this year, we hope in June or thereabouts. Despite the praise lavished on the rangefinder versions, their 'Pro' designation and price point at the top of the range, I preferred my XT to the XPro. It felt a little like the impact that the OM1 and OM2 made on the full size pro bodies in the 70's. I'm pretty happy with the x-T1 but it does have a combination of niggles, annoyances and some limitations. What then is my own personal wishlist for the XT?Sensor: We have the 24MP sensor in the XPro, this is a given now I would say.Performace: If the XT matches the Pro the results should be perfectly acceptableBattery Life: I want greater battery life but it would seem that Fuji are guiding us to make choices on performance or long battery life. Not playing fair, I want both.Viewfinder: Even though this is exemplary on the XT, an uplift seems likely and positive.Buttons: Always amazed me that Fuji could make a weatherproof camera and then fail to see whether it could be easily operated wearing gloves. Many of us have enhanced the buttons with Sugru, this needs to be sorted as standard.Remote: I wont get this but the one change I'd like more than any other is to move the position of the remote cable socket. I always use an L bracket and if you use this camera on a tripod in the protrait orientation there is no way to attach a remote cable without adding an additional, messy spacer. PLEASE Fuji, just move this anywhere but on this end of the camera.I'd also like an optional lock on the Exposure Compensation dial, much too easily knocked it seems to me.I think I'll come back to this post, please do add any suggestions in the comments below.
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