Video or stills? Shapely design or rugged build? Speed or quality? Nope, the Fujifilm X-T2 wants you to make no such compromises...
• 4K, hooray!
The successor to 2014's superb X-T1, big brother to Stuff’s favourite compact system cam the X-T10 and similar in many ways to the five-star X-Pro2, the X-T2 comes from a fine lineage. But if cameras had feet, video would be the Fuji X system's Achilles' heel. Well, not any more, because the X-T2 joins the 4K brigade, capturing satin-smooth 3840x2160 footage at up to 30fps. Or, if 4K is too much for you, it'll do full HD at up to 60fps.
• Faster, pussycat
Like the X-Pro2, this new camera gets a sensor bump from 16MP to a 24MP APS-C X-Trans CMOS. But it's also had an injection of pace. Burst shooting is up to a maximum of 14fps with an improved buffer, autofocus is 91-point and faster, and startup time is down to 0.3 seconds. The maximum shutter speed is now a Usain Bolt-freezing 1/8000sec, and the electronic viewfinder's refresh rate has been refreshed: refreshingly, it now refreshes at 100fps. You're getting the idea? The X-T2 is boosted.
• Flippin' 'eck
Flip screens on cameras are one of those things that seem like gimmicks until you actually use them, at which point they quickly become essential. The X-T2's is a versatile one, popping out sideways as well as up or down. Further ergonomic advances can be had from the new Vertical Power Booster Grip, US$330 of extra-battery-packing handiness that can supercharge certain features as well as increasing stamina.
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