RUMOR - Fujifilm X-T5 won't have battery grip

Who cares if Fujifilm didn’t sell that many grips. THE CUSTOMER wants a battery grip, and that is exactly what Fujifilm must produce. Hey man, as long as there is a third party grip I’m cool with that.

FYI Nikon made that really stupid mistake with the Z6/7 and people were P***D. Yeah maybe they didn’t sell that many grips but so what. So they were (forced) to come out with “version II” bodies but by that time Nikon’s customers were not so happy about any of it.

If Fujifilm makes this move they’ll be definitely screwing me big time because I like and I’m a dial type of shooter WITH battery grips. Both my XT1 bodies have battery grips as well as my new XT3. If Fuji takes that away from me I’m screwed, and no I won’t be forced to buy a XH body because those cameras are not for me, as it is they already took the dials out as well as the tilt screen which IMHO was a mistake.

If Fujifilm removes a battery grip option then this simply means that the XT3 will be the last Fujifilm camera I will buy. That ain’t cool.
Good luck with that. You've posted your litany of what is wrong with every camera company out there and all of their models.
Yeah and? I pay for the gear they don’t give it to me for free. Plus this is a gear forum, although several people prefer it to be a “only say the pretty things about your gear” forum 🤣
Won't buy another Fujifilm? What's it going to be then? Pentax? Nikon? Olympus? Canon? Back to DSLR?
Yes thanks for typing all those other brands for me but yeah we certainly have a lot of options and yes even DSLR 👍 I mean why the heck not? You are free to do whatever you want is none of my business and if you continue thinking that is okay to remove dials and add flippy screens instead and remove battery grip option and you feel this is the “correct and wise direction” and you want to defend Fujifilm brand no matter what, so be it, I do believe in free will.

But seriously, sometimes though it does feel like some people around here get paid to defend the forum’s brand and often those same folks rather defend the brand no matter what instead of the actual user or photographer.

My personal opinion is what I said in my post, that not providing a grip for the XT5 is a BIG mistake, and I am not changing my opinion although you will gang up on me, bully me and even insult me like immature teenagers, because that is exactly what you guys always do, and unfortunately I don’t see that Dpreview has laws against that. Perhaps is time for me to write a formal letter to Dpreview? 🤔
I eagerly await your new camera choice should this rumor hold true.
Once again there you go twisting my words. It looks like you actually don’t read what I say. I said that the XT3 would be my last camera I would buy, meaning that I would keep using that but would no longer buy another Fujifilm camera if they were to remove all the stuff I want and need in a camera.

Either way, no one here needs permission to go with another brand.
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I agree with you! Removing grip is a mistake! They really want to destroy X-Tx line in a favor of X-H2. I mean they really don't know what they want. They had 4 years to sum up everything, where they want to go etc. I didn't expect from them to take away something that they offered from first model X-T1.
 
I sometimes wonder if Fuji (and other manufacturers) leak these rumors to watch the reaction in forums like this. A customer survey in a vocal little pool of customers. OTOH, they would have many other forums to try out in too. We shouldn't make the mistake of believing that the membership here or in any other forum is representative of their broader customer base.....
Fuji will know how many battery grips they actually sell for the likes of the X-T3, X-T4, and X-H1.

(I generally see very few photographers with grips attached so I assume it's a minority).

If I have a complaint about grips - it's not so much the availability but the bespoke nature of them as an accessory. When a new model is introduced then it's the norm that the grip for the previous generation won't work with the new one.

As for opinion on forums - then I think it's skewed. Aspect such as flippy screens and the issue of dual slots is a much bigger deal on the internet than in real life IMO.
 
robert1955 wrote

You mean THE CUSTOMER wants it, but does not buy it? Because that is the only way not many are sold
He means a few customers want it so Fuji should make it. That is not how a business works though...
... unless no grip means no camera sold...
That depends on how many people buy grips right? If not too many really buy them, they can take the hit without affecting business. Some will move to a different Fuji body and some will move on. This happens anyway.
 
Similar to X-T4 in body, refined metal buttons, advanced features - stills and video.
 
I agree with you! Removing grip is a mistake! They really want to destroy X-Tx line in a favor of X-H2. I mean they really don't know what they want. They had 4 years to sum up everything, where they want to go etc. I didn't expect from them to take away something that they offered from first model X-T1.
This is a rumour and none of us has access to their cost or sales data to come to an informed view. I suspect, but I am no better informed than anyone else here, that if the rumour turns out to be true it would be partially commercial decision. if it was not selling well for the XT1-4 and the costs and unit sales did not turn a profit then it stands to reason that they'd no longer offer it. Of course, they could decide to sell it as a loss leader to generate more body sales, but they will have data on that upon which to take a commercial decision. I am sure that from their commercial analysis and market mapping they'll know what they want to do.

Only time will tell.
 
Good luck with that. You've posted your litany of what is wrong with every camera company out there and all of their models.
Yeah and? I pay for the gear they don’t give it to me for free. Plus this is a gear forum, although several people prefer it to be a “only say the pretty things about your gear” forum 🤣
The point is that you’ve already dismissed about every other camera brand as lacking. If not Fujifilm, what then?
Won't buy another Fujifilm? What's it going to be then? Pentax? Nikon? Olympus? Canon? Back to DSLR?
Yes thanks for typing all those other brands for me but yeah we certainly have a lot of options and yes even DSLR 👍 I mean why the heck not? You are free to do whatever you want is none of my business and if you continue thinking that is okay to remove dials and add flippy screens instead and remove battery grip option and you feel this is the “correct and wise direction” and you want to defend Fujifilm brand no matter what, so be it, I do believe in free will.
You are too funny. I could care less what Fujifilm does. These days I use an X-E3 with the Fujifilm f/2 lenses as a fun knock around camera. My X-T2 and X-H1 have gathered dust for almost 5 years now. AF was not reliable for what I used to shoot. Went back to Nikon for my serious work. Unfortunately, you’ve already dissed the other brands so I don’t know where you are going to go. And I don’t need to know.
But seriously, sometimes though it does feel like some people around here get paid to defend the forum’s brand and often those same folks rather defend the brand no matter what instead of the actual user or photographer.

My personal opinion is what I said in my post, that not providing a grip for the XT5 is a BIG mistake, and I am not changing my opinion although you will gang up on me, bully me and even insult me like immature teenagers, because that is exactly what you guys always do, and unfortunately I don’t see that Dpreview has laws against that. Perhaps is time for me to write a formal letter to Dpreview? 🤔
You don’t have to change your opinion. The only thing I an responding to is your statement that if this rumor is true you will never buy another Fujifilm again.
I eagerly await your new camera choice should this rumor hold true.
Once again there you go twisting my words. It looks like you actually don’t read what I say. I said that the XT3 would be my last camera I would buy, meaning that I would keep using that but would no longer buy another Fujifilm camera if they were to remove all the stuff I want and need in a camera.
How did I twist your words? You said you would never buy another Fujifilm camera if this grip rumor were true. I accept that. All I said was that I’m curious where you are going to go for your next camera purchase since over the last few years you seem to have dissed all the other brands out there.
Either way, no one here needs permission to go with another brand.
Thanks for confirming.
 
Disappointed, but not surprised, they have to make a case for x-h2s and x-h2, I suppose if you want a Fuji and need a battery grip, they helpfully :-| narrowed your choices to their top two models.

Speaking for myself, am I going to buy an x-t5 that has no facility for a battery grip, I'll prefer not to It's a case of wait and see, whether the whole is more than the sum of its parts, looking forward to the official announcement, to decide. Not holding my breath though.
 
Are X-T5 design philosophy aim to "poor Leica flat body less button' again? Like Fujifilm X-E4
It will be similar to all the previous X-T# cameras.
 
Are X-T5 design philosophy aim to "poor Leica flat body less button' again? Like Fujifilm X-E4
It will be similar to all the previous X-T# cameras.
Previous X-T# model have 3 different design philosophy:
  • X-T1 - lightweight (440g)
  • X-T2/3 - two pivoting screen for portraits
  • X-T4 - hybrid (FAS) for video
X-T5 will inherit which design?
 
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Are X-T5 design philosophy aim to "poor Leica flat body less button' again? Like Fujifilm X-E4
It will be similar to all the previous X-T# cameras.
Previous X-T# model have 3 different design philosophy:
  • X-T1 - lightweight (440g)
  • X-T2/3 - two pivoting screen for portraits
  • X-T4 - hybrid (FAS) for video
X-T5 will inherit which design?
Those are features, not a body style. Did any of those look like the XE4 you mentioned?
 
Are X-T5 design philosophy aim to "poor Leica flat body less button' again? Like Fujifilm X-E4
It will be similar to all the previous X-T# cameras.
Previous X-T# model have 3 different design philosophy:
  • X-T1 - lightweight (440g)
  • X-T2/3 - two pivoting screen for portraits
  • X-T4 - hybrid (FAS) for video
X-T5 will inherit which design?
Those are features, not a body style. Did any of those look like the XE4 you mentioned?
Coming soon....X-T5 with remove rear command-dial, no grip and missing MCS switch 😛

Which suitable for half leather case.
 
Are X-T5 design philosophy aim to "poor Leica flat body less button' again? Like Fujifilm X-E4
Oh, I can only hope for an X-T with no grip at all and with less buttons... that would be awesome. Yes, I love the X-E4.
Could you do with no buttons, except the shutter one? Just curious.
Em...these kind of gears (shutter only) very popular - Sony smartphone (with a physical shutter button) 😛

 
Are X-T5 design philosophy aim to "poor Leica flat body less button' again? Like Fujifilm X-E4
Oh, I can only hope for an X-T with no grip at all and with less buttons... that would be awesome. Yes, I love the X-E4.
Could you do with no buttons, except the shutter one? Just curious.
Em...these kind of gears (shutter only) very popular - Sony smartphone (with a physical shutter button) 😛

https://dpreview.com/news/164168973...sor-into-the-xperia-pro-i-but-there-s-a-catch
Almost every smartphone has a physical shutter release; just press one of the volume buttons.
 
Are X-T5 design philosophy aim to "poor Leica flat body less button' again? Like Fujifilm X-E4
Oh, I can only hope for an X-T with no grip at all and with less buttons... that would be awesome. Yes, I love the X-E4.
Could you do with no buttons, except the shutter one? Just curious.
Em...these kind of gears (shutter only) very popular - Sony smartphone (with a physical shutter button) 😛

https://dpreview.com/news/164168973...sor-into-the-xperia-pro-i-but-there-s-a-catch
Almost every smartphone has a physical shutter release; just press one of the volume buttons.
I was asking about Fujifilm cameras, not some smartphone.

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Are X-T5 design philosophy aim to "poor Leica flat body less button' again? Like Fujifilm X-E4
Oh, I can only hope for an X-T with no grip at all and with less buttons... that would be awesome. Yes, I love the X-E4.
Could you do with no buttons, except the shutter one? Just curious.
Em...these kind of gears (shutter only) very popular - Sony smartphone (with a physical shutter button) 😛

https://dpreview.com/news/164168973...sor-into-the-xperia-pro-i-but-there-s-a-catch
Almost every smartphone has a physical shutter release; just press one of the volume buttons.
I was asking about Fujifilm cameras, not some smartphone.
Sure, but I was replying to Forest who mentioned Sony phones.
 
May be someone will release a grip without communication to the body, but a Bluetooth shutter release
 

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