Well, I have taken some nice shots with the Fuji while in Lisbon. First thoughts are that I really do think I need 24mp if the XT-2 as 16mp just isn't enough to do any serious cropping or 'tidying up' with while maintaining decent resolution.
However, I am soooo enjoying shooting so much with the X-E2 that I honestly don't now want to use a camera without shutter speed and exposure compensation dials, or lenses without manual aperture rings. It forces you to improve your exposure technique and just brings joy, for me at least, back to photography. I am also thinking much more about each individual shot.
I Went to Lisbon Zoo today where I primarily used the 55-200 and man is that AF slow with the X-E2... I think that despite the fact it's just not a fast focusing lens at the best of times, the X-T2 will be a huge upgrade in that regard. Also the 1/8000 shutter speed is sorely needed when shouting in a sunny clime, as the 1/4000 limit of the X-E2 has often been reached and it then forces you to either use a very low aperture or the electronic shutter which I, ahem, completely forgot about. In fact an ND filter would have been hand on several occasions. I am also really now planning on getting the 100-400 lens as there were so many times today that I thought 'hmm I'd love a bit of extra reach'. There goes my pocket money.
The 35mm 1.4 WR is a great little lens and very sharp when stopped down a bit, I have used it for some very cool and quirky candid portraits while walking through the backstreets of Lisbon. The autonomous of the X-E2 has again proved a pain as I have missed 'on the go' shots that I know I would have got with a camera with superior AF simply because it can't compose and focus fast enough. Ahh well, at least I have something to look forward to in early September.
The 16mm 1.4 has also been used a lot and is imo the perfect landscape lens, not too wide and the image quality is just phenomenal... the 16mp sensor really doesn't do it justice. It also focuses so close that you get some beautiful macro-esque shots. The low light capability and sharpness at 1.4 is also impressive. I don't regret buying it even if I have occasionally missed the versatility of a zoom.
I have 5 more days and 40GB of SD card left... hope it's enough even though I know I'll only keep around 30% of the photos I've taken!
As you mean tell, I am developing a serious enthusiasm for Fuji.