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More seriously, I think the big failing of the Nikon DF is that the control surfaces don't really work when you don't have an aperture ring. So, on both the DF and the XT-1 you have to press a button to twiddle the aperture and the iso knobs - but on the Fuji you can change the aperture quickly, which means you can basically shoot semi-manual with shutter priority, which quite a few people have learnt from the film days. On the Nikon you have to twiddle a dial irritatingly slowly
Or you can shoot aperture priority and set the iso and the shutter on auto, but again I quite like being able to change the aperture quickly and the Nikon is too twiddly.
I'm curious to see what the reviews of the XT-1 are like in any case. For this year I'm sticking to a 35mm equiv fixed lens though, so I can take my time I guess.
Edit to add - the DF is basically made for people who want to turn aperture rings on 30 year-old lenses and not pay film processing, isn't it? Which is probably a tiny subset of people with Nikon glass.