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ISO1600 wrote:
Steve, those are excellent points. I keep coming back to X100S/T. I had the first gen and just didn't click with it very well. I love shooting 35mm/35 equivalent, so I know I'm fine with the X100's fantastic lens, but I would really like to be able to shoot wider at times- hence the Samyang 12mm. I don't know. I would prob do very well with the X100S or T with how I'm shooting these days. I will look into them more.
I'm not a backpacker but I used to enjoy hiking before some knee problems surfaced. Myself, I would find a fixed focal length camera limiting because of the wide range of shooting scenarios one could encounter out in the wilderness.
There would definitely times, I suspect, where you'd miss the reach. Happily, the X100 series has a fairly close minimum focus distance, which mitigates problems at the close end.
I also have a first gen X100 and I think I would not bring it on a hike, preferring either my Sony RX100 Mark III with it's 24-70mm (effective 35mm focal length) zoom (for an even smaller size)--OR the X-E2 with 2 lenses: XF 10-24mm and the featherweight XC 50-230mm, giving a tremendous range of focal lengths at a fairly light weight.
Slightly related, I did bring the X100 as my primary camera on a road trip in the summer. It was a family road trip where I didn't want the focus to be photography because I didn't want to subject everyone to me fiddling with my gear at every picture opportunity (yes, that happens a lot...).
Because I knew what I was getting into (i.e., fixed focal length), I was happy with the results. I accepted that I wouldn't get some kinds of shots.
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