My journey into Fuji began with the theft of my Canon gear. I had a 7D, 17-55mm, 70-200mm, 50mm, and flash stolen. Renters insurance covered a majority of it. I had already started to notice these retro styled Fuji cameras coming out. The X-E1 really caught my attention, but I wasn't sure about the rangefinder style (and I remember some reviews talking about focus being an issue back then).
Then the X-T1 came out, and I was sold (and timing corresponding somewhat to Canon gear being stolen). The X-T1 reminded me so much of my Canon AE-1 I started my photography journey with. Everyone kept talking about the colors and reduced need for RAW editing. I jumped in with the X-T1 and 56mm (or maybe it was the 35mm 1.4). I sold off my remaining Canon gear. In some order I have had, or have, the 56 mk1, 35 f/1.4, 18-55, 16-55, 50-140, 100-400, 23mk1, 18 f/1.4, 70-300, and Viltrox 75. I have had one or two of each of the X-Tx bodies. Really liked the improvement the X-T2 felt like over the X-T1. I'm probably one of the few that was not impressed with the X-T3. Sold it before the big firmware update, and the the smaller battery still bugged me at the time. The X-T4 felt like such a big improvement in design clarity and refinement. So many little things that added up to more than the sum of its parts. Loved the separation of the video/stills. I could ignore what I had little to no interest in! I'm also a stills photographer who prefers the screen from the X-T4. The buttons felt better, the shutter was more refined, etc. Currently, I have two X-T5's. The more I use them, the more I like the improvements- minus the stupid inability to separate the tethering of image parameters (HEIF/JPEG recipes) to the shooting parameters in the custom slots.
I did sort of burn myself a couple of times with my Fuji journey. If I had known how soon the X-T4 would be out after the X-T3, I would have never bought an X-T3. Similar situation for the X-T5. I had an X-H2 briefly, not thinking the X-T5 would be out so soon after. What will the next chapter(s) bring? Only GAS knows.
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