Will the X-E4 have IBIS?

John Gellings wrote:

jhorse wrote:

John Gellings wrote:

jhorse wrote:

John Gellings wrote:

It is a lower mid-range camera which always has sub-par features... let's be honest.

It's not clear which camera you are referring to, but in my opinion there are no sub-par cameras in the current line up, just different models with different features to suit differing desires and affordability criteria. Furthermore, I doubt in a 'blind' viewing that any of us could tell their outputs apart when using the same lens.

The X-E series of course... it never comes to the market with exciting features. It is just a solid camera but never exciting. Size is it’s main feature.

Well, it is an exciting camera for me! It get as much use as my [exciting] XT4. Its exciting features for me are style, IQ and minimalism. This is a relative, not an absolute set of opinions.

I own and use the X-E3 as well. It’s great. But it’s big feature is it’s size. I’m not anti X-E at all, but it is never a cutting edge product. It has been on the cutting room floor twice now... that does not bode well for IBIS unless Fuji really wants to make a splash this time around.

So we have a midrange product that doesn't sell a lot that Fuji has tried to cancel twice. It has a small but it seems a loyal following - which it seems the loyal following likes the fact it is small and compact. IBIS shrunk to fit into this body without increasing the size will be a fairly expensive development and into a product that doesn't sell well from the get go so to recover cost - the NRE will have to be made up over fewer units.

I would suspect Fuji changed courses based on feedback for a small but loyal following for the XE to keep them buying another Fuji. The release of this camera - even if it actually makes it this time - will be interesting. Is it simply to update the XE series to the XTrans VI 26 MP sensor and new processor with better AF, maybe a little bigger buffer. That might be a sufficient update to keep the XE loyalist happy. After all on the Fujifilm site the world they use to describe the XE is "Minimalism." From the site.

"This camera was created in the pursuit of minimalism, striving to stimulate the senses of the person wielding it, aiming to draw out the true intent of the photographer."