The X-T30 has a much smaller (borderline nonexistent) grip than the A6400. While that means it might slip out of your hands more easily, the narrower width makes it easier to slip into a pocket. The smaller grip also works better if you're holding the camera low and "shooting from the hip" for street photography.

The X-T30 is a well-designed camera -- except for the bottom part. The tripod socket is placed off the lens axis and too close to the battery compartment, so you have to take it off before you can remove the battery or memory card. Once you do, it's hard to pop out the card, as the slot is too close to the compartment's lid.

Apart from that, the ergonomics are outstanding. It has front and rear control dials to adjust settings like ISO and aperture, and top dials for exposure compensation, shutter speed and shooting settings. You also get the aperture dial that's present on most Fujifilm X-series lenses. All of those controls make the X-T30 a very tactile, fun-to-use camera.

It now has a joystick rather than a D-pad like its predecessor, the X-T20. I guess you don't need one when you've got the other, but it seems like there's room for both. Fujifilm also moved the Q button, which lets you easily access the most-used functions, so it's now in an awkward, easy-to-bump spot.

I found the OLED EVF to be middling, with 2.36 million dots of resolution and 100 fps maximum refresh rate. To be fair, though, it's the same as the one on Sony's A7 III, which costs $1,100 more. On the plus side, it has blackout-free performance during continuous burst shooting, beating Canon's more expensive full-frame EOS RP.

The rear display is now a touchscreen, letting you select the focus point and control Q settings. You can't control the main menu functions like on new models from Canon, Nikon and Blackmagic Design, however. You can tilt up or down the rear display, but not flip it around. That makes it good for street shooting, but not vlogging, unfortunately.

The menu system on Fujifilm cameras is logical, and it's pretty easy to find important settings. The Q menu is your best bet for ease of use and lets you program a lot of different settings. One minor complaint: I don't like Fujifilm's individual max auto ISO settings (A6400, A3200 etc.) as they're too easy to mix up with the main ISO settings (yes, I did this, and, yes, it resulted in a lot of blurry shots). I'd rather just have a single auto ISO setting, with the ability to select the maximum ISO in another setting.

Moving to the ports, Fujifilm has done something interesting. While there's no headphone jack, the USB Type-C port works with USB headphones (bundled with many smartphones nowadays) or a USB to 3.5mm adapter. That's a pretty clever solution on a compact camera and made the X-T30 a lot more useful when I shot video. It also has a microphone port (2.5mm, so you'll need an adapter) and micro-HDMI port. The latter is more useful than video shooters might expect, as you'll soon learn.

The smallish 8.7 Wh battery delivers 380 shots on a charge, and I found I was able to shoot for nearly a day. However, recording video drains the battery fast, so you'll need at least a couple of spares if you're doing that. The single card slot (slower SD UHS-I only, unfortunately) is in the battery compartment. Two UHS II slots would be nice, but then that's why you pay $1,500 for the X-T3. Sony's A6400 has the same card-slot system and battery life that's slightly worse.

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