Thoughts and Impressions
Fuji are still working at an impossibly fast pace. I sometimes honestly wish they’d slow down ’cause they’re sometimes tough to keep up with. I can only imagine how their competitors feel. It’s clear the Fuji truly do listen to the feedback they get from customers, and the X30 is further proof of that. The tricky thing for Fuji is now that they’ve annouced these adjustments to the user experience of the X30, X-E2 and X-T1 users are going to want to see them role out via firmware updates. I have no doubt that will happen, it just can’t happen quick enough.
This also helps maintain my excitment for the X100S sucessor. If they can do all this to the X30, the upgrade to a $1,300 camera should be very, very nice.
Fuji are touting the X30’s larger size as a feature. This is one area I wish they found a way to keep the camera more like the X20. The X30 is approaching X100 sizes.
Others have balked at the new higher price. This could be worth considering as for a little less money, you could have an X-M1, complete with it’s 16MP APS-C sensor, 3-inch 920k dot tilt screen, and the XC 16-50mm lens. Granted the lens is consumery and plastic and the EVF isn’t as nice, but that sensor can’t be ignored.