black shorts are acceptable if they complement your coloring, and can be part of a great outfit. for example, add blue suede shoes of some sort (penny loafers, gucci loafers, bucks, etc.) and a pure white linen shirt with the sleeves...
jack donnelly (jackdonnellykhakis.com). nicer than uniqlo, topman, gap, etc. unis is good if you like skinny low-rise pants, but i'd only get those when they're on sale.
imo, short guys shouldn't wear low rise suit trousers. it makes their legs look short and their torsos disproportionately long. stick with something that goes around the squishy middle part of your waist, or goes higher up to the natural...
how big is too big? a micro 4/3 body with the 20/1.7 or panaleica 25/1.4 asph is good. then there's the sony nex-7 with 24/1.8 zeiss (kinda big).
in low light, the af in the fuji x100 and x-pro1 still isn't up to par. very annoying. x10...