X100 Pro

GSharp87 wrote:

Jeff Biscuits wrote:

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.

Image quality between the XF 18mm f1.4 and the 28mm “Summilux” is indiscernible. Check out the comparison done by Samuel Streetlife on YouTube. He did a blind comparison of the same scene and the majority actually preferred the Fuji.

And yes, half the price would be a huge advantage and a big reason for me buying one, especially if it performs on par with the Q2 in IQ. I personally wouldn’t feel comfortable daily carrying a $5k camera.

Samuel Streetlife has a few controversial videos if I remember right. I would still prefer having some files on my computer to look at.

A few years ago there was a post on Luminous Landscape or ImageResource can't rememebr which one where they had compared a Hasselblad with a Canon Point & Shoot.

Some preferred the P&S needless to say ... (could not ask you what results you want and I could doctor a "blind-test" around it

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