Not only are online PDF manuals better for the environment, but they are far easier to use too.
Eliminating the external charger also benefits the environment. Fuji has settled on just two battery sizes. If you are running several batteries and need an external charger, odds are you already have one from your previous Fuji body. If you are not burning through multiple batteries in a day, USB internal charging can easily keep up.
Fuji should go even further and eliminate more from the package. Why are shoulder straps still shipped with their cameras? Why is there a silly plastic cover for the hot shoe? Who doesn't already own a fistful of USB C cables?
I would love it if the only thing in the box was the camera, a battery, a body cap for the camera, and a cap for the battery. No papers, no cables, no straps, no extra covers or caps.
And all of your comments are understandably from the perspective of an existing Fujifilm owner. So, how about someone who buys the product as a user new to Fujifilm cameras? Should they have to buy a shoulder strap if they don’t already own one (or perhaps sold it along with their previous camera)?
How many people even use a shoulder strap? I see a lot of people with wrist straps, PD capture clips, or no strap at all.
Your comments make total sense from the perspective of an existing Fujifilm owner, and make far less sense if you happen to be new to the brand. Maybe I’m just missing something, but I think perhaps you might want to consider the fact that not everyone buying this product is doing so as an upgrade or replacement of another Fujifilm camera. If I sell an existing camera, it might well be sold with the strap that came with the camera. Should I have to then buy a separate strap along with the new camera if one isn’t included? Might be OK for you… I’d be less thrilled about it.
To summarize: while some of this might be redundant for existing users, new users may find straps, chargers, etc. to be useful. It might help to consider their perspective as well.
I am not discounting new users. It is not just about redundancy for existing users, but new users also don't necessarily need these items. For example, some people prefer a high speed multi-bay charger instead of the slow single slot unit Fuji included in the past. People even prefer different lengths of USB cables.
I don't know the exact current numbers, but a few years ago, Fuji sold 600,000 cameras. At that quantity, just the tiny little BC-W126 charger would fill three 20 foot shipping containers. And that is without any AC plug or packaging. Your beloved shoulder straps would fill two entire containers. The printed manuals that came with my X-T3 would fill nine containers. That is 14 shipping containers filled with just chargers, neck straps, and manuals, and that is only for one year's worth of sales. These little things add up in a big way. Even the silly little hot shoe cover adds up to over 650 pounds of ABS plastic per year.
If 90% of people buying a new camera needed these accessories, then it would make sense to include them in the package. I highly doubt we are anywhere near that percentage for any of theses accessories.
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