How come is the X100V so expensive nowadays?

biza43 wrote:

kamerakiri wrote:

Prices like these....

LOL! 😂😅

X100V is no longer being produced.

Do you have an official Fuji link as a source?

Same thing with X-Pro3. X-T3 which was a best selling model was recently discontinued.

XT3 has been replaced, so that is normal. Do you have official link for XPro3

Of course he has no info… just lack of facts. Do these people read news about the world or only dpreview forums?  Like living in a bubble.

I can surmise a few reasons:

1. X100V has a complex assembly with OVF/EVF + ND filters + leaf shutter + two in one dial etc etc. It takes more time to manufacture and maybe it is not profitable. Fuji prefers to manufacture X-S10.
2. X100V and X-Pro3 use an older firmware which Fuji does not want to maintain or sell, hopefully so that development team can focus on newer cameras
3. Maybe older cameras have some part which fell under shortage constraints during recent international crisis. My guess is the LCD display.
4. Who knows, maybe the staff that was skilled in assembling X100V fell ill due to COVID and took a long break
5. Maybe the new lens cannot resolve well on 40Mp sensor, so Fuji does not want to manufacture it. Instead, they are working on new concept for X100 series from scratch.

Anyways, according to 3 year schedule, next X100 series may come out in 2023.

Just a good lesson here - since Fuji makes only limited and small batches of X100 series that get spread over thousands of stores in 50+ countries all over the world, always buy it when it first appears, even if you have to travel to another city. Buy it in person from a small camera store. Never get into those year long waiting lines at B&H.

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