Tradeoff: EVF for an overall more suited camera?
Post is about Fujifilm exclusively but most of the points apply to the general featureset of modern cameras.
As per requirements:
- Budget, country, currency ~5k PLN, Poland. Call it $1300.
- What equipment, if any, you have now and why is it no longer meeting your needs? Fuji X-T30 w 14-45 kit. I got lenses figured out, only need help with the body. "Why's" are below.
- What kinds of subjects do you intend to shoot? Everything. Portrait, street, landscape.
- Is it primarily for photography, videography, or both? Only or almost only photography.
I'm one step away from swapping my X-T30 for an X-M5. Found a great deal on one, would I manage to sell my XT i will spend only $200 on this whole thing (and that's if I sell below market value!).
Some things against the swap I'm told to consider:
- No built-in flash Don't care.
- No EVF I maybe care? I'm using EVF quite often (30%?) on the XT but mostly because it is there or it looks cool, not much because of harsh lighting. I do like the fact that the color representation is closer to the final picture than on the LCD but with how rarely I'm trying out new recipes I'm fine with lacking that. Again, the LCD brightness was never a problem for me and I never cranked it up past +2 lol.
- The dials Only ever used the left dial for changing between single and continuous. Don't mind it being gone. And the shutter dial... I'm not a professional (as it shows, I'm sure), the only time I'm consciously picking shutter values is when doing shutter drag. However, when in low light conditions I always have to adjust the values so that the speed stays below 1/8 (shooting freehand). So I AM using it.
- Screen and features oriented towards vlogging I don't record, ever. I just can't grasp the settings. While I'm not against having more developed settings here, I am strongly against paying for stuff I'm not gonna use and a reduced toolset for photography. Is this true? Also I like the flip-out screen, the flip-up in XT is worse IMO.
As for why I want to do the swap:
- Size factor Don't crucify me, I know the XT is on the smaller side in this day and age. But I come from CCD compacts and very small cameras in general. The XT is just big enough to warrant it being "an object" I have to carry. It's not pocketable and I don't usually take any bags. Overtime I got used to carrying the XT on a strap but I still take it with me much less often than the smaller arsenal. My biggest hope for the XM5 is to slap a pancake lense on it and conquer the world with it in my big ass pockets.
- Newest film sim options I buy Fuji stuff for the sims. Hell yeah.
- Better processor, AF Self-explanatory.
Am I missing anything? Downsides, upsides? As I see it, the X-M5 wins (not by a lot, but enough to justify the price). But no matter how I spin this, I am losing features. I'm used to upgrading, to sidegrading - not very. Any tips? Experiences from y'all? The X100VI is, obviously, far from the available budget
Also I don't mind grammar police here, not much more ways to get better at a language after finishing education than people's corrections lol