sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

I've got a Fujifilm as my second camera and it is great. I believe you will love yours also. Only downside for me is that it is so small that my hands keep touching the buttons inadvertently on the back and things start popping up in the display or changing my settings.

crapshooter Loc: Fox, Alaska

I would get a a6000 , there not to expensive anymore and they are small and have great image quality, i love using mine , so light and can put in pack.

AndyGarcia

I have a Fuji Xe2 and Xt1. I still have my D300/D7K Nikons. The X100F is a fine camera.

Don't buy the Fuji case you can get great cases on Amazon/eBay for a fraction of the price.

It's not tough going between cameras from my experience.

You could get an Xe2S plus a 23mm lens for a fraction of the cost. Or get one with a 16-50 zoom - so light and such a great undervalued little lens. Or you can push the boat out and get the expensive, in my reality, 16-55 which many rave about.

As someone else said try it before you buy it.

Good luck.

AndyGarcia

Damn fine cameras - I went with Fuji but the Sony a6000 is really good value now.

xt2 Loc: British Columbia, Canada

I agree that the XT2 with a pancake lens can be low profile, however, its form-factor is SLR type vs the range-finder style of the little X100F which enjoys a built-in flash (wonderful for fill-lighting in bright sunlight, a leaf shutter that is amazing, a built-in ND filter, and totally unassuming body that allows for its use in street photography. Although both are Fuji, both are really different cameras in many ways. The XT2 is much more camera for obvious reasons, however, I enjoy both and always find the X100F is the "go-to" everyday camera that gets taken along for the ride every time. Cheers!!

johonew

I couldn't agree more! The unassuming body-style of the X100F seems to blend in with the shooter, where an X-T2 still has the look of a more professional-styled body. I really think my X100F is the perfect complement to my X-T2. Love both and use both, dependent upon the situation.

AndyT Loc: Hampstead, New Hampshire

I did a compromise that might work for you. I was shooting a Nikon D7100 with Nikons 18-140 lens. Was it the heaviest and bulkiest out there? No. But did I ever notice the difference when I bought Fuji's X-T2. I looked at the X-100F but did not like being restricted to the one focal length. The slightly more compact body, with many controls on the outside made shooting easier, quicker and fun again. I bought Fuji's 18-135 lens, and found the zoom range (angle of view is 27-210) to cover anything I want. I did look at Fuji's X-T20 in Best Buy and just felt it was missing too many of the features I wanted. I find this combination delivered image quality that equaled my Nikon, with slightly less weight, and the retro design and functionality that makes me choose it over my Nikon over and over again.

Andy

Psergel Loc: New Mexico

I want to thank everyone for their feedback/advice/input.

I went ahead and bought the X100F.

WOW!! I am very impressed with pretty much every aspect of this camera. The build quality is 1st rate, the IQ is impressive and the feature set is.....well.......just amazing.

The Pros would make for a very long list and Fujifilm does a good job of presenting that list. For me, there is a very small list of Cons.

Like most camera manuals, this one makes my eyes glaze over after about 10-20 pages so I've had to consume it in small doses.

Frankly, the number of features and the customizability are a little overwhelming and as might be expected, enabling one feature can interfere with another. Sometimes it's easy to figure out why something isn't working as expected and at other times a deep dive into the manual or a google search is required.

Being used to the battery life of my 7D II, the battery life of the X100F is a little disappointing (I have the camera set to high performance mode which cuts back on battery life).

If I could redesign the camera I'd probably go with a longer focal length lens (narrower field of view). Something around what used to be considered a "standard" lens. Around 35mm for a crop sensor camera.
The camera does have a sort of built in digital zoom but it only works if you have the camera set to jpeg only.
Doesn't work with raw or raw + jpeg.

All that being said, I can, of course, zoom with my feet in a lot of cases and I'm finding that doing so can be a good thing. Considering that I normally walk around with a "super tele" attached to my 7 D II.........my perspective is certainly skewed a bit.

It's a great feeling just grabbing this one little camera and walking out the door. It's making me find renewed interest in types of photography that I kind of left behind after I bought my 1st super tele and "focused" on birds.

If anyone reading this is looking for a very high quality compact camera for street or travel photography (and you wouldn't mind the fixed, widish lens) the X100F should be near the top of your short list. IMHO

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

Not even.

The two couldn't be more far apart.

Not only physically, but mentally too. I know, I know...you can "pretend" that your lens doesn't come off, but for myself and many others...that isn't the same. It's like pretending to shoot film with a digi camera...it's just not the same.

When you REALLY ONLY have a fixed 23mm lens...it's not the same as pretending to have only a 23mm lens. (to me.) I've owned an XE-2 (with pancake) and an XT-1 and an X100S and X100T and the experience isn't the same nor is the size and feel.

le boecere

If you have not already done so, take a look at Dan Bailey's new book; "Fujifilm X Series Unlimited"

And, here's a short "tips & tricks" by Dan:

http://danbaileyphoto.com/fuji_tips_and_tricks.pdf

Also; you might find a used copy of "Mastering the Fuji X100" by Michael Diechtierow