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Sharp, but too bulky and heavy

Started Sep 2, 2019 | User reviews thread
vegetaleb
vegetaleb Senior Member • Posts: 2,883
Re: 18-55 Mk II?

notchy wrote:

basleigh wrote:

Exactly....Fujifilm more interested in their GFX range in 5 years after Sony Canon Nikon take FF to the next level. APS-C squeezed out. The wagons are circling.

It's obviously true that Fujifilm are devoting significant resources to the GFX range, but given the continuing releases of X Series cameras, lenses and firmware fixes (if not, debatably, quite the same commitment to kaizen), it seems far-fetched to state that the X Series is being neglected.

As for circling wagons, got any data to support that assertion? Evidence of the senses and anecdotal evidence suggests that (here in the UK at least) the X Series is selling extremely well. It seems to me that far from being squeezed out, Fujifilm has spent most of the last decade muscling its way in.

Yep and hobbyist like me won't pay more than 2k $ on a camera body + extra weight and size, when I switched back from the Z6 to x-t3 ,I couldn't believe how much I was happy to get these 135grm less! So no , if Fuji think we will get GFX cameras instead of apsc they are very wrong. Only Pro photographers who really need the extra MP and DR and have the $$ will do it. Don't believe the angry photographer, he got his gfx cameras for free.

What was making me perplex about Fuji vision on apsc is the answer a Fuji manager gave to ''fujirumors'' website, that they won't make an X-H2 before a ''leap in technology'' meaning new apsc sensor, apparently the IMX510 32mp sensor was deceiving for Fuji and they are waiting for another sensor. So it will take a long time before they release an x-H2 or X-T5, because you have also to count months of adapting and prototyping the new camera once the new sensor is out. Add to that the other answer saying that they are not planning to do another Mk II , the 27mm and 10-24mm are the only ones. The 18 f1.4 though could be a bomb if it will be a refined Mighty 16 in a 18mm cloth, I am waiting for this lens to see if it will replace my Mighty 16

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