08-13-2015, 05:47 PM
Quote:I took the X-T1 out last weekend with the 14mm, 23mm, and 40-150. The 14 and 23 are alright, I never even used the 40-150. The best review I can really give is:
* terrible ergonomics - hand crampingly small body, bad grip.
* Lots of strange UX quirks
* Excellent picture quality for most scenes
* Weak picture quality in scenes with dense fine detail or large areas of the color green
* Decently good lenses
* far overpriced and overhyped
As an X-T1 owner, I agree on the decent lenses and the terrible grip (and the ridiculous prices for Fuji's add-on grips just make it worse...), but I disagree with the rest of your points The image quality issues with foliage and fine detail are mostly a matter of which RAW converter is used. Adobe is really sh*tty for Fuji RAWs unfortunately... Capture One is way better, but also has its quirks.
Overall, I would not suggest Fuji if weight saving is the #1 priority, because most of the lenses are not that small and light.
I would suggest the following:
E-M5II or maybe even E-M10
Oly 12-40mm - it does not have a lot of reach, but image quality is very good and it focuses quite close, too
Oly 60mm - only available "long" macro for the system
Samyang 7.5/3.5 - wider than the Oly body cap lens and probably better IQ
With the E-M5II, total cost would amount to ~2500€ here in Germany. Maybe a bit more if you need an additional grip for the body.
The Canon G3X option would be significantly cheaper