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X100 Pro

Started 8 months ago | Discussions thread
Jeff Biscuits Senior Member • Posts: 1,167
Re: X100 Pro
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GSharp87 wrote:

It would be awesome if Fuji would start developing a Pro version of the X100 series with the following features

  • 18mm f1.4 lens
  • New high MP sensor rumoured for the X-H2
  • X-Pro body ergonomics and build quality
  • NP-W235 battery
  • IBIS
  • Priced around $2.5k

Would anybody else be interested in such camera? I’d take that over something like a Leica Q2 every time.

What advantage would it have over the Q2? It would be half a stop behind the Q2 in terms of light gathering and depth of field, ”X-Pro build quality” is behind the IP-rated Q2, the rumoured new sensor is (as I recall) still of lower resolution than the Q2…

OK, there’s the price… but if price is the sole reason to take something over a Q2 every time, then you might as well argue in favour of a Canon P&S 😉

As someone else noted, if as a camera manufacturer you’re going to make something that’s like a Q2 but not quite as good as a Q2, yet still more expensive than pretty much any other fixed lens camera, then you’re looking at a vanishingly small market—especially when much of that market is served by one or two of your own cameras.

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