Photography

Yeah I have had a secondhand fuji xt2 for years.

I recommend them and other T series fujis for three major reasons.

1. Good fun film simulation color options out of the box, I love taking photos but I hate having to fiddle with little photo edits to make photos pop the way my eye saw them. The film simulation color options let me get jpegs out of my camera I rarely feel the need to edit other than a crop or something. A lot of the time I don't even bother with taking raw photos anymore when I am just taking photos for fun, I don't need them in most cases and I can't remember the last time I was heartbroken I didn't have a raw version of a photo to squeeze the most quality out of a shot I could, but I also am not a professional photographer so take that as you will.

2. The T series, as in XT1, XT2, XT3 etc.. all have physical tactile hardware controls for the three fundamental inputs to a photo, Shutter Rate, Aperture and ISO. This focus on tacticality means I almost always shoot my XT2 in full manual mode using focus peaking to quickly manually focus on fast moving subjects because it is like a fun video game to me. Is this more efficient than cameras with sophisticated autofocus and such? No... but it feels good, the chunky dials on Fuji cameras are such an anodyne relief from dead soulless touchscreen interfaces crowding into our lives everywhere.

3. I recommend the Fuji XT2 or other cameras from the same series as they are beautiful and lower people's guard when they see them unlike big ugly black cameras that intimidate the shit out of people. On the other hand unlike other more stylished form limited cameras however, the Fuji XT series are still fully featured professional cameras and it is this unique crossection between fun, tactile and professional that makes this family of cameras easy to recommend for people looking to get into getting a nice digital camera!

Most people see this and assume it is a fun vintage film camera and relax compared to the way people stiffen up and present an image around a big ugly modern Sony DSLR or something... even though these cameras are wonderful for taking professional photos people just shortcircuit to "oh cute film camera!" when they see a fuji XT series camera I don't know why but it happens without fail and it makes getting good candid shots with family and friends sooooooo much easier. I can walk around with with my Fuji XT2 and spare lenses, basically with a full professional kit and it is whatever, people don't retract into themselves the way they do when they see traditional looking professional photographer kit. Don't underestimate this advantage even if your intention isn't to mainly take shots of people (I mostly like landscape and nature photography).