Well, my prediction..

fotosean wrote:

Fair enough. I understand that everyone has unique use cases, and there will be folks that believe IBIS is essential these days. I personally don't think the X100-series needs IBIS, for the reason I mentioned before (gonna change the form figure and make it much bigger.)

But I have to say I respectfully disagree with the low light struggles you reference. The closest thing I have to the X100V is the Z fc, and I usually keep the Z 40mm f/2 on it (as the Z primes I have are very good in low light but bulky on the Z fc. The X100V is miles better than the Z fc and the 40mm in low light. I like to do a lot of night street photography, and I can't remember the last time I needed to even use the superb fill flash on the X100V.

I personally often find myself either in places where either my ISO is maxed out, so my shutter speed drops drastically, and the IBIS unit ensures the pictures are free of any shake that would naturally occur.

Another scenario where I like to take advantage of IBIS is when I require a certain amount of depth of field while keeping my ISO low and not underexposing. The shutter speed is again set to rather low values that require the camera to be very stable to avoid any blurring - this is where IBIS gives you that edge. All of that could be done with a tripod, but IBIS being able to as low as 1/4th takes care of all but the most extreme lighting conditions.